USDA Forest Service, Black Hills National Forest, RR 2 Box 200, Custer, SD 57730

R -- GPS SURVEYING SOL RMAST-00-086 DUE 070500 POC Brenda Oster 605/673-2251 FAX 605/673-5567, Joel Butzin, Contracting Officer 970/ 874-6613 The intent of this announcement is to obtain a list of qualified, professional surveying firms from which the most highly qualified firm will be selected. Negotiations will then be conducted with the highest ranking firm first and, if necessary, with each successive, highly qualified firm until a fair and reasonable price and agreement on allotted timeframes can be reached. Purpose of this project is to establish GPS positions for the Geographic Coordinate Data Base and mapping projects. Methods will include one or more of the following; static, fast static, RTK to obtain varying levels of required accuracy. Positional data will be output in a format compatible with the BLM GCDB. In light of the wide range of terrain factors for various proposed projects, negotiated prices per point will be based on three levels of difficulty. A provision will be included in this contract for neotiating projects which have unusually difficult conditions. For projects involving large numbers of positions, i.e. topographic mapping, which do not lend themselves to the price-per-point method, a project price will be negotiated prior to field work. A registered professional land surveyor must be assigned to all projects. Firms qualified and interested in providinig professional surveying services of the type listed above are hereby invited to submit Standard Form 254, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionaire, and Form 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Service Questionaire for Specific Project. The criteria set forth in Federal Acquisition Regulations 36.602-1 will be used in conjunction with the following specialized section criteria to assess you firm's qualifications for GPS projects. Briefly address the following narrative form 1) Discuss you experience in the past five years, specifically related to GPS and cadastral surveys similar to those which might be encountered on a GPS Forest Service project. 2) Describe procedures you have used in completing previous GPS projects, including static, fast static, and RTK methhods. Include methods for eliminating position blunders. 3) Provide the names, State of Registration, and License Number for any individual(s) who may be assigned responsible charge for a GPS point positioning. 4) Submit a copy of a recent plat which is representative of your GPS project. All material will be considered if received by close of business 07/05/00. Firms responding to this announcement by 07/05/00 will be considered for selection. See Numbered Note No. 24. Posted 05/22/00 (W-SN457158). (0143)

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