Steller Sea Lion Artificial Intelligence Image Processing and Counting Enhancement Effort

(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 sup

plies 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, DI