T--Intent to Award

The U.S. Geological Survey intends to make a non-competitive purchase order to Hinds County, located Jackson MS for coordination and management of high-resolution, leaf-off, color, digital, orthoimagery collection in the winter of 2013 for at least 14 counties in the central parts of Mississippi, including the high-priority Jackson urban area, under the generation of the Metro-2-Metro Aerial Photography (M2MAP) Consortium, from the date of award to December 2013. There are no option periods. The Hinds County is an agency of the State of Mississippi. The majority of this work will be subcontracted to private sector entities under the State of Mississippis competitive bidding process. The Government intends to award this requirement noncompetitively in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1). This sole source award through the authorized spatial data coordination body at the state level is also supported under guidance pursuant to OMB circular A-16; EO 12906 Coordination of Geographic Information and Related Spatial Data Activities and under policy guidance from the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) to promote coordinated development, use, sharing, and dissemination of geospatial data on a national basis as part of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). Email responses to contact@example.gov or fax to +1 (555) 000-0000. Emailed responses are preferred. The NAICS code is 541922. The size standard is $7 million. The anticipated award date of the contract is 05/20/2013. The anticipated contract will be firm fixed-price. A vendor must be registered at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ to be awarded the contract.