PWS_NBIUASImagery_2025.docx

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

High-Resolution Aerial Images of Birds at North Breton Island

PART 1

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. GENERAL: This is an End Product contract to provide High-Resolution Aerial Images of Birds at North Breton Island in 2025. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the Contractors procuring the end products herein.

1.1 Description Product/Introduction: The Contractor shall provide all the desired end products as defined in this Performance Work Statement.

1.2 Background: Breton National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) was established in 1904 and is the second oldest national wildlife refuge in the National Wildlife Refuge System. The Refuge is comprised of a series of barrier islands, including North Breton Island. Breton NWR provides breeding habitat for colonies of nesting wading birds and seabirds, as well as wintering habitat for shorebirds and waterfowl. Twenty-three species of seabirds and shorebirds frequently use the Refuge, and thirteen species nests on the islands. The barrier island formation lies within the Mississippi River delta plain system bordered to the north and west by Breton and Chandeleur Sounds and to the east and south by the northern central Gulf of America. North Breton Island is approximately 13 miles from the nearest mainland coast and 62 miles southeast from the New Orleans metropolitan area in Louisiana (LA). North Breton Island is within the southern portion of the Breton NWR in Plaquemines Parish, LA. The island is a remote offshore island that does not have a landing facility.

As part of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) program, the Department of the Interior, through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) was tasked with mitigating environmental damages caused by the spill.

Through the North Breton Island Early Restoration Project, the island was expanded to a total of approximately 426 acres of habitat through fill placement utilizing an offshore sand source. Construction was completed in January 2022.

Following construction, the Service is monitoring bird species on the island to determine their numbers and productivity. High-resolution aerial images allow the Service to measure the number of birds, their activities, and the species composition for a point in time. Repeated surveys throughout the breeding season will help track bird productivity and habitat utilization over time. An existing aerial imagery collection effort using fixed-wing aircraft is planned for nesting season 2025 and the Government is interested in supplementing this existing acquisition with other sources of aerial imagery to fulfill project monitoring requirements.

1.3 Objectives/Deliverables: The objective of this contract is for the Contractor to acquire and deliver high-resolution orthomosaic images of birds at North Breton Island. Seven separate deliverables are required to fulfill contract objectives, including five images, a final report, and all project data and metadata. Each deliverable is as follows:

Base Deliverables

1.3.1. One high-resolution (Ground Sampling Distance (GSD) 1.1 cm or less) orthomosaic of aerial images of birds at North Breton Island, comprised of photos taken during a single day between 04/29/25 and 05/11/25.

1.3.2. One high-resolution (GSD 1.1 cm or less) orthomosaic of aerial images of birds at North Breton Island, representative of the early nesting season, comprised of photos taken during a single day between 05/12/25 and 06/09/25.

1.3.3. One high-resolution (GSD 1.1 cm or less) orthomosaic of aerial images of birds at North Breton Island, comprised of photos taken during a single day between 05/27/25 and 06/17/25.

1.3.4. One high-resolution (GSD 1.1 cm or less) orthomosaic of aerial images of birds at North Breton Island, representative of the late nesting season, comprised of photos taken during a single day between 06/10/25 and 07/10/25.

1.3.5. One high-resolution (GSD 1.1 cm or less) orthomosaic of aerial images of birds at North Breton Island, comprised of photos taken during a single day between 07/11/25 and 08/01/25.

1.3.6. A draft report detailing imagery acquisition techniques and processing specifications used to create final high-resolution orthomosaics.

1.3.7. All data and associated metadata, including raw photographs and original products, that is used to create all finalized high-resolution orthomosaics.

1.4 Scope: In the process of procuring the required end products the Contractor must follow these requirements:

1.4.1. The Contractor must comply with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations and land-use permitting procedures.

1.4.2. The Contractor must provide a communication system so that Contractor personnel engaged in the project at different locations can communicate at all times with each other, and so that government Project inspectors may communicate with the Contractor at any time to discuss performance matters.

1.4.3. Any ground or aerial hazards that would pose a danger to Contractor’s personnel or operating equipment must be identified and mitigated by the Contractor prior to commencing operations.

1.5 Period of Performance: The end product(s) must be provided to the Government no later than 09/01/2025.

1.6 General Information

1.6.1 Quality Control: The Contractor is required to demonstrate to the Government that the equipment to be used by the Contractor can capture the imagery and/or data as specified in the project description.

