Aerial Photo Services

The City of Columbia is seeking a contractor to provide aerial photography services for the City's Utilities Department, Solid Waste Division. The contractor will be required to provide annual digital ortho imagery for the City, with a minimum of 6-inch pixel resolution. The project area is approximately 830 acres, including 720 acres of Columbia Landfill property and 77 adjacent acres of City-owned property. The contractor will be required to deliver imagery files meeting all mandatory requirements, specifications, and guidelines. The contract period will be for one year, with the option to renew for up to four additional one-year periods. • The contractor must provide aerial imagery services, including flying and generation of data, as described in the specifications. • The contractor must comply with FAA requirements for manned and unmanned acquisition. • The contractor must provide planimetric and topographic data utilizing 3-D stereo compilations or other proposed technologies. • The contractor must deliver all deliverables to the City on a mutually agreed-upon media, such as DVD or Flash Drive. • The contractor must develop a Digital Terrain Model (DTM) and two-foot contours that meet or exceed ASPRS Accuracy Standards. • The contractor must provide metadata in the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) compliant format.