Aquaveo Licenses

***NOAA's Acquisition & Grants Office, Western Acquisition Division-Boulder, National Weather Service (NWS), National Water Center (NWC) intends to negotiation, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with Aquaveo, LLC, to purchase ten (10) licenses of the Surface Modeling System (SMS) and ten (10) licenses of the ADCIRC Coastal Circulation Model software for the Tuscaloosa, AL NWC office.

***The sole source determination is based on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) requirement that Aquaveo LLC is the owner of these proprietary licenses and they match existing equipment and provide interactivity with current NWC systems in a secure and efficient manner. The licenses are to be used to update and expand already available software being used for the COASTAL Act and Hurricane Supplemental (HS) model development. Aquaveo has international resellers but none in the US. Licenses to be delivered within 30 days of award.

***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.