Opportunity: Vessel Charter

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 Scripps Institution of Oceanography located in La Jolla, California for research vessel capable with enough space for all of the USGS scientific gear, has an appropriate hull mounted echoshounder to provide high-resolution subbottom imaging in deeper water environments, and is, by design, acoustically quiet for operating up to 100 nm offshore Los Angeles and Orange counties, California, for geophysical surveys of an active earthquake prone region as described in the attached Statement of Work. 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. Scripps Institution of Oceanography is, to the USGS¿ knowledge, the only source who can provide an acoustically quiet vessel outfitted with a hull-mounted 3.5 kHz sub-bottom profiler echosounder. 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 483113, Coastal and Great Lakes Freight Transportation, with an associated size standard 750 employees. 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 4, 2020 at 1700 ET. Responses submitted by hardcopy or the FedConnect web portal or the FedConnect Message Center shall not be accepted or considered. Please See Attached Statement of Work.