National Imagery and Mapping Agency, ATTN: PCO-E, St. D-5, 4600 Sangamore Road, Bethesda, MD

T -- OMNIBUS GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION PRODUCTION SERVICES SOL NMA401-98-R-0193 DUE 060598 POC Howard W. Pierce, Contracting Office, 301-227-1904 The National Imagery and Mapping Agency has a need for Geospatial Information Production Services to support its on-going mission. These services fall into four broad functional areas: 1. Surveying Services; 2. Mapping and Charting Services; 3. Photogrammetric Services; and 4. Consolidated Services(to consist of all or any combination of areas 1, 2, and 3 above). In an effort to streamline the procurement system, these services are being accumulated under a single Omnibus Geospatial Information Solicitation. The Government intends to award approximately 4-20 Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts under this consolidated solicitation using a "Qualifications Based Selection (QBS)" process under FAR Part 15 that is modeled along the general provisions, spirit and legislative intent of the Brooks Act. The contracts will each contain a base year plus 4 option years, with a minimum task order amount of $1,500.00, a maximum task order amount of $30,000,000.00, a minimum guaranteed contract amount of $3,000.00, and a maximum contract amount to be separately negotiated on each contract. While the Government will consider all responses to the solicitation, NIMA is especially interested in obtaining end-to-end services. It is therefore in the offerors' best interests to establish teams that can facilitate end-to-end services. The Government intends to utilize a two-step QBS process for acquisition of these services. In Phase I, offerors will submit their technical qualifications using Standard Forms 254 and 255. Proposals will be evaluated for technical capability to include past performance in terms of customer satisfaction, delivery performance, and quality; specialized experience and technical competence; capacity of the firm; professional qualifications; and small business participation. Some respondents may be required to provide oral presentations as a form of fact-finding. Those offerors who are selected in Phase I as the most highly qualified will be requested to provide pricing information in the form of labor hours and overhead rates in Phase II. Those most highly qualified offerors who submit reasonable rates will be considered to be in the competitive range, and negotiations will commence. All most highly qualified offerors with whom the Government can negotiate a contract will be awarded an IDIQ contract. Task Orders under the contract will be individually negotiated. This synopsis is NOT a request for proposals. NIMA anticipates that the solicitation will be released on or about 05 MAY 1998. At that time, a copy of the solicitation will be placed on the NIMA Home Page at http://164.214.2.59/poc/contracts/ggis.htm. Offerors without access to the World Wide Web, and wishing to receive a copy of the solicitation, should send either a letter to the Contracting Office at 4600 Sangamore Road, Bethesda, MD, 20816-5003 (ATTN: PCO-E St. D-5), or an e-mail to pierceh@nima.mil. Additionally, NIMA plans to host a pre-proposal conference in the Washington, D.C. area towards the end of May. NIMA has placed a copy of the Draft Scope of Work on its homepage, which can be accessed at http://164.214.2.59/poc/contracts/ggis.htm and plans to place a copy of the Draft Request for Proposals shortly thereafter. All potential offerors are requested to review the Draft SOW and Draft Request for Proposals and provide written comments to the Contracting Office by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 1 May 1998. Offerors without access to the World Wide Web can receive a copy of the Draft SOW and RFP by sending an e-mail to pierceh@nima.mil, or by faxing a request to the Contracting Office, ATTN: Mr. Howard Pierce, at (301) 227-4973. (0103)

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