R -- Land Status Data Migration to Automated Lands Program

The USDA Forest Service, Northern Region, intends to acquire services for assistance with the migration of Land Ownership Status (LOS) data to the Automated Lands Program (ALP). Performance will include, but not limited to collapsing, editing, amending and appending of LOS data for linkage to the spatial data collection of the ALP project. The contractor will write distinct and specialized retrieval routines in PRESENT and SEQUAL Plus, to be run against the data in both programs. Researches and reviews existing records and files of the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and County Recorder’s Offices for land ownership title, encumbrance, use restrictions and survey information. Interprets the information for all source edits, amends and/or appends existing LOS data. Incorporates new case information and surveys, including Amended Protraction Diagrams, into the LOS data system for inclusion and migration into ALP. Reviews, validates and updates final spatial data products to ensure correct LOS data information is linked to appropriate spatial data records. The contractor shall be required to perform work on-site in Government facilities. The office is located in Missoula, MT. The NAICS code for this project is 541990. The size standard is $6.0 million. This project is a small business set-aside. The Contract will be awarded for one base year, with four additional one-year option periods. Solicitation will be issued on or about January 16, 2004.