SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- KAMERA ENHANCEMENTS
- Notice Date
- 8/11/2023 11:52:44 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA SEATTLE WA 98115 USA
- ZIP Code
- 98115
- Response Due
- 8/26/2023 11:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 09/10/2023
- Point of Contact
- Shana Cochran, Phone: 3035786998
- E-Mail Address
-
shana.cochran@noaa.gov
(shana.cochran@noaa.gov)
- Description
- ***NOAA'S ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER, ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER (AFSC) MARINE MAMMAL LABORATORY (MML) INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH KITWARE, INC OUT OF CARRBORO, NC FOR KITWARE IMAGE ACQUISITION MANAGER AND ARCHIVER ENHANCEMENT SERVICES ***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S (NOAA) REQUIREMENT THAT KITWARE, INC IS THE SOLE PROVIDER OF THESE SERVICES IN THE UNITED STATES. The system was designed, developed, and serviced by Kitware Inc. over the past 5 years, to integrate nine cameras collecting 5 spectral bands of imagery and run AI models in real time to increase the efficiency and accuracy of remotely sensed pinniped populations in Alaska. THE SOFTWARE FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT IS DEPENDENT ON SOFTWARE CODE THAT WAS DEVELOPED UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OTHER DEVELOPERS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS THIS INFORMATION. KITWARE IS THE ONLY VENDOR WHO IS FAMILIAR WITH AND HAS THE EXPERTISE ON THIS COMPLEX SYSTEM NEEDED TO EXPAND UPON ITS CUURENT FUNCTION. KITWARE has a unique level of familiarity with both the architecture of this complex system and appropriate approaches to maintain and expand upon its current function in preparation for three separate survey efforts planned for 2024 as the system�s application is expanded for additional protected resource projects over the coming years. The services needed under this contract are both complex and critical to the survey mission. There ARE NO OTHER VENDORS WHO CAN come up to speed, REBUILD PROPRIETARY COMPONENTS AND DELIVER A FUNCTIONAL SYSTEM without threatening the mission for which thIS contract supports PRIOR TO THE TEST FLIGHT AND �SURVEYS PLANNED FOR DECEMBER 2023 AND SRING 2024. KITWARE, INC HAS CONFIRMED THAT THEY ARE THE ONLY PROVIDER OF ENHANCEMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO THEIR PROPRIETARY KAMERA PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STATES. ***THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS AND NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, FIRMS THAT BELIEVE THEY CAN FULLY MEET THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS MAY SUBMIT SUBSTANTIATING DOCUMENTATION IN WRITING TO THE IDENTIFIED POINT OF CONTACT WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS. SUCH DOCUMENTATION WILL BE EVALUATED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT TO CONDUCT THIS PROCUREMENT ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS. A DETERMINATION BY THE GOVERNMENT NOT TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT, BASED UPON RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE, IS SOLELY WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE.
- Web Link
-
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Clifton Park, NY, USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN06786783-F 20230813/230811230056 (samdaily.us)
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