Sources Sought
tTEM V2 SYSTEM UPGRADE
Department of the Interior
AI summaryThe Bureau of Reclamation (Department of the Interior) is doing market research for a tTEM V2 system upgrade. It would convert its existing tTEM V1 ground-imaging system with new electronics, plus a 12-month software subscription. This is a sources sought notice, not a solicitation: nobody can quote or win an award from it. Interested firms reply by email by the response due date, November 5, 2026, 4:00 PM Mountain. The replies will help decide whether to set the buy aside for small business. More in the summary
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The Bureau of Reclamation (Department of the Interior) is doing market research for a tTEM V2 system upgrade. It would convert its existing tTEM V1 ground-imaging system with new electronics, plus a 12-month software subscription. This is a sources sought notice, not a solicitation: nobody can quote or win an award from it. Interested firms reply by email by the response due date, November 5, 2026, 4:00 PM Mountain. The replies will help decide whether to set the buy aside for small business.
How to submit: Email to Aubrie Watson, Contract Specialist, aubrielle_watson@ios.doi.gov. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 22, 2026.
- Worth checking: Brand and model named. The requirement names a TEMcompany ApS tTEM V2 system. Firms that are not the manufacturer must name the manufacturers they would use.
- Worth checking: Trade-in of the old electronics. The upgrade trades in Reclamation's old transmitter and receiver electronics, which are returned to the vendor, for a discounted conversion.
- Minor: Sources sought only, not a solicitation. Responding does not guarantee a later solicitation or award, and the Government pays nothing for responses.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- Sources_Sought_1.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Upgrade Reclamation's tTEM V1 system with a TEMcompany ApS tTEM V2 (tTEM2) conversion kit. The old transmitter and receiver electronics return to the vendor.
- Core parts: QTY (one) combined transmitter and receiver electronics unit, QTY (one) RCS20 receiver coil, QTY (two) RRC2054 receiver batteries, QTY (one) assembled transmitter platform.
- Cables, QTY (one) each: standard (~3m) and extended (~6m) transmitter (Tx) coil lead-in cables. Standard (~15m) and extended (~18m) receiver (Rx) cables. A 12v power cable and a 333 Tx coil cable adapter. Also QTY (one) each of Tx coils 221, 331 and 333.
- Coil wings with Tx platform mounting hardware: QTY (four) 2x2m and QTY (four) 3x3m.
- QTY (one) tTEM2 data collection software premium functionality subscription, 12 months.
- Imaging depth of 130m (~427ft) with the 221/331 Tx coils or 180m (~590ft) with the 333 Tx coil. Operating range -20 to 50°C. Liquid-cooled transmitter electronics.
- Delivery partially disassembled in reusable crates suitable for domestic and international shipping.
- Data processing software (Seequent Workbench) is not part of this requirement. Reclamation already owns it.
- Period of performance
- Software subscription: 12 months
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 5, 2026, 4:00 PM Mountain
- How to submit
- Email to Aubrie Watson, Contract Specialist, aubrielle_watson@ios.doi.gov
What to include when you submit
- Send business information: company name, address, point of contact, Unique Entity ID, phone, email, web page, and whether you are registered in the System for Award Management (SAM).
- Give a recommended North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code if other than 334519.
- State whether you are a small business and which type (women-owned, small disadvantaged, HUBZone and so on).
- Describe your experience with this kind of work, with contract numbers, a brief description, period of performance, agency supported and points of contact.
- Say whether you have teaming agreements and each partner's role, and what share of the work your company can perform. Separate the prime's work from the partners' work.
- Say whether you manufacture the tTEM V2 system and how many you have built and where. If not, name and give addresses for the manufacturers you would use.
- Add brief material information showing the product meets the requirement, any challenges you foresee, and other relevant concerns.
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. Reclamation already owns a tTEM V1 system and licenses to Seequent's (Aarhus Geosoftware) Workbench and tTEM module software.
Not in the notice text
- SAM.gov leaves the place of performance blank, and the text gives no delivery location or delivery date.
- Contract type, the Government's estimate and the planned set-aside are not stated. The notice says responses will help decide whether it is competitive or a total small business set-aside.
- A capabilities briefing may be required at the Government's discretion; the Government will contact firms directly.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside. Any business can reply: this is market research, and no bid is being taken yet.
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- Reclamation Contracting Activity, Denver, CO
- Product/service code
- 6655 · Geophysical Instruments
- Business type
- Electronic parts & equipment (supplies) (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 334519)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
Terms on this notice: Sources sought notice
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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