NATIONAL IMAGERY AND MAPPING AGENCY, PCO-E/MS D-5, 4600 SANGAMORE ROAD, BETHESDA, MD 20816-5003

76 -- THAILAND RECOMPILATION PROJECT (1:50,000 SCALE TOPOGRAPHIC LINE MAPS) DUE 041897 POC Kenneth D. Popkin, Contracting Officer, (301)227-1904/Diana Daunt, Contract Specialist, (301)227-1944 INTRODUCTION: The National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) is seeking parties who have an interest in responding to future Request for Proposals (RFP) for the generation and product finishing of approximately 800, 1:50,000 scale, Topographic Line Maps (TLM). This RFI further defines the requirements of those published in the 17 October 1996 CBD. This project will be a complete recompilation and new series over the country of Thailand. It is anticipated that this project will take 3 to 5 years to complete. Map production will involve compilation and color separation from 9x9 stereo pairs (at 1:50,000 scale) and/or classified national source. The contractor shall provide all services, materials, supplies, facilities, labor and supervision necessary to complete and deliver to NIMA the required deliverables using product specifications and source furnished by NIMA. The deliverables will be hard and/or soft copy. Please provide information on production methodology, capacity, scheduling and estimated unitcost of each deliverable. Cost information is requested for planning purposes only and is not a bid. A portion (approximately 15%) of this project will involve source material at the SECRET classification level. NIMA is seeking contractors who can perform ONE or MORE of the following functions: produce Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED) Level 2 from 9x9 and/or national source; geopositioning of 9x9 source; rectify 9x9 source and/or national source; provide ortho rectification of 9x9 and/or national source; provide compilation; provide color separated final reproduction film negatives; produce Thai Script, produce digital vector data; produce scanned image files; produce digital orthophotos; produce digital stereo model images. A separate contract will be required to perform the quality assurance function. Submissions should include a mailing address, point of contact, telephone number, business size, e-mail address, and security clearances. Responses must be received in writing no later than 3:00 PM EST on 18 April 1997. DTED LEVEL 2 shall be produced from classified national source and/or 9x9 aerial photographs. The national source will be supplied in either hard or soft copy. The imagery will be supplied as diapositive or negative film. (Please, specify national or photo source experience.) DTED 2 is a matrix of terrain elevation points at precise latitude and longitude. There are approximately 73, one degree cells covering Thailand. However, full one degree cells will not be required in border areas. The output will be on 9 track magnetic tapes. A hardcopy contour plot will also be required. Please provide information on capacity, scheduling and estimated unit cost considering the above information. GEOPOSITIONING will involve the marking and mensuration phases of conventional triangulation for 20,000, 9x9 images at a scale of 1:50,000 (approximately 36 images per TLM). The contractor will use provided control identified on annotated imagery or from separate listings. Control and tie-points will be marked and measured on diapositives for use in a least squares adjustment. The imagery will be supplied as diapositive or negative film. The contractor will supply the mensuration data files and the marked film containing control and tie-point annotations. All mensuration files must be in a PC GIANT (or equivalent) input format. The contractor will additionally develop a control point input file, listing geographics for all points in a PC GIANT (or equivalent) input format. Please provide information on capacity, scheduling and estimated unit cost considering the above information. MAP PRODUCTION will involve compilation and color separation of standard NIMA 1:50,000 scale TLM's of Thailand from 9x9 imagery and/or classified national source. NIMA will provide a complete source package including, but not limited to: specifications, master margin negatives, master glossary, route marker source, railroad classification source, special symbols, sheet instructions, aerial photography, photo index, names information, airfield information. Production of Thai script will be required. Deliverables must include hard copy feature and color separates, additional digital separates may be accepted. Quality control must be performed at compilation and color separation stages. Please provide information on capacity, scheduling and estimated unit cost considering the above information. DIGITAL VECTOR DATA -- SCENARIO ONE Two dimensional vector data shall be produced from the file (separate) negatives for each of the approximately 800, 1:50,000 TLM's. This data will be delivered in eight