National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) Digital Imagery Services

The National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) requires digital imagery services for one meter resolution, 4-band orthoimagery, with related metadata and other files. Imagery acquisition must be accomplished by photogrammetric quality digital cameras. Deliverables include full resolution digital ortho quarter quadrangle tiles due 30 days after flying season end, compressed county mosaics and other associated files and materials due no later than 45 days after flying season end. Approximately one million square miles of imagery nationwide are required annually to be photographed during the peak agricultural growing season typically June through August. This solicitation will result in a Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), fixed price type contract that may contain optional award items. Solicitation (RFP) AG-8447-S-12-0001 will be issued on or about February 1, 2012, with proposals due on or before March 2, 2012. Prospective contractors are instructed to submit a single proposal in response to solicitation AG-8447-S-12-0001 and the associated task order solicitation NAIP-TO-3-12-1. Proposals will be evaluated based on the combined response to both documents. The solicitations will be issued under FAR Part 15 as a full and open competition procurement which will include the contract clauses Small Business Subcontracting Plan (FAR 52.219-9) and Buy American Act (FAR 52.225-3). This solicitation is subject to the Availability of Funds Clause (FAR 52.232-18). All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered. To obtain a copy of this solicitation, you may download it either directly from this site, or by visiting:

www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/apfoapp?area=home&subject=csrv&topic=bop

on/or after February 1, 2012.