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C -- TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES TO INCLUDE PHOTOINTERPRETATION AND CARTOGRAPHIC DIGITIZING AND ANALYTICAL STEREO PLOTTER SERVICES TO THE NATIONAL WETLANDS INVENTORY GROUP, ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA Sol. RFP-FWS-14-48-0009-94-006. Due 060295. POC: Marlene L. Haywood, 703/358-1728. Solicitation is unrestricted. There are four units. Contractors may respond separately to one or more units. Up to four contracts will be awaded. The units are: Unit 1, Photointerpretation, Cartographic and Reprographic services ($300,000 - $3,000,000); Unit 2: Digitizing Services ($50,000 - $2,000,000); Unit 3: Assessment of the status and trends of the Nation's wetlands ($100,000 - $2,000,000); Unit 4: Mapping wetlands using GPS control and analytical Stereo Plotters ($20,000 - $5,000,000). The contract(s) will be an Indefinite Quantity Contract for a period of one year with options to extend for four additional one year periods. Work will be assigned by negotiated task orders. UNIT 1 will be conducted in Government Furnished space with Government Furnished Equipment, in St. Petersburg, Florida except the Contractor shall provide off-site photo lab equipment and services. Contractor shall: procure materials and supplies, identify (ID) wetlands using stereo phototinterpretation (PI), classify according to USFWS classification systems, delineate according to National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) PI conventions, conduct field work and use collateral data to ensure quality. The Contractor shall produce large scale (1:42K - 1:63 K) stable base (SB) film positives composited to SB film positive USGS topo. base maps using Zoom Transfer Scopes (ZTS) or equivalent in accordance with NWI cartographic conventions (CC). Contractor shall produce small scale (1:10K - 1:100K) maps by photographic reductions of large scale maps or ZTS. Data for 1:250 maps may be generalized. Produce film copy 1:40K enlargements of 1:63K Alaska maps. Linework overlays shall be separated from alpha-numeric overlays. Final maps shall be made from corrected drafts or photographicallly enlarged review copy. Final deliverables include corrected linework overlay, alpha-numeric overlay and film composites. Photographic reproduction on a variety of media will be required. Specialized Experience and Techncial Competence - UNIT 1: Project Manager: Appropriate degree and experience in managing 30 persons mapping operations. PI Manager: Degree and expertise in stereo-PI utilization of FWS wetland classification system, plant list, soils list and supervising Pis. Cadre of experienced biologist/Pis. Cartographer with degree and experienced in supervising a 15 person Carto. staff. Experienced in use of NWI CC. Cadre of Carto Techs experienced in using ZTS and NWI CC. Reprographic manager experienced in managing a large scale operation. Cadre of Repro Techs and Photo Lab Techs. One experienced graphic artist. Cadre of techs experienced in delineating work areas supporting automated databases. Bio/Librarian to build wetlands value database. UNIT 2 - Table digitizing or scanning NWI stable-base maps. Data capture using Wetlands Analytical Mapping Systems (WAMS) software and NWI digitizing Conventions. WAMS, operational on SUN using SUNOS 4.1.2, shall be provided. Following equipment or equivalent shall be used. Terminals compatiblity with Tektronix plot 10 software, RS232 interface, and capable of 9600 BAUD. Tablet with resolution of 0.001 inches and an accuracy of + or - 0.005 inches. Tablet cursor with a minimum of ten (10) programmable function keys. An RS232 interface capable of 9600 BAUD. Backlit tablets with dimming and height-adjustment. Altek AC-40/41 or compatible controller. B+W scanning system with minimum 650 dpi and minimum scan width of 28 inches; vector conversion and editing workstation. Data shall be delivered electronically to the NWI server in WAMS format. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCE FOR UNIT 2: Program Manager with degree and experience in management of 5 person production digitizing staff, use of GIS and production of custom maps. Cadre of Digitizing Technicians experienced in data collection and quality control. Three individuals experienced in use of WAMS and format conversions software. Computer Programmer with degree and experience in FORTRAN programming; ARC/INFO ARC Macro Language (AML) programming; practical knowledge in GIS, and cartographic activities. Expertise in providing programming support on WAMS including: evaluating WAMS error reports, modify WAMS writing utility programs, translators and macros to interface WAMS to interface with GIS system. GIS SPECIALIST with degree and min. of