70--INTENT TO AWARD

The U.S. Geological Survey intends to award a non-competitive purchase order to Teledyne CARIS Inc located in Fredericton, New Brunswick, CA for the extended maintenance of CARIS HIPS/SIPS bathymetric processing software to be delivered to the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The period of performance is 10/01/2018 to 09/30/2019. The Teledyne CARIS software is used to process any multibeam echo sounder and interferometric sonar swath bathymetric data collected. The Teledyne CARIS software is used in collaborative data exchanges with NOAA as the agency uses the Teledyne CARIS software for swath bathymetric data processing and database development. The manufacturer updates the software periodically throughout the year; to maintain warranty and field support the software maintenance must be renewed annually. Teledyne CARIS is the sole manufacturer and distributor of this software. 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]. The NAICS code is 511210. The size standard is $38.5Million. The anticipated award date of the contract is 08/08/2018. 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.