A market survey is being conducted to determine if there are adequate Small Business, SBA-certified HUBZone, SBA-certified 8(a), Women-Owned, or Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) contractors available for a proposed project who meet the specific criteria outlined below.

This is not a solicitation Announcement or Request for Proposal. It does not constitute any commitment by the Government. No award will result from this notice. The purpose is to conduct market research to gain knowledge of potentially qualified sources.

Responses to this Sources Sought Notice will be used by the Government to make an appropriate acquisition decision. The USDA will not award a contract on the basis of responses or pay for the preparation of any information submitted. Respondents will not be notified of the results of this notice.

After completing an analysis of the responses, the Government will determine whether to limit competition to 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, Women-Owned, or other small business firms, or to proceed with issuing an unrestricted solicitation, inviting full and open competition.

SCOPE:

National Agricultural Statistic Service has a requirement for the ERDAS Imagine Software.

Requirement description:

ERDAS Imagine Software is to process satellite and aerial imagery and other types of vector data. It is also used to import/export data, subset and re-project data and to classify data. This procurement is for the new NASS EDAPT cloud-computing platform in support of the SIGMA research program to derive early season acreage estimates.

Imagine is used to derive the NASS operational remote sensing Cropland Data Layer (CDL) program to produce acreage estimates in support of agency statistical programs Imagine along with the bundled software application NLCD Toolkit provides operational efficiencies and functionality. The required functionality includes processing of satellite imagery and ground reference datasets to perform supervised image classifications (i.e., CDL) for purposes of deriving acreage estimates.

The NAICS is 511210, Software Publishers with a size standard of $41.5 million dollars.

Companies who have the experience, as well as an interest in doing business with NASS, should submit a Capabilities Statement which, for this notice, is not expected to be a proposal, but rather short statements regarding the company’s ability to demonstrate their expertise and experience in relation to the areas specified in this notice. Companies should also indicate whether they are a Small Business, SBA-certified HUBZone, SBA-certified 8(a), SDVOSB, or Women-Owned Small Business. Responses should be submitted by 2/15/2021 to the attention of Jeanine Wallace at [email protected]. Questions should be directed to Jeanine Wallace at [email protected].