one year of experience using ARC/INFO. Experienced in interfacing GIS with relational databases using UNIX, designing output products, testing applications software and writing user documentation. Work Unit 3: Assessment of status and trends (S+T) of Nations wetland using statistical analysis of permanent plots. Data collected through stereo PI according to US FWS classification system, PI and Carto Conventions. Wetland and upland data shall be transferred to 1:24K base maps. Rigorous Quality Control to prevent false changes. All data shall be delivered in ARC/INFO Export (double precision). SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCE FOR UNIT 3: Project Manager with degree and 3 years of experience in managing complex technical programs involving 4 people. Knowledge to manage ADP programs and GIS System computer operations. Cadre of biologist/Pis. Remote Sensing Specialist with degree and experience in digital image processing. Bio. Techs experienced in collection of field data. use of maps, photos and microcomputers. Cadre of Carto and data preparation Techs similar to Unit 1. Cadre of digitizing Techs similar to Unit 2. Cadre of techs experienced using ORACLE or other DBMS; hardware configuration and operations; verifying and repair of minor bugs. GIS specialist with degree and experience in ARC/INFO. Capable of programming. Experience in UNIX operating systems; debugging code, testing and implement ARC AMLs experience in ARCEDIT and ARC PLOT. Senior GIS Specialist with degree and experience in designing, developing, managing and maintaining data bases. Computer Hardware/Software Specialist with degree or equivalent experience in computerized mapping systems and adequate hardware expertise to respond to operational problems. Unit 4: Contractor shall use Ashtech Ranger Model XII or similar unit to collect 3rd order control for use with a P-3 analytical stereo plotter or similar plotter with super positioning. Wetland will be Ided, classified and annotated using FWS classification system and conventions. Complete metadata multi-photo block adjustments will be required. Triangulation solutions shall have (RMSE) of less than 5 micron. Field procedures similar to UNIT 1. Draft hard copy products shall be field reviewed. Final digital data will be delivered in WAMS. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCE FOR UNIT 4: Project Manager/Senior Cartographer shall have a degree and 2 years experience or 6 years experience in managing mapping programs including GPS Survey analytical stero plotters, ADP activities (GIS) involving ten people. Cadre of stereocompilers/Pis with similar training and experience as the biologist/Pis in unit I, but with experience in WAMS on analytical stereo plotters. Cadre of GPS Survey Techs experienced in collecting 3rd order control. GIS Specialist similar to the GIS Specialist for Unit 3. Service's of a part-time Computer Programmer similar to Unit 2. **b. Personnel proposed and past experience. **c. Methodology and capacity to accomplish the work in the required time. **Past performance on similar contracts regarding cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules. ** The following secondary criteria will be used as tiebreakers: Geographic location of firm relative to the St. Petersburg, Florida Office. ***Submittal Requirements: Firms that wish to be considered, must submit a SF254 and a SF255 for the firm or joint-venture and a SF254 for each subcontractor for each of the four units of work they for which they want consideration. In block 4 of SF255 list only the personnel for the office to perform the work indicated in block 3B. Additional personnel strengths, including consultants, should be indicated parenthetically and their source clearly indentified. In block 7G of the SF254, indicate specific project experience for key team members and indicate the team member's role. Submittal of supplemental attachments to SF255 per evaluation factors is recommended. Submittal package is to be received in this office no latter than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time of the 30th calendar day after the date of appearance of this announcement in the Commerce Business Daily. Late submittal will not be considered. Unnecessarily attachments are not desired. Small and Disadvantaged firms are encouraged to participate. Successful firms shall be expected to place subcontracts to the maximum practical extent practical with Small and Small Disadvantaged firms in accordance with the provisions of Public Law 95-507. If a large firm is selected, a Small Business subcontracting plan will be required prior to award. Response should be in writing only. This is not a request for a proposal. (131)

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