NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD TO AMIRIX SYSTEMS, A SOLE-SOURCE, FOR RADIO TELEMETRY PRODUCTS

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD TO AMIRIX SYSTEMS, A SOLE-SOURCE, FOR RADIO TELEMETRY PRODUCTS The U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia River Research Laboratory, Cook, WA, intends to award a fixed-priced purchase order to Vemco Division, Amirix Systems, Inc. of Halifax, NS, Canada. The Government will issue a non-competitive purchase order to Amirix Systems Inc to provide various VR2W acoustic telemetry receivers, V16 coded transmitters for range testing, and V16 coded transmtters for implantation into study fish. All Items will be delivered to Cook, WA. Vemco transmitters and receivers are required to ensure compatibility with other researcher's use of Vemco equipment in coastal rivers in Washington, Oregon, California, British Columbia, and the Pacific Ocean. These receivers will be used to track fish that have been previosuly tagged with Vemco transmitters and contain a proprietary coding scheme which mandate their use. The USGS knows no other vendor which provides receivers compatible with the transmitters used for green sturgeon research on the west coast of North America. All interested parties who feel they have the ability to furnish items meeting the requirements of this announcement shall submit a capabilities statement to the Contracting Officer no later than the closing date of this announcement. All submissions will be evaluated to determine if competitive opportunities exist. This is NOT an RFQ; no written solicitation will be issued. This may represent the government's only written notice of this procurement. For further information, please contact the Contracting Officer, Reggie Solomon, at 916-278-9342 or via email at [email protected].