20--Supply: Differing sizes and design of fish trawl nets, raschels, and boards

The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Region 3, Bloomington, MN, intends to award a sole source firm-fixed price Purchase Order under authority of FAR 6.302-1, Other than Full and Open Competition procedures and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition procedures to Trawl & Repair Service, LLC, (d/b/a Innovative Net Systems), Milton, LA. This requirement is to provide differing sizes and designs of fish trawl nets, raschels, and boards to be used by the Columbia Fish and Wildlife Service Conservation Office to conduct big river fish sampling for two projects MIPR with the Corps of Engineers and Asian Carp expansion within the Chicago Shipping canal and throughout the Midwest. These nets are a custom design for meeting the mission of the MIPR with the Corps of Engineers and have been utilized in the past for USFWS projects. The need for consistency of design of nets is imperative to the success outcomes of these two projects. Also, Innovative Net Systems holds proprietary rights behind these trawl net designs. The North American Industry Classification Standard Code (NAICS) is 114111 (Finfish Fishing) and the Size Standard is $4,000,000. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals; however, interested parties may identify expressed interest and submit a capability statement to [email protected] no later than May 8, 2014. Questions and responses submitted by a method other than electronic mail will not be accepted and will not be answered or considered. This notice is for informational purposes only. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.