Optical Televiewer (OTV)

Notice of Intent


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

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), intends to negotiate a purchase order with Mount Sopris Instrument Company, Inc., Denver, CO 80216 for a an optical televiewer (OTV) that provides imagery of open boreholes, with additional parts as described in the attached Specifications.

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. Mount Sopris is, to the USGS' knowledge, the only source who can provided this highly specialized scientific instrument that is compatible with the software widely used by the PIWSC geophysics team. This is the only known optical televiewer that interfaces with the existing calibrated hardware and 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 quotation 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 334519 Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing and associated size standard 500 employees apply to this announcement.

Responses or inquiries shall only be accepted through electronic mail addressed to nlushenko@usgs.gov and must be uploaded and received in their entirety no later than September 01, 2023.


Specifications are attached.