66--GPS DEVICES AND SERVICE **AMD 002**

The U.S. Geological Survey’s Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center is soliciting 90 new GPS tracking units and associated services under RFQ 140G0126Q0201 AMD 001, with a total small business set-aside under FAR 19.5 and NAICS code 334513, which has a size standard of 750 employees. The solicitation, issued on June 30, 2026, by the Department of the Interior’s Office of Acquisition Grants-National in Reston, VA, requires responses by July 16, 2026, and anticipates award on July 7, 2026. All vendors must be registered in SAM.gov with a valid Unique Entity Identifier and comply with the Buy American Act, disclosing any foreign end products. The contract covers a period of performance from July 8, 2026, through July 7, 2027, with initial delivery of the 90 units required within 30 days of order receipt to Little Rock, AR, followed by annual service-only obligations. The units and services fall under Product/Service Code 6675 for drafting, surveying, and mapping instruments. Technical compliance is mandatory, requiring devices to meet or exceed all specified performance characteristics, and the government reserves the right to test Section 508 accessibility claims prior to acceptance, with remediation required if claims are found inaccurate. Contractual obligations include full compliance with FISMA and NIST SP 800-53 Rev.1 security controls, mandatory annual cybersecurity awareness training for personnel, use of government-approved login banners, submission of a contingency plan per NIST SP 800-34, and immediate notification of employee changes affecting DOI system access. All software and hardware must be free of malicious code. Invoicing must be submitted electronically through the U.S. Treasury’s Invoice Processing Platform, requiring contractor registration and attachment of a contractor-generated invoice, with waiver requests allowed only if submitted with the original quotation. A Statement of Work requires coordination with technical and safety liaisons, and all offerors must affirm representations related to SAM registration, small business status, supply chain security, whistleblower rights, and prohibitions on confidential confidentiality agreements.