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- Country: USA
- Summary: eDNA Autosampler - Sources Sought
- UST Ref No: 124464080
- Deadline: 22 Aug 2025
- Competition: ICB
- Financier: Self Financed
- Purchaser Ownership: Public
- Tender Value: Refer Document
- Notice Type: Tender
- Document Ref. No.: PIFSC-25-0001
- Purchaser's Detail :
- Description :
- Description
THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT. IT IS NOT A SOLICITATION, NOR DOES IT GUARANTEE A SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED. REQUESTS FOR A SOLICITATION WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE.
Any information submitted in response to this Sources Sought Announcement is strictly voluntary. The Government will neither award a contract solely based on this notice, nor pay for any information submitted by respondents. This notice is a request by the Government to collect information from interested vendors for the purpose of market research. Failing to provide a response to this announcement will not prohibit/exclude an interested vendor from participating in a future solicitation.
Background:
NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Pelagic Research Program is purchasing two environmental eDNA autosamplers. These eDNA autosamplers are single units that are capable of collecting and filtering multiple water samples, at various intake rates and self-preservation. They can be operated by a single person on NOAA Ships, chartered vessels and small boats or attached to a variety of gear for accurate spatial sampling. They also avoid many of the contamination issues associated with current water filtering methods.
Environmental DNA (eDNA) methodology is realized as a cost-effective and logistically-simple research tool. PIFSC currently uses it to estimate fish abundance and to identify invasive and protected species, such as Pearl Harbor octocorals and the mystery cetaceans at Cross Seamount. The current method of collecting eDNA samples at sea (Niskin bottles on CTD rosettes) is laborious, time-consuming, sensitive to contamination issues, and cannot be performed from small boats. Further, it can result in spatial and temporal mismatches with other gear used during pelagic surveys. Autosamplers overcome these issues by filtering in-situ and, when attached to a glider, net, or hydrophone array, they collect more water at target depths ... - Documents :
Purchaser : COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF | NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
NMFS FIELD DELEGATES 601 EAST 12TH STREET SUITE 1746, KANSAS CITY , MO 64106, USA
Primary Point of Contact: Stephanie M Garnett, stephanie.m.garnett@noaa.gov, Phone Number 807255356
Email :stephanie.m.garnett@noaa.gov
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