Pinniped Photo Annotation and Detection for NMFS

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service/Alaska Fisheries Science Center requires data analysis for annotation of aerial survey imagery for identification of Pinnipeds and training of an Artificial Intelligence/machine learning program for annotation of 100,000 images.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.

This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. (ii) Solicitation number 1333MF24Q0133 is issued as a firm fixed price, commercial, request for quotation (RFQ). (iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-05. (iv) The NAICS code for this acquisition is 518210 – Automated Data Processing Services – the small business size standard is $40m in annual average receipts or less.

This solicitation is restricted to Small Businesses under FAR Part 19 only. Any business submitting a quote for this requirement must be certified and active in SAM.gov as a small business concern with the necessary registrations. Submissions from businesses not certified as small businesses will not be considered. Vendors must be registered and active in SAM.gov at the time of quote submission. (v) Line items are as follows:

CLIN 1: To acquire annotation services to detect and label pinnipeds present in aerial survey photographs; specifications listed in the Statement of Work (vi) Description of requirements for the items to be acquired: The vendor is to provide the items in CLIN 1 per the attached statement of work. (vii) Date(s) and place(s) of delivery and acceptance and FOB point.

Period of Performance is Oct 01, 2024 through Sep 30, 2025 NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service AFSC – Marine Mammal Laboratory 7600 Sand Point Way, Bldg. 4 Seattle, WA 98115 (viii) The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial (Sep 2023), applies to this acquisition without addenda. (ix) The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation—Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The specific evaluation criteria per in paragraph (a) of that provision is below:

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Demonstrated Understanding of the Statement of Work (Technical) Price Past Performance Technical and past performance, when combined, are of equal importance to price. This will be awarded based on best value to the government.

(b) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(End of provision) (x-xiii) See listed Terms and Conditions for Solicitation (xvi) Defense Priorities and Allocations Systems (DPAS) and assigned ratings is not applicable. (xvii) Offers shall be submitted electronically via email to jason.jenks@noaa.gov no later than 1600 hrs EDT, Aug 30, 2024. (xviii) Contact Jason Jenks at jason.jenks@noaa.gov for information regarding this solicitation. Wage Determination 2015-5535 Applies to this solicitation. See attached documents for details.

08/20/2024 - See attachments for Q & A sheet and sample resized photo. The sample photo is much smaller than the actual photos to be annotated. 08/22/2024 - Submission of quotes: Quotes can be in any general format. An offeror's quote shall contain the following:

Pricing for the entire project; Company name, email and physical address, phone number, SAM UEI, size and status under NAICS code 518210; POC name, phone number, and email address; a short description of how the offeror plans to execute the required effort; and any relevant performance information the offeror wishes to pass along. See FAR 52.212-2 in the terms and conditions for solicitation as to how offers will be evaluated and ranked. Quotes are to be submitted directly to jason.jenks@noaa.gov. 08/23/2024 - Second set of questions and answers posted. 08/28/2024 - Solicitation extended through 08/30/2024 at 1600 EDT.