70--Intent to Award

The U.S. Geological Survey intends to award a non-competitive purchase order to Teledyne Caris, Inc located in Alexandria, VA for extended maintenance agreement for Teledyne CARIS software, to be delivered to the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The period of performance is 10/01/2016 to 09/30/2017. Teledyne Caris, Inc is the sole proprietor and only known distributor of this software in the United States. In accordance with FAR 5.207, all responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal or quotation which shall be considered by the agency, however, THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. The Government intends to award this requirement noncompetitively in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1). Email responses to [email protected]. Emailed responses are preferred. The NAICS code is 511210. The size standard is $38.5 million. The anticipated award date of the contract is 08/29/16. The anticipated contract will be firm fixed-price. A vendor must be registered at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ to be awarded the contract.