Sources Sought - Depth Loggers and Wave Recorders

Sources Sought for United States Geological Survey
Office of Acquisition and Grants Reston Branch

This is a sources sought announcement only. This source sought is for acquisition planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a commitment by the government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. Any cost incurred as a result of the announcement shall be borne by the interested party (prospective offeror) and will not be charged to the government for reimbursement. Respondents will not be notified of the results of any government assessments.

Scope: DEPTH LOGGERS AND WAVE RECORDERS

SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

65 EA, Depth Logger:
Shall be a submersible single-channel pressure logger capable of intermittent and continuous wave burst measurement & tidal averaging.
Shall be capable of sampling at speeds up to 16 Hz bursts with wave analysis.
Shall be capable of operating on one (1) user replaceable AA battery.
Shall have a plastic housing.
Shall have a pressure measurement range of 20 meters and measurement time constant of less than 10 ms.
Shall have a pressure accuracy of ±0.05% full scale or better and a resolution of 0.001% full scale or better.
Shall be capable of USB downloading.
Shall be capable of storing at least 20 million readings.
Shall be no larger than 1" in diameter by 8.5" long.

1 EA, Temperature and Depth Logger:

Shall be a submersible two-channel temperature and pressure logger capable of intermittent and continuous wave burst measurement & tidal averaging.
Shall be capable of sampling at speeds up to 16 Hz bursts with wave analysis.
Shall be capable of operating on eight (8) user replaceable AA batteries.
Shall be capable of USB downloading.
Shall have RS-232/485 communications.
Shall have a plastic housing.
Shall have a standard battery end-cap.
Shall have a pressure measurement range of 20 meters and measurement time constant of less than 10 ms.
Shall have pressure measurement accuracy of ±0.05% full scale or better and resolution of 0.001% full scale or better.
Shall be capable of measuring temperature of a range of -5 to 35o C.
Shall have a temperature measurement accuracy of +/-0.002o C, or better.
Shall be capable of storing at least 200 million readings.
Shall be no larger than 2.5" in diameter by 15.0" long.

1 EA, Instrument Case (large):
Shall be compatible with the depth loggers described above.
Shall consist of a protective case for transporting the depth loggers.
Shall be approximately 33¿ x 22¿ x 13¿ in size and capable of housing up to 60 depth loggers.

1 EA, Instrument Case (small):
Shall be compatible with the depth loggers described above.
Shall consist of a protective case for transporting the depth loggers.
Shall be approximately 22¿ x 14¿ x 8¿ in size and capable of housing up to 14 depth loggers.

1 EA, Support Kit:
Shall consist of various spare parts including, but not limited to, O-rings, O-ring grease, O-ring removal tool, desiccant, and USB stick.


Requested Information:

Respondents interested in performing the proposed project should submit following information:

Offerors' name, address, points of contact with telephone numbers and e-mail addresses.
SAM Unique Entity ID and/or CAGE code
Small business under NAICS code 334513
Business size/classification to include any designations (Small Business, HUBZone, 8(a), Women Owned, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, etc.).