Trimble Mapping & GIS

This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Multiple Award Schedule Program. Consideration of schedule contractors will be restricted only to the item peculiar to one manufacturer as provided in FAR 8.405-6(a)(2). This justification provides rational for contracting by limited source for the acquisition of products from Trimble Navigation Limited. The purpose of the procurement is to replace the existing equipment, Trimble GeoExplorer 2008 XT series, which is failing and does not perform under canopy and in rugged terrain with equipment that is best in class in the industry. Over 1,000 GeoXT 2008 units were purchased by the states in FY2009 and deployed to service center users. The equipment being procured is a successor model to the GeoXT 2008 and a similar model (GeoXT 6000) is being used successfully by NRCS work units in Maine, Minnesota, Michigan, and South Carolina. The GeoXT 6000 is no longer available for procurement in the quantity requested. The replacement equipment, the GeoExplorer 7 XT series from Trimble Navigation, Ltd. has demonstrated enhanced performance under canopy and in rugged terrain. The GeoExplorer 7 XT series PNT receiver utilizes multiple Global Navigation Satellite Services (GNSS) and has proprietary signal processing technology that provides the increased performance. The current GeoXT 2008 series GPS receivers are used to collect resource concerns and inventories for conservation planning, perform measurements for conservation contract performance review, conduct easement monitoring, navigate to National Resource Inventory (NRI) area segment points for resources data collection, and collect engineering reconnaissance and inspection data as authorized under the Soil Conservation Act of 1935 (P.L. 74-46), the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190), the Resources Recovery and Conservation Act of 1976 (P.L. 94-580), the Food Security Act of 1985 (P.L. 99-198), the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-624), the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-127), the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-171), the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-234), and the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-79). The procurement is for a quantity of 75 Trimble GeoExplorer 7 series hand held computers with GNSS, Floodlight TM, WEHH 6.5, and NMEA. If purchased at retail MSRP the unit price is $6,995.00. The unit price of the device when purchased from Trimble Federal (GSA Schedule) is $6,295.00. The difference in price, $700.00, when multiplied by the quantity requested equals $52,500.00. Further value is added to the procurement when the Trimble trade in is utilized. The additional value added to the procurement is an additional discount of $900.00 per unit or $67,500.00 for the quantity requested.