Agricultural and Mapping Service

The Texas A&M Forest Service in College Station, Texas is seeking a vendor to provide agricultural and mapping drone services. The agency needs to purchase one mapping application and one agricultural application, along with the corresponding drone hardware. This equipment will assist the agency with specialized aerial data collection and agricultural monitoring. The scope of work requires the delivery of one agricultural application drone and one mapping drone. Both aircraft must have a maximum takeoff weight of ten pounds or less and an empty aircraft weight of no more than four.five pounds. The drones must not exceed a maximum flight speed of forty miles per hour and must feature a dual RGB camera capable of at least four-K imagery with a compatible gimbal. Eligible bidders must be onshore organizations located within the United States. The agency requires the performance of all work to occur offsite. The agency is currently looking for proposals to determine the budget and has not provided a specific funding limit, though tariff surcharges must be accounted for in the pricing.