Photogrammetry and LiDAR Services Retainer

Description: Project Description The Board of Trustees of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign requests statements of qualifications from professional services consultants interested in providing the Urbana-Champaign campus with remote sensing data services on a retainer basis. Multiple firms may firms may be selected. The agreement will be for two fiscal years (beginning July 1, 2027 and ending June 30, 2029) with options to annually renew for one additional two-year period (July 1, 2029 through June 30, 2031) for a total of four years, with the opportunity to make adjustments in the scheduled hourly rates. The Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS) requests the expertise of an aerial services consultant to support activities of the on-going Illinois Height Modernization Program. The selected firm will serve as a retainer for photogrammetry and airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) enhanced elevation data services for discrete projects within a -year period. Services required under this contract include, but are not limited to: acquisition of airborne LiDAR data and/or orthoimagery and compilation of related geospatial data and metadata, LiDAR point cloud classification, processing, quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC), creation of derivative data products, breakline generation, and services related to integrating new data with existing datasets. LiDAR data shall be compliant with U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Program LiDAR Base Specification, (the most current) (see http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/tm11B3), as such, classified point cloud deliverables are required to be in fully compliant LAS file format, v1.4 or most current. See attached for complete details. Letter Submission Qualifications and supporting materials will be accepted below until 4:00 PM, Thursday December 3, 2026: Contact Information: Facilities and Services Attention Bridgette Moen 1501 South Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 Phone: (217) 300-3456 E-Mail:bmoen2@illinois.edu Only those firms which meet the following qualifications will be considered: There is a 30 percent BEP goal for this procurement. See solicitation documentation for details. There is a 3 percent Veteran-owned business goal for this procurement. See solicitation documentation for details. The contract(s) for this solicitation could exceed $50,000 annually.