The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, awarded a $65.5K firm fixed-price purchase order to Precision Laser & Instrument Inc. for one Trimble X9 LiDAR scanner with associated accessories and supporting software. This total small business set-aside contract, awarded on August 26, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2025, fulfills the agency's requirement to modernize its land survey program and enhance geospatial data collection capabilities. The Trimble X9 represents mission-critical equipment that will enable the Geospatial Section to collect high-precision 3D scanning data and generate LiDAR point clouds essential for drafting, modeling, and design work across multiple engineering disciplines within the Pittsburgh District and the broader Great Lakes and Ohio River Division.
Precision Laser & Instrument Inc., a small business contractor based in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, and registered in the System for Award Management since 2006, specializes in distributing advanced geospatial technology products with particular expertise in Trimble surveying equipment. The contractor's selection aligns with the Army Corps of Engineers' strategic standardization objective, as Trimble is the sole manufacturer of survey equipment currently deployed throughout the Pittsburgh District and most other districts in the division. This procurement ensures full compatibility with existing hardware, software, workflows, and data standards while enabling the retirement of obsolete equipment and maintaining enterprise-wide technology alignment for ongoing and future engineering projects.