Contract · Federal · No Set aside used

QPS Software Maintenance FY26

Agency: COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF / NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Amount: Amount not listed
Posted: Jul 27, 2026
Set-aside: No Set aside used
NAICS code: 513210 - Software Publishers look up NAICS codes
PSC code: 7A21

Timeline

Posted

Jul 27, 2026
Status

Closing soon

What contracts like this typically pay

est. $36K

Estimated from 10 similar past awards in Maryland, NAICS 513210.

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What this contract is for

Agency: COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF / NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Set-aside: No Set aside used
NAICS: 513210 - Software Publishers
Scope: Federal

***THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION’S (NOAA) ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, EASTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-NORFOLK, ON BEHALF OF NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE, OFFICE OF COAST SURVEY, INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE AND AWARD A PURCHASE ORDER, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF RFO FAR 6.103-1, WITH QUALITY POSITIONING SERVICES (QPS), INC.

FOR ANNUAL SUPPORT OF BOTH PERPETUAL LICENSES AND SUBSCRIPTION LICENSES OF QPS SOFTWARE PRODUCTS, INCLUDING FLEDERMAUS, FLEDERMAUS FMGT, FLEDERMAUS FM MIDWATER, QIMERA, AND QINSY, AND ADD-ONS.

NO SET ASIDE IS TO BE USED FOR THIS SOLE SOURCE REQUIREMENT.

THE ASSOCIATED NAICS CODE IS 513210, SOFTWARE PUBLISHERS. ***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON NOAA’S REQUIREMENT THAT QPS IS THE ONLY VENDOR THAT CAN PROVIDE THIS SERVICE.

QPS IS THE SOLE OWNER AND DISTRIBUTOR OF QPS SOFTWARE PACKAGES, INCLUDING FLEDERMAUS AND QIMERA AND ASSOCIATED ADD-ONS (E.G., FMGT, FM MIDWATER), TO THE GOVERNMENT.

THESE PACKAGES ARE AN INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY DATA PROCESSING AND VISUALIZATION, AND ARE MISSION CRITICAL FOR NOAA’S PRODUCTION OF HIGH-QUALITY BATHYMETRY AND BACKSCATTER DATA TO SATISFY CROSS-ORGANIZATIONAL OCEAN MAPPING REQUIREMENTS (“MAP ONCE, USE MANY TIMES”).

QPS’S FMGT COMPONENT IS CURRENTLY ONE OF TWO SOFTWARE PACKAGES CAPABLE OF MEETING NOAA’S REQUIREMENT TO PRODUCE GENERIC SENSOR FORMAT (GSF) FILES USED IN THE CREATION OF ACOUSTIC BACKSCATTER MOSAIC PRODUCTS.

HOWEVER, FMGT IS CURRENTLY THE ONLY SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS FOR INTRA-VESSEL DECIBEL CORRECTORS, FACILITATING SINGLE-FREQUENCY MOSAICS FOR FIELD UNITS WITH MULTIPLE SONARS.

NOAA’S HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY FLEET CURRENTLY HAS MORE THAN 20 LICENSES OF QPS SOFTWARE IN USE, AND HAS A CONTINUED REQUIREMENT TO ACCESS CRITICAL SECURITY PATCHES, SOFTWARE NEW RELEASES AND UPDATES, FEA...

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