# Presentation: 615663

## Presentation to Office of Space CommercializationGIS WorkshopOctober 19, 2006

## Nation’s only trade association of private geospatial firms, formed 1982
160+ member firms
Commercial satellite remote sensing
Airborne remote sensing & imagery
Value-added
satellite and airborne remote sensing, aerial photography, photogrammetry, GIS, hydrography, charting, LiDAR, and related value-added and geospatial services

**160+ member firms**
**Commercial satellite remote sensing**
**Airborne remote sensing & imagery**
**Value-added**
**satellite and airborne remote sensing, aerial photography, photogrammetry, GIS, hydrography, charting, LiDAR, and related value-added and geospatial services**

## OSC “advocacy” activities should include:

## OSC “advocacy” activities should include:
Facilitate a community-wide discussion and consensus to define the respective roles in GIS of --
Federal, state and local government
Academia
Private sector

**Facilitate a community-wide discussion and consensus to define the respective roles in GIS of --**
**Federal, state and local government**
**Academia**
**Private sector**

## OSC “advocacy” activities should include:
Private sector role in FGDC and OMB’s G-LOB governance

**Private sector role in FGDC and OMB’s G-LOB governance**

## OSC “advocacy” activities should include:
A baseline market study on government and commercial markets for geospatial (not done by NESDIS, G-LOB or CRSSP)

**A baseline ****market study on government and commercial markets for geospatial (not done by NESDIS, G-LOB or CRSSP)**

## OSC “advocacy” activities should include:
An integrated approach to promotion of remote sensing and geospatial field that recognizes the context of a 3-legged stool
Commercial satellite remote sensing
Airborne remote sensing and imagery
Value-added, GIS and Geospatial

**An integrated approach to promotion of remote sensing and geospatial field that recognizes the context of a 3-legged stool**
**Commercial satellite remote sensing**
**Airborne remote sensing and imagery**
**Value-added, GIS and Geospatial**

## GIS, remote sensing and geospatial are all inextricably part of the a 3-legged stool; all of which are part of many projects
Commercial satellite remote sensing/GPS
Airborne remote sensing and imagery
Value-added, GIS and Geospatial

**Commercial satellite remote sensing/GPS**
**Airborne remote sensing and imagery**
**Value-added, GIS and Geospatial**

## TOOLS FOR OBSERVING THE LAND      Resolution and coverage for different needs....

**“****Moderate Resolution Land Imaging (5-120m)”**

**...****. PLUS RADAR, MAGNETICS, MICROWAVE, ETC., plus airborne and in situ methods**

## Measuring Motion Dynamics

- Motion
**Acceleration in 6 Axis**
- Location
**Min. L.O.S to 3 satellites**
**Support IMU **
- Precise Distance
** ****IMU, GPS...**
**Time**
**Enables accurate positioning for aerial surveying, emergency response, aircraft motion dynamics, and linear mapping of roads, hydro corridors, and coastal zones.**

## Satellite, Airborne Fusion

- Land Cover Classification for NOAA CSC
- NOAA contract with MAPPS member firms
- Alta Vista Company
- Earthdata LLC
- DigitalGlobe
- 2.5 meter Digital Globe Quickbird imagery
- IFSAR imagery from Intermap
- GPS for ground truth

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## Significant Federal policy on use of the private sector
1992 Land Remote Sensing Policy Act (15 US 5601)
1998 Commercial Space Act (42 USC 14715(a))
President’s Commercial Remote Sensing Policy
Tenet Memo to NIMA (now NGA)

- 1992 Land Remote Sensing Policy Act (15 US 5601)
- 1998 Commercial Space Act (42 USC 14715(a))
- President’s Commercial Remote Sensing Policy
- Tenet Memo to NIMA (now NGA)

## Numerous Federal studies have found there is a capable and qualified private sector that government agencies, universities, etc.  --
Duplicate
Compete with
Fail to utilize

- Duplicate
- Compete with
- Fail to utilize

## These policies have been largely ignored
No agency has been charged with responsibility for implementation
No agency is acting as advocate for the private sector
No entity in government acts as policeman to assure agency compliance with these policies

