The Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Office proposes to negotiate a noncompetitive award of a Purchase Order to Watershed Sciences for individual crown segmentation from the 2012 MedRose discrete return LiDAR data with one source under the Authority of Other Than Full and Open Competition as authorized under FAR 6.302.The proposed action is for geophysical surveying and mapping services for BLM Oregon State Office, Branch of Forest Resources, Portland, OR 97208 under NAICS 541360. The requirement is for individual tree segmentation of the MedRose 2012 discrete return LiDAR point cloud using the LiDAR Feature Extraction (LFE) software. The LiDAR LFE software features are critical for the analysis of the MedRose LiDAR. It calculates approximately 40 more metrics than another similar software program and has the ability to normalize the LiDAR intensity returns. The requirement is needed from 7/1/2012 to 7/1/2013.A determination by the Government not to compete is based upon responses to this notice and is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government reserves the right to cancel the Sole Source award. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition of the work required would be advantageous to the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.This notice is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement by 3:30 P.M. Local Time, March 26, 2012 via mail or facsimile. Submittals should include the solicitation number, qualifications, and contact information, and may be sent either by mail or facsimile. The mailing address is Bureau of Land Management, Procurement Management, PO Box 2965, Portland, OR 97208. The facsimile number is 503-808-6312.

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