Intent to Award - Coordination of orthoimagery collection of the State of Ohio

The U.S. Geological Survey intends to make a non-competitive award to the State of Ohio, Office of Information Technology (OIT), GIS Support Center, Ohio Geographically Referenced Information Program (OGRIP), located in Columbus, Ohio, for the coordination and management of high-resolution, leaf-off, color, digital, orthoimagery collection, to be performed in numerous counties throughout the State of Ohio, by 03/01/2013.

There are no option periods.

OGRIP is the only known source for this requirement because was formally established by an executive order from the Governor's Office of the State of Ohio to expressly serve as the authorized and recognized Geographic Information System (GIS) coordinating entity for the State of Ohio.

In accordance with FAR 5.207, all responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal or quotation which shall be considered by the agency, however, THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. The Government intends to award this requirement noncompetitively in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1).

Email responses to dgalvin@usgs.gov.

The NAICS code is 541360. The size standard is $4.5 million.

The anticipated award date of the contract is 04/23/2012. The anticipated contract will be firm fixed-price.

A vendor must be registered at http://www.ccr.gov and https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/ to be awarded the contract.