It would be a bold claim if the expected value for the number of intelligent species bearing planets in the universe would be 1.
But since the universe is so big, I do not think it is bold to have an expected value much higher. Of course I can't tell how many zeros that number should have - for the universe. And it might still be possible that the number turns out to be 1 per galaxy, especially if you require it to mean technological and explorative.
I think the expected value for singular cell organism bearing celestial bodies for our galaxy is in the millions. Even in our solar system it is slightly above 1. (We can't disprove as of now, that below the surface on mars there might be some stuff still going on and of course, several moons have liquid water)
And to have some speculation, maybe our planet actually was pre-colonized by those fermi-civs. They could have sent some genetic material to ensure an oxygen atmosphere would be present when they finally decide to visit.