Notice of Intent- Acquisition of Telemetry Equipment for Asian Carp Monitoring, USACE Chicago District

In compliance with FAR Subpart 13.106-l(b) & 13.501(a)(l)(i) coupled with the provisions set forth by FAR Subpart 5.l0l(a)(l), this Notice is hereby published to inform of the following:

The Chicago District intends to procure Tememetry Equipment for Asian Carp Monitoring on a sole source basis. The Chicago District intends to enter a firm fixed price contract with Vemco Division, lnnovaSea Marine Systems Canada Incorporated. The applicable Size Standard is North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 335999, with a Small Business size standard of 500 employees. See more requirement details below.

THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES and no solicitation will be issued; however, any small-business firm that believes it can meet the requirement may give written notification to the Contracting Officer. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the requirement listed to the point of contact below by 2:00p.m. CST on April 16, 2024.

A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Questions should be directed to Natalie Williams at natalie.e.williams@usace.army.mil 

Please ensure that the subject line of your email includes Notice Number W912P624N0001.

Additional Details:

The requirement is to purchase VR2Tx 69kHz Acoustic Receivers to monitor Asian carp and surrogate species in the CAWS in vicinity of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Additionally, the movements and behaviors of bighead carp, silver carp, and surrogate species will be monitored via telemetry to assess the threat to and effectiveness of the electric barrier constructed to stop the dispersal of aquatic invasive species. VEMCO is the sole developer, manufacturer and supplier ofVEMCO acoustic telemetry receivers, transmitters, receiver upgrades and receiver accessories and all associated software.

VEMCO coded transmitters and monitoring receivers use VEMCO owned proprietary technology and coding techniques. These are not based on an open standard. This technology provides vast numbers of unique tag IDs to allow for interoperability and compatibility of over 20,000 VEMCO receivers deployed worldwide VEMCO Tag IDs and deployments are managed through the VEMCO tag ID database which is solely owned and accessible by VEMCO. VEMCO monitoring receivers and coded transmitter are only warranted to operate with VEMCO Products. All VEMCO support services including study advice, data analysis, VR2W positioning system (vps) data analysis, false detection analysis, determining foreign ID tag ownership etc., can only be provided to users with datasets generated using the complete VEMCO acoustic Telemetry System as we are unable to validate nor analyze detection files from other manufacture's receiver or transmitters.

The CONTRACTING points of contacts is: Natalie Williams at natalie.e.williams@usace.army.mil