Special Notice of Intent to Sole Source Award
Closed Special Notice Posted
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- Solicitation number
- DOIFFBO250059
- Agency
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Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 518210 Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
- Points of contact
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About this opportunity
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), specifically the Joint Administrative Operations, Acquisition & Property Operations in Legacy Region 9, has issued a Special Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract. The notice concerns a potential 9-month firm fixed price contract with Woods Hole Group, Inc., located in Lanham, Maryland. The contract will be awarded under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13.106-1(b) for purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold of $250,000. The contract falls under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 518210 for Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services. This notice is explicitly not a competitive solicitation but rather an announcement of intent to sole source the contract to Woods Hole Group, Inc.
The primary objective of this sole source award is to provide USFWS Migratory Bird Management Office continued access to satellite data from the ARGOS network, specifically tracking transmitters attached to wild birds. Woods Hole Group, Inc. is the owner of the ARGOS Satellite Network and the sole provider of data transmission and download capabilities for these bird tracking devices. Interested parties who believe they can meet the requirement may submit a written statement of capabilities demonstrating how competition would be advantageous to the government. All capability statements must be submitted via email to lorenzo_aragon@fws.gov as a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF attachment by March 30, 2025. The notice explicitly states that any costs associated with preparing and submitting response materials are the sole responsibility of the respondent and will not be reimbursed by the government. Telephone requests or offers will not be considered, and the submission must provide clear and convincing evidence of competitive advantage.
Notice text
Notice of Intent to Sole Source Award
THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT AND IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Joint Administrative Operations, Acquisition & Property Operations. Legacy Region 9 intends to award a firm fixed price sole source 9-month contract under the authority of (FAR) Part 13.106-1(b) for purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold of $250,000 to:
Woods Hole Group, Inc.
4300 Forbes Blvd, Suite 110
Lanham, MD 20706
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 518210, Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services. The object of this sole source award to Woods Hole Group is to have continued access to the satellite data from the ARGOS network that comes from transmitters attached to wild birds. Transmitters attached to wild birds collect GPS locations (stored on-board) until a regularly scheduled interval. On this interval, these locations are uploaded via the ARGOS satellite network to Woods Hole Group, Inc. where they are downloaded by USFWS staff.
Woods Hole Group Inc. is the owner of the ARGOS Satellite Network that communicates with the transmitters. USFWS Migratory Bird Management Office will only be able to download and view the data from the ARGOS network provided by Woods Hole Group, Inc.
This synopsis does not constitute a solicitation; however, if any interested party believes they can meet the above requirement, it may submit a statement of capabilities. The statement of capabilities must be submitted in writing and must contain clear and convincing evidence that competition of this requirement would be advantageous to the Government. If parties choose to respond, any cost associated with preparation and submission of data or any other cost incurred in response to this announcement are the sole responsibility of the respondent and will not be reimbursed by the Government.
Capability statements shall be submitted by e-mail ONLY as a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF attachment to the following address: lorenzo_aragon@fws.gov.
NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS/OFFERS WILL BE HONORED
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| FWS DIV of MIG birds - satellite data services | Award Notice | |
| This notice | Special Notice |
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