SOLE SOURCE AWARD: ERDAS IMAGINE SOFTWARE LICENSES

***NOAA'S ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, EASTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-NORFOLK, ON BEHALF OF NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE (NOS) NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY (NGS), REMOTE SENSING DIVISION, NEGOTIATED, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF RFO FAR 12.102(A), WITH HEXAGON US FEDERAL INC. OUT OF HUNTSVILLE, AL TO PROVIDE ERDAS IMAGINE SOFTWARE LICENSES. ***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S (NOAA) REQUIREMENT FOR ERDAS SOFTWARE LICENSES AND MAINTENANCE. THE REQUIREMENT IS TO PROVIDE LICENSES FOR ERDAS SOFTWARE FOR NGS. THIS WILL ALLOW NGS TO CONTINUE TO PROCESS DATA THEREBY ALLOWING THE NGS TO ACCOMPLISH ITS MISSION OF PROCESSING RAW LIDAR DATA INTO MODELS. THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) IS CONGRESSIONALLY MANDAT