1.6.1.1. Survey Control: The Contractor shall plan for and execute the survey of one GPS base station. Ground station data shall be submitted to http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/OPUS, The National Geodetic Survey’s (NGS) Online Positioning User Service (OPUS), for positioning in the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS), even if the ground station is set up over a known survey monument in the NGS Database. The Contractor shall place at least nine (9) targets, within the airfield perimeter, survey the 3D coordinates of those control targets relative to the GPS base station, and provide a survey report to the aerial acquisition Contractor with photos and 3D coordinates. Horizontal coordinates shall be latitude and longitude referenced to NAD83 and include an epoch date, e.g., NAD83 (2007); NAVD88 elevation units are meters. The accuracy requirements for image photo control points shall meet a minimum accuracy of 1 foot (0.3 meters) horizontally and a vertical accuracy of 4 inches relative to the NSRS.

1.6.1.2. GPS Data Collection and Processing: All data shall be georeferenced using integrated GPS/inertial systems employing dual-frequency receivers. All real-time kinematic GPS (RTK GPS) data collection shall use a single ground base station, accurately tied to the NSRS using OPUS, and positioned to 0.1-meter accuracy or better at the 95% confidence level. The Contractor will work with FWS for base station recommendations. When new base stations are established, GPS data shall be collected for a minimum of 16 hours (two 8-hour sessions). The GPS receivers shall be equipped with antennas that have been approved by the FWS. A choke-ring antenna to minimize multipath is preferred but not required. The antenna height shall be accurately measured before and after each GPS session. The Contractors shall collect, process, and submit the ground and airborne GPS data, both raw data and final processed data. Differential RTK GPS solutions for the aircraft shall be obtained independently using the ground station. The root mean square error of these differences shall not exceed 5 cm in the horizontal and 10 cm in the vertical. The RTK GPS solutions shall model the tropospheric delay using average surface meteorological values at the ground station collected near the midpoint of operations. Supporting metadata shall be supplied to FWS. The final RTK GPS solution will be an average of the ground station solutions.

1.6.1.3. QA/QC Checkpoints: Using the GPS base station, the Contractor shall also plan for and execute the survey of at least thirty (30) “blind” (independent) QA/QC checkpoints per airfield, linked to the CORS, using targets provided by the aerial acquisition Contractor. QA/QC checkpoints are “blind” when 3D checkpoint coordinates are withheld from the prime Contractor and aerial acquisition subContractor until after the imagery and lidar datasets have been processed. Checkpoint surveys may be performed using RTK GPS (to 5 cm accuracy standards at the 95% confidence level). The orthoimagery QA/QC shall include a calculation of the root mean square horizontal (RMSEH) following the latest 2023 American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing’s (ASPRS) Positional Accuracy Standards for Digital Geospatial Data (https://publicdocuments.asprs.org/PositionalAccuracyStd-Ed2-V1).

1.6.2 Quality Assurance: The government shall evaluate the Contractor’s performance under this contract in accordance with the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan. This plan is primarily focused on what the Government must do to ensure that the Contractor has performed in accordance with the performance standards. It defines how the performance standards will be applied, the frequency of surveillance, and the minimum acceptable defect rate(s).

1.6.3 Recognized Holidays:

Independence Day

1.6.4 Hours of Operation: N/A

1.6.5 Place of Performance: The work to be performed under this contract will be performed at North Breton Island, located at approximately LAT 29°29'0.53"N LONG 89°10'28.68"W. North Breton Island is a 426-acre barrier island that is within Breton National Wildlife Refuge in Plaquemines Parish LA. It is a barrier island that is only accessible by boat.

1.6.6 Type of Contract: Firm Fixed Price Contract

1.6.7 Security Requirements: N/A

1.6.8 Special Qualifications: N/A

1.6.10 Contracting Officer Representative (COR): The COR will be identified by separate letter. The COR monitors all technical aspects of the contract and assists in contract administration. The COR is authorized to perform the following functions: assure that the Contractor performs the technical requirements of the contract; perform inspections necessary in connection with contract performance; maintain written and oral communications with the Contractor concerning technical aspects of the contract; issue written interpretations of technical requirements, including Government drawings, designs, specifications; monitor Contractor's performance and notifies both the Contracting Officer and Contractor of any deficiencies; coordinate availability of government furnished property; and provide site entry of Contractor personnel. A letter of designation issued to the COR, a copy of which is sent to the Contractor, states the responsibilities and limitations of the COR, especially with regard to changes in cost or price, estimates or changes in delivery dates. The COR is not authorized to change any of the terms and conditions of the resulting order.

