Long-Term GPS Data Hosting and Transmission (5-Year Plan)

This contract secures five years of data transmission and hosting services for sixty Survey-2D GPS collars, ensuring continuous acquisition, transfer, and storage of location and environmental data collected from wildlife tracked across California’s diverse landscapes. The services will leverage satellite and cellular networks to maintain reliable connectivity in remote and challenging environments, supporting the Fish and Game Commission’s wildlife monitoring and conservation objectives. The infrastructure must guarantee uninterrupted data flow, secure cloud-based hosting, and scalable storage to accommodate long-term research needs without degradation in performance or accuracy. The contract is structured as a subcontract under NAICS code 517919 for other telecommunications services, and it is tied to a multi-year state initiative managed by the California Fish and Game Commission. While the specific location of performance is not detailed, the services are intended to support statewide wildlife tracking efforts requiring robust, low-latency transmission and redundant data retention protocols. The agreement does not include set-aside provisions and is positioned as a critical operational component for ongoing ecological research, with data integrity, uptime, and future-proof scalability prioritized over the term of the five-year engagement.