DHI Technical Support Services

Notice of Intent for Sole Source Award - DHI Technical Support Services

SOLE SOURCE ANNOUNCEMENT

2. Description of Services

a. Through a firm fixed price Base plus Four Option Year Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) services contract, DHI Water & Environment, Inc, formation, Inc. is to provide technical support, specifically coding in proprietary software, for DHI's model applications. Services will also include non-engineering services to assist with model development, data entry, simulation, and reporting.

b. Provide services to execute hydraulic and hydrologic modeling tasks for water resources and related projects, including work related to flood damage reduction, water management operations, and ecosystem restoration. The hydraulic and hydrologic model tasks shall be completed using the DHI Suite of software.

c. Development of hydrologic and hydraulic models for water resources and related projects; data collection and data entry for model input; integrating various components to produce a working prototype or model of a system; simulation and modeling to test the feasibility of a concept; calibration and validation of model output against Government given criteria; execution of hydrologic and hydraulic models and submission of resulting output reports for Government engineering evaluation; configuration of models according to Government given parameters; and Quality Assurance/Quality Control of models, and reporting.

The NAICS code is 611420

3. Authority

10 USC 2304(c) (1) or 41 USC 253(c) (1); FAR 6.302-1: Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements

4. Reason for Sole Source

DHI is the sole developer of their proprietary MIKE software. DHI has extensive experience and expertise in developing and applying advanced models to solve a broad range of hydrologic, hydraulic, and coastal problems in a variety of environments.

DHI core software includes 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D fully hydrodynamic surface flow and groundwater models (MIKE 11, MIKE 21, MIKE 3, MIKESHE) used to model flow, sediment transport, water quality in riverine, estuary and coastal systems.

DHI is the only company capable of modifying the MIKE source code and providing decision support tools that allow DHI to develop more complex models than consultants that do not have the ability to modify MIKE source code.

5. No solicitation package will be issued. This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. The Government will consider responses received by 12:00 PM Eastern Time on December 27, 2018. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to Gerald.l.garvey@usace.amry.mil and CC jesse.lugo@usace.army.mil. No telephone requests will be honored.

A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future.