separate data files, each one corresponding to a thematic layer as defined in the DMA 3AA specification. The vector data will not carry relational attribution. The data shall be delivered as Microstation design (DGN) files or DXF format data (or equivalent, DGN is the preferred data format). A Microstation point cell library and Microstation font library will be provided by NIMA to enable the correct vector portrayal of text and point features. Paper plots will be provided to NIMA prior to acceptance of data to facilitate quality assurance. The data will be delivered to NIMA on 8mm data cartridges using either UNIX tar or Windows NT Backup commands (or equivalent). Please provide information on capacity, scheduling and estimated unit cost considering the above information. DIGITAL VECTOR DATA -- SCENARIO TWO Two dimensional centerline vector data shall be produced for each of approximately 800, 1:50,000 TLM's using 9x9 aerial photographs. This data will be a contractor deliverable in eight separate data files, each one corresponding to a thematic layer as defined in the DMA 3AA specification. The vector data will not carry relational attribution. The data shall be delivered as Microstation design (DGN) files or DXF format data (or equivalent, DGN is the preferred data format). A Microstation point cell library and Microstation font library will be provided by NIMA to enable the correct vector portrayal of text and point features. Paper plots will be provided to NIMA prior to acceptance of data to facilitate quality assurance. The final data will be delivered to NIMA on 8mm data cartridges using either UNIX tar or Windows NT Backup commands (or equivalent). Please provide information on capacity, scheduling and estimated unit cost considering the above information. RASTER SCANNED IMAGE FILES, generated from either diapositive or negative film, shall be produced for approximately 20,000, 9x9 aerial photographs. The pixel size shall not exceed 30 microns, and shall be JPEG file format (or equivalent). The data will be delivered to NIMA on 8mm data cartridges using UNIX tar command (or equivalent). Please provide information on capacity, scheduling and estimated unit cost considering the above information. DIGITAL ORTHOPHOTOS shall be produced from approximately 20,000, 9x9 aerial photographs. NIMA will provide the necessary control information to enable orthorectification. The digital orthophotos will have a dimension of 7.5' X 7.5', with a pixel size not to exceed 30 microns, or 1.5 meters on the ground. NIMA will supply the corner coordinate values for each orthorectified image. The data will be delivered to NIMA on 8mm data cartridges using UNIX tar command (or equivalent). Please provide information on capacity, scheduling and estimated unit cost considering the above information. DIGITAL STEREO MODEL IMAGES shall be produced from approximately 20,000, 9x9 aerial photographs (diapositives or negative film) and control provided by NIMA. The pixel size should not exceed 30 microns. The image files will be in JPEG format (or equivalent). The results of least squares adjustment of triangulation should be provided in a hard copy report, as well as any measured data resulting from the triangulation task. The data will be delivered to NIMA on 8mm data cartridges using the UNIX tar command (or equivalent). Please provide information on capacity, scheduling and estimated unit cost considering the above information. QUALITY ASSURANCE is the responsibility of every contractor. However, a separate quality assurance contract will be required to insure a quality product is provided. The quality assurance contractor will not be the same as the production contractor. Quality assurance of the map production will be performed at compilation and color separation phases. Quality review may involve manual and/or digital processes depending upon the production method utilized. NIMA will provide specifications, project sources, guidance and checklists detailing review processes. Production contractors will submit for review (to the quality assurance contractor) sheet packages including sources at each phase. Review deliverables will include technical inspection reports and checklists. Please provide information on capacity, scheduling and estimated unit cost considering the above information. The government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this RFI. NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. Both cleared and uncleared responsible sources (US firms in the US, only) are invited to submit a high level concept of operations that will yield one or more of the required items listed above. Additional requested information is company background, record of demonstrated capabilities including past performance efforts, and capacities. Be sure to include an estimated schedule and estimated unit costs for each item listed above. (0076)

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