Description
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intends to award a firm fixed price contract to Vectronics Aerospace, Inc. for proprietary continuous satellite data transmission services for GPS-enabled wildlife collars currently deployed on the Porcupine Caribou Herd. The contract will be for a base year plus four option years. The services required include two-way satellite communication, remote configuration capability, and access to the Vectronic Wildlife API and web portal. The contract will be awarded using Simplified Acquisition Procedures, and the price is determined to be fair and reasonable based on previous similar purchases.
The key aspects of the job include:
• Providing continuous satellite airtime and data hosting services for GPS wildlife collars
• Maintaining uninterrupted telemetry data flow from collars
• Allowing for remote adjustment of collar fix schedules and data retrieval
• Managing collar performance
• Ensuring compatibility with the existing proprietary firmware and communication protocols used by the collars.