By means of this Request for Standing Offer (RFSO), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and the National Air Photo Library (NAPL) are looking to qualify suppliers to electronically reproduce NAPL’s original photographic material to such standard that further photogrammetry and photointerpretation may proceed from the reproduction as if it were the original, all while preserving the originals as intact as they were received by the contractor. This Standing Offer will be divided into two (2) Streams, as follows:Stream A: Scanning of black and white or color paper based contact prints of aerial photographs at resolutions of 800 dpi. Each paper photo has a size of about 10” x 10” or less.Stream B: Scanning from original negative rolls at a dpi of higher than 1500 (1501 to 2100 dpi).NOTE 1 : NRCan intends to award up to six (6) Standing Offers (SOs) under Stream A and four (4) Standing Offers (SOs) under Stream B, as a result of this RFSO. Offerors may choose to submit an offer in response to Stream A, Stream B, or both Streams A and B. Offerors must state which stream(s) they are providing an Offer in response to.Period of the Standing Offer: Date of Standing Offer Award to November 30, 2023. If the Standing Offer is authorized for use beyond the initial period, the Offeror offers to extend its offer for an additional four (4), one (1)-year period, under the same conditions and at the rates or prices specified in the Standing Offer, or at the rates or prices calculated in accordance with the formula specified in the Standing Offer.
