# Intent to Sole Source VEMCO Acoustic Tags

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/2cc181fbf4414140a00029dd7f40e8b5

- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Closed. Deadline was July 19, 2023 at 11:00 AM EDT
- Department: Department of the Army
- Agency: Department of the Army
- Contracting office: W07V Endist Rock Island (W912EK)
- NAICS: 334513 Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables
- Product or service code: 5820 Radio and Television Communication Equipment, Except Airborne
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- Place of performance: Rock Island, Illinois
- County: Rock Island County (FIPS 17161). https://abierto.us/counties/rock-island-county-il-17161
- City: Rock Island. https://abierto.us/cities/rock-island-il-1765078
- First posted: July 15, 2024
- Last posted: July 15, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/2cc181fbf4414140a00029dd7f40e8b5/view

## Description

The United State Corp of Engineers (USACE) Mississippi Valley River (MVR) District intent to sole source the purchase of 100 VEMCO tracking tags for tracking telemetry tagged fish, within the Lock and Dam 22 Fish Passage project. These tags will allow detection of fishes on existing VEMCO receivers currently deployed as part of several acoustic telemetry arrays in the Mississippi River.

**Key Products:** Acoustic telemetry tags (69 kHz coded transmitters) capable of being detected by existing VEMCO acoustic telemetry receivers currently deployed in the Mississippi River. This is not a request for proposal/qoute and no award will be made based on this announcement. If your organization believes it can provide tracking tags compatible with VEMCO tracking systems, contact the POC for this announcement prior to 10:00 am 19JUL2024.

## Publications

- July 15, 2024: Special notice, due July 19, 2023 at 11:00 AM EDT. Notice 2cc181fbf4414140a00029dd7f40e8b5. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/2cc181fbf4414140a00029dd7f40e8b5/view

## Points of contact

- Stanley L. Bolton, stanley.l.bolton@usace.army.mil
- Ryan R. Larrison, Ryan.R.Larrison@usace.army.mil

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