7G--Special Notice of Intent to Sole Source Award

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intends to award a sole source contract to Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc. for the purchase of rechargeable battery packs, charging cables, non-rechargeable battery packs, and Trident SR3001 acoustic receivers. These equipment are proprietary to ATS and are used to detect migrating fish, resulting in the ability to produce survival estimates for numerous juvenile fish research projects in the Sacramento River. The contract will be awarded under the authority of FAR subpart 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) and (ii), for purchases not exceeding the Simplified Acquisition Threshold. • The equipment is proprietary to ATS and can only be produced or repaired by ATS or its contractor. • The use of power sources other than the proprietary ATS battery packs would void any SR3000/SR3001 receiver warranties and might cause unwanted power surges. • A new ATS SR3001 JSATS receiver costs $3295.00. • The contract is expected to benefit the USFWS and NMFS and has implications for water management of the multi-billion-dollar agriculture-based economy of California's Central Valley.