- No agency has been charged with responsibility for implementation
- No agency is acting as advocate for the private sector
- No entity in government acts as policeman to assure agency compliance with these policies

## Resulting in ---
Uneconomical investment of tax dollars
Inefficiency in government
Stymied growth in private remote sensing market (data collection and value-added: all 3-legs of the stool)

- Uneconomical investment of tax dollars
- Inefficiency in government
- Stymied growth in private remote sensing market (data collection and value-added: all 3-legs of the stool)

## Imagery, Mapping And Geospatial Enhancement (IMAGE) Act

- S. 4006 by Sen. George Allen (VA);
- Rep. Curt Weldon (PA) will introduce companion legislation
- Office of Space Commercialization will be advocate and watchdog, on behalf of commercial geospatial community
-  Lead implementation of policies in
- 	- 2004 NASA IG Report (House Science Committee)
- 	- 2003 CRSSP (White House)
- 	- 2002 Tenet Memo

## Procurement Strategy

- Stand Up ID/IQ – QBS Contracts
- Multiple Award of Contracts by Technical Specialty and/or Regional Location
- Agency Coordinates Need with Other Federal, State and Local Government Agencies
- Negotiate Task Order on As-needed Basis

## QBS ID/IQ Process

- or

- 1. FEMA publicly announces its requirements for geospatial services in FedBizOps

- 2. Firms wishing to be considered submit Standard Form 330 to agency outlining experience and capabilities

- 4. Evaluation Board develops a short list of the maximum practicable number of qualified firms for interview & selection.

- 6. Negotiations shall be conducted with the first selected firm(s) from the short list) to determine the scope of work and for a price that is fair and reasonable and not in excess of the government estimate.

- 3. Agency Evaluation Board reviews and evaluates firms’ qualifications on:
- Professional qualifications
- Specialized experience and technical competence
- Capacity to complete work in time
- Past performance
- Knowledge of locality of project
- Acceptability under other appropriate evaluation criteria

- 5. An independent governmental estimate of the cost of services shall be prepared for each proposed contract or contract modification

- 6a. Contract is awarded

- 6b. If a price below the government estimate cannot be negotiated then the negotiations are terminated and a proposal is requested from the firm next in order of qualifications.

## QBS ID/IQ Process

- 1. Agency has a need for geospatial data or services.

- 2. Agency contacts one of its ID/IQ firms, provides a scope of work and negotiates a task order for man hours based on fees negotiated in base contract

- 3. Agency deploys the firm(s) to its area of need to provide the scope of services agreed to in the task order negotiation.

## Benefits of ID/IQ Contracts

- Flexibility, Speed & Response
- Improved Quality
- Access to Personnel & Skills
- Access to Innovation & Technology
- Enhances Agency Focus on Core Inherently Governmental Mission
- Low Risk
- Reduced Cost

## The Process Works !!!

- ID/IQ – QBS Contracting for Geospatial Services in use by –
- USGS
- NGA
- USACE
- NOAA
- USFS
- TVA

## Summary of Recommendations
OSC “advocacy” activities should include:
Define respective roles in GIS 
Private sector role in governance
Baseline market study
An integrated approach to promotion in context of 3-legged stool
Commercial satellite remote sensing
Airborne remote sensing and imagery
Value-added, GIS and Geospatial

- OSC “advocacy” activities should include:
**Define respective roles in GIS **
**Private sector role in governance**
**Baseline **market study
**An integrated approach to promotion in context of 3-legged stool**
**Commercial satellite remote sensing**
**Airborne remote sensing and imagery**
**Value-added, GIS and Geospatial**

## For further information contact:

MAPPS
1760 Reston Parkway, Suite 515
Reston, VA  20190
(703) 787-6996
info@mapps.org
www.mapps.org

- MAPPS
- 1760 Reston Parkway, Suite 515
- Reston, VA  20190
- (703) 787-6996
- info@mapps.org
- www.mapps.org