eDNA Autosampler Equipment
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The US Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center – Construction Engineering Research Laboratory is seeking to acquire eDNA autosampler equipment to enhance environmental monitoring capabilities at military installations, with a focus on wildlife detection, biological threats, and environmental hazards. The agency currently owns Smith-Root eDNA autosamplers and aims to expand its inventory by procuring alternative commercially available platforms to ensure broader technical flexibility and robustness in field operations. The required systems must be autonomously operable in outdoor environments using solar or battery power, capable of collecting and filtering water samples using 47 mm filters, preserving samples for extended periods, and operating without human intervention for at least 30 days while storing a minimum of eight samples. The equipment must allow pre-scheduled operation times for consistent, reliable data collection. The agency specifically requires two distinct types of systems: one submersible unit from Dartmouth Ocean Technologies capable of operating underwater up to five meters, and one shore-based unit from MTE Instruments designed for deployment out of water. This is a pre-solicitation notice issued under FAR Part 5.101(a), not a formal solicitation, and invites industry feedback on available products, potential vendors—including small business distributors—and any alternative brands that meet or exceed the stated requirements. Interested parties must submit capability statements confirming whether their offerings apply to one or both systems, with submissions due by the stated deadline to the designated email address. Responses will inform the final definition of technical requirements and acquisition strategy, and any future solicitation will include a full justification for the specified brand names. The notice is associated with NAICS code 334516 and is managed by the Department of Defense through its Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in Champaign, Illinois.
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The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineer Research and Development Center - Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (ERDC-CERL) seeks to acquire eDNA Autosampler Equipment to support Resource Management and Sustainment research needs and to enable more effective environmental monitoring of wildlife, biological threats, and hazards at US military installations.
The ERDC-CERL lab already owns Smith-Root brand eDNA Autosampler Equipment and is specifically seeking to acquire other/alternate brands in this procurement to increase their laboratory capabilities to cover a variety of commercially available brands. The eDNA Autosampling platforms to be acquired must be designed for field-deployable usage (solar/battery power options) for autonomous water collection, filtration (with 47 mm filters), and sample preservation. They should be fully automated with ability to schedule the machine in advance to run at specified times and should be capable of collecting and preserving 8 or more samples for a minimum of 30 days after processing.
In their market research to date, ERDC-CERL researchers have specifically identified the following brands as potentially fulfilling their requirements, and is seeking industry feedback on potential distributor vendors for those brands (including but not limited to small business distributors), as well as feedback on alternative, commercially available brands to those identified that fulfill the minimum requirements above as well as those below.
1) Dartmouth Ocean Technologies (DOT) submersible eDNA Autosampler: the ERDC-CERL team requires one platform that is water-submersible up to 5 meters.
2) MTE Instruments shore-based eDNA Autosampler: the ERDC-CERL team requires one platform for shore-based (out of water) use.
This is a pre-solicitation notice posted in accordance with RFO FAR Part 5.101(a). It is NOT an official solicitation or a request for competitive quotations. Any interested party that believes they should be considered capable of fulfilling this requirement should submit a capability statement of their related products or services to be reviewed for technical content. Please clarify whether the capability statement is applicable to just one of the desired systems, or for both. Information received will be considered for the purposes of finalizing the definition of the Government's requirement and for determining the proper acquisition strategy. The resultant solicitation will include a justification for brand name requirements as applicable.
Please provide responses to this notice no later than the time listed above in this notice, to: CERL-CT_Quotes@usace.army.mil.
Telephone responses will not be accepted.