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General Information

  • Contract Opportunity Type: Sources Sought (Original)
  • Original Published Date: Jul 15, 2022 01:12 pm EDT
  • Original Response Date: Jul 19, 2022 09:00 am EDT
  • Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
  • Original Inactive Date:
  • Initiative:
    • Recovery and Reinvestment Act

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  • Place of Performance:
    Beltsville , MD 20705
    USA

Description

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the Government.   All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary, and the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government.

The ARS Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory (EMFSL) in Beltsville, Maryland plans to purchase five miniature line-scan hyperspectral cameras (Headwall Nano Spectrometer, VNIR 400-1000nm) to develop and upgrade next-generation of multimodal imaging drone (small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle: UAV) systems, each equipped with a miniature hyperspectral imaging camera and LIDAR systems. Since new cameras will be installed in confined space on a small UAV platform, each imaging camera with lenses must be small and weigh less than 0.3 kg.  EMFSL is also developing a field imaging platform equipped with an identical hyperspectral imaging camera to collect ground-truth data. The upgrade sensing components including the light-weight hyperspectral imaging camera and LIDA must be compatible with the existing imaging system platforms and software interface already developed by EMFSL.

Miniature hyperspectral cameras and LIDAR must be capable of the following:

  • VNIR wavelength range: 400-1000 nm
  • Spatial bands >= 640
  • Spectral bands >= 270
  • Large aperture f/# <= 2.5
  • High spectral resolution FWHM <= 6 nm
  • Integrated 2nd order filter
  • Aberration-corrected concentric
  • Narrow entrance slit width <= 20 μm
  • High bit depth >= 12 bits
  • High frame rate >= 300 Hz
  • Small size <= 6.5 cm × 5 cm × 3 cm (without lens)
  • Light weight < 0.30 kg (with lens)
  • Interface with LabVIEW and Python software
  • Able to be controlled by our existing custom software
  • USB port: 1 USB 3.0
  • 16-Channel LiDAR includes LiDAR Tools software package for creating LAS and DEM files as well as fusing hyperspectral and LiDAR data.

This Sources Sought is only for the purpose of identifying potential sources as part of USDA’s  market research. No Request for Quote (RFQ) exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the RFQ.

Responses to this Sources Sought are not quotes on which USDA can issue any contract. This Sources Sought is issued for information and planning purposes only and does not itself constitute an RFQ. The Government does not intend to award a contract or BPA based only on responses to this Sources Sought.


All information received in response to this Sources Sought marked "Proprietary" will be protected and handled accordingly. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response.

In response to this source sought, please provide:

1. Name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, DUNS number, CAGE code, a statement regarding business status indicating rather large or small (including small business type(s)/certifications(s) such as SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.) and the corresponding NAICS code.

2. Identify whether your firm is interested in competing for this requirement.

3. Information in sufficient detail regarding ability to supply the product.

4. Information to help determine if the requirement is commercially available, including pricing information, basis for the pricing information (e.g., market pricing, catalog pricing), delivery schedules, customary terms and conditions, warranties, proprietary information, etc.

5. Recommendations to improve the approach/specifications to acquiring the identified item.

Responses to this Sources Sought will not be returned. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this Sources Sought. USDA ARS will not pay for information received in response to this Sources Sought.

Please send responses with the subject heading Miniature Hyperspectral Cameras to Tyshanah Holloway’s email address: Tyshanah.Holloway@usda.gov  by July 19,  2022 at 9 am EST.

Contact Information

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  • 10300 BALTIMORE AVENUE BLDG 003, RM 223, BARC-WEST
  • BELTSVILLE , MD 20705
  • USA

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