G1 planet labs LCB

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 negotiate a single source contract with Planet Lab Federal, Inc.
The Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Region, intends to award, on a single source basis a Firm Fixed Price contract, for a period of performance of 1-year, to Planet Lab Federal, Inc. 911 Washington Ave Ste 420, Saint Louis, Missouri, 63101-1208. Reclamation has a need for medium to high resolution multispectral satellite imagery with a weekly minimum revisit time for vegetation classification, vegetation health monitoring, and other remote sensing activities. Planet Labs Federal, Inc. is the only provider of this kind of imagery product. Resellers of this imagery do exist in the commercial marketplace, but they do not offer access to the graphical user interface (GUI) or the application programming interface (API) to search current and archive imagery. This procurement is being conducted pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 12 and 13. Reclamation believes that only one responsible source can fully provide the service that will satisfy the agency's requirement.

The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is 10 USC 2304 (c) (1), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Responsible sources may submit technical capability statement along with business profile to Contract Specialist, Melissa A Corum at mcorum@usbr.gov by 1700 ES, June 30, 2021, which shall be considered by the Agency. Any information received will be treated as market research information for future of same or similar requirements. The Contracting Office reserves the right to pursue the single source negotiation or compete the requirement based on information received. Quotations or proposals received in response to this notice will not be accepted since THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS OR QUOTES.