***THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION’S (NOAA’s) ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER, NATIONAL OPERATIONAL HYDROLOGIC REMOTE SENSING CENTER (NOHRSC) INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH HARRIS GEOSPATIAL SOLUTIONS, INC. FOR NON-PERSONAL INTERACTIVE DATA LANGUAGE (IDL) SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE RENEWAL THAT IS UTILIZED FOR SNOW DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEM (SNODAS) OPERATIONS.

***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON NOAA’S REQUIREMENT THAT HARRIS GEOSPATIAL SOLUTIONS, INC. IS THE ONLY VENDOR ABLE TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE FOR EXISTING SOFTWARE LICENSES. THE REQUIRED SOFTWARE LICENSES ARE AN INTERGRAL PART OF SNODAS WHICH IS USED TO SUPPORT NATIONAL SNOW ANALYSIS OPERATIONS. SNODAS IS A MODELING AND DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY NOHRSC TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE ESTIMATES OF SNOW COVER, DEPTH, SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT, AND ASSOCIATED VARIABLES TO SUPPORT HYDROLOGIC MODELING AND ANALYSIS. THE REQUIRED SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE MUST BE COMPATIBLE IN ALL ASPECTS WITH EXISTING LICENCES BECAUSE WITHOUT THE REQUIRED SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE, THE SNODAS MODEL WOULD BECOME INOPERABLE.

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