T--Notification of Intent to Award

The U.S. Geological Survey intends to make a non-competitive purchase order to City of Mobile located Alabama for high-resolution, leaf-off, color, digital, orthoimagery collected in the winter of 2014 for Mobile (1,411 sq. mi.) county in the southern part of Alabama, including the high-priority Mobile Urban Area for one year from the date of award. There are no option periods. The City of Mobile Alabama serves as the authorized and recognized Geographic Information System (GIS) coordinating entity for the County of Mobile, Alabama. The City of Mobile, Alabama GIS Department was designated as the coordinating body in response to the critical need for coordination in the development and use of digital spatial data. This sole source award through the authorized spatial data coordination body at the state level is also supported under guidance pursuant to OMB circular A-16; EO 12906 ''Coordination of Geographic Information and Related Spatial Data Activities" and under policy guidance from the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) to promote coordinated development, use, sharing, and dissemination of geospatial data on a national basis as part of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). The Government intends to award this requirement noncompetitively in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1). Email responses to contact@example.gov or fax to +1 (555) 000-0000. Emailed responses are preferred. The NAICS code is 541922. The size standard is $7.0 M. The anticipated award date of the contract is 3/14/2014 . The anticipated contract will be firm fixed-price. A vendor must be registered at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ to be awarded the contract.