Specialized Implantable Satellite Transmitters for Sea Ducks

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD ON A SOLE-SOURCE BASIS: Pursuant to FAR 6.302-1 "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements", the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) intends to award a sole-source contract to Microwave Telemetry, Inc. of Columbia, MD for their "18 x 38g Implantable PTT-100 Satellite Transmitter with Multi-season NANO timer". These implantable transmitters are the only product small enough to be implantable in ducks, and which offer multi-season duty cycle timers enabling 800 hour battery life. It is the only package available to allow complete documentation of annual life cycle. The vast majority of avian satellite-tracking studies in which species are primarily deep-water divers, including the Atlantic Coast Sea Duck Telemetry project, use surgically-implantable transmitters to allow full body movement of market birds. Microwave Telemetry has a proven track record of building transmitters that can be implanted in waterfowl without incurring bird mortality. Classification System (NAICS) Code for action is 334220 - Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing. This is not a solicitation for quotations, but rather a notice of the Agency's intent to make a sole-source award to Microwave Telemetry, Inc. There will be no solicitation issued or available. This notice is for information only. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS, AN INVITATION FOR BIDS, OR A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS. FURHTERMORE, IT DOES NOT REPRESENT A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY FOR COSTS INCURRED IN PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION OF DATA OR ANY OTHER COSTS INCURRED IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. You may email questions regarding this notice to the issuing office at: [email protected] or fax to: (703) 358-1875 Attention: Jeffrey Benson