Presolicitation
U.S. Army Geospatial Center (AGC) Three-Dimensional High Speed-High Altitude Mapping Operations and Technology Integration (3DH2-M OTI) Single Award Task Order Contract (SATOC) Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) and Initial Task Order
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe U.S. Army Geospatial Center (AGC), part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, announced a presolicitation for an upcoming request for proposals (RFP) for an unrestricted single-award task order contract (SATOC), an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ: orders placed over time) vehicle, plus an initial task order, for high-resolution 3D geospatial mapping and intelligence collection by aircraft and drones. This is not a solicitation and no specifications are available yet; the notice says not to send emails of interest and to watch PIEE (the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment) for the solicitation. SAM.gov lists November 13, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern as the response date. More in the summary
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The U.S. Army Geospatial Center (AGC), part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, announced a presolicitation for an upcoming request for proposals (RFP) for an unrestricted single-award task order contract (SATOC), an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ: orders placed over time) vehicle, plus an initial task order, for high-resolution 3D geospatial mapping and intelligence collection by aircraft and drones. This is not a solicitation and no specifications are available yet; the notice says not to send emails of interest and to watch PIEE (the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment) for the solicitation. SAM.gov lists November 13, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern as the response date.
Who can bid
- Registration in SAM.gov for award eligibility
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 14, 2026.
- Worth checking: Overseas work in all Combatant Commands. The contractor must operate at key overseas locations in every U.S. Combatant Command; the notice does not say what local presence, licenses or taxes apply.
- Worth checking: Contractor supplies aircraft and sensors. The contractor must furnish all personnel, equipment and materials for aerial flight operations, including manned and unmanned platforms, which takes heavy capital and flight capability.
- Minor: No expressions of interest accepted. The notice tells firms not to email interest or introductions, so the only action is to register and watch PIEE.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Aerial flight operations to collect high-fidelity geospatial terrain mapping, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and special intelligence products
- Multi-sensor integration and automated data processing
- Scalable storage and dissemination of the data
- Operations at key overseas locations in all U.S. Combatant Commands plus select U.S. sites
- Use of manned turboprop BuckEye I LiDAR/EO aircraft, manned jet BE III aircraft, survivable higher-altitude platforms and unmanned aerial systems
- Sensors include topographic and bathymetric LiDAR (laser mapping), electro-optical imagery, synthetic aperture radar, hyperspectral imaging, full motion video and commercial satellite imagery
- Contract type
- Unrestricted single-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) task order contract (SATOC) and an initial task order
- Place of performance
- Key overseas (OCONUS) locations within all U.S. Combatant Commands, plus select U.S. (CONUS) sites; SAM.gov lists no place
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 13, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern
What to include when you submit
- Do not send emails of interest or introductions
- Register in SAM.gov for award eligibility and monitor PIEE for the solicitation announcement
Not in the notice text
- The attached Pre-Solicitation Notice has the further details and was not read here; the RFP is not yet issued
- What the November 13, 2026 SAM.gov date is for, since the notice asks for no responses
- Ordering period, contract ceiling and size of the initial task order
- Security clearance and facility clearance requirements
- Requirements for work overseas (local presence, licenses, host-country taxes, currency)
- Evaluation factors and RFP issue date
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 14, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- W6RN USA Geospatial CTR, Alexandria, VA
- Product/service code
- R405 · Support – Professional: Operations Research/Quantitative Analysis
- Business type
- Consulting & professional services (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 541990)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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