Sources Sought GPS Collars - Lotek Wireless
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- SS1156494
- Agency
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Marketing and Regulatory Programs Business Services
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 334290 Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- PSC
- 7G22 It And Telecom - Network: Satellite And Rf Communications Products (Hw, Perpetual License Software)
- Place of performance
- Colorado 80521, United States
- Points of contact
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- Mario Garcia mario.garcia2@usda.gov (919) 257-7535
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, is conducting market research for the procurement of GPS tracking collars to support mongoose research in Puerto Rico. The USDA's Wildlife Services National Wildlife Research Center requires these collars to collect tracking data for field efficacy trials of a newly developed mongoose control product that has received EPA approval under an Experimental Use Permit. The GPS collar data will be used by the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to enhance their invasive species mongoose trapping program and assess rabies transmission risks in urban areas. Interested vendors must provide business information including UEI number and CAGE code, demonstrate their business size, and submit a capability statement covering sample GPS collars, past performance on similar contracts, and experience providing GPS collars to other agencies. All responses are due by 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on August 5, 2025, to Contracting Officer Mario Garcia via email.
This procurement does not utilize any small business set-aside designations and operates under NAICS code 334290 for Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing. The Statement of Work specifically identifies a requirement for 20 Litetrack 20 GPS tracking collars from Lotek Wireless, suggesting a brand-specific or sole-source procurement approach. The technical specifications require collars weighing under 20 grams with 10-20 cm circumference, featuring GPS and SWIFT Fix capability, remote download functionality, VHF transmitter, and mortality sensors. The contract structure will be a Firm Fixed Price Commercial Product under FAR Part 13, with delivery required within 30 calendar days and a mandatory 2-month warranty period. NWRC personnel have previously utilized these specific collars in Puerto Rico and Hawaii with documented success and minimal technical issues.
Notice text
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is requesting information regarding the purchase of GPS collars to track data for the mongoose for a research study. The USDA, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC) has recently developed a highly efficacious mongoose control product approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for field efficacy trials under an Experimental Use Permit (EUP). The EUP requires mongoose tracking data, through the use of GPS collars. The U.S. Commonwealth Puerto Rico will use the GPS collared mongoose data to update their invasive species mongoose trapping program. Please review the attached draft Statement of Work for further information.
If you are an interested vendor, please provide the following information:
1) Business name and point of contact; 2) UEI number and CAGE code; 3) business size; and 4) a brief statement of capability not more than three pages to included but not limited to:
A. A sample of the GPS collars to be used
B. Past performance information on contracts of same scope
C. Have provided similar GPS collars to other agencies
Interested vendors should only provide the data requested. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary information in any resultant solicitation(s). Interested sources who submit data are responsible for appropriately marking information if it is proprietary in nature.
This is not a request for proposals, but instead market research to determine interested vendors prior to issuing a solicitation. The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 334290. Pricing information provided is for estimation purposes only. A determination by the Government on the method of competing this requirement has not been established. The Government will not award a contract based on this Sources Sought Notice or the information received, nor will it reimburse participants for the information they provide. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract action based on this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Responses to this notice are due no later than 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, to the attention of Mario Garcia, Contracting Officer, via e-mail to mario.garcia2@usda.gov. All questions regarding this notice must also be directed to the point of contact in this notice.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Statement of Work (GPS collars) sam.gov.pdf |
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