Hypack Maintenance Renewals for the Office of Coast Survey in Silver Spring, MD

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Acquisition Division – Kansas City office intends to award, on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106(b)(1), with PureHM Inc in Middletown, CT a purchase order for Hypack Maintenance Renewals for the Office of Coast Survey in Silver Spring, MD.

The Government intends to utilize the authority under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106(b)(1), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will satisfy agency requirements, unless, as a result of this announcement, acceptable responses to this notice are received and a determination is made by the Government to issue a competitive solicitation. The Government intends to award a purchase order to PureHM Inc (Hypack – A Xylem Brand).

Sole Source Justification: Hypack, Inc. is the sole owner and distributor of Hypack hydrographic survey software packages, including Hysweep, Hypack Max, Hypack Survey, and Hypack ECHO. As Hypack’s business segment leader, PureHM U S, Inc., is the sole entity authorized to sell the brand to the government. These packages are an industry standard for marine surveying, positioning, and navigation, and are critical in NOAA’s mission to accurately collect single beam and multibeam sonar bathymetric datasets.

This software also allows hydrographers to precisely navigate survey lines using NOAA raster charts and ENCs as background files to safely collect navigationally significant data. NOAA’s hydrographic fleet currently has more than 40 licenses of Hypack software in use, and has a continued requirement to access technical support and program updates for this mission-essential software.

Without the purchase of the yearly support agreement, NOAA users would not have access to necessary updates and support for continued quality data acquisition. Due to the significant investment that Office of Coast Survey, Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO), NOAA Ocean Exploration office (OER), and National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) have already incurred with the procurement of Hypack software licenses, replacement of this software would not be advantageous to the Government.

Hypack, Inc., is a brand of parent company Xylem, Inc. Hypack is directly managed and supported by the PureHM U S, Inc., business segment under Xylem, Inc. As such, the OCS contract is with PureHM U S, Inc., for all Hypack brand software. This special notice is not a request for competitive offerors and no solicitation package is available. However, firms that believe they can provide this supply may submit substantiating documentation in writing within fifteen business days of this notice.

Responses can be sent via e-mail to Abigail.green@noaa.gov. 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 response to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.

If no documentation is received, award will be made directly to PureHM Inc. DOC, Eastern Acquisition Division requires that all contractors doing business with this office be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM). No award can be made to a company not registered in SAM. Contractors active in SAM have a unique entity identifier (UEI) that is used to do business with the federal government.

The Government has moved to a free new, non-proprietary identifier that will have to be requested in, and assigned by, the System for Award Management (SAM.gov). You can register and access the site by going to www.sam.gov.