1.6.11 Key Personnel: The following personnel are considered key personnel by the government:

Contract Manager: The Contractor shall provide a Contract Manager who shall be responsible for the performance of the work. The name of this person and an alternate who shall act for the Contractor when the manager is absent shall be designated in writing to the Contracting Officer. The Contract Manager or alternate shall have full authority to act for the Contractor on all contract matters relating to daily operation of this contract.

1.6.12 Identification of Contractor Employees: All contract personnel attending meetings, answering Government telephones, and working in other situations where their Contractor status is not obvious to third parties are required to identify themselves as such to avoid creating an impression in the minds of members of the public that they are Government officials. They must also ensure that all documents or reports produced by Contractors are suitably marked as Contractor products or that Contractor participation is appropriately disclosed.

1.6.13 Contractor Travel: Only approved Contractor personnel, Contractor equipment and government approval/authorization and notification to the COR.

1.6.14 Other Direct Costs: N/A

1.6.15 Data Rights: The Government has unlimited rights to all documents/material produced under this contract. All documents and materials, to include the source codes of any software, produced under this contract shall be Government owned and are the property of the Government with all rights and privileges of ownership/copyright belonging exclusively to the Government. These documents and materials may not be used or sold by the Contractor without written permission from the Contracting Officer. All materials supplied to the Government shall be the sole property of the Government and may not be used for any other purpose. This right does not abrogate any other Government rights.

1.6.16 Organizational Conflict of Interest: Contractor and subContractor personnel performing work under this contract may receive, have access to or participate in the development of proprietary or source selection information (e.g., cost or pricing information, budget information or analyses, specifications or work statements, etc.) or perform evaluation services which may create a current or subsequent Organizational Conflict of Interests (OCI) as defined in FAR Subpart 9.5. The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer immediately whenever it becomes aware that such access or participation may result in any actual or potential OCI and shall promptly submit a plan to the Contracting Officer to avoid or mitigate any such OCI. The Contractor’s mitigation plan will be determined to be acceptable solely at the discretion of the Contracting Officer and in the event the Contracting Officer unilaterally determines that any such OCI cannot be satisfactorily avoided or mitigated, the Contracting Officer may effect other remedies as he or she deems necessary, including prohibiting the Contractor from participation in subsequent contracted requirements which may be affected by the OCI.

1.7 Data Management Requirements for Data Acquisition

1.7.1 Applicability: The Department of the Interior (Department) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) are committed to basing decisions on the best available science and providing the American people with information sufficient to thoughtfully and substantively evaluate the data, methodology, and analysis used by the Department and the Service to inform their decisions following the Foundations for Evidence-based Policymaking Act of 2018 (aka Evidence Act; 115-435)).

1.7.2 Data Deliverables Requirement: The Contractor must ensure that all documents, reports, and data deliverables (whether tabular, geospatial or otherwise) and associated metadata produced by Contractors are wholly and completely delivered to the Service. Data are required to be made publicly available in a machine-readable, open format following the OPEN Government Data Act of 2018.

1.7.2.1. All software products, scripts, and codes are data deliverables and shall be released into the public domain as human readable Open-Source Software with no restrictions on the use, re-use, modification, or re-distribution by the users of such software.

1.7.2.2. Geospatial data may be delivered as ESRI shapefiles or geodatabases as these are universally applicable. Raster data should be delivered in an open format such as GeoTiff.

1.7.2.3. Methodology, analysis procedures, and models are considered process steps for data deliverables and are required deliverables.

1.7.3 Data Documentation Requirement: Data must be adequately described so that it can be found, understood, and used by the Service and others in accordance with 274 FW 1 Data Management section 1.8B; adherence to the FAIR principles is best practice.

1.7.4 Metadata Standard Requirement: The Government will provide a metadata template, which should be used along with regulatory guidance and content standards to write and provide metadata in XML format for all datasets, including images and ground control points. The Contractor will document all datasets with the attributes necessary to meet the minimum requirements of the Service and sponsored program, including:

1.7.4.1. Metadata must meet FAIR principles and meet open metadata standards such as Dublin Core (ISO 15836:2009) or Project Open Data (https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/), and meet federal metadata requirements, Service metadata requirements, and any programmatic metadata requirements.

