REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON DIGITAL ORTHOIMAGERY FOR ALASKA This is a request for information only. Response to this notice is not an offer and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The U. S. Geological Survey does not presently intend to award a contract but wants to obtain price, delivery, and other market information for planning purposes for the Alaska Digital Orthoimagery Initiative which would provide government agencies, native villages, and the general public with statewide digital orthoimagery coverage. The contractor will be required to provide 5-meter color infrared (CIR) digital orthoimagery for the entire state and 1-meter CIR digital orthoimagery over special interest areas. These special interest areas are: 1) The urbanized areas of the ten largest cities, rather than the corporate limits, 2) A two square-mile area centered over 224 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act recognized Native Villages, 3) A two square-mile area centered over five areas identified as "Ports and Ferry Docks," and 4) Areas extending one mile on each side of "Major Roads" and the "Trans-Alaska Pipeline." A map of Alaska showing locations of all required sites is available at the Alaska Geographic Data Committee home page (http://agdc.usgs.gov). The data must be in the public domain and free of any licensing restrictions. The digital orthoimagery will be in metric coordinates, projected on the UTM projection, NAD 83 datum, and formatted to Alaska quarter-quad coverages, nominally 7.5-minutes, with standard USGS headers and overedge, and meet National Map Accuracy Standards. The imagery collection will be during leaf-on, snow-free (except in permanent snow areas), and near cloud-free seasons over a four-year period. The Government will furnish any existing digital elevation data and field control data. The purpose of this announcement is to invite all qualified professional architect-engineering firms to submit cost estimates and other information for completing the necessary work within a four-year time period in order to determine the funding levels needed for this requirement. Please submit your cost estimates and other information by March 31, 2000. "Refined" cost estimates and proposals are not necessary. Submit your information to: U.S. Geological Survey, Branch of Acquisition & Federal Assistance, Attn: Sonya Baird, 345 Middlefield Road, MS-285, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3591. Questions may be directed to Sonya Baird at (650) 329-4168, or sbaird@usgs.gov. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting officer via, sbaird@usgs.gov. Posted 03/03/00 (W-SN430982).

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