Guidelines for Procurement of Professional Aerial Imagery, Photogrammetry,

1. Guidelines for Procurement of Professional Aerial Imagery, Photogrammetry, Lidar and Related Remote Sensor-based Geospatial Mapping Services • Background • May ‘06: ASPRS Board votes to update 1986 procurement guidelines • Oct. ‘06: Ad hoc work group formed to include ASPRS, MAPPS and ACSM • Purpose / Charter: Develop updated document, which: • Includes updated technological references; • Maintains consistency NCEES Model Law and Model Rules; • Addresses professional services vs. products; • Includes guidance for determining when qualifications-based selection processes should be used for photogrammetry/remote sensing procurement • HistoryApril ‘07 -- Initial Draft Executive Summary presented at ASPRS spring conferenceJan., May ‘08: Revised Executive Summary presented at MAPPS and ASPRS conferencesSummer ‘08: Final draft completed; intent is for wide dissemination and comment

2. Committee Members • ASPRS Committee Members Chair (Professional Practices Division Director): Doug Smith, David C. Smith & Associates, Inc. Co-chair (Past Professional Practices Division Director): Dan Paulsen, Wilson & Company Federal government: George Lee, USGS State government: John Tull, Washington Dept. of Transportation • MAPPS Representatives Marvin Miller, Aero-Metric, Inc., MAPPS President Mike Ritchie, Photo Science, Inc. • ACSM Representatives John Matonich, ROWE Engineering, Inc. Curt Sumner, ACSM Executive Director

3. Current Status • DRAFT for comment and review to be published in November issue of PE&RS; • Electronic version to be distributed through various professional organizations • http://www.asprs.org/guidelines/Procurement_Guidelines_handout_v_10-08%20(2).pdf • Comments requested by Jan 15, 2009 • Final document targeted for March 13, 2009 ASPRS Board meeting in Baltimore