Aerial Photo Services

The City of Columbia, Missouri, is seeking proposals from qualified firms to provide aerial photography services for the City's Utilities Department, Solid Waste Division. The project involves acquiring aerial photography and topographic and planimetric data for approximately 830 acres, including 720 acres of Columbia Landfill property and 77 adjacent acres of City-owned property, with a 50-foot property line buffer around these parcels. The contractor must provide natural color 6-inch pixel resolution ortho imagery at a 1" = 100' scale map product, with horizontal and vertical accuracy complying with the 2014 ASPRS Positional Accuracy Standards for Digital Geospatial Data. The contractor will also be required to develop a Digital Terrain Model (DTM) and two-foot contours certified to meet or exceed ASPRS Accuracy Standards. • The project area is mostly agricultural land with small dispersed water bodies and few permanent structures or roads. • The imagery will be used for compliance with Missouri Code of State Regulations, 10 CSR80-3, relating to tracking annual landfill volumes and elevation changes. • The contractor must comply with all requirements and specifications contained in the RFP. • The contract period will be for one year, with the option to renew for up to four additional one-year periods. • The City reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to negotiate with any offeror considered qualified.