Steller Sea Lion Artificial Intelligence Image Processing and Counting Enhancement Effort

NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACT STELLER SEA LION ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IMAGE PROCESSING AND COUNTING EFFORT National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) hereby gives public notice of the intent to negotiate a sole-source contract pursuant to the authority of Federal Acquisition Requirements (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2) and 41 USC 3304(a)(1), as the services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Therefore, the government has established authority to seek services from Kitware, Inc. (Kitware) in finalizing previously contracted (1305M319CNFFS0029) AI models developed by Kitware, DIVE desktop (graphical user interface) GUI, and model and scripts to support the AI models within the VIAME framework. Specific details on the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Ecosystems Program requirement,…

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