Defense Mapping Agency, PCA, Attn: ROBERT GATHRIGHT, 4600 Sangamore Road, MS D-88, Bethesda, MD 20816-5003

R -- HARDWARE/SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE OF DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY PRODUCTION SYSTEM SOL DMA100-96-R-5015 POC Contracting Officer, Mr. Robert Gathright, 301-227-2302 Fax 301-227-2218 The Defense Mapping Agency,( DMA )has a requirement to procure Hardware/Software Maintenance for the DMA Production System. The DMA announcement in the 28 September 1995 CBD provided advance notice of sources sought for hardware/software maintenance of the DMA Production System. This notice announces that a DRAFT STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) will be issued on 21 November 1995. This draft SOW will include the Government's requirements together with the overall equipment lists of currently covered systems. In order to streamline the procurement process, the draft SOW WILL BE AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY VIA INTERNET TO ALL RESPONDEES TO THE DMA SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICES, AS WELL AS SOFTCOPY (3 1/2 INCH DISC USING ''MICROSOFT WORD VERSION 6.0'' AND ''MICROSOFT EXCEL VERSION 5.0''). When electronically issued, the draft RFP may be found at the DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY HOME PAGE, under ''Business Opportunities'' at the following address: HTTP://WWW.DMA.GOV/'PC.HTML. DMA is seeking comments/responses to this draft SOW VIA INTERNET ONLY at the identified Internet address no later than close of business on 20 December 1995. As previously stated, this acquisition is for performance of hardware and software maintenance for the DMA Production System, and its relative clone, the PETROS system which is based at Military Survey in Feltham, United Kingdom. The DMA Production System (DMA/PS) is composed of the Digital Production System (DPS), and other smaller related digital based production systems. The DPS comprises the major protion of the DMA/PS and consists of both production and service segments. All equipment is operational and is being used to produce Mapping, Charting and Geodesy (MC&G) products or used to support maintenance activity. The DPS Designated System Environment is the operational production environment shared across three production sites. The DPS is supported by the: (1) Integrated Development and Maintenance Environment (IDME) at DMA production sites; (2) the DMA Depot; (3) and an approved Configuration Management System (CM). The IDME is currently distributed across the three DMA sites (ethesda MD, Reston VA, and St. Louis MO), and provides for integrated hardware and software support for all DPS functionality. THIS IS NOT A FORMAL SOLICITATION, NOR AN OFFICIAL REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, AND THERE IS NO INTENT TO AWARD A CONTRACT based on information obtained from this announcement. The Government's objective in making this announcement, is to obtain a listing of interested Contractors who are capable of providing operations maintenance and technical services for the DMA/PS (located in Bethesda MD, Reston VA, and St. Luois MO), and for its virtual clone, the PETROS System (based at Military Survey, Feltham, England); as well as provide interested parties an opportunity for input/comments on DMA's operations and maintenance philosophy and technical requirements. Please send responses to this notice to the Contracting Officer, Robert G. Gathright, Defense Mapping Agency, ATTN: PCA/Mail Stop D-88, 4600 Sangamore Road, Bethesda, MD, 20816-5003. Please provide a complete mailing address, and point of contact (Name/Telephone number). Those parties having previously responded, need not respond to this notice for receipt of the DRAFT SOW. TELEPHONE RESPONSES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. This announcement is NOT a request for proposal. (0318)

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