The U.S.G.S intends to award a sole source, firm fixed-price purchase order to Telonics, Inc. of Mesa, AZ. This contract action is for supplies for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b). Requirement is to provide 9 ea TGW-4680-3 GPS/Argos system for caribou; 9 ea CR-2A collar release mechanism. Additionally, in order to have uniformity in collar function and fit, as well as maintain compatibility with current programming software, we need to purchase collars of the same make and model as existing inventory. To purchase collars from a different company for this project, the USGS will need to spend additional funds and resources to buy new software and hardware to interface with the collars, new data plans to acquire data via satellite system, as well as increased time and reduced efficiency in processing collar data. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, any firm who believes it is capable of meeting USGS requirement as stated herein, may submit a response/capabilities statement, by 1500 hrs PDT, 26 June 2015, will be considered. Responses to this posting must be in writing. A determination not to compete the proposed purchase order based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

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