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D--Intent to Award

Agency: INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE / US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Location: RESTON, VA
Amount: Amount not listed
Posted: Sep 3, 2026
Set-aside: None (open competition)
NAICS code: 541990 - All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services look up NAICS codes
PSC code: DK10 - IT and Telecommunications (general category)

Timeline

Posted

Sep 3, 2026
Status

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Agency: INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE / US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Location: RESTON, VA
NAICS: 541990 - All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Scope: Federal

Intent to Award The U.S.

Geological Survey (USGS) has a requirement for a sole source Purchase Order with Earthscope Consortium, Inc.

Continuous GNSS Data Archiving.

The period of performance of the resulting award will be one year after award.

The U.S.

Geological Survey (USGS), Virginia-West Virginia Water Science Center (VA-WV WSC), requires specialized services for the long-term archiving, curation, and dissemination of continuous Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) data generated by USGS-supported stations.

The requirement includes routine annual archiving services for active stations and a one-time ingestion of historical data for a legacy station.

Therefore, it intends to make a direct award to Earthscope Consortium, Inc. under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) ¿ only one source reasonably available pursuant to the procedures under FAR 13.5 used in accordance with 41 U.S.C.1901 or the authority of 41 U.S.C.1903.

This is not a request for competitive quotations or proposals but rather an intent to sole source notification.

Questions or concerns may be addressed to the Contract Specialist, Jonathan Wyatt [email protected] no later than 1:00 PM ET, Monday, September 14, 2026.

The U.S.

Geological Survey (USGS) considers employee signatures to be Personal Protected Information, and therefore all employee signatures have been redacted.

By posting this document, the Contracting Officer attests all appropriate signatures have been obtained.

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION FOR ACQUISITION PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURES OF FAR SUB-PART 13.5 -- SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ITEMS 1.

Contracting Agency and Activity.

The Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Virginia-West Virginia Water Science Center (VA-WV WSC) 2.

Nature of Action Being Approved.

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