AERIAL SURVEY IMAGERY NOTICE OF INTENT

AERIAL SURVEY IMAGERY NOTICE OF INTENT This is a notice of intent to solicit from a single source. The US Geological Survey (USGS) intends to award a contract to Conservation Metrics in Santa Cruz CA for Sea Duck Detection from Aerial Survey Imagery 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 developed unique and proprietary code, software, workflows, and a machine learning pipeline specific to account for the environmental variability encountered during aerial imagery collection to produce a standardized data product tailored to this projects needs.

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 813312 Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations and PSC B534 Special Studies/Analysis Wildlife apply to this announcement. Responses or inquiries shall only be accepted through electronic mail addressed to rlujan@usgs.gov and must be uploaded and received in their entirety no later than September 4, 2024, at 0800 hours central time. Responses submitted by hardcopy, or the any web portal shall not be accepted or considered