Special notice, first published as sources sought
WAVE GLIDER PILOTING SVC
140G0326Q0158
US Geological Survey, Office of Acquisiton Grants. Other Computer Related Services.
Awarded
$19,425.00 obligated so far on USAspending
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Description
As published on SAM.gov.
Notice of Intent
This is a notice of intent to solicit from a single source.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), intends to award a purchase order to Liquid Robotics for Wave Glider piloting services.
Award will be made in accordance with Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 entitled, Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Liquid Robotics is, to the USGS' knowledge, the only source who can provide the required service due to the Wave Glider Management System being proprietary to Liquid Robotics.
The purpose of this notice is to satisfy the requirements of RFO FAR Subpart 5.101(a). This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. However, all responsible parties may submit a quotation by the closing date of this announcement 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 541519, Other Computer Related Services.
Responses or inquiries shall only be accepted through electronic mail addressed to yangzhi_deng@ios.doi.gov and must be uploaded and received in their entirety no later than July 24, 2026 at 1500 PST.
Responses submitted by hardcopy or any web portal shall not be accepted or considered.
The attached sole source justification has been redacted in accordance with FAR 6.301.
Attachments
Files listed on SAM.gov. The ones we hold a copy of download from here; the rest open SAM's download, which needs no account.
- SOO_-_WG_Piloting_1.pdf70 KB, July 8, 2026
- Sole_Source_-_WG_Piloting_Redacted_2.pdf142 KB, July 14, 2026
The contract, on USAspending
Federal procurement data the awarding office reported to FPDS, matched to this solicitation by its number.
- Recipient
- Liquid Robotics, Inc.
- UEI
- TKPCKJTYLRB6
- CAGE
- 4Y9T1
- Vendor location
- Herndon, VA
- Contract
- 140G0326P0222, purchase order
- Obligated
- $19,425.00, potential $39,625
- Actions
- 1 between July 29, 2026 and July 29, 2026
- Competition
- Not Competed Under SAP, 1 offer received
- Set-aside reported
- No Set Aside Used.
- Described as
- Eo 14398 - Wave Glider Piloting SVC
- Match
- solicitation number 140G0326Q0158 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 140G03 (high confidence)
- Record
- USAspending award page
Publications
Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.
July 8, 2026
Sources sought
Due July 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice d0c662f41d864d14b8c8c5548e7404a0
2 revisions on SAM
- July 14, 2026: publish, special notice
- July 8, 2026: publish, sources sought
July 14, 2026
Special notice, originally sources sought
Due July 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 4f6aa415d0514539b96370c536a4871b
2 revisions on SAM
- July 14, 2026: publish, special notice
- July 8, 2026: publish, sources sought
Points of contact
- Deng, Yangzhiyangzhideng@usgs.gov916-278-9326