Echoview Software PTY LTD of Australia for the nonpersonal services renewal of existing licenses and service including maintenance and technical support

*** National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Acquisition & Grants Office, Western Acquisition Division-Boulder, intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with Echoview Software PTY LTD of Australia for the nonpersonal services renewal of existing licenses and service including maintenance and technical support.

***The sole source determination is based on the NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has a need for the requirements for proprietary software and maintenance licenses. Echoview Software PTY LTD software will be used by NMFS for the research in accomplishing its mission of producing biomass estimates of coastal Pacific hake through the analysis of acoustic data collected at sea during integrated acoustic and trawl surveys. Echoview Software PTY LTD (previously Myriax Software) is the developer and the only supplier of the Echoview Software. Echoview Software PTY LTD is the only commercial software available for the general analysis and processing of fisheries acoustics data that meets the needs of the NMFS.

The period of performance runs through January 9 of each year. There will be two options included in this requirement which will take period through January 9, 2022.

***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.

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