Notice of Intent to Sole Source - ChannelMaster 1200 kHz Horizontal ADCP System

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) intends to award a contract on a sole source basis to Dune Technologies LLC upon the basis of the authority provided at FAR 13.106-1(b).

ERDC-CRREL intends to requires to purchase one (1) ChannelMaster 1200 kHz Horizontal ADCP system. The System comes with vertical beam and pressure sensor for depth, 25m I/O cable, ChannelMaster Utility and TRDIToolz software, manuals, maintenance kit with tools, stainless steel mounting plate and hardware. This equipment will be used as part of a sensor network for the monitoring and sensing of water levels at the Lock and Dam 25 project, USACE St Louis District.

Product Specifications:

Velocity – Minimum 40 feet per second (12 meters per second)

                           Temperature                 Tilt (pitch and roll)                   Pressure           Acoustic Stage

Range               -4° to 40°C                  ±10°                                         0.1 m to 10 m   0.1 m to 10 m3

Accuracy          ±0.2°C                         ±0.2°@2°, ±0.5°@10°             ±0.5%              ±0.1%, ±3 mm

Resolution        0.01°C                         0.01°                                        1 mm                0.1 mm

-4mb internal recorder 

-25 m power and communications cable standard

-Stainless steel mounting plate

-Built-in index-velocity method flow calculator

Communications - RS-232 with SDI-12, or RS-422 SDI-12

Serial baud rates 300-115,200 bps

Construction Cast polyurethane with titanium hardware

Power Voltage 10-18VDC

Max. current: 1.5A

Power consumption: 0.1W @ 10% duty cycle (typical)

Environmental Operating temperature: -5°C to 45°C

Storage temperature: -20°C to 50°C

Dune Technologies LLC has been identified as the only company capable of offering a product with the specific portable model feature to perform the necessary work. The ChannelMaster 1200 kHz Horizontal ADCP system manufactured by Teledyne Industries is the only unit that meets the requirements of the Federal Government.

The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, which has a size standard of 1,000 employees.

This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. Any interested party that believes they can fulfill this requirement should submit a capability statement to be reviewed. All submissions will be considered, however there is no guarantee that submissions in response to this notice will in any way alter the Government's acquisition strategy.

Responses to this notice shall be submitted NLT 12:00 PM CDT, 5 July 2023 to Christine.L.Wilson@usace.army.mil and CHL-CT-QUOTES@usace.army.mil.

Telephone responses will not be accepted.

Responses to this notice will not be considered as a response to any solicitation, a request to be added to a prospective offerors list, or to receive a copy of any solicitation. A determination by the Government not to compete the contract based upon 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.

Note: In order to be eligible for award of a Government contract, vendors must be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), have no active exclusions, and complete the FAR and DFARS representations and certifications.