Kingdom Suite 2D/3D PAK (STA-ADV) software and maintenance.

This is a notice of intent to solicit from a single source.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) intends to award a purchase order, to include four option years with IHS Markit Ltd. (IHS) of Englewood, CO for Kingdom Suite 2D/3D PAK (STA-ADV) software and maintenance.

Award will be made in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b) and the procedures at FAR Part 12 entitled, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 entitled, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. IHS Markit Ltd. (IHS) is, to the USGS knowledge, the only source who can provide the Kingdom Suite software and is the only MS Windows software capable of loading and displaying standard SEG-Y seismic data format data at very high sample rates for the purpose of analysis, interpretation, and digitization. The Windows platform allows the Government to leverage the increased speed of 64-bit, which is helpful given the large size of the data files. While Macs can (now) run as 64-bit machines, it is via Windows set as a virtual machine; there is no Mac version of this software.

The purpose of this notice is to satisfy the requirements of FAR Subpart 5.2. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. However, all responsible parties may submit a capability statement by the closing date of this announcement which shall be considered by the agency. No solicitation will be issued. A determination not to compete this action based upon responses received is in the sole discretion of the Government.

The NAICS code for this action is 513210 Software Publishers with the associated standard size of $47 million.

Responses or inquiries shall only be accepted through electronic mail addressed to thuot@usgs.gov and must be uploaded and received in their entirety no later than 07/24/2023 at 1700 PD. Responses submitted by hardcopy or the SAM.gov portal shall not be accepted or considered.