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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 sought announcement. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this sources sought announcement or any follow-up information. Responses to this sources sought announcement will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. NO SOLICITATION IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. This is not a request to be placed on a solicitation mailing list and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. The purpose of this sources sought announcement is to gain knowledge of potentially qualified Small Business, 8(a), Woman Owned Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, and HUBZone contractor sources; to the NAICS code 541370 – Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services, PSC code C211 - Architect and Engineering—General: Landscaping, Interior Layout, and Designing, and Small Business Size Standard $19 Million. Depending upon the responses associated with the business categories listed above, the solicitation will either be set aside in one of those categories or be issued as unrestricted and open to both small and large businesses. After reviewing the responses to this announcement and if the Government still plans to proceed with this project; a separate solicitation announcement will be published on SAM.gov (www.SAM.gov). Responses to this announcement are not an adequate response to any future solicitation announcement. BACKGROUND: Background: 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 he…

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