NUMBER: PR: 0040474456 POSTED DATE: 01/28/2020 SUBJECT: Alte Radio Transmitters This announcement constitutes the only notice. This is not a request for quotes. A determination not to compete is solely within the discretion of the Government. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. Responses received will be for the sole purpose of market research for future requirements. Under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP), Fish & Wildlife Services, Joint Administrative Operations, Acquisition and Property Operations, intends to issue a sole source, firm-fixed price order to: COMPANY: Microwave Telemetry Inc, DUNS: 786793075 FOR : $44,500.00 ON: 02/03/2020 NAICS: 334220 Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing 1,250 AUTHORITY: 8.405-6(a)(2) Limited Sources Justification and Approval 13.106(b) Soliciting from a single source Determinations not to compete this proposed procurement were made because: In order to be consistent with the previous two years of data collection, the exact same type of transmitters are necessary. Additionally, this company is the only one currently manufacturing a solar satellite transmitter light enough to be carried by an Aleutian tern based on "Guidelines To the Use of Wild Birds in Research" (Gaunt and Oring 1997). Please see USFWS Region 7 Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Module 2 for reference (https://inside.fws.gov/go/post/r7 iacuc_training). For more information, contact Tony Kuntz at 907-786-3436 or
[email protected].