The US Geological Survey seeks information to determine if there is interest by one or more commercial or non-profit vendors in offering Landsat products beyond those available from the US Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS has available Landsat TM and ETM+ data in a raw, uncorrected format (Level-0R) so that these data could be processed to user specifications (projection, datum, and resampling method).

By February 2009, the USGS will no longer offer any customer-specified Landsat products for sale. Landsat scenes processed in a single, standard-product format will be available for user search, selection, and electronic retrieval at no charge via the Internet. These standard products will be derived from newly captured imagery and from the entire USGS Landsat archive.

The USGS now seeks information on industry capabilities, products, services and potential sources and requests that interested vendors provide a written response providing the information requested in the Request for Information (RFI) which is located at http://www.usgs.gov/contracts/acq_opp/RFI-Landsat0R.doc.

Vendors are encouraged to forward any questions in writing to Lynda L. McCarthy, Contract Specialist, at lmccarthy@usgs.gov by 2:00pm, EDT, August 19, 2008. Vendors are required to word questions in such a way that the entire question can be publicized without concerns of releasing confidential or proprietary information. Questions and answers will be publicly posted through an amendment to this announcement. Responses are due by 2:00pm, EDT, September 12, 2008. They can be emailed to lmccarthy@usgs.gov or if the file is large, mail to US Geological Survey, Acquisition Branch, MS205, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, Attn: Lynda McCarthy.

DISCLAIMER: THE RFI IS ISSUED SOLELY FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION. IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) 15.201(e), RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE ARE NOT OFFERS AND CANNOT BE ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO FORM A BINDING CONTRACT. RESPONDENTS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH RESPONDING TO THIS RFI. RESPONDENTS NEEDING CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR ANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION THEY FURNISH MUST COMPLY WITH THE USGS's CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REGULATIONS, 17 C.F.R. 200.83 (CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROCEDURES UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT). RESPONSES TO THIS RFI WILL NOT BE RETURNED. RESPONDENTS WILL NOT BE NOTIFIED OF THE RESULT OF THE REVIEW.