1.7.4.2. The complete set of Minimum Discovery-Level Metadata Elements for Service wide Use in compliance with 274 FW 1, 44 USC 3506 and 44 USC 3511. Entries must be compliant with Data.gov guidelines for creating metadata.

1.7.4.3. Geospatial metadata will document all attributes that are required to comply with the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM), as defined by FGDC-STD-001-1998 (https://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/csdgm-standard) ISO 19115-2:2009 (Geographic information and, as applicable, Part 2: Extensions for imagery and gridded data) standard in addition to the Dublin Core and Open Data standards, in accordance with the National Geospatial Data Act of 2018.

1.7.5 Metadata File Format: Metadata shall be delivered as: a structured XML file that complies with the requirements of ISO 19139 (Geographic information - Metadata - XML schema implementation) and validated ISO 19115 Topic Category keywords (Geospatial Metadata Validation Service https://mrdata.usgs.gov/validation/) and any additional programmatic specific requirements.

1.7.6 File Management Requirement: Digital deliverables will be accompanied with names and descriptions of digital folders and file names in a text “ReadMe” file located in the primary folder.

1.7.7 Data Rights: The Government will have unlimited rights to all data deliverables, produced or acquired, under this contract. All documents, materials, and data deliverables, including the source codes of any software, all data collected, new or existing, produced under this contract shall be the sole responsibility of the Government with all rights and privileges held as a Custodian and Trustee belonging exclusively to the Service for the Government. The Contractor may only use or sell these documents and materials with written permission from the Contracting Officer and Project Officer. This right does not abrogate any other Government rights.

1.7.7.1. Subcontracting Data Rights. The Contractor shall obtain from its subContractors all data and rights necessary to fulfill the Contractor’s obligations to the Government under this contract. If a subContractor refuses to accept terms affording the Government those rights, the Contractor shall promptly notify the Contracting Officer of the refusal and shall not proceed with the subcontract award without authorization in writing from the Project Officer.

1.7.7.2. Cosponsored Data Rights. The Contractor shall obtain from its cosponsors all data and rights necessary to fulfill the Contractor’s obligations to the Government under this contract. If a cosponsor refuses to accept terms affording the Government those rights, the Contractor shall promptly notify the Contracting Officer of the refusal and shall not proceed with the subcontract award without authorization in writing from the Project Officer.

1.7.7.3. Data deliverables should include the following public domain dedication: [Contractor Name] waives copyright and related rights in work worldwide through the CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).

1.7.8 Limitations: The Government may specify the purposes and conditions (including exhibition or transmission, time, type of audience, and geographical location limitations) under which the data may not be used, released to the public, or reproduced other than for contract and Service purposes; and the Contractor must provide the data wholly and completely with appropriately metadata marked with classification constraints and written notice to the Project Officer.

1.7.8.1. Exceptions to public access include FOIA exceptions in accordance to Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(1-9)).

1.7.8.2. Exceptions to public release include privacy and security in accordance with 270 FW 7 Information Technology Security Program.

1.7.8.3. Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) (32 CFR 2002) may be exempt from public release.

1.7.8.4. Data with personally identifiable information (PII) or other information may not be released to the public in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a).

1.7.8.5. Exceptions to data that may violate a System of Records Notice (SORN).

1.7.8.6. Exceptions to data that is restricted due to a litigation hold.

1.7.8.7. Exceptions to data that is copyrighted.

1.7.9 Data Review: The Project Officer will review the data and metadata deliveries prior to closing the contract and may request revisions in which the Contractor has 21 days to comply.

1.7.10 Withholding Payment for Non-Delivery of Data: At any time before final payment or closing the contract, the Contracting Officer may withhold payment as a reserve up to an amount not exceeding $100,000 or 15% percent of the amount of the agreement, if the Contractor fails to make timely delivery of the data and metadata or fails to make revisions requested to the data and/or metadata to meet above requirements. The withholding of any reserve under this clause, or the subsequent payment of the reserve, shall not be construed as a waiver of any Government rights.

Note: The Service requires all data delivered in a timely fashion at regular intervals before this contract expires. All data and information must be received by the Service for the contract to be completed. The Service will not permit data embargoes or publication embargoes, data are part of the contract and will be delivered to the Service.

