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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Cold Regions Research Laboratory (CRREL) intends to award a contract on a sole source basis to ThermoAnalytics, Inc. upon the basis of the authority provided at FAR 13.106-1(b).

ERDC-CRREL’s Biogeochemical Sciences Branch (BSB) in Hanover, NH seeks to utilize ThermoAnalytics, Inc.’s proprietary MuSES software and previously rendered (in house) subsurface military target images to develop synthetic thermal images of a scene under a variety of environmental conditions for CRREL. CRREL requires these products to test their AI/ML systems as part of CRREL’s subsurface target detection evaluation work.

ThermoAnalytics, Inc.’s has been identified as the only source capable of fulfilling the Government’s requirement. MuSES is proprietary software owned by ThermoAnalytics Inc thus only they are qualified to execute this work. There will be many vendors, academics, and government groups who also own copies of the MuSES software, but they are not owners of the IP whereby able to make “back end” changes to the software, nor would they have the requisite military targets in their library needed by CRREL to generate the imagery products for testing CRREL’s AI/ML systems. ThermoAnalytics Inc will utilize their proprietary MuSES software and previously rendered subsurface military target images to develop synthetic thermal images of a scene under a variety of environmental conditions. The Contractor is the sole distributor of the MuSES software. As developer of the MuSES software and sole owner of the IP, this is the only Contractor able to tailor the software to fulfill the attributes of the products required. Additionally, ThermoAnalytics has conducted prior research with the MuSES software using subsurface military targets and this work requires leveraging these prior subsurface target simulation knowledge and libraries. ThermoAnalytics Inc is the only vendor reasonably capable of fulfilling the Government’s requirements.

This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. Any interested party that believes they can fulfill this requirement should submit a capability statement to be reviewed. All submissions will be considered, however there is no guarantee that submissions in response to this notice will in any way alter the Government's acquisition strategy.

Responses to this notice shall be submitted NLT 12:00 PM CDT, 27 October 2023 to Lisa.A.Bernard@usace.army.mil

Telephone responses will not be accepted.

Responses to this notice will not be considered as a response to any solicitation, a request to be added to a prospective offerors list, or to receive a copy of any solicitation. A determination by the Government not to compete the contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

Note: In order to be eligible for award of a Government contract, vendors must be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), have no active exclusions, and complete the FAR and DFARS representations and certifications.