RFI_DOIGFBO240071_1.pdf

Attachment A - DOIGFBO240071

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (USGS)

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) FOR A LI-7810 CH4 /CO2 /H2O Trace Gas Analyzer

General Information

Solicitation Number: DOIGFBO240071

Release of RFI Date: 08/02/2024 Required Responses Due Date: 08/07/2024

Set Aside: To Be Determined

NAICS Code: 541990 - All Other Professional, Scientific, and

Technical Services

This is a Request for Information (RFI) only and is not a solicitation for a contract or grant award.

This RFI notice is for information purposes only, is not a request for proposals, and does not obligate the Government in any way. A request for proposals may or may not result from this request. The Government will not reimburse the respondents for any costs associated with the information submitted in response to this request. The Government will treat each submission in confidence.

SOURCES SOUGHT: Responses from large and small businesses are encouraged, however, in accordance with FAR 19.5, set asides for small business; the government will review the information in this announcement to determine the type of set aside (if any) for this requirement.

Please provide the size status of your company based on NAICS 541715.

All questions about the RFI shall be directed by email to the point of contact listed below.

Responses may be sent via electronic mail (email) to:

Patrick Anderson Contract Specialist panderson@usgs.gov

Background

DOI, USGS has a need for technical support and training of staff on processing 3DEP lidar point clouds in a cloud infrastructure using open-source formats and software. A strategic goal of 3DEP is to enable easier use of our lidar data, which includes the transition to a new cloud-optimized point cloud format (COPC) for visualization, processing and analyses utilizing open-source formats and software- a requirement of the Geospatial Data Act.

The National Geospatial Program (NGP) would like to contract Hobu, Inc to perform geospatial services, including training, for better enabling 3DEP data in an open-source environment. Hobu, Inc are the creators and primary support organization for the following technologies which NGP already uses:

• PDAL -- Point Data Abstraction Library

• COPC -- Cloud Optimized Point Cloud

• Entwine -- Entwine

• plas.io -- WebGL point cloud rendering

• EPT Tools -- EPT tools

• libLAS -- ASPRS LAS read/write

Deliverables

• Assist/advise NGTOC with potential reprovision/reorganization of our data, including conversion to more systematic file organization (via COPC and optimal tiling or discrete global grids)

• Construction of an open source las2copc utility that creates a one-to-one translation of LAS/LAZ tiles into COPC data. The utility should support

1) simple options for definition of the COPC point data organizational structure (I.e. octree),

2) allowing users to add arbitrary extended variable length records (EVLRs) for metadata and other records

3) forwarding all relevant header and VLR settings that do not typically get copied over when converting file formats, and

4) validation/verification of output.

5) The las2copc utility will be published on a publicly available site such as Github.

• Construction of an open source copc2las utility that allows users to quickly slice and extract portions of a COPC file based on a user-provided boundary and user-defined spatial resolution. The extracted data will include all header settings and VLRs to support geospatial analyses of the extracted data. The copc2las utility will be published on a publicly available site such as Github.

• Demonstration of “infrastructure as code” deployment, using Terraform or AWS CloudFormation configuration, for simple processing of spatio-temporal asset catalog (STAC) or COPC point cloud assets, in order to enable easier operational deployment by

NGTOC.

• Support for submitting COPC to the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) to establish a community standard for this lidar point cloud format, and managing and completing the OGC review process. This work will ensure that 3DEP meets the Geospatial Data Act requirements that geospatial data is published and served in open-source data formats.

• Provide technical assistance to NGTOC upon request to deploy the copc2las utility and STAC processing within the NGTOC operations workflow.

• Work with NGTOC to develop a 3DEP draft STAC specification or best practice defining tile size and metadata to include in the STAC record.

Information Requested

Vendors who believe they can responsibly meet these requirements should submit the following information to the Contract Specialist (panderson@usgs.gov) no later than 1:00PM EST, Wednesday August 7, 2024.

https://www.terraform.io/%22%20%EF%B7%9FHYPERLINK%20%22https:/developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/intro https://aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/ https://aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/ mailto:panderson@usgs.gov

1. Capability statement describing corporate expertise and technical qualifications in the work described above.

2. Past performance information describing other contracts for similar services your company has been awarded. Past performance information should be submitted for projects conducted within the last three years and include: project title, location, whether the work was as a prime or subcontractor, contract/subcontract dollar value, type of contract, percentage of self-performed work, and overall performance rating received.

3. Small business status of vendor (8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, etc.)

4. Point of contact information for vendor and DUNS Number.

5. Any other information that will prove the vendor is capable of performing the required effort.

Interested vendors much provide their response via email to the Contract Specialist, Patrick Anderson, at panderson@usgs.gov with the subject line reading “DOIGFBO240071”. Responses should be limited to 10 pages (single-sided). Mailed and faxed responses will not be accepted or evaluated.

NOTE: All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary - the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government. Materials submitted to the Government for review will not be returned. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. This is not a request for proposals. The Government does not intend to award a contract based on responses received under this announcement.

Patrick Anderson Contract Specialist US Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 205 Reston, VA 20192