1.7.11 Records Requirements: Data created for Government use and delivered to, or falling under the legal control of the Government are Federal records in accordance with 36 CFR 1222.32, subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), as amended, and the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended and must be maintained and managed and scheduled for disposition only as permitted by statute or regulation. The Contractor is required to abide by Government and Service guidance for protecting sensitive, proprietary information, classified, and controlled unclassified information.

1.7.11.1. Contractors must maintain all records created for Service use or created while performing the work. Electronic records and associated metadata must be accompanied by sufficient technical documentation to permit understanding and use of the records and data.

1.7.11.2. Contractors are responsible for preventing the alienation or unauthorized destruction of records, including all forms of mutilation. Records may not be removed from legal custody of the facility or destroyed except in accordance with the provisions of the agency records schedules and with the written concurrence of the Head of the Contracting Activity. Willful and unlawful destruction, damage or alienation of Federal records is subject to the fines and penalties imposed by 18 U.S.C. 2701. The Contractor shall immediately notify the appropriate Contracting Officer upon discovering any inadvertent or unauthorized disclosures of information, data, documentary materials, or other records.

1.7.11.3. The Contractor must obtain the Contracting Officer's approval before engaging in any relationship with a sub-Contractor in support of this contract that requires disclosing information, documentary material and/or records generated under, or relating to, contracts.

PART 2

DEFINITIONS & ACRONYMS

2. DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS:

2.1. DEFINITIONS:

2.1.1. CONTRACTOR. A supplier or vendor awarded a contract to provide specific supplies or service to the government. The term used in this contract refers to the prime.

2.1.2. CONTRACTING OFFICER. A person with authority to enter into, administer, and or terminate contracts, and make related determinations and findings on behalf of the government. Note: The only individual who can legally bind the government.

2.1.3. CONTRACTING OFFICER'S REPRESENTATIVE (COR). An employee of the U.S. Government appointed by the Contracting Officer to administer the contract. Such appointment shall be in writing and shall state the scope of authority and limitations. This individual has authority to provide technical direction to the Contractor as long as that direction is within the scope of the contract, does not constitute a change, and has no funding implications. This individual does NOT have authority to change the terms and conditions of the contract.

2.1.4. DEFECTIVE SERVICE. A service output that does not meet the standard of performance associated with the Performance Work Statement.

2.1.5. DELIVERABLE. Anything that can be physically delivered, but may include non-manufactured things such as meeting minutes or reports.

2.1.6. KEY PERSONNEL. Contractor personnel that are evaluated in a source selection process and that may be required to be used in the performance of a contract by the Key Personnel listed in the PWS. When key personnel are used as an evaluation factor in best value procurement, an offer can be rejected if it does not have a firm commitment from the persons that are listed in the proposal.

2.1.7. PHYSICAL SECURITY. Actions that prevent the loss or damage of Government property.

2.1.8. QUALITY ASSURANCE. The government procedures to verify that services being performed by the Contractor are performed according to acceptable standards.

2.1.9. QUALITY ASSURANCE Surveillance Plan (QASP). An organized written document specifying the surveillance methodology to be used for surveillance of Contractor performance.

2.1.10. QUALITY CONTROL. All necessary measures taken by the Contractor to assure that the quality of an end product or service shall meet contract requirements.

2.1.11. SUBCONTRACTOR. One that enters into a contract with a prime Contractor. The Government does not have privity of contract with the subContractor.

2.1.12. WORKDAY. The number of hours per day the Contractor provides services in accordance with the contract.

2.1.12. WORK WEEK. Monday through Friday, unless specified otherwise.

2.2. ACRONYMS:

PART 3

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, AND SERVICES

3. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES:

3.1. Services: N/A

3.2 Facilities: N/A

3.3 Utilities: N/A

3.4 Equipment: N/A

3.5 Materials:

3.5.1. The Government shall provide a metadata template that will be used to write and provide metadata for all datasets created through this PWS.

3.5.2. The Government shall provide the Contractor with copies of the relevant forms and permits that may be required for the Contractor to conduct contract-related activities in Breton National Wildlife Refuge.

PART 4

CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES

4. CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

4.1 General:

4.1.1. The Contractor shall furnish all supplies, equipment, facilities and services required to provide the specified end products required of this contract that are not listed under Section 3 of this PWS.

