Aerial Imagery Collection Services

The State of Kansas 911 Board is seeking competitive proposals to provide aerial imagery collection services. The successful bidder will be required to provide one-foot (optionally six-inch), leaf-off, 4-band Red, Green, Blue (RGB) + Near-Infrared (NIR), orthorectified imagery acquisition services in 2027 to support Next Generation (NG911) GIS data maintenance activities and Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) operations. The contract will be for a period of 36 months, with the option to renew for an additional 24-month period. The bidder must provide deliverables on a rolling basis as they are completed and validated. The delivery of static formats must not be contingent upon the completion of the Statewide Tile Cache. • The bidder must have experience with imagery acquisitions greater than 40,000 square miles. • The bidder must provide imagery to be provided as 4-band Red, Green, Blue (RGB) + Near-Infrared (NIR), with ASPRS Accuracy Class 60-cm or better for 30-cm pixels. • The State of Kansas and the 911 Board must be the sole owner of all deliverables. • The bidder must meet minimum cybersecurity requirements. • The bidder must provide a secure, web-accessible QA/QC portal for tile review/issue reporting. • The project must be overseen/certified by an ASPRS CP or KS Licensed Surveyor. • The bidder must comply with leaf-off/environmental specifications. • The bidder must provide full compliance with delivery formats and specifications. • The bidder must provide FGDC-compliant dataset and tile-level metadata. • The bidder must agree to extend contract pricing and specifications to locals.