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DHS Geospatial Management Office (GMO) Renewal of Geospatial Imagery Processing and Dissemination Subscription Services

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6., as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

The solicitation, HSHQDC-13-Q-00418, is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) and incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-69. This acquisition is unrestricted. The resultant purchase order will be issued on a firm-fixed price basis. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 518210, Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services, with a small business size standard of $30 million.

Note: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security intends to award a sole source purchase order to Terra Pixel to acquire Geospatial Imagery Processing and Dissemination Subscription Services. The subscription services will provide the Terrapixel Image PatchTM cloud service for the DHS Geospatial Management Office (GMO). The period of performance for this software renewal will be one year. The proposed contract action is for services which the Government intends to award to only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-3(a)(2). Interested sources may submit a letter via email to the Contracting Officer identifying their interest and capabilities to respond to the requirement. Responses must be received by Noon EDT on or before September 11, 2013. A determination to compete this procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Below are the submission instructions for the interested sources.

SUPPLIES AND SERVICES

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has broad and diverse missions in domains that include emergency management, law enforcement and intelligence that are supported by geospatial information technologies. The GMO is the DHS lead for establishing Departmental geospatial information and technology programs, directives, initiatives, standards, techniques; and ensuring the security of geospatial data, geographic information systems software and hardware and geospatial applications Department-wide. DHS has a long tradition of using post event remote sensing and imagery data to support recovery and mitigation efforts. Other DHS components use imagery data to support a variety of different homeland security incidents or events. The law enforcement community uses imagery extensively in planning, preparedness and monitoring activities supporting National Special Security Events (NSSE). The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) routinely uses imagery to document border incursion incidents. The National Programs and Protection Directorate (NPPD) Office of Infrastructure Protection uses imagery to assist in the development of mitigation plans for critical infrastructure and uses post-incident imagery to assess the condition of critical infrastructure after a natural disaster or emergency. This software (web services) will enable DHS missions to upload, process, and publish collected geospatial imagery and share that information securely across the Homeland Security community.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The period of performance is for one 12-month base period from 9/27/2013 to 9/26/2014.

Please note that the dates are estimates.

BASIS FOR AWARD

The evaluation for award will be based on the lowest price technically acceptable quotation (quote). In order for any quote to qualify as technically acceptable, it must meet the following requirements:

1. Web-based with a secure user interface that allows users to upload, process, and publish incident imagery

2. Support for industry standards formats for geospatial imagery including: png PNG (Portable Network Graphics) Image format, svg SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) Image format, tiff TIFF/GeoTIFF Image format, gif GIF Image format, peg JPEG Image format, pnm PPM/PGM/PBM Portable PixMap Image format, adrg ADRG (ARC Digitized Raster Graphics) format, doq USGS DOQ/DOQQ (Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle) format, nitf NITF (National Imagery Transmission Format) (CIB, CADRG)

3. Ability to notify users regarding changes to existing imagery services or posting of new imagery services

4. Ability to support Open Geospatial Consortium standards for imagery data exchange

5. High performance with ability to process uploaded imagery at a rate of 250G per hour

6. Operates on a Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) accredited platform

CLAUSES

See Attachment 1

PROVISIONS

See Attachment 1

SUBMISSION OF QUOTES

Quoters shall:

1. Respond to the provision in FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (July 2013). See Attachment 1.

2. Respond to the addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (July 2013). See Attachment 1.

3. Respond to the provision in FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Items (August 2013). See Attachment 1. An offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision, if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically via https://www.acquisition.gov. If an offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at the ORCA website, the offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (o) of this provision.

4. Provide a price quote for all contract line item numbers (CLIN). The price quote shall utilize the following format:

Web Map Tiling Server Bing Maps Tiling Service September 27, 2013 through September 26, 2013

OGC Web Map Server Storage included within the IPCS September 27, 2013 through September 26, 2013

OGC Web Feature Server Storage Included within IPCS September 27, 2013 through September 26, 2013

Product updates and patches September 27, 2013 through September 26, 2013

Total Price:

QUOTES DUE

Quotes shall be e-mailed to Keira.Buggs@hq.dhs.gov and to Sang.Han@hq.dhs.gov by Noon EDT on or before September 11, 2013. The subject line on your e-mail shall read “HSHQDC-13-Q-00418 (Geospatial Imagery Subscription).” For questions contact, Keira Buggs at Keira.Buggs@hq.dhs.gov, and Sang Han at Sang.Han@hq.dhs.gov. Telephone requests or inquiries will not be accepted.