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U -- EDUCATION & TRAINING SERVICES SOL 701242 DUE 053097 POC Sally Huber 301/713-0855, Ina Merson 301/713-0839 E-MAIL: click here to reach the Contract Specialist, Sally.J.Huber@noaa.gov. U -- DOC proposes to negotiate on a non-competitive basis using Simplified Acquisition Procedures with the University of California, Davis to conduct a training seminar on hydrology. This seminar is one of a continuing series of classroom work given for the international community. UC Davis facility will be used to conduct this exercise; one member of this staff has developed the Sacramento Catchment Model which is a integral part of the NWS weather forecast system which will be the basis for the training. Other University Faculty has designed the basic hydrolic model which will be taught in class and which is designed for the students to use in their native countries to improve local weather forecasts. The University has conducted the previous seminars which have been conducted on an annual basis for the past 19 yrs. thus has gained experience in successful organization of all aspects of this event. Time is of the essence and past experience uniquely qualifies the University to organize this effortin roughly one month. Vendors who believe they can provide the required services are invited to submit, in writing, an affirmative response demonstrating an ability to immediately undertake these duties while demonstrating a cost benefit to the Government. Any written responses must be received no later that 15 days after the publication of the synopsis. In order to be responsive, the correspondence must be accompanied by a written narrative statement of capability, including technical information and other technical literature, sufficent to permit agency analysis in order to determine a bona fide capability to meet the Government's requirements. Responses without the required documentation will be considered non-responsive. This is not a formal notice of solicitation., See Note 22. (0135)

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