58--58--UNDERWATER MICROWAVE TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER EQUIPMENT

The US Fish and Wildlife Service-Region 7 (Alaska) intends to award a sole source procurement to the See More Life Systems, Inc, Homer, Alaska to provide and install an underwater digital video transmission and receiver system for monitoring Pacific Salmon. The contract will integrate an existing video salmon escapement-monitoring station the the Big Creek weir, Becharof National Wildlife Refuge, with a wireless audio/video microwave transmitter. The transmitter will send live video images of fish passing through a weir to a digital video recording station located in the Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters in King Salmon. The contractor will also install a second receiver in the King Salmon Visitors Center. Video technology can benefit fisheries monitoring programs by reducing costs, improving accuracy, reducing potential impacts on fish and aquatic habitats and can provide a popular venue for educating the public on the conservation of Alaska's indigenous salmon populations. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and the Government does not intend to accept proposals received. Award will be made 14 days after publication of this notice. See Numbered Note 22.