C -- SHORELINE MAPPING SERVICES (INCLUDING AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, PHOTOGRAMMETRIC COMPILATION)

Notice Date

May 18, 2001

Contracting Office

U.S. Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/OFA/AGFS/AMD -- OFA51, 1305 East West Highway -- Station 7604, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910

ZIP Code

20910

Solicitation Number

50-DGNS-1-90025

Response Due

June 20, 2000

Point of Contact

Contract Specialist -- Jean E. Greene, Contracting Officer -- John O. Thompson

Description

A. DESCRIPTION -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, (NOAA) National Geodetic Survey (DGS) will acquire services for Surveying and Mapping in accordance with the Brook's Architect and Engineering Act and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 36. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Geodetic Survey (NGS) has a requirement for shoreline mapping services to support the Shoreline Mapping Program along the coasts of the United States. A contract estimated in the amount of $6 million dollars is scheduled to be awarded in Fiscal Year (FY) 2001. The contract is for a one-year base period with two one-year renewal option periods. The National Geodetic Survey cannot guarantee the total amount of work to be assigned under this proposed contract. The amount of work will vary according to NGS needs and available funding. The Contractor selected will be required to perform services at locations as may be assigned. Work assignments under the contract may consist of but are not limited to: (1) exposed, near-vertical, metric quality, tide-coordinated, kinematic Global Positioning System (GPS) positioned, aerial photography exposed along flight lines over coastline and/or coastal ports; (2) photograph digital index files; (3) ground surveying; (4) airborne GPS data; (5) airborne inertial data; (6) tide coordination data; (7) camera information; (8) an exposure test over a section of coastline similar to the project area is required before the start of photography; (9) aerotriangulation; (10) photogrammetric mapping; (11) orthophotography; (12) geographic information system (GIS) services; (13) map digitizing, both raster and vector; digital elevation model (DEM) data collection and manipulation; (14) attributed digital shoreline files, including aids to navigation and landmarks (15) annotated nautical charts; (16) quality control plan; and (17) reports including: e-mail status reports, flight reports, aerotriangulation report, ground control report, and project completion report. All work shall be performed to NOAA specifications, and the data provided in NOAA specified formats. The Statement of Work will contain detailed requirements and project area information. Each assignment will typically be for surveying an area varying from 10 linear miles to 200 linear miles of shoreline. Potential contractors are encouraged to review these internet sites: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/Slides/HTML SMP/Sld001.htm http://.ngs.noaa.gov/ContractingOpportunities/Contractedprojects.shtml for additional information before responding to this announcement. The contract will permit a Government Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) or designated observer to be present during operations. B. SELECTION CRITERIA: The firm must provide sufficient data collection platform(s) and equipment, data processing equipment and sufficient technical, supervisory, administrative, and quality review personnel to ensure expeditious prosecution of work assignments. To be considered for selection, a firm must demonstrate surveying experience in the types of surveys stated above, and on payroll personnel with at least three years of experience in the technology to be used on this contract (including both data collection and data processing). The firms must show the availability of a suitable survey platform(s) that complies with the applicable requirements found in the following web sites: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) http://www.faa.gov/aviation.htm; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) http://www.uscg.mil/hg/g-m/gmhome.htm; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) http://www.epa.gov/epahome/lawreg.htm; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) http://www.osha.gov/comp-links.html. The firms must also show the availability of: data acquisition and processing systems including, but not limited to: metric, aerial camera(s), aircraft, geodetic surveying equipment for establishing horizontal control; airborne kinematic GPS equipment for aircraft positioning; photogrammetric hardware for compilation, water level measurement gauges, if required. The evaluation criteria are listed in descending order of importance, with #1 and #2 being equal, #3, #4 and #5 are equal, but lower than #1 and #2, and #6 is lower than #3, #4, and #5. The Evaluation criteria are as follows: (1) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services; (2) Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work ( 2) required; (3) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time (management, personnel and equipment; (4) Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry relating to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules; (5) Quality Assurance/Quality Control -- Adequacy of in- house QA/QC procedures to deliver very high quality data; (6) Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project; and Specific abilities and disciplines required on this contract include, but are not limited to: Project manager, Pilot, Aerial Photographer, Photogrammetrist, Geodesist. Surveyor, Tides/Water Level Specialist, GIS Specialist, Geographer/Cartographer, Geospatial Data Analyst, and Mariner. Firms should indicate in Block 10 of the SF-255 their experience: (a) using airborne kinematic GPS to position the photographs, (b) capturing tide-coordinated metric aerial photography of the shoreline, (c) other work as described above, and (d) an outline of how the Prime Contractor will manage their team to ensure that quality products are delivered to NOAA. For evaluation factor #3 Capacity, provide a list of key personnel demonstrating their availability based on other commitments, and also major equipment availability. The most recent aerial camera calibration report(s) must be included. C. SUBMISSION: All responsible sources may submit a response for consideration by NOAA. Prime contractors shall respond to this announcement for their teams. Prime contractors shall submit SF-254s for each team member and subcontractor, plus a consolidated SF-255 for the entire team. The SF-254s should reflect the overall capacity of each member of the team, whereas the SF-255 should reflect only those resources available for this effort. Firms should submit three copies each of SF-254 and SF-255. The first five evaluation factors must be addressed in Block 10 of the SF-255. Facsimile responses are not authorized. Responses (SF-254/SF-255s) are due to the following address no later than 4:00 pm Eastern Daylight Saving Time, June 20, 2001. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Acquisition Management Division, General Contracts Branch, OFA612, 1305 East-West Highway, SSMC4, Station 7604, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-3281. See Numbered Notes #1, #24 and #26.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010522/CSOL002.HTM (W-138 SN50M5E7)