RFI_for_CWN_IR_Mapping_V5.3.pdf

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION for National Call When Needed

Aerial Infrared Mapping Services

Solicitation Number: Special Notice Number: SN-2018-04

Agency: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Office: Forest Service

Location: National Interagency Fire Center – Boise, ID

RFI Issue Date: 02/12/2018

RFI Response Date: 03/05/2018

Synopsis: The purpose of this announcement is to obtain market research for planning purposes only regarding interested vendors/contractors who are capable of providing aerial (manned fixed-wing aircraft, UAS or satellite) infrared mapping services. The aerial vehicle will perform these services on initial attack, extended attack and large fires on an interagency and continental United States including Alaska basis.

The requirements listed are basic minimums. The expectation is that responses will exceed these minimums without the constraints of rigid details.

IMAGERY:

Data Ownership: The US Forest Service is the sole owner of any data (documents, imagery, audio, metadata, telemetry, etc.) collected during any contracted mission and maintains complete control of use and distribution.

Location: Continental US, and Alaska

Scope of work: Provide surge capability for the National Infrared wildland fire mapping program. To reduce confusion to end users and streamline utilization the deliverable must be as close as possible to the current

NIROPS deliverable. Improved capabilities are encouraged.

Bands: Multiple bands including at least two thermal bands. Other options for reducing false positive detections with other bands will be considered.

Time of collection: Any time based on request, Day or Night.

Crabbing /Drift: Should not affect more than 10% of the image width for any flight line.

Roll or Tilt: Exposure made with the optical axis of the camera in a vertical position is desired. Tilt of any exposure must be less than four degrees for any frame and limited to less than 20 degrees off-NADIR.

Ground sampling distance: 2 m pixel (+/- 4%).

Fire detection capability: 8 inch 600°F Hot Spot at 14,000 Ft AGL

METADATA:

Camera/sensor specifications: Include all information regarding the sensor, such as the lens, lens filter(s), sensor array, shutter assembly, and other

Camera Settings: Include focal length, gain, IR calibration, exposure, aperture, shutter speed, exposure compensation, and other settings.

Flight lines: Time of capture, altitude of the aircraft above sea level, height of the aircraft above the ellipsoid, flight paths, heading, latitude, longitude.

Photo center points: (x,y,z) UTMs w/ accuracy specified.

Camera calibration information: Camera certification should be detailed only to the extent necessary to demonstrate that the camera is proven to operate to manufactures specifications, include date of certification.

Bands: Clearly state what band relates to which data layer. Example: band 1 is 3 to 5 μm of layer stack, band 2 is 8 to 14 μm of layer stack, etc..

Date: Clearly state dates and times all imagery was collected, including if collection spans additional days or collection periods.

POST-PROCESSING/ORTHORECTIFICATION (Raster imagery and DEM’s are optional, vector products are not).

Fire location method: Edge marks and Pixel Enhancement, Geo-referenced .tiff files.

Resolution: 3 m or better on the ground resolution.

Minimum Horizontal Accuracy: 95% of all well-defined points tested fall within 2 m of true ground location.

File Format RGB-IR: Uncompressed, georeferenced tagged 12 bit or higher image file format (GeoTIFF) or 8 bit

JPEG 2000 file formats, projected in the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83), using the corresponding native

Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) zone with coordinates in meters.

File Format DEM: Uncompressed, georeferenced tagged image file format (GeoTIFF), projected in the North

American Datum of 1983 (NAD83), using the corresponding native Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) zone with coordinates in meters. The vertical datum shall be North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88).

Delivery: It is desirable for the imagery to be processed on board and delivered in near real time to a Government provided site if on board processing is not possible, the minimum requirement is for processed imagery delivered within two hours of data collection or aircraft landing.

