The Department of Commerce, NOAA, National Weather Service (NWS), Climate Prediction Center intends to negotiate on sole source basis, under authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 6.302 Other Than Full and Open Competition, with the Environmental Systems Research International Institute, Inc. 380 New York Street, Redlands, CA 92373-8100. Provide proprietary software maintenance for ESRI ArcGIS, ArcINFO, and ArcVIEW for a 1-year performance period. ArcVIEW is Part of the ESRI ArcGIS product suite which includes ArcINFO as well as several extensions or additions to the base product. ArcINFO is the highest tier of the ArcGIS product suite and allows automation and input of multiple types of data whereas ArcVIEW allows for most editing and processing of our data where visual basic or phython can be used. This request is to continue the maintenance, update services, and telephone (or emailSupport) that Climate Prediction Center is relying on for support. Continuation of support will allow Climate Prediction Center to meet our needs and stay compatible with the scripts and methods shared with NOAA partners. Current software is needed to allow Climate Prediction Center to fulfill or commitment for participation in the production of the North America Drought product along with additional products supplied to the USDA, US Department of State (the FEWS program), and the US Air Force all of which need to be supplied in a GIS format. This is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested companies may submit an affirmative response to the requirement with 15 days from the posting date of this notice to [email protected] or fax to (301) 713-1024. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. No telephone requests will be honored. Award will be made under commercial simplified acquisitions procedures, FAR Subpart 12. Note 22.

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