Fishlake and Monroe Mountain LiDAR Service

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ).The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2023-04. This procurement is set aside for small businesses. The NAICS code is 541360 and the Small Business Size Standard is _$28.5.

The United States Forest Service requires the collection of Lidar and Red-Green-Blue (RGB) image data before and after planned prescribed crown fires in the Monroe Mountain (Mt.) unit of the Fishlake, National Forest (NF). For scientific study these data must conform to the same technical specifications as the previous lidar datasets collected for the same study completed in 2020 (described in Attachment A). The contractor must use the same type/ make and model of LiDAR camera for consistency.  Camera specifications are listed in the attached documents.  Offerors are expected to read the solicitation in its entirety.  Questions must be submitted in writing to Rochelle Infante at Rochelle.Infante@usda.gov no later than 5:00 pm mdt  on Wednesday July 26, 2023.  Any and all answers to questions will be posted on sam.gov as an ammendment so that no one offeror has any advantage over another.  The government reserves the right to answer only questions deemed necessary i.e any questions where the answer is already contained in the package will not be answered.