SOURCES SOUGHT
T -- Geospatial Support Services
- Notice Date
- 7/15/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541370
— Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, R-4 Intermountain Region, 324 25th Street, Regional Office, Ogden, Utah, 84401
- ZIP Code
- 84401
- Solicitation Number
- AG-84JC-RFI-15-0001
- Archive Date
- 8/29/2015
- Point of Contact
- Chris Hansen, Phone: 801-975-3443, Becky Briggs, Phone: 801-625-5762
- E-Mail Address
-
chansen01@fs.fed.us, babriggs@fs.fed.us
(chansen01@fs.fed.us, babriggs@fs.fed.us)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought (SS) for Geospatial Support Services Notice Number: AG-84JC-RFI-15-0001 Notice Type: Sources Sought Description This Sources Sought (SS) Notice is for information and planning purposes only and should not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Federal Government from the USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center (RSAC) and Geospatial Service and Technology Center (GSTC). No award, cooperative agreement, grant, or contract will be made on the basis of the SS Notice responses. Any information submitted by respondents is strictly voluntary and payments will not be made for the preparation of any information submitted to the Government in response to this SS Notice. RSAC & GSTC do not intend to notify respondents of their evaluation and will not share any submitted information. Please ensure any sensitive, protected, or proprietary information submitted are marked accordingly. The Forest Service reserves the right to terminate this request and change its requirements if needed. All submitted material becomes the property of the Forest Service and will not be returned. Responding to this notice does not guarantee participation in any future activities. Background RSAC and GSTC are conducting market research regarding the availability of potential sources of onsite/off-site professional services in the areas of remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), information technology (IT) management services and related geospatial activity areas. Considered sources for such services may include large, non-profit, and small businesses (8(a), service-disabled veteran owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, veteran-owned small business, and women-owned small business). RSAC and GSTC develop, implement and apply geospatial solutions to address a variety of resource management needs for internal and external agency partners, including ecosystem management, watersheds, forest vegetation, rangelands, wilderness and other special management areas, wildlife and fisheries, recreation, wildland fire/fuels and minerals and geology; monitor and protect forest health; inventory and assess forest conditions; assess and monitor the effects of climate change; inventory and maintain engineering infrastructure; and support international program forestry initiatives. Efforts in these areas include applying a diverse and broad range of remote sensing, GIS and related geospatial technologies. Services Sought The services of interest for this request include the following geospatial activity areas. Links to additional information regarding particular Forest Service activities or programs are provided for reference where applicable. 1) Geospatial Data Processing and Manipulation: Acquiring large volumes of various geospatial data in disparate formats (e.g., imagery, raster/vector GIS data, tabular data, etc.), conducting necessary pre-processing (radiometric correction, reproject to desired projection/coordinate system, generate indices, mosaic/append, etc.) and compiling into organized structure for subsequent analysis and mapping. 2) Resource Mapping: Conduct fine to coarse scale mapping using state of the art methods and technologies (data mining and feature extraction, etc.) and current remote sensing data sources, including digital and analog aerial imagery, multispectral satellite imagery, lidar, radar, etc. Examples include existing land cover type mapping, fuels mapping, soils/ecological unit mapping, detection and characterization of fire activity, hydrographic feature mapping, etc. * NLCD 2011 USFS Tree Canopy Cover * National Forest Type Dataset * US Forest Biomass * Existing Vegetation Technical Guide 3) Land Cover Change and Monitoring: Apply established and new remote sensing techniques (bi-temporal change detection, time series/trend analysis, etc.) and related geospatial technologies for land cover change mapping, forest disturbance detection and characterization, burn severity mapping, storm damage assessment, etc. * BAER Imagery Support Program * Rapid Assessment of Vegetation Condition after Wildfire (RAVG) * Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) * Real-Time Forest Disturbance (RTFD) Monitoring * Landscape Change Monitoring System (LCMS) * Image-based Change Estimation (ICE) * Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) 4) Accuracy Assessment: Conduct accuracy assessments to quantify uncertainties in derived geospatial products, both thematic (e.g., vegetation classifications, etc.) and continuous (e.g., suitability models, etc.). Includes determining appropriate sampling design, acquiring validation data (via field work, reference datasets, etc.) and applying statistical analysis techniques/methods. 5) Plot/Stand Level Photography/Image Interpretation: Apply high resolution imagery or photography (NAIP, resource photography, etc.) and/or moderate resolution satellite imagery to support resource management information needs and trends analysis. Examples include delineation of forest stands and estimating characteristics to support planning of forest use and management activities, and interpretation of plot characteristics (land use/land cover typing, extraction of forest mensuration data, etc.) to assess trends over time. 6) Softcopy Photogrammetry: Apply state of the art softcopy photogrammetry technologies and methods to process and manipulate high resolution imagery to extract geospatial data. Examples include image processing and preparation such as orthocorrection and mosaicking; and photogrammetric analyses such as generation of digital surface models, point cloud generation for surface features via dense image matching techniques, etc. 7) Geospatial Programming/Application Development: Custom geospatial scripting and programming services using enterprise software applications (i.e., ERDAS Imagine, Definiens eCognition, ArcGIS), geospatial cloud computing services (e.g., Google Earth Engine, etc.) and related geospatial/statistical analysis software packages (e.g., R) to facilitate automated data processing, analysis, information extraction and product generation. 