Sole source award: erdas imagine software licenses
Awarded Limited / Sole Source Justification Posted
- Solicitation number
- 1305M226F0263
- Agency
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Department of Commerce
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- 47QTCA18D003G-1305M226F0263 Federal contract award
- Awardee
- Hexagon US Federal, Inc.
- NAICS code
- 513210 Software Publishers
- Place of performance
- Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, through its Acquisition & Grants Office Eastern Acquisition Division in Norfolk, intends to award a sole-source contract to Hexagon US Federal Inc. for ERDAS IMAGINE software licenses to support the National Ocean Service's National Geodetic Survey Remote Sensing Division, under FAR 12.102(a).
NOAA justified the sole-source determination based on the requirement for ERDAS software to continue processing raw LIDAR data into models for coastal mapping and shoreline survey programs. The software is fully integrated into NGS's airborne topographic LIDAR processing workflow and supports automatic feature extraction and data visualization, processing, and quality control. ERDAS is cited as an integral component in producing coastal mapping and airport survey deliverables. Failure to procure these licenses would prevent NOAA from visualizing, processing, and quality-controlling data to ensure integrity and accuracy, and would hinder distribution to other contracts relying on this data. NOAA is congressionally mandated to survey the national shoreline using remote sensing techniques including analog film, digital imagery, hyperspectral imagery, and airborne topographic LIDAR, which produce extremely large datasets requiring specialized software management and analysis.
The award was made on June 17, 2026. Vendor location is Huntsville, AL. No set-aside was used.
Notice text
***NOAA'S ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, EASTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-NORFOLK, ON BEHALF OF NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE (NOS) NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY (NGS), REMOTE SENSING DIVISION, NEGOTIATED, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF RFO FAR 12.102(A), WITH HEXAGON US FEDERAL INC. OUT OF HUNTSVILLE, AL TO PROVIDE ERDAS IMAGINE SOFTWARE LICENSES.
***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S (NOAA) REQUIREMENT FOR ERDAS SOFTWARE LICENSES AND MAINTENANCE. THE REQUIREMENT IS TO PROVIDE LICENSES FOR ERDAS SOFTWARE FOR NGS. THIS WILL ALLOW NGS TO CONTINUE TO PROCESS DATA THEREBY ALLOWING THE NGS TO ACCOMPLISH ITS MISSION OF PROCESSING RAW LIDAR DATA INTO MODELS.
THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) IS CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED TO SURVEY THE NATIONAL SHORELINE. CURRENTLY, THE TECHNOLOGIES USED BY NOS FOR SHORELINE MAPPING ARE REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES SUCH AS ANALOG FILM, DIGITAL IMAGERY, HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGERY, AND AIRBORNE TOPOGRAPHIC LIDAR. THESE TECHNOLOGIES PRODUCE EXTREMELY LARGE DATASETS AND SOFTWARE IS NEEDED TO MANAGE, PROCESS, VISUALIZE, AND ANALYZE THE OUTPUT. THE ERDAS SOFTWARE SUPPORTS THE EXPLOITATION OF THESE TYPES OF REMOTELY SENSED DATA COLLECTED BY NGS/RSD IN A RESEARCH MODE. THIS SOFTWARE ALSO ALLOWS FOR THE AUTOMATIC EXTRACTION OF FEATURES IN THE CLASSIFIED ARENA IN AN AUTOMATED FASHION. THE ERDAS SOFTWARE HAS BEEN CITED AS AN INTEGRAL AND POWERFUL COMPONENT IN THE PRODUCTION OF COASTAL MAPPING AND AIRPORT SURVEY PROGRAMS DELIVERABLES. CURRENTLY, THE ERDAS SOFTWARE IS FULLY INTEGRATED INTO NGS’S AIRBORNE TOPOGRAPHIC LIDAR PROCESSING WORKFLOW. NOT PURCHASING THESE LICENSES WOULD CAUSE NOAA TO NOT BE ABLE TO VISUALIZE, PROCESS AND QUALITY CONTROL THE DATA TO ENSURE ITS INTEGRITY AND ACCURACY, AND WOULD HINDER THE PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION TO OTHER CONTRACTS RELYING ON THIS DATA. THE ERDAS SOFTWARE DEVELOPED BY HEXAGON US FEDERAL, INC. THEREFORE, THE LICENSING OF THE NEEDED SOFTWARE USED TO PROCESS, VISUALIZE, ANALYZE, AND OUTPUT THE ACQUIRED DATA IS AVAILABLE ONLY THROUGH HEXAGON US FEDERAL, INC. THE COMPANY DOES NOT SELL OR RESELL ANY PRODUCTS TO DISTRIBUTORS OR DISTRIBUTORS AND IT THE SOLE SOURCE PROVIDER FOR ALL OF ITS PRODUCTS.
HEXAGON FEDERAL IS THE SOLE PROVIDER OF THE SOFTWARE BEING REQUIRED.
Awarded contract 47QTCA18D003G to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2026-06-17.
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