Contract · Federal
Notice of Intent (NOI)
DEPT OF DEFENSE / DEPT OF THE ARMY CHICAGO, IL
- Status Closes in 10 days
- Amount Amount not listed
- Set-aside None (open competition)
Scope
This Norice is a continuation of Notice ID W912P627QA001.Description of Requirement: The U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, intends to establish a firm-fixed-price purchase order on a sole-source basis to Innovasea Systems Inc. (UEI: L4M7A3Q5N9K1, NCAGE: L0683) of Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada.
The requirement is for the procurement of proprietary VEMCO-brand acoustic telemetry equipment.
The specific items required include but are not limited to: NexTrak R1 Transponding Acoustic Receiver with battery; VR2Tx-69kHz Coded Acoustic Receiver with Transponder; and VR100 Surface Transponder and Manual Tracking Acoustic Receiver.
This equipment is essential for the continuation of a 14-year-long Invasive Carp Monitoring and Response Plan and must be fully compatible and interoperable with the existing VEMCO telemetry network deployed in the Chicago Area Waterways (CAWS) and Illinois Waterway (IWW).
Authority: This acquisition is being conducted under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.101(b) , which allows for soliciting from a single source if the contracting officer determines that only one source is reasonably available to satisfy agency requirements.
Justification: This equipment is essential for the continuation of the 14-year-long Invasive Carp Monitoring and Response Plan.
The existing telemetry network, valued at over 500,000 USD, is comprised exclusively of VEMCO-brand equipment, which is proprietary to Innovasea Systems Inc.
The several thousand ultrasonic transmitters already deployed in the river by USACE and its key agency partners (including the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Southern Illinois University, and the U.S.
Geological Survey) can only be detected and decoded by VEMCO receivers.
Innovasea owns the patent to this technology.
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Timeline
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Posted
Oct 26, 2026
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Status
Closing soon
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