The National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $3.23 million definitive contract to Upstream TECH Inc. for land easement change detection on October 1, 2026, under a total small business set-aside.
The originating solicitation seeks design, maintenance, and operation of an automated geospatial data processing system for nationwide monitoring of NRCS conservation easements across approximately 26,000 easements covering 6 million acres in all 50 states and territories. The system must integrate satellite, aerial, and ecological data including Landsat, Sentinel, and high-resolution commercial imagery to detect and report changes, support 550+ configurable users, and generate automated change detection alerts for construction, clearing, vegetation disturbance, trespass, and encroachment. Monthly basemap imagery must cover up to 20,000 square kilometers with 10-meter resolution updated every two weeks at less than 20% cloud cover. The system must achieve 99% availability Monday–Friday 0600–1800 ET and become fully operational within 30 days of award. Place of performance is Somerville, MA 02143, with nationwide operational scope.
The contract runs five years from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2031: a 12-month base period plus four 12-month option years on a firm-fixed-price basis. Pricing is firm fixed price. The NAICS code is 541690 (Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services); PSC code is R499 (Support-Professional: Other). Amendment 0001, effective September 17, 2026, added FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting, restricting the small business prime to subcontracting no more than 50% of Government payment to non-similarly situated entities.