Acoustic Monitoring Equipment Supply & Maintenance

The contract requires the supply, deployment, and ongoing maintenance of autonomous recording units specifically designed for nocturnal acoustic monitoring of Eastern black rail vocalizations in wetland habitats. The equipment must be capable of reliably capturing low-frequency bird calls during nighttime hours across diverse and often challenging wetland environments, ensuring high-quality data collection for ecological research and species presence verification. The successful bidder must provide not only the hardware but also installation, calibration, retrieval, data management support, and routine maintenance protocols to sustain continuous operation over the monitoring period. This is a subcontract under a Total Small Business Set-Aside, classified under NAICS code 334510 for communication equipment manufacturing, and is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Department of the Interior. Proposals must be submitted by May 14, 2026, with the work performance location unspecified but focused on wetland areas critical to Eastern black rail conservation. The contracting agency emphasizes technical capability, durability of equipment under harsh field conditions, and proven experience in ecological acoustic monitoring to meet the operational demands of this specialized wildlife detection effort.