4.2 Secret Facility Clearance: N/A

4.3. Materials: N/A

4.4. Equipment:

4.4.1. The Contractor shall provide the necessary equipment and expertise required to acquire aerial images that meet the specifications for images and metadata required of this PWS.

4.4.2. The Contractor shall complete all necessary permits that may be required to conduct contract-related activities on Breton National Wildlife Refuge.

PART 5

DELIVERABLES

5. Specific Deliverables:

5.1. Base End Products: The Contractor shall provide the Government with the following end products:

5.1.1. One high-resolution orthomosaic of aerial images of birds at North Breton Island, comprised of photos taken during a single day between 04/29/25 and 05/11/25.

5.1.1.1. Files shall be delivered in a GeoTIFF format through appropriate physical media (USB flash drive, external hard drive, etc.) or through appropriate online file sharing services.

5.1.1.2. The orthomosaics shall be georeferenced and display the entire area of North Breton Island. NAD 83 (2011) UTM 16 N shall be used as the projection and datum.

5.1.1.3. Aerial images shall have a resolution, also known as Ground Sampling Distance (GSD), of 0.5 cm to 1.1cm.

5.1.1.4. If the Contractor intends to use an unmanned aircraft system in the acquisition of aerial images, it should be operated at low flight speeds and at an altitude as low as possible without causing disturbance to nesting birds (but no lower than 50 meters above ground level). When operating an unmanned aircraft system on the island, care should be taken during the equipment launch, to limit disturbances to both loafing and nesting birds.

5.1.1.5. Aerial images shall cover the entire land area of North Breton Island and a 100-meter buffer zone extending over the water beyond the water line at the time of image capture, to ensure that the shoreline is fully represented in the image.

5.1.1.6. Aerial images shall be taken in a single day under ideal conditions such that the ground is not obscured.

5.1.1.6.1. Image captures shall be from the hours between 9:00am and 4:00pm on the day they are taken.

5.1.1.6.2. Image captures shall not occur on days where cloud cover, fog, or any other obscuring conditions are significant enough to impede identification of birds on the ground.

5.1.1.6.3. The Government will provide a minimum of 2 weeks advanced notice to the Contractor on the proposed date of the fixed wing aerial image acquisition.

5.1.1.7. An orthomosaic is a photogrammetrically orthorectified image product mosaiced from an image collection, where the geometric distortion has been corrected and the imagery has been color balanced to produce a seamless mosaic dataset.

5.1.1.8. If the Contractor intends to use an aircraft in the acquisition of aerial images, they shall use between 10 to 20 ground control points.

5.1.1.9. If the Contractor intends to use an aircraft in the acquisition of aerial images, they shall not operate a covered unmanned aircraft system on USFWS managed lands. The term “covered UAS” as defined in Executive Order 13981, and adopted for official use by the USFWS, means any UAS that:

1. Is manufactured, in whole or in part, by an entity domiciled in an adversary country.

1. Uses critical electronic components installed in flight controllers, ground control system processors, radios, digital transmission devices, cameras, or gimbals manufactured, in whole or in part, in an adversary country (as defined by the Department of Commerce and referenced in OPM-11.)

1. Uses operating software (including a cell phone or tablet applications, but not a cell phone or tablet operating systems) developed, in whole or in part, by an entity domiciled in an adversary country.

1. Uses network connectivity or data storage located outside the United States, or administered by any entity domiciled in an adversary country; or

1. Contains hardware and software components used for transmitting photographs, videos, location information, flight paths, or any other data collected by the UAS manufactured by an entity domiciled in an adversary country.

1. The term “critical electronic component” means any electronic device that stores, manipulates, or transfers digital data. The term critical electronic component does not include, for example, passive electronics such as resistors, and non-data transmitting motors, batteries, and wiring.

5.1.2. One high-resolution orthomosaic of aerial images of birds at North Breton Island, representative of the early nesting season, comprised of photos taken during a single day between 05/12/25 and 06/09/25.

5.1.2.1. This orthomosaic shall adhere to all specifications required of the end products specified in 5.1 except as follows:

The image shall be captured during a single day at the island between the period of 05/12/25 and 06/09/25 and within 1 to 3 days before or after the fixed wing aerial acquisition takes place. It shall not be taken within 7 days of any other captures taken to fulfill the requirements of the Base End Products.

5.1.3. One high-resolution orthomosaic of aerial images of birds at North Breton Island, comprised of photos taken during a single day between 05/27/25 and 06/17/25.

