The agency posted this for awareness. It's not a solicitation, so you can't respond with a bid.
The U.S. Department of the Interior needs a remote control hydrographic survey vessel for integration with existing systems.
Key Details
The U.S. Department of the Interior needs a remote control hydrographic survey vessel designed specifically for integration with the SonTek RS5 Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) and the SonTek RSQ data acquisition software. The vessel must include proprietary SonTek capabilities such as factory engineered RS5 mounting hardware, native RSQ/RS5 firmware integration, SmartPulse+ processing, SonTek vertical beam corrections, and telemetry modules designed specifically for RS5 data collection.
- What's the contract structure and timeline?
The notice doesn't say.
- How will they pick the winner?
The notice doesn't say.
- When and how do you bid?
Submit a capability statement demonstrating that your product offers full, native, and proprietary interoperability with SonTek RS5 and RSQ systems, without adapters, third party integration, or cross platform data conversion. Capability statements must be received by August 6, 2026, at 9:00 PM ET.
Routine commodity buy — low-effort bid, modest payoff.
Who can apply
- Must be 8(a) certified (a small-business program for socially or economically disadvantaged owners)
If you're interested, do this first
- Submit a capability statement demonstrating that your product offers full, native, and proprietary interoperability with SonTek RS5 and RSQ systems, without adapters, third party integration, or cross platform data conversion.