USFS National Geospatial Services 2017

The Forest Service Technology and Development Geospatial Service and Technology Center established a Master IDIQ on March 31, 2017 for geospatial analysis, consultation, and systems support—including raster and vector data analysis, GIS training, remote sensing, GPS systems, and scripting for FS-Topo and Active Fire Mapping—with ordering authority through October 31, 2017. The vehicle is now closed; the ordering deadline passed eight years and eight months ago and no new task orders can be issued.

All eight task orders awarded under the vehicle closed between May 2017 and September 2017, with no activity since. The combined potential value across all orders is $3.5 million, and $3.5 million (98%) has been obligated. Task-order values ranged from $23 thousand to $2.5 million, with a single large order for natural resources and infrastructure data management dominating the portfolio at $2.5 million. The majority of smaller orders—typically valued between $34 thousand and $273 thousand—addressed targeted geospatial functions such as web application development, data management, surface water program support, and forest plan revision standardization.

Competition under the vehicle was minimal and predetermined. The Forest Service pursued this as a sole-source multiple-award contract under FAR 6.302-1, naming Critigen and Quantum Spatial as the only eligible contractors. In the task-order phase, work split between two primes: NV5 Geospatial, Inc. received three orders valued at $2.7 million combined (77% of potential value), while Critigen LLC received five orders worth $866 thousand combined. Roughly 75% of orders (six of eight) funded the Forest Service Geospatial Service and Technology Center; the remainder served regional Forest Service offices across Alaska, the Southwest, and the South.

All eight task orders carried no set-aside designation. Work was performed using firm fixed-price pricing across completion dates ranging from late 2017 through mid-2019. Given the vehicle's closure and the absence of any ordering activity in nearly nine years, pursuit is not viable.

The USFS has awarded a Master IDIQ for analysis, consultation and expertise in determining and/or delivering innovative approaches to solving questions related to FS business requirements through the use of geospatial tools, models, and analysis procedures. These services include advanced analysis of raster, vector and imagery based data sources. Services also include geospatial training and support in natural resource application and the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing; Global Positioning Systems (GPS), and mobile field collection systems. The contractors provide geospatial scripting and modeling support to FS system operations such as FS-Topo and Active Fire Mapping.