ASPRS Procurement Guidelines Committee


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ASPRS, MAPPS and ACSM have formed a joint committee that includes representatives from the private sector, state and federal government agencies. This committee is in the process of studying what constitutes professional vs. technical services and what procurement mechanisms are appropriate for these services. The intent is to provide an updated document to assist organizations and individuals in the determination of when it is appropriate to procure geospatial services through a qualifications-based selection process.

The focus of this effort is to provide a document outlining recommendations for procurement methods which are, in the opinion of ASPRS, the best and most appropriate means of procuring professional photogrammetry, remote sensing services and related geospatial mapping services. The guidelines document is not intended to establish any laws, rules or regulations. Furthermore, the focus of this effort is on the procurement process of the subject services and not whether a license should be required to perform them.

 

 

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.

 

Documents available for review/comment:

Revised Document for ASPRS Board Review, Comment and Consideration (Revision: March 6, 2009)

Power-point presentation presented at ASPRS '08 Spring conference

 Draft Guidelines for Review and Comment (Official Comment Period Closed Jan. 15, 2009):

 
 Draft Guidelines for Review/Comment (PDF)
Draft Guidelines for Review/Comment (DOC)

Contact Information:

 
  Comments and feedback for committee consideration may be sent to:

 
  guidelines@asprs.org
 

Charter Summary:

Deliver an updated, revised document which:

• Includes updated technological references;

• Maintains consistency with references to “professional services” included in recent modifications to the NCEES Model Law and Model Rules;

• Addresses professional services vs. products;

• Includes guidance for organizations procuring mapping services to assist in determining when qualifications-based selection processes should be used

 

Draft Guidelines Charter 9-18-2006

 

Activities to Date:

 

    Oct.  '06 – Committee Established

    April '07 – ASPRS Spring Conference, Tampa – Presented first draft of Executive Summary

    Summer'07 - Received feedback from Board and Hot Topic session

    Fall  '07  – Incorporated feedback / initiated work on full document

    Jan.  '08 – Presented revised Executive Summary to MAPPS membership

    April '08 – Submitted draft of full document to ASPRS Board

  

Status/Proposed Activities:

 

The current plan is to incorporate comments received to date and finalize a document for ASPRS Board consideration at its March 13, 2009 meeting.  The committee has invited further input from concerned organizations and has offered to meet with any concerned individuals or groups at the Baltimore meeting.  Upon ASPRS Board approval, the final document will be widely distributed through a variety of means.  The specific means of distribution are still being determined.  The intent is to make the final document readily available to mapping professionals, end users and procurement personnel.

 

 See Status Report Prepared for ASPRS Board/Excom, Feb. 23, 2009 (PDF)

 

  

 This page last updated: March 2, 2009

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