Digital Aerial Imagery of Fishlake National Forest, UT

United States Forest Service requires aerial imagery services for direct digital acquisition of either 50cm or 30cm resolution, stereo-coverage of approximately 2,791 square miles of the Fishlake National Forest, Utah. Imagery acquisition must be accomplished using a digital sensor that collects four-band multi-spectral natural color (RGB) and color infrared (CIR) simultaneously. The project will have an approximate flying season of August 27, 2012 through September 30, 2012. Upon contract award, the contractor is required to create and submit the proposed flight plan for Government review prior to the notice to proceed. Contract deliverables include: uncompressed 4-band, 16-bits per band GeoTIFFs, 8-bit color corrected stereo image files, stereo block files, orthorectified imagery and other data files to be due 60 days after the end of the flying season. The solicitation number (RFQ) AG-8447-S-12-0007 is issued today, July 13, 2012 with quotations due Monday, August 13, 2012. This solicitation is a total (100%) small business set-aside (FAR 52.219-6) issued under FAR 13, Simplified Acquisition, and is subject to the Availability of Funds clause (FAR 52.232-18). All responsible small businesses may submit a response that shall be considered. To obtain a copy of this solicitation, you may download it directly from this site, or by visiting www.apfo.usda.gov, contract services, business opportunities, on or after July 16, 2012.