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01 May 2025

Drone, Camera, and Training Package for MSU College of Ag Montana State University is seeking a drone, camera, and training package for MSU College of Agriculture.

01 May 2025

Open 5/1/2025 8:00 AM MDT Type Invitation For Bid Close 5/15/2025 2:00 PM MDT Number MSU-IFB-2025-0715 Currency US Dollar

Sealed Until 5/15/2025 2:00 PM MDT

Payment Terms 0% 0, Net 30

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Contacts Kraig Rieger kraig.rieger@montana.edu

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Commodity Codes Commodity Code Description 3706 Photographic - Drone Equipment 0202 Aircraft - Equipment/Parts

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Specifications for Drone, Camera, and Training Package for MSU College of Agriculture

• Drone (quadcopter preferred) must be Green Listed UAS (https://www.auvsi.org/cleared-list) and/or Blue Listed https://www.diu.mil/blue-uas-cleared-list

• Must have an Integrated Remote ID

• Must have an Integrated Controller (example, Blue Herelink or better) to create flight path

• Battery must be able to fly at least 40 minutes with a camera payload with 20% reserve. The drone must include batteries to support 2 or more consecutive flights with each set of the drone package

• Water/weather resistant and withstand high winds of 25 MPH or better.

• Rugged transport case to protect equipment

• Weight range: less than 20 lbs. including batteries

• Payload range: 6 lbs. or greater

• Ongoing Maintenance and Support: provide customer service, technical support, maintenance, and training as needed.

• Drone systems must be capable of mounting camera equipment for our research. For cameras, our research mostly focuses on abiotic and biotic stress in crops and the fine resolution of thermal and multispectral camera plays an important role.

• Camera: An integrated multispectral (Green 550nm; Red 670 nm; Red Edge 715 nm; NIR 840 nm; and RGB IR cut 650 nm or better) and thermal camera. This integrated camera must easily mount to the drone and interact with the drone. The thermal camera must be radiometrically calibrated with a resolution of 640 x 512 or better (such as the Sentera 6XT-640R Thermal or equivalent). Camera shall include gimbal for the connection to the drone, dovetail, integrated GPS, and downwelling irradiance sensor, support kit, and reflectance calibration panel kit.

• On-site training. We will have a group of students, staff, and professionals who will need training to fly the drone. Training includes but is not limited to: setting mission planning, drone operation, and data collection in an agricultural setting.

• Real Time Kinematic corrected GPS.

Delivery: 15 business days up on receipt of purchase order.

Note: Supplier must provide written narrative specifying how their product meets or exceeds specification if not bidding example products and claiming product equivalency. MSU reserves the right to deem responses as non-responsive if Supplier simply attaches product information without explanation.

In summary:

1. Complete drone and accessories as a package (n = 3; that is three drones plus all the accessories to make it complete)

2. Camera and their accessories (n = 3; that is three cameras and their accessories)

3. On-site (Bozeman, MT) training (n =1): it will be a day or two-day long program. About 10 students, staff, and professionals will be there for this training. MSU will not pay supplier travel expenses.

Description https://www.auvsi.org/cleared-list

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1. Please review and accept the instructions for submitting a bid.

2. Please review and accept our IFB general requirements.

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Please review and accept the University's descriptive literature requirement.

4. Please review and accept the University's Single Point of Contact clause.

5. Please review and accept our IFB delivery language.

6. Please review and accept the University's contract termination clause.

7. Please review and accept the University's Equivalent Products clause.

8. Please review and accept the University's Pricing clause.

9. Please review and accept the University's All-or-None Award clause.

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Please review and accept Montana State University's contract standard terms and conditions identified herein. Offerors requesting additions or exceptions to the standard terms and conditions must submit them to the procurement officer by the Q&A deadline. The University reserves the right to address nonmaterial requests for exceptions to the standard terms and conditions and contract language with the highest scoring offeror during contract negotiation.

11. Please review and accept the University's Contract Addendum.

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Buyer Attachments

1. PD-78 MSU Standard Terms Conditions_11.20.2023msuLC.pdf

2. PD-80 University Contract Addendum.pdf

3. Updated Specifications for Drone Package for MSU College of Agriculture 04242025.docx

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1.1.1 I understand it is my responsibility to check the Q&A board before submitting a bid.

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Instructions: Offeror's certification is made in compliance with nd in reference to HB 356, Ch. 193 Mont. L 2023 (HB 356) and the terms defined therein. If Offeror determines the provisions o HB 356 do not apply to Offeror or the contract to be awarded under this RFP, Offeror shall submit a statement setting forth in detail the basis for such determination.

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a. Offeror does not have a practice, policy, guidance, or directive that discriminates against a firearm entity or firearm trade association during the term of any contract it is awarded under this solicitation; and b. Offeror will not discriminate against a firearm entity or firearm trade association during the term of any contract it is awarded as a result of this solicitation.

2.1.2 The Offeror certifies and affirms Offeror is unable to make both of the certifications in Section 2.1.1, either now or during the anticipated term of the contract to be awarded as a result of this RFP.

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# Item Name, Commodity Code, Description Allow

Alternates Qty. UOM Requested Delivery

P1 Drone Package 1 LS - Lump Sum 15 days after award

1. Drone (quadcopter preferred) must be Green Listed UAS •Integrated Remote ID •Integrated Controller

2. Two Batteries

3. Rugged transport case

4. Ongoing Maintenance and Support

5. Camera: An integrated multispectral (Green 550nm; Red 670 nm; Red Edge 715 nm; NIR 840 nm; and RGB IR cut 650 nm or better) and thermal camera

6. On-site training.

7. Shipping and other fees

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