A14__Sources_Sought_1.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT: This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE. The U.S. Geological Survey is conducting a MARKET SURVEY to determine the interest and capability of any firm eligible to compete under NAICS code 513210 with a Small Business Size Standard $47 million for an upcoming requirement to provide a variety of GIS, modeling, and statistical analysis for federal, state, and local partners.

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. ALL COST ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING

INFORMATION AS REQUESTED BY THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE SHALL BE THE

RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CONTRACTOR. Submission is voluntary.

Specifications:

The Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center requires software to perform extensive quality assurance/quality control of data acquired by UMESC. The software must be able to manage and transform terabytes of data and provide 3D point cloud visualization. It must be able to classify 3D points, create breaklines, edit 3D features, perform volumetric analysis, classify ground and model key points, automate feature extraction, and generate end products (processing raw or preliminarily classified point cloud datasets into surface and digital elevation models, hillshades, contours, intensity, etc.). The software must interface well with Esri’s ArcGIS Pro and intake/export shapefiles (a file type created and regulated by Esri), as well as have the ability to intake large amounts of raw lidar and bathymetric data collected by UMESC staff using existing equipment such as the SonTek M9, PingDSP, Pegasus:Lidar Backpack, and Norbit Multibeam Echosounder.

Responses to this announcement are requested from (1) Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (2) SBA certified Small Business HubZone firms; (3) Small Business firms certified by a Small Business Administration (SBA) district or regional office for participation in the 8(a) program; (4) Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned small Business firms; (5) Small Businesses.

In response to this announcement, please indicate your firm's socioeconomic status (e.g. ISBEE, small business, service-disabled veteran-owned, women owned, HUBZone, etc.) This information will assist the Government in determining how small businesses can fit into the acquisition strategy.

A firm is considered small under NAICS code 513210 with a Small Business Size Standard $47 million. Any information submitted is voluntary. If sufficient interest and capability is not received from firms in categories (1) through (4) above, any solicitation may be issued as unrestricted without further consideration.

Interested small business firms shall submit (1) NAME, ADDRESS, and PHONE NUMBER OF THE FIRM (including SAM UEI NUMBER); (2) a CAPABILITY STATEMENT including (a) RECENT (within the last three fiscal years) RELEVANT (similar projects to this requirement) performance history (identify the name of the owner and their point(s) of contact with telephone and fax numbers, e-mail addresses; and (b) in what capacity (e.g., prime, subcontractor etc.) they performed the work; and (3) their SIZE STATUS.

Your company must have a SAM Unique Identifier number and be registered on-line at the System for Award Management (SAM).

All responses must be submitted NLT April 27th, 2026 at 12:00pm MST via e-mail to:

Kekila_Keuma@ios.doi.gov.

This is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP) or Invitation for Bid (IFB) and does not constitute any commitment by the Government. Responses to this sources sought notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. All interested sources must respond to future solicitation announcements separately from responses to this market survey. Any solicitation that may be issued will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website and no paper copies will be provided.