USDA Forest Service, Administrative Services Staff, 630 Sansome Street, Room 520, San Francisco, CA 94111

T -- PHOTOGRAMMETRIC MAPPING AND RELATED SERVICES POC Contact, Contracting Officer, Donald Bandur (415)705-2575, for Bids Contact, Cookie Washington,(415)705-2878 or Sheila Georges at (415)705-2829 The USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region will procure a indefinite delivery requirements contract for photogrammetric services in accordance with the Brooks A&E Act and FAR 36. This solicitation does not supercede contracts previously awarded for similar work by the USDA Forest Service. The contract will be awarded for one year with the option of two additional one year extensions. The Forest Service cannot guarantee the total amount of work to be ordered under this proposed contract. The amount of work will vary according to the Forest mapping needs and available funding. This announcement is open to both large and small businesses. The services required under this contract include: 1) Vertical aerial photography using calibrated metric aerial cameras at various scales. 2) Aerial photo and cartographic reproduction services. 3) Airborne GPS control acquisition. 4) Aerotriangulation control extension. 5) Photogrammetric digital map compilation. 6) Digital Terrain and feature data digitizing. 7) Digital orthophoto production. 8) other mapping and cartographic support services. Interested firms having the capability to perform this work and desire to be considered must submit two copies of completed forms SF 254 & 255 for the prime contractor and all consultants or partnerships by 4:00 PM January 6, 1998. Firms are to provide a list of equipment to be utilized on this project in block No. 10 of the SF 255. Also in block No. 10, firms should show a production process flow chart with a Quality Assurance Plan. Selection Criteria: The following five selection criteria will be applied in evaluating firms. 1) Professional qualifications (of those primarily responsible of each phase of the project, including the project coordinator necessary for the satisfactory performance of required services. 2) Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required. Describe experience in photogrammetric map production for projects which the offeror was a prime contractor. Demonstrate the ability to integrate the acquisition of aerial photography and project control with the photogrammetric mapping. 3) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time. Describe the proposed strategy to perform this project. Demonstrate the ability to perform work orders related to this requirement within a 30 to 45 day turn around performances period. Discuss the staffing levels for this activity and professional qualifications of the individuals who will serve on this project and proposed consistency of individuals throughout the project. 4) Past performances on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. 5) Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project. The contractor is required to maintain its primary production unit facility within the State of California or the vicinity of Reno, Nevada firms may partner or joint venture to meet this requirement. Responsesare due 4:00 PM, local time, January 6, 1998. Envelopes containing SF 254 & 255 submittals in response to this ad should contain the following information in the lower left corner of the envelope: R5-98-04, Photogrammetric Services, Due January 6, 1998. (0317)

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