Name | Type | Posted | Actions |
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LWSC Garden Mapping PWS Draft.pdf | May 15, 2026 |
Lake Washington Ship Canal (LWSC) GIS Garden Mapping
Contact and place of performance
Xuejiao Sun
Seattle, WA
USA
This SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT # W912DW26Q1BOY is for informational and market research purposes only. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS, OR BIDS, NOR A SYNOPSIS OF A PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION UNDER FAR SUBPART 5.2. The proposed action will be a service project with a firm-fixed price contract. The type of solicitation to be issued will depend upon information received in response to this sources sough...
View moreBackground: The locks, spillway, fish ladder, buildings, grounds, and garden as well as the Montlake and Fremont cuts comprise the Lake Washington Ship Canal (LWSC) Project; the whole of which was designated a historic district on December 14, 1978. LWSC receives approximately 2 million visitors each year. Approximately 65% of project visitors are from Washington State. LWSC is the second most visited tourist attraction in Seattle. Peak visitation is from April to September and is very closely linked to the weather. The garden comprises at least 7 of the 17-acre locks reservation and is described in the Nomination Form for the National Register as a "luxuriant array of mature ornamental and specimen trees, shrubs, and bedding plants ...”.
This is a non-personal professional service to provide a full GIS Inventory of Trees in the Carl S. Jr. Botanical Garden and subsequent deliverables in the form of interactive GIS-based Google Earth file (KMZ) for the Lake Washington Ship Canal at Seattle, WA. The Government shall not exercise any direct supervision over the contract service providers performing the services herein.
Responses to announcement should include:
1. A capability statement expressing interest in this requirement, describing your company and its capability to complete a project of this magnitude and complexity. Include a statement detailing any special qualifications and certifications, applicable to the scope of this project, held by your firm and/or in-house personnel.
2. A statement or list of your firm's current or past technical experience similar to or the same as the draft scope of work (attached). Include a brief description of each project scope, schedule, and dollar value, and a point of contact name, phone number and email address for the contracting organization.
REQUIREMENTS:
Interested firms should submit a capabilities package, to include the following:
1. Firm's name, address, point of contact, phone number, and email address.
2. CAGE code and Unique Entity ID (UEI) number.
3. Firm's interest in bidding on the solicitation if issued.
4. Business classification: Small Business (SB), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone Small Business (HUBZone), 8(a) Program.
5. Firm's joint venture information (if applicable).
All interested parties who believe they can meet the requirements are invited to submit, in writing, complete information describing their interest and ability to meet all requirements stated above. Prior Government contract work is not required for submitting a response to this announcement.
Submit responses via email to: Xuejiao Sun, [email protected]
Responses should be sent no later than 11:00 AM PST, 26 May 2026. Subject Line: Lake of Washington Ship Canal GIS Garden Mapping.
All interested firms must be registered in the System for Award Management (www.SAM.gov) by time of award and remain active for the duration of the contract to be eligible for Government contracts.
Office of Small Business Programs POC: Enshane’ Nomoto, [email protected].
The Department of the Army, Seattle District, is conducting market research under solicitation number W912DW26Q1BOY to identify qualified small business sources for a GIS mapping project at the Lake Washington Ship Canal in Seattle, Washington. This sources sought notice seeks to determine the availability of firms under the SBA Small Business Administration set-aside category capable of providing a full GIS inventory of trees within the Carl S. Jr. Botanical Garden. The project involves documenting a luxuriant array of ornamental and specimen trees, shrubs, and bedding plants across at least seven acres of the historic locks reservation. The primary deliverable is an interactive GIS-based Google Earth KMZ file intended to support the management of this high-traffic historic district.
The requirement is classified under NAICS 541370 Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services and PSC C211 Architect and Engineering- General: Landscaping, Interior Layout, and Designing. The government intends to use the information gathered to decide whether the firm-fixed price contract will be set aside for specific small business categories, such as 8(a), Woman Owned, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned, or HUBZone firms, or issued as an unrestricted solicitation. Performance will take place at the Lake Washington Ship Canal locks reservation, which is the second most visited tourist attraction in Seattle and includes a historic district designated in 1978.
Interested parties must submit capability statements and technical experience records by May 26, 2026, to the point of contact, Xuejiao Sun. Responses should include the firm's CAGE code, Unique Entity ID number, and a description of past technical experience similar to the scope of work. One attachment, a draft performance work statement titled LWSC Garden Mapping PWS Draft.pdf, was released with the notice metadata on May 15, 2026, to provide additional context for the required surveying and mapping services.
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