5.1.3.1. This orthomosaic shall adhere to all specifications required of the Base End Products specified in 5.1 except as follows:

The image shall be captured during a single day at the island between the period of 05/27/25 and 06/17/25 and shall not be taken within 7 days of any captures taken to fulfill the requirements of the Base End Products.

5.1.4. One high-resolution orthomosaic of aerial images of birds at North Breton Island, representative of the late nesting season, comprised of photos taken during a single day between 06/10/25 and 07/10/25.

5.1.4.1. This orthomosaic shall adhere to all specifications required of the Base End Products specified in 5.1 except as follows:

The image shall be captured during a single day at the island between the period of 06/10/25 and 07/10/25 and within 1 to 3 days before or after the fixed wing aerial acquisition takes place. It shall not be taken within 7 days of any other captures taken to fulfill the requirements of the Base End Products.

5.1.5. One high-resolution orthomosaic of aerial images of birds at North Breton Island, comprised of photos taken during a single day between 07/11/25 and 08/01/25.

5.1.5.1. This orthomosaic shall adhere to all specifications required of the Base End Products specified in 5.1 except as follows:

The image shall be captured during a single day at the island between the period of 07/11/25 and 08/01/25 and shall not be taken within 7 days of any captures taken to fulfill the requirements of the Base End Products.

5.1.6. A draft report detailing imagery acquisition, image processing techniques, ground truthing, accuracy assessments, and limitations. The report should provide sufficient detail such that the government is able to understand, and, if needed, reproduce the methodology utilized by the Contractor during the acquisition of images and the creation of final orthomosaics.

5.1.7. All data and associated metadata, including raw photographs and original products, used to create the final orthomosaic images.

5.1.7.1. Files shall be delivered through appropriate physical media (USB flashdrive, external hard drive, etc.) or through appropriate online file sharing services.

5.1.7.2. Metadata should be provided for each orthomosaic image deliverable and all ground control points. All metadata should be fully compliant with the metadata template provided and the standards and specifications in section 1.7.

PART 6

APPLICABLE PUBLICATIONS

6. APPLICABLE PUBLICATIONS (CURRENT EDITIONS):

6.1. The Contractor must abide by all applicable regulations, publications, manuals, and local policies and procedures.

PART 7

ATTACHMENT/TECHNICAL EXHIBIT LISTING

7. Attachment/Technical Exhibit List:

7.1. Attachment 1/Technical Exhibit 1 – Performance Requirements Summary.

TECHNICAL EXHIBIT 1

Performance Requirements Summary The Contractor service requirements are summarized into performance objectives that relate directly to mission essential items. The performance threshold briefly describes the minimum acceptable levels of service required for each requirement. These thresholds are critical to mission success.

Performance Objective (The Service required—usually a shall statement)

Method of Surveillance

PRS # 1

The Contractor shall provide 1 geo-aerial image of birds at North Breton Island, taken during a single day between the period of 04/29/25 and 05/11/25.

The images meet the required specifications outlined in section 1.3 and part 5.

PRS # 2

The Contractor shall provide 1 geo-aerial image of birds at North Breton Island, taken during a single day between the period of 05/12/25 and 06/09/25.

The images meet the required specifications outlined in section 1.3 and part 5.

PRS # 3

The Contractor shall provide 1 geo-aerial image of birds at North Breton Island, taken during a single day between the period of 05/27/25 and 06/17/25.

The images meet the required specifications outlined in section 1.3 and part 5.

PRS # 4

The Contractor shall provide 1 geo-aerial image of birds at North Breton Island, taken during a single day between the period of 06/10/25 and 07/10/25.

The images meet the required specifications outlined in section 1.3 and part 5.

PRS # 5

The Contractor shall provide 1 geo-aerial image of birds at North Breton Island, taken during a single day between the period of 07/11/25 and 08/01/25.

The images meet the required specifications outlined in section 1.3 and part 5.

PRS # 6

The Contractor shall provide a written report detailing imagery acquisition techniques and specifications used to create final high-resolution orthomosaics.

The report meets the required specifications outlined in section 1.3 and part 5.

PRS # 7

The Contractor shall provide all data, including raw photographs and original products, used to create all finalized high-resolution orthomosaics.

The submitted data meets the required specifications outlined in section 1.3, 1.7, and part 5.