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SOLE SOURCE AWARD: ERDAS IMAGINE SOFTWARE LICENSES

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1305M226F0263Federal

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Ocean Service, through its National Geodetic Survey’s Remote Sensing Division, has awarded a sole source contract to Hexagon US Federal Inc. of Huntsville, Alabama, for ERDAS IMAGINE software licenses under Federal Acquisition Regulation authority. This procurement is necessary to maintain the ongoing processing of airborne topographic LiDAR data into accurate coastal and shoreline models, a mission mandated by Congress for NOAA. The ERDAS software is critically integrated into the current workflow for managing, visualizing, analyzing, and automating feature extraction from massive remote sensing datasets, including digital imagery, hyperspectral data, and LiDAR point clouds. Without these specific licenses, NOAA would be unable to ensure data integrity, perform quality control, or deliver processed outputs to downstream contracts, effectively halting critical coastal mapping and airport survey programs. Hexagon US Federal Inc. is the exclusive provider of ERDAS IMAGINE software, with no distributors or resellers authorized to distribute the product, making it the sole source for this capability. The software’s unique functionality enables the automated processing of complex geospatial data that other commercial or open-source tools cannot replicate within NOAA’s existing operational framework. The contract, issued by NOAA’s Eastern Acquisition Division in Norfolk, Virginia, will support operations primarily based in Silver Spring, Maryland. The sole source justification confirms that no alternative products meet the agency’s technical requirements, and failure to procure this software would directly impede NOAA’s ability to fulfill its statutory obligations for national shoreline surveying and geospatial data delivery.

General Info

NOAA awards Hexagon sole-source contract for ERDAS IMAGINE software to sustain critical coastal mapping and LiDAR processing.

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Department Of Commerce NoaaView Agency

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513210 - Software PublishersView NAICS

Place of Performance

Silver Spring, MD, 20910, USA

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PostedJun 17

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AwardedSep 12

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyDepartment Of Commerce Noaa

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OfficeNORFOLK, VA, 23510, USA

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Department Of Commerce Noaa

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Office AddressNORFOLK, VA, 23510, USA

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***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.

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