SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- Intent to Award - Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.
- Notice Date
- 7/23/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 813910
— Business Associations
- Contracting Office
- USGS NATIONAL ACQUISITION BRANCH205 NATIONAL CENTER12201 SUNRISE VALLEY DRIVERESTONVA20192US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- G12PS00570
- Point of Contact
- Bryan O'Shaughnessy
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The US Geological Survey (USGS) has a requirement for Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Membership. The USGS is aware of no other source that can provide the above. Therefore, it intends to make an award to Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), unless it is contacted by any vendor who believes they obtain similar technical expertise and can provide the same service. Vendors are invited to contact the Contract Specialist, Bryan O'Shaughnessy (bposhaughnessy@usgs.gov) no later than 12:00 PM EST, Friday, July 27, 2012 with an affirmative answer. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) considers employee signatures to be Personal Protected Information, and therefore all employee signatures have been redacted. By posting this document, the Contract Specialist attests all appropriate signatures have been obtained. SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION STATES THE FOLLOWING PART: The following information is provided to demonstrate the proposed contractors unique qualifications: Membership renewal with the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is sought for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS is the lead agency designated by the Department of the Interior for the development and adoption of geospatial standards. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-119 requires federal agencies to participate in such voluntary consensus standards groups to contribute federal requirements to the standardization process. Participation in the standards development process is limited to member organizations. Under this membership, all disciplines within the USGS are eligible to participate, covering geospatial standardization issues in water resources, geology, ecosystems, and geospatial domains. No organization other than the OGC provides a forum for geospatial voluntary-consensus industry standards development. Participation in the OGC allows members the ability to collaborate in extensive research and development on geospatial standards that would be many times more costly than if work were conducted independently. Members can collaborate on Interoperability Program initiatives, including testbeds and pilot projects as collaboration events. As a result of this process, all standards that are developed become freely available to anyone over the Internet, increasing the outreach and adoption of the standards. Membership in the OGC allows the USGS to fulfill its obligations under A-119, maintain leadership in geospatial standards development, and promotes the open exchange of geospatial data between USGS and hundreds of other organizations. Failure by USGS to maintain membership in the OGC would jeopardize the status of the Bureau as a designated lead agency. It has been determined by the program office, through market research conducted in April 2012 via internet searches, that there are no other alternative organizations or resellers of this membership.
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