ASPRS Professional Services Procurement Guidelines
Current Documents Available for Download:
Final
Guidelines document (pre-press version) as
approved
by the ASPRS
Board of Directors August 24, 2009 (PDF)
ASPRS
press release announcing Board approval (PDF)
BACKGROUND
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.
Committee Members
ASPRS:
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
Current
and Past Documents Available for Download
Past
Documents/Document History:
Power-point presentation presented at ASPRS '08 Spring conference (PPT)
First draft Guidelines document for Public Review/Comment, first comment period
closed Jan. 15, 2009 (PDF)
Full text of all comments received, first comment period through Jan. 15 (ZIP)
Committee’s specific response to organizations that provided comments (ZIP)
Summary
of comments received and overall Committee response / proposed actions (PDF)
Second draft revised Guidelines document submitted for Board review and further
public comment, comment through April, 2009 (DOC)
Document markups and comments received, second comment period through April,
2009 (ZIP)
Committee response to comments/cover letter for final Excom/Board submittal
(DOC)
Third draft, submitted for final Excom/Board review prior to final vote (DOC,
redline version)
Third draft, submitted for final Excom/Board review prior to final vote (PDF)
Final revision, as submitted for Board of Directors vote for approval (PDF)
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,
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
April '08 – E-mailed current Executive Summary to Spring conference attendees for feedback
April '08 - ASPRS Spring Conference: Panel presentation and Hot Topic discussion
May / June '08 - Feedback period for GIS Division and ASPRS Board
Summer '08 – Feedback and comments incorporated into final draft
Fall '08 – Draft for review submitted for publication in the November issue of PE&RS and for electronic distribution to encourage wide dissemination and comment.
Feb/March '09 – Comment review and preparation of a response and revised document for Board consideration at the Baltimore Spring Conference
April ‘09 -- Additional 30 day comment period to allow for Board of Directors input and to allow for further comment from COGO member organizations
May ‘09 -- Committee review and discussion of additional comments
July ’09 -- Submittal of final revision for Executive Committee and Board review with recommendation for Board vote/adoption
August ’09 -- Board of Directors approves final version of the “Guidelines for Procurement of Professional Aerial Imagery, Photogrammetry, LiDAR and Related Remote Sensor-based Geospatial Mapping Services.”
Status:
The
document has been adopted and will be published in PE&RS. The target
date for publication is winter ’09. ASPRS staff will perform a final
editorial review for grammar and format prior to publication. Additional
sidebars (currently in process) are being finalized with the intent to include
them for publication along with the final document. These sidebars will
include a “frequently asked questions” list explaining common
misunderstandings about QBS and case studies of potential procurement scenarios
and how these guidelines would apply.
This page last
updated: May 27, 2010