EC-early warning system maintenance

THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SINGLE-SOURCE CONTRACT AND IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES.
The Bureau of Reclamation, Acquisition Operations Branch, Denver, Colorado, intends to award a single source purchase order with Onerain Incorporated, located in Longmont, CO.
DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND
Bureau of Reclamation intends to sole source contract with that Onerain Incorporated for StormLink and Contrail early warning system.
NAICS 541990; All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, size standard $16,500,000.00.
Market research indicates that Onerain Incorporated is the only vendor that can provide software and equipment that utilize StormLink satellite which is proprietary to the vendor.

The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is FAR 13-106-1(b)(1)(i), Contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand-name or industrial mobilization).
The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), only one source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. If firms believe they have the technical capability to meet this need, submit a technical capability statement along with business profile to jmotala@usbr.gov within seven (7) business days of this notice. Any information received will be treated as market research information towards future similar or same requirement.
Quotations or proposals received in response to this notice will not be accepted since the synopsis is not a request for proposal.