Notice of Intent: GeoStudio Licenses
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- REQ1129796
- Agency
-
Farm Production and Conservation
Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 513210 Software Publishers
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) Business Center, on behalf of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), has issued a Special Notice for the procurement of GeoStudio software licenses. The NRCS requires access to the GeoStudio suite, including SLOPE/W, SEEP/W, SIGMA/W, and QUAKE/W modules, to conduct geotechnical analysis and design for complex conservation engineering projects.
The purpose of this Special Notice is to provide intent to award a sole source purchase order to Bentley Systems, Incorporated for the required 6 SLOPE/W, 6 SEEP/W, 2 SIGMA/W, and 1 QUAKE/W subscription network licenses. The Special Notice outlines the detailed software requirements, states that no solicitation document is available, and instructs interested sources to submit their technical capabilities, pricing, and other relevant information by 12:00pm EST on July 11, 2024. The government will use the submitted information to determine if a comparable source is available and more advantageous. No contract will be awarded based on responses to this notice.
Notice text
NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE
Description of supply or service required to meet the agency’s needs:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) Business Center, FPAC Acquisition Division, acting on behalf of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20250 desires to purchase a renewal access to Geo Studio licenses for the award of a firm fixed price purchase order. Access to the Geo Studio licenses is required by USDA-FPAC and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) engineers. The applications are currently being used by NRCS engineers in NRCS state offices and national centers on complex engineering projects. These applications which include Slope/W, Seep/W, Sigma/W, and Quake/W are used by engineers to complete geotechnical analysis on complex earthen structures designs. They are used to complete analysis such as slope stability, seepage, settlement, seismic, etc. for the design of structures such as earth embankments, embankment slopes, structure foundations. This software is required for design of complex NRCS conservation engineering projects. The following Geo Studio licenses are required to help capture that information:
- Quantity of (6) SLOPE/W - Subscription Network License
- Quantity of (6) SEEP/W - Subscription Network License
- Quantity of (2) SIGMA/W - Subscription Network License
- Quantity of (1) QUAKE/W - Subscription Network License
Notice of Intent to Sole Source:
Notice of Intent to award a sole source purchase order under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1). The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Farm Production and Conservation Business Center (FPAC) on behalf of NRCS, intends to contract with Bentley Systems, Incorporated 685 Stockton Drive, Exton, PA 19341-1151 to satisfy agency equipment requirement.
Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. In doing so, interested sources must submit technical capabilities, pricing, and other information that demonstrates their ability to meet the Governments needs no later than response time provided. Detailed capabilities must be submitted to required POC.
This synopsis is not considered a request for bid/quote/proposal. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests for technical information will not be honored. No contract will be awarded on a basis of offers received in response to this notice but offers will be used to determine if a comparable source is available and more advantageous to the Government.
Any questions or concerns regarding this synopsis/notice of intent of single source should be forwarded in writing via email to both Joel Miro-Marquez at Joel.Miro-Marquez@usda.gov and Tamara Sawyer at Tamara.sawyer@usda.gov no later than 12:00pm (EST) Thursday July 11, 2024.
End of Document
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| S01_12FPC224Q0031_GeoStudio RFQ.pdf | ||
| P06_FAR 13_JA_GEOSTUDIO_REDACTED_6.27.24.pdf |
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