Description
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking a vendor to provide an egg picking machine for the Little White Salmon National Fish Hatchery in Washington. The machine must be capable of identifying and separating different types of eggs, including dead, pineyed, glass/unfertilized, pale, small, hemorrhagic, and white spotted eggs. The machine must also use image analysis to allow for more in-depth analysis of the egg interior and have an accuracy rate of less than 1% for sorting and 0.5% for counting. The vendor must provide training and setup assistance and long-term support to maintain peak operational performance.
• The machine must be capable of counting at least 120,000 eggs per hour.
• The machine must be able to dispense a designated batch number and stop to allow for container changes.
• Live eggs must be gently removed using water, not air.
• The machine must have an operating display and be capable of adjusting parameters for egg removal.
• The vendor must provide documentation of technical acceptability with the quote.