8) Geospatial Web Applications: Development and maintenance of web-based geospatial applications/services for viewing and disseminating geospatial data. * Forest Atlas of the United States * Forest Service Geospatial Data Clearinghouse * Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) Data Access * Forest Service Interactive Visitor Map (IVM) * Forest Service Enterprise Data Warehouse Map Services * Forest Service Raster Data Warehouse * Wildland Threat Mapper Applications 9) Base Mapping: Production of standardized agency primary base topographic mapping products at 1:24,000 and 1:63,360 scale for nearly 11,000 quadrangles intersecting National Forest System lands throughout the United States, including management of the web-based FS-Topo application that facilitates compilation and delivery of customized map products. Production and update for approximately 350 intermediate scale secondary base maps compiled for each National Forest and Grassland in the National Forest System. Both map series require update and maintenance of relevant nationwide geospatial datasets. 10) Geospatial Technology Evaluation: Identify, investigate and document the feasibility of emerging remote sensing, GIS, GPS, database management and other related geospatial technology and/or methods to improve the quality, accessibility, collecting, managing and analysis of natural resource data for land management applications and agency mission objectives. Specific technology evaluation examples include lidar data, interactive pen-display hardware, image segmentation software, and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). * Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) 11) Geospatial Technical Support: Provide advanced remote sensing and GIS end-user support for installation, licensing and use of enterprise geospatial software and technologies (e.g., ERDAS Imagine, Definiens eCognition, ArcGIS, FUSION) and other software and technology support to Forest Service field units and regional offices. 12) Geospatial Training and Technology Transfer: Conduct requirements analyses to identify geospatial skill and knowledge gaps in the agency and identify/recommend appropriate training solutions. Develop and deliver remote sensing, GIS, and related geospatial training and awareness activities for all experience levels using different mediums (in person and virtual). 13) Technical Documentation and Reports: Coordinate and prepare briefing materials, posters, technical reports, standards, guidelines, and other publications/products that promote the effective and efficient use of geospatial technologies. * Briefing material example * Technical project report example * Poster example 14) International Project Support: Assist developing nations via consultation, capacity building (training) and project support in remote sensing and GIS use for resource management/monitoring initiatives; including travel and onsite support at international locations. * Forest Service International Programs Office * UN-REDD * REDD+ * MRV * SilvaCarbon 15) IT Management: Administer, manage and maintain IT infrastructure in both a data center and personal computing environment. Specific examples include Windows desktop and notebook PCs for approximately 50 staff members; Windows and Linux data processing servers; Windows network attached storage servers (>600TB capacity); 2.4 meter X-band antenna and ground station for receiving and processing satellite direct readout data; onsite and remote web production server environments for hosting RSAC/GSTC websites and disseminating data and services. Enterprise geospatial software license server management (ERDAS Imagine, Definiens eCognition, ArcGIS, etc.). Coordinating with the agency CIO and USDA OCIO to address planning and implementing RSAC/GSTC data center operations and related IT activities such as computer benchmark testing. 16) Project Management and Reporting: Document and manage geospatial project tasks and coordinate and manage project schedules. Manage resources required for projects and conduct necessary coordination to ensure projects are completed on time, within cost, and within specifications. Identify and mitigate project risks. Instructions to Prospective Offerors Vendors responding to this SS Notice must 1) complete the attached RSAC/GSTC geospatial activity area checklist and assess their capability to support the listed activity areas; and, 2) for each activity area that can be supported, provide brief documentation describing relevant experience and/or capabilities. Supporting documentation should include knowledge and experience in technical and applied training on the topics listed, and a description of expertise and experience in relevant software, platforms, and systems. Also include descriptions of any current or past projects for similar work, and identify ability to provide on-site or off-site support services, or both. Information provided in response to this SS Notice should not exceed 8 pages total (excluding checklist). Please submit your electronic response to chansen01@fs.fed.us. Information should be submitted electronically referencing the Notice Number AG84JC-RFI-15-0001. No faxes will be accepted. Response must be submitted as a pdf or Microsoft Word (.docx) format. Your company should only contact the contracting officer issuing this letter if there are questions about any aspect of this SS Notice. Interested parties may not contact USDA Forest Service technical personnel about this SS Notice.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA - Forest Service, 2222 W 2300 S, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84119, United States
- Zip Code: 84119
- Zip Code: 84119
- Record
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