LOLIGO SYSTEMS HARDWARE-SOFTWARE

THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION’S (NOAA) ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE (AGO), WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER (WAD), NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (NMFS), INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH LOLIGO SYSTEMS APS LOCATED IN DENMARK FOR LOLIGO SYSTEMS HARDWARE-SOFTWARE TO BE DELIVERED TO HIGHLANDS, NJ.

THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON NOAA’S REQUIREMENT THAT LOLIGO SYSTEMS APS IS THE ONLY VENDOR THAT MANUFACTURES AND DISTRIBUTES THIS LOLIGO SYSTEMS HARDWARE-SOFTWARE. THE LOLIGO SYSTEMS AUTORESP 3.0 SOFTWARE, TREADMILL RESPIROMETER, AND OXYGEN DIPPING PROBE ARE HIGHLY SPECIALIZED PIECES OF SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT THAT INTEGRATE INTO A FULLY AUTOMATED INTERMITTENT-FLOW RESPIROMETRY MULTICHANNEL SYSTEM.

COLLECTIVELY THIS PURCHASE REQUEST PROVIDES THE HOWARD LAB A SYSTEM THAT CAN SIMULTANEOUSLY PERFORM MULTIPLE RESTING AND ACTIVE METABOLISM EXPERIMENTS TO PRODUCE THE REQUIRED RESEARCH DELIVERABLE. AMERICAN LOBSTERS HAVE NEVER BEEN STUDIED WITH THIS COMBINED TECHNOLOGY.

LOLIGO SYSTEMS IS THE ONLY COMPANY IN THE WORLD TO CONCEPTUALIZE AND MANUFACTURE FULLY AUTOMATED AND INTEGRATED HARDWARE-SOFTWARE SYSTEMS FOR AQUATIC INTERMITTENT-FLOW RESPIROMETRY THAT ALLOW MULTI CHANNEL SIMULTANEOUS CONTROL AND RECORDING OF INTERMITTENT-FLOW RESPIROMETRY (I.E., OXYGEN CONSUMPTION RATE MEASUREMENTS).

FURTHER, LOLIGO SYSTEMS IS THE ONLY COMPANY IN THE WORLD THAT HAS CONCEPTUALIZED, DEVELOPED, AND MANUFACTURED A TREADMILL SWIM TUNNEL RESPIROMETER, INCLUDING THE SPECIALIZED SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE DEVICES FOR FULLY AUTOMATED SIMULTANEOUS COMPUTERIZED EXPERIMENTS AND INTERMITTENT-FLOW RESPIROMETRY. ALL OF THESE HIGHLY SPECIALIZED PIECES OF SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT ARE MANUFACTURED, TESTED, AND INTEGRATED INTO SYNERGISTIC AUTOMATED AQUATIC SYSTEMS BY LOLIGO SYSTEMS. LOLIGO SYSTEMS IS THE SOLE MANUFACTURER OF AUTORESP SOFTWARE, TREADMILL SWIMTUNNEL RESPIROMETER, AND INTEGRATED OXYGEN DIPPING PROBE. DELIVERY BY 09/30/2024.

THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS AND NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, FIRMS THAT BELIEVE THEY CAN FULLY MEET THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS MAY SUBMIT SUBSTANTIATING DOCUMENTATION IN WRITING TO THE IDENTIFIED POINT OF CONTACT WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS. SUCH DOCUMENTATION WILL BE EVALUATED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT TO CONDUCT THIS PROCUREMENT ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS. A DETERMINATION BY THE GOVERNMENT NOT TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT, BASED UPON RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE, IS SOLELY WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE.