SOURCES SOUGHT
T -- LiDAR Acquisition for Northern Walker Lane, CA and NV
- Notice Date
- 6/29/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, APS PO BOX 25046 MS204ADENVER FEDERAL CENTER DENVER CO 80225
- ZIP Code
- 80225
- Solicitation Number
- 10CRQQ0361
- Response Due
- 7/8/2010
- Archive Date
- 6/29/2011
- Point of Contact
- MELISSA HUTCHISON CONTRACT SPECIALIST 3032369319 ;
- E-Mail Address
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Point of Contact above, or if none listed, contact the IDEAS EC HELP DESK for assistance
(EC_helpdesk@NBC.GOV)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards Team, Golden, CO has a requirement for high-resolution, research grade LiDAR data and derivative bare-earth ground models in Northern Walker Lane, CA and NV, for an area of approximately 170 sq km. This LiDAR will be used to support a fault study in the Northern Walker Lane (eastern California and western Nevada, ~50-80 km to the north and west of Reno, NV). The vendor shall acquire LiDAR data that adhere to specifications outlined in the document "A proposed specification for lidar surveys in the Pacific Northwest" (pugetsoundlidar.ess.washington.edu/proposed_PNW_lidar_spec-1.0.pdf).A partial list of requirements for data acquisition includes: 1) Pulse density of ?8 pulses/m2 2) Ground control provided by dual frequency L1-L2 GPS receivers with carrier-phase correction to result in accuracies of 1.5 cm (RMSE) or better 3) Data acquired in late August/early September 2010 4) Absolute lidar measurement accuracy as verified by contracting agency: ?20 cm vertical (RMSE) for project as a whole Data delivered by the vendor shall include: 1) Report of Survey 2) Aircraft trajectories (SBET files) [ASCII text or shapefile+.dbf format] 3) All-return point cloud [LAS 1.X and ASCII text, or LAS 2.0 format] 4) Ground (bare-earth) surface model, -m grid [ESRI Grid Format] 5) First return surface model, -m grid [ESRI Grid format] 6) Intensity images, m resolution [GeoTIFF format] 7) Data shall be delivered ?45 days following data acquisition on a portable hard drive. The contracting agency shall have unrestricted rights to all delivered reports and data. The contracting agency (USGS) expects to place reports and data in the public domain. Data acquisition and data processing shall be conducted "in house" (not outsourced) to maximize continuity. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this project is 541370. The services/supplies described herein are Commercial Item. The USGS is in search of small business firms who are able to perform the above mentioned services. Small businesses who feel that they can furnish the required services/supplies, meeting all the technical requirements stated above, are invited to submit in writing an affirmative response to this announcement. An affirmative response would include literature, brochures and such other materials, which correspond to the required services/supplies stated herein. This information will be evaluated and used to determine if competitive opportunities exist. Affirmative response shall be received by this office by close of business July 8, 2010 by 3:00 PM Mountain Standard Time.
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