7A--STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY SOFTWARE LICENSING

Structural Geology Software Licensing

Notice of Intent

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

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), intends to award a purchase order to Petroleum Experts LLC for MOVE suite geologic software license.

Award will be made in accordance with RFO Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 entitled, Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Petroleum Experts LLC is, to the USGS' knowledge, the only source who licenses the required software. The USGS currently has multiple projects with data integrated within the existing software and models; without this upgrade, the USGS would be unable to access that data.

The purpose of this notice is to satisfy the requirements of RFO FAR Subpart 5.101(a). 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 513210, Software Publisher.

Responses or inquiries shall only be accepted through electronic mail addressed to yangzhideng@usgs.gov and must be uploaded and received in their entirety no later than May 11, 2026 at 1700 PST.

Responses submitted by hardcopy or any web portal shall not be accepted or considered.

The attached sole source justification has been redacted in accordance with RFO FAR 6.301.