DELIVERABLES:

Geo-Tiff referenced system outputs: 256 Color Grey-Scale Ortho, 2 Color (False) Ortho, Raw Ortho, Raw Hot Spot

Shape Files

Unrectified products: Individual raw stereo images red, green, blue, near-infrared (RGB-IR), IR digital images (16 bit, TIF format)

Footprint of areas covered with imagery (Shapefile)

FGDC compliant metadata in digital format for each folder (raw imagery, orthos, DEM), if processing includes automated wildland fire standards use the NIROPS and or GSTOP requirements (provide link to websites or appendix).

File naming and directory conventions: All products shall be named and organized in a directory structure following conventions specified by the NIROPS standard (detailed instruction will be provided).

All products including raster and vector, need to be in ArcGIS-compatible format.

Contractor shall deliver deliverables within stated achievable delivery time

Contracting Office Address:

National Interagency Fire Center U.S. Forest Service – Contracting Attn: Justin Kondeff, Contracting Specialist Owyhee Building – MS 1100 3833 S. Development Ave.

Boise, ID 83705

Place of Performance:

Nationwide

THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT INTEND TO AWARD A CONTRACT ON THE BASIS OF THIS RFI OR TO OTHERWISE

PAY FOR THE INFORMATION SOLICITED. This RFI does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this contemplated effort. This RFI is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as a request for proposal or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses to this RFI or the Government’s use of such information. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any contractor’s input resulting from this RFI. Response to this RFI will not be returned.

Whatever information is provided may be utilized by the US Forest Service in developing its acquisition strategy and it’s Statement of Work. The information resulting from this RFI may be included/combined with other submissions in one or more options considered in the analysis of alternatives. Any proprietary information that is submitted may be used in establishing requirements but specific information will be safeguarded as proprietary.

Primary Point of Contact:

Justin Kondeff, Contracting Specialist jkondeff@fs.fed.us 208-387-5689

Technical Point of Contact:

Robert Roth, Aviation Technology rroth@fs.fed.us 406-370-3376

Generic Requirements:

NADIR pointing sensor.

Detect 8 inch 600°F Hot Spot at 14,000 Ft AGL.

Logistics support system to operate throughout the western states.

Sufficient flight crews to provide seven day coverage while in use.

Two thermal bands (3-5μm, 8-12μm). Day time can be other bands.

Produce Ortho-imagery delivered within two hours from collection or landing.

Image 100,000 acres per hour

Vendors/contractors who respond to this Request for Information (RFI), are requested to provide all of the following information, in writing, in response to this announcement and in accordance with the directions below:

1. Company name.

2. Company mailing address.

3. Company Point of Contact (One person’s name, telephone number and e-mail address).

4. Company’s size standard (ie. Large, Small, Veteran Owned, etc.) based on NAICS code 481212.

5. Number of aircraft or imagery collection systems that will be proposed.

6. Provide details on companies approach and capabilities that meet or exceed minimum requirements.

Additionally, all interested vendors/contractors shall also provide a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) that includes the following:

COST ESTIMATES TO INCLUDE:

mailto:rroth@fs.fed.us

Daily availability and flight rate.

Or

Cost per acre (based on tiered acres)

Price discounts for multiple awards.

Price discounts for different call up response times.

PROVIDE ANY OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION RELATING TO THIS RFI THAT WILL ASSIST THE GOVERNMENT IN

ADJUSTING THE CURRENT SPECIFICATIONS FOR A FOLLOW-ON SOLICITATION

Submittal of Information:

The information requested by this RFI shall be provided, by email, by 2:30 p.m. Mountain Time 05 March, 2018 to the following address.

National Interagency Fire Center U.S. Forest Service – Contracting Attn: Justin Kondeff, Contracting Specialist jkondeff@fs.fed.us Owyhee Building – MS 1100 3833 S. Development Ave.

Boise, ID 83705

The U.S. Forest Service intends to utilize the RFI responses/information to assist with the development of a solicitation for a wildland fire IR RFP.

mailto:jkondeff@fs.fed.us