This is a sources sought synopsis for acquisition planning purposes and no formal solicitation exists at this time. All qualified concerns may submit capability statements for consideration. Capability statements received will be reviewed to determine the technical, administrative, management, and financial capability of such offers to perform this type of work. The capability statements will be used to determine appropriate procurement strategy, in particular whether a set-aside is warranted or an alternate procurement strategy is warranted. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this acquisition is 334514 Totalizing Fluid Meter and Counting Device Manufacturing. The small business size standard for NAICS Code 334514 is 500 employees. The proposed requirement is for the purchase of doppler current profilers that are comparable to SonTek IQ plus velocity sensors. This product is required to perform real-time flow measurement at gaging stations along the Colorado River. The comparable products shall have the following salient characteristics: " A five beam acoustic Doppler velocity profiler with shallow case which is non-obtrusive to the flow field, integrated temperature, pressure, and pitch sensors. " The device shall be able to measure depth in less than 0.5 feet of water and include automatic velocity measurement cell size determination on the fly. " Communications support shall include compatibility with RS232, SDI-12 and Modbus protocols. " Internal data storage should be a minimum of 4 gigabyte of information. System must include operational and diagnostic software. The anticipated that the start date will be on September 20, 2013. The capability statement shall address the requirement listed above, demonstrate the company's capability to provide comparable doppler current profilers to SonTek IQ plus velocity sensor, and describe previous procurements performed of similar size and complexity. Additionally, all responses to this sources sought shall include company name and address, business size and type (8(a), HubZone, Small Business, etc), and point of contact to include e-mail address and telephone number. Capability statements shall not exceed five pages in length. This information will be used to assist the Contracting Officer in developing the procurement strategy, in particular, including whether an 8(a) or Hubzone set-aside is warranted or if another socio-economic set-aside strategy is more appropriate. Should you be interested in this effort, please submit a capability package to Ms. Cris Forbes at the email address listed below. Statements are to be submitted no later than August 30, 2013 12:00 PM Pacific Standard Time. All responses to this sources sought notice shall be provided to Ms. Cris Forbes, Contract Specialist, via e-mail [email protected].

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