HIGH-ACCURACY MAPS POST-FIRE VEGETATION

The Department of the Interior, through the USGS OAG Sacramento Acquisition Branch, is soliciting a Firm-Fixed-Price contract for the development of high-accuracy, 3-meter pixel resolution gridded maps of dominant rangeland vegetation. The project focuses on the 2015 Soda Wildfire scar, covering approximately 285,000 acres plus a 100-meter buffer, to analyze vegetation that prevailed during the 2025 growing season. The required deliverables include fractional-cover maps for five specific categories: bare soil, exotic annual grasses, perennial herbs, shrubs, and sagebrush. These products must be accompanied by quantitative accuracy assessments analyzing error relative to topography, elevation, and cover type, as well as metadata compliant with FGDC CSDGM and ISO 19115 standards. This opportunity is a total set-aside for small businesses under NAICS code 541370. Award will be based on the Lowest-Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA) procedure, where technical acceptability is a threshold requirement. To be deemed acceptable, quoters must provide a credible technical approach for mapping and data processing, and demonstrate organizational experience with at least three completed high-resolution mapping projects using multispectral imagery and machine-learning modeling within the last five years. The final digital product is due by September 30, 2026, with all invoicing processed electronically through the Invoice Processing Platform. Technical coordination is managed by the USGS Snake River Field Station in Boise, Idaho.