USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, 333 SW First Avenue, PO Box 3623, Portland, OR 97208-3623

C -- PHOTOGRAMMETRIC SERVICES FOR NATIONAL FOREST LANDS IN THE STATES OF OREGON AND WASHINGTON SOL R6-98-927 DUE 060598 POC Procurement and Property Management, 503/808-2581 C -- PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICES, as follows. Photogrammetric Services involving digital photogrammetric topographic mapping, related photogrammetric operations and production of digital orthophotoquads for National Forest lands in Oregon and Washington. Optional use by other federal agencies; other Forest Service regions. Mapping projects are small to medium size (one to ten stereomodels per project) with scales from 1"=20' to 1"=500' and contour intervals from 1' to 20'. Related operations may include aerotriangulation, analog or digital project orthophotos and orthophoto/topographic composites. Delivery of topographic mapping in AutoCAD(tm) format on PC/MS DOS formatted disks is required but may be translated from any viable digital photogrammetric mapping system (AutoCAD(tm) equipment/software is not required); hard copy plots are required. Digital orthophotoquads (DOQs) are 1/24,000 scale, 7-1/2 minute quadrangle format to be derived from 1/40,000 scale quarter quadrangle centered photography, 1/60,000 scale half quadrangle centered photography, 1/80,000 scale quadrangle centered photography, or USGS standard digital orthophoto quarter quads (DOQs); 1/24,000 scale hard copy DOQ photographic negatives are required as well as soft copies. Brooks Act formal procedures will be used to select one Contractor for award of an Indefinite Delivery-Requirements contract. Contract period will be for one year from date of award, with option for renewal for up to four additional years. The following criteria, required by the Federal Acquisition Regulations, will be applied in evaluating firms for award. (1) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services; (2) specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required; (3) capacity to accomplish the work in the required time; (4) past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules; (5) location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project (provided that application of this criterion leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms). NO SOLICITATION EXISTS. Interested firms shall submit Standard Form 254, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire, to provide information concerning the firm's general qualifications; and Standard Form 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project, to provide more detailed information concerning qualifications specific to the project. Responses are due 4:30 P.M., local time, June 5, 1998. Envelopes containing SF-254 and SF-255 submittals in response to this ad should place the following in the lower left hand corner of the envelope: R6-98-927, Photogrammetric Services, Due June 5, 1998. (0121)

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