U.S. Department of Agriculture, Consolidated Farm Service Agency (CFSA), Management Services Division, P.O. Box 2415, Washington, DC 20013

37 -- PLANIMETER Contact Martha A. Vines, 202-690-4030. Sources Sought. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is soliciting information regarding the availability of business sources that can provide the following Agricultural equipment. The minimum specifications for the electronic planimeter are (a) reading area size 24'' x 24'' (30'') Standard (60cm X 60cm (75cm) 36'' x 24'' (30) optional (90cm X 60cm (75cm); (2) Origin - floating translatable; (3) Maximum coordinates 9999999/Cor.; (4) Resolution - 0.005 (125mm); (5) Absolute Accuracy +/- .020''; (6) Source document - no restriction; (7) Power requirements - 110 VAC, 60Hz, 1.8 Amps 175 Watts, 115 VAC, 60 Hz 1.5 Amps 175 Watts, 220 VAC, 60 Hz, .75 Amps 175 Watts. The equipment should be tested with a class A computing device and comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. The electronic planimeter should have the following features: (1) Area and length measurement; (2) Scaling; (3) Automatic area closure; (4) Point to point measurement; (5) Trace measurement; (6) Automatic compensation for tilt distortion; (7) automation computation of magnification; (8) Farm, crop and field identifiers; (9) data storage and (10) editor function. The Editor mode must perform the following operations: (a) Summing areas; (b) Entering identifiers; (c) Examining/searching memory; (d) Clear memory; (e) Changing a stored data value; (f) store new measured values; (g) Data storage (300 measurements and identifiers sequentially stored in memory). The electronic planimeter must be programmed to compensate for the distortion associated with aerial photographs. This process must include identifying four points (landmarks) on rectified or orthophotograph and relating them to their corresponding points on the projected image, and display corrected area measurements directly from the projected image. The contract is expected to be a firm fixed supply contract. Respondents are requested to submit a statement of general interest and describe their experience in providing this equipment. The contract is expected to be an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. Respondents are requested to submit a statement of general interest and describe their experience in providing this equipment. This is Not A Request For Proposal. No solicitation package is available and the Government will not award a contract on the basis of this sources sought announcement. To preclude disclosure of restricted data furnished in response to this notice, any proprietary data shall be marked with the specified legend prescribed in FAR 52.215-12, Restriction on Disclosure and Use of Data. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this Sources Sought announcement, nor will the Government compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing the information provided to the Government. Information submitted in response to this notice will not be returned. All responses should be received in this office no later than close of business June 2, 1995. (124)

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