THIS NOTICE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, REQUEST FOR QUOTE, OR AN INVITATION FOR BID. NO SPECIFICATIONS OR DRAWINGS ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. NO CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS NOTICE. THIS MARKET RESEARCH IS TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF INTEREST, CAPABILITIES, AND QUALIFICATIONS OF INTERESTED VENDORS AND WILL BE USED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO SHAPE THE ACQUISITION STRATEGY IN DEVELOPING A COMPETITIVE REQUIREMENT. The United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Special Projects Operations Center – Southwest Region intends to issue a solicitation for post-fire aerial imagery and LiDAR acquisition for the US Forest Service’s Southwestern Region. The contractor(s) personnel must have necessary expertise, qualifications, and experience to assure performance of the work in accordance with sound, safe, and efficient management practices. Sources are being sought for entities with a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541370, Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical Services). Responses are requested with the following information: Vendor’s name, address, UEI, points of contact with telephone number(s) and e-mail address(es); Business size/classification to include any designations as Small Business, HUBZone, Woman Owned, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned and/or 8(a). Description of capability to perform any or all of the following services: For the given project area(s) the contractor shall acquire combined aerial imagery and LiDAR for the same flights and provide derived information according to the specifications outlined in the attached Statement of Work. This is for post-fire aerial imaging and LiDAR within Region 3 following recent fires in Arizona and New Mexico. This critical data will help predict the various impacts that fire has on landscapes. Imagery and LiDAR provide a better assessment than what can be derived from satellite imagery alone. With this data, the USFS Southwestern Region can directly measure the influence of prior thinning and controlled burns on the severity of the fire and inform future forest rehabilitation and prevention efforts. This imagery also provides post fire risk assessment and assists in monitoring burn severity, measuring soil instability and physical damage of land and resources, and in planning for restoration efforts. This acquisition covers 10 burned areas which encompass 1291 square miles of the following incidents: Bear Trap, Black, Cerro Pelado, Crooks, Haywire, Hermits Peak, McBride, Midnight, Pipeline, and Tunnel fires. The LiDAR would be collected at Quality Level 1 and imagery would be acquired at 30-centimeter resolution with orthimagery. The contractor would provide the aerial mapping sensors and collect data when skies are clear, free from smoke or excessive haze. The contractor will provide a flight plan and a boundary file of the coverage of each area of interest Location(s) capable of performing services (California, Arizona, New Mexico). Interested vendors can email the capabilities and service location(s) to Megan Acord
[email protected]. Responses must be received by 1000 AM Mountain Time, Monday, August 22, 2022. Responses will NOT be returned. This Sources Sought is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for any information provided.