B--DIGITAL IMAGE AND DATA PROCESSING

DIGITAL IMAGE AND DATA PROCESSING NOTICE OF INTENT This is a notice of intent to solicit from a single source. The US Geological Survey (USGS), intends to award a purchase order to Conservation Metrics, Inc. of Santa Cruz, CA for continuation of a digital image and data collection project as described in the attached Statement of Work. Award will be made in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b) and the procedures at FAR Part 12 entitled, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 entitled Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Conservation Metrics, Inc. has developed unique code, software, workflows, and a machine learning pipeline specific to the aerial survey imagery collected by USGS in order to produce a standardized data product tailored to this project's needs. For this reason, the USGS intends to continue this project using this vendor. The purpose of this notice is to satisfy the requirements of FAR Subpart 5.2. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. However, all responsible parties may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the agency. No solicitation will be issued. A determination not to compete this action based upon responses received is in the sole discretion of the Government. The NAICS code for this action is 541620, Environmental Consulting Services, and the PSC is B529, Special Studies/Analysis - Scientific Data. Responses or inquiries shall only be accepted through electronic mail addressed to [email protected] and must be uploaded and received in their entirety no later than 11/12/2020 at 1200 PT. Responses submitted by hardcopy shall not be accepted or considered. This requirement is subject to the availability of funds.