Drone with Necessary Equipment

Background
Texas A&M AgriLife Research is seeking bids for the purchase of a Freefly Astro Blue drone or equivalent, aimed at enhancing their research capabilities. The goal of this contract is to procure a compact industrial drone that can be integrated with various payloads for agricultural data collection and other research purposes.

Work Details
The contract includes the provision of the following items:

1. **Freefly Astro Blue, or equivalent, Industrial Drone** (1 Each): Compact industrial drone ready for payload integration, including:
- Astro Compact Travel Case
- Astro Drone (with landing gear, props, and Smart Dovetail)
- Hex drivers (1.5 mm, 2 mm, 2.5 mm)
- 5x Prop protectors
- 4x Spare isolators
- 2x Rubber hole grommets
- Samsung Active Tab 3 or equivalent (pre-configured and installed into controller)
- Doodle Labs RF (NDAA and DIU Blue) 2.4 GHz radio
- Custom padded neck strap

2. **Astro Spare Parts Kit** (1 Each): Includes carrying strap, prop bolt wrench, vibration isolator balls, landing gear legs with hinge, and fastener assortment.

3. **Astro Spare Propeller Set** (1 Each): Includes counter-clockwise and clockwise replacement propellers.

4. **SL8-Air Battery for Astro** (6 Each): Designed for rigorous flights with built-in battery management.

5. **SL8-Fast Charger** (4 Each): Charges one SL8 battery at a time in approximately 90 minutes.

6. **SL8 Travel Case** (1 Each): Holds multiple batteries and chargers.

7. **Freefly RTK GPS Ground Station** (1 Each): Provides centimeter-level location accuracy with necessary components included.

8. **Sentera 6X Multispectral Sensor with Gimbal** (1 Each): For agricultural data collection with specific spectral bands.

9. **Interial Labs RESEPI Ouster 1-64 with Skyport to Smart Dovetail Adaptor** (1 Each): Features multiple scanning modes for precision data collection.

10. **Shipping and Handling Charges**: F.O.B. Destination to Temple, TX 76502.

Period of Performance
The contract will be performed from December 9, 2024, when bids open, until the delivery of all items as specified in the bid submission deadline on December 23, 2024.

Place of Performance
The geographic location for delivery is Temple, Texas.