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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF DECEMBER 18, 2004 FBO #1118
SOURCES SOUGHT

F -- Geographic Information System (GIS) and Artificial Intelligence (A-I) Based Approach for Automated Soil Mapping

Notice Date

12/16/2004
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

541370 — Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Business Management Center, Fort Worth Federal Center, Building 23 501 Felix Street, Fort Worth, TX, 76115
 

ZIP Code

76115
 

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-SS-337-NRCS-FW-05
 

Response Due

1/11/2005
 

Archive Date

1/26/2005
 

Point of Contact

James Lowe, Contract Specialist, Phone 817-509-3520, Fax 817-509-3594, - Alan Browder, Supervisory Contracting Officer, Phone 817-509-3505, Fax 817-509-3594,
 

E-Mail Address

jlowe@ftw.nrcs.usda.gov, abrowder@ftw.nrcs.usda.gov
 

Description

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Geospatial Development Center (NGDC)located in Morgantown, WV., is seeking a research scientist or other qualified contractor capable of providing, programming, knowledge acquisition, training, field sampling, and quality assurance support in order to develop and test a geographic Information System (GIS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)Based approach for Automated Soil Mapping in Essex County, Vermont. Ideally, the GIS and AI-based automated soil mapping procedure will utilize fuzzy classification to address the gradation in soil properties across the landscape. The Contractor is expected to work closely with these soil sciencists in order to develop a pilot project in a representative watershed in Essex County. The goals of the pilot project are twofold: 1) to develop, implement, and validate the results of an automated approach to mapping soils; and 2) to train NRCS-Vermont and other NRCS personnel (as necessary) in the application of the automated soil mapping approach. Upon successful completion of a pilot project, the Contractor will assist NRCS-Vermont Soil Scientists with the GIS and Based Automated Soil Mapping Approach as needed for the duration of the Essex County Soil Survey Project. The expected deliverables are a suite of raster soil maps and a Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) certifiable vector soil map (go to Part 647 Soil Map Development in the National Soil Survey Handbook at http://soils.usda.gov/technical/handbook/detailedtoc.html for details on SSURGO certification), a working software package, and detailed instructions for using the software. The Contractor must provide a brief summary (no more than 10 pages on standard 8.5 x 11 inch paper and must not have a font size smaller than 12 pitch) and list of projects and/or contracts where similar services have been provided and demonstrate: 1) the ability to develop a GIS and Based Automated Soil Mapping Approach; 2) the successful application of this or other similar automated soil mapping approaches; 3) familiarity with data validation techniques used to assess the accuracy of results from automated soil mapping approaches; and 4) the ability to provide map products in suitable formats. In addtion, the Contractor will provide a brief proposal describing: 1) the theoretical basis of the proposed approach; 2) the anticipated implementation of the proposed approach; 3) the proces for validating results; 4) anticipated data needs (LiDAR, other imagery, etc.); 5) a project timeline for the Contractor as well as for imvolvement of NRCS-Vermont personnel; 6) anticipated expenese for the project (Contractor, NRCS-Vermont, data acquisition, etc.); 7) the process for training NRCS-Vermont and other NRCS personnel (as necessary) in the automated mapping procedure, and 8) other information deemed necessary by the Contractor. Contractor will have significant experiences with the development and implementation of GIS and Based Approaches for Automated Soil Mapping as well as some familiarity with the landscapes and soils of northeastern Vermont. Special consideration will be given to contractors utilizing Soil Landscape Inference Model (SoLIM) or SoLIM-derived mapping approaches. This sources sought notice is for informaiton and planning purposes only and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) and is not construed as a commitment by the U.S. Government. All responses to this notice should be submitted no later than January 11, 2005, 3:00 PM CST. The U.S. Government does not intended to award a contract on the basis of this sources sought or reimburse the costs incurred providing the information requested under this notice. All information submitted will be held in a confidential manner and will only be used for the purpose intended. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO WWW.FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (16-DEC-2004); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
 

Web Link

Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.eps.gov/spg/USDA/NRCS/NBMC/Reference-Number-SS-337-NRCS-FW-05/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: USDA, NRCS, 356 Mountain View Drive, Suite 105, Colchester, VT 05146

Zip Code: 05146

Country: U.S.
 

Record

SN00722772-F 20041218/041216213103 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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