99--Juvenile Salmon Acoustic Telemetry System (JSATS) transmitters

The US Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District is issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a firm fixed price Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Single Award Task Order Contract (SATOC) for Juvenile Salmon Acoustic Telemetry System (JSATS) transmitters. JSATS micro-acoustic transmitters for implantation in juvenile salmonids, kelt steelhead and Pacific lamprey for fish passage and survival studies by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This requirement is being solicited as Full and Open Competition. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 334511 with a small business size standard is 750 employees. All responsible firms may submit an offer. The anticipated contract will consist of a Base Award Period of one (1) calendar year, and one (1) one-year option period. Total contract period, to include options, shall not exceed two (2) calendar years. Task Orders are anticipated to range from $10,000.00 to $2,000,000.00. The total of all individual task orders placed against this contract shall not exceed $4,000,000.00 in a single contract year (period). The solicitation will be available for downloading on or about January 29, 2013. Proposals response date will be February 13, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time. Conducting Business with the Government: In order for contractors to conduct business with the Department of Defense, the contractor must provide registration information to the System for Award Management Registration (SAM). All Offerors must be SAM registered prior to receiving an award. Registration instructions may be obtained and online registration may be accomplished, at www.sam.gov. By submission of a quote, a vendor acknowledges the requirement to be registered in the SAM database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from the solicitation. When available, the solicitation documents for this project will be accessible via FedBizOpps at www.fbo.gov. No CD's or hard copies will be available. Offerors are responsible for checking the referenced page for any update(s) to the Notice. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offeror's inability to access the document posted at the referenced website.