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D -- MARINE GEOLOGIC DATABASES, WEB PAGES, AND OTHER DIGITAL PRODUCTS SOL 1434-WR-97-SS-00016 DUE 070797 POC Phyllis Yates, (415) 329-4163 E-MAIL: Click her to contact Contracting Officer via e-mail, pyates@usgs.gov. The Geological Survey (USGS) intends to award a contract by other than full and open competition for production of digital databases from scanned and digitized web pages generated from digital databases, photographs, published papers E graphs, and from digital databases and raw field data; manuals for these products; and presentations of contracted products at meetings. These products are for use in developing Coastal and Marine Geology Program Information Bank and Access USGS -- San Francisco Bay and Delta web sites, and future projects of the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Menlo Park,CA. The contractor personnel must have at least the following qualifications and experience:BA degree in Geology with 5 years experience processing geological and geophysicaldata sets in order to use judgement when processing complex data sets; 6 years experience with Macintosh, Unix, and PC computer systems, and software packages including Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel; 5 years experience using ARC/INFO to create and analyze GIS databases; 1 year experience digitizing paper maps and loading digitized data into ARC/fNFO; produce web site for technical audience; 3 years experience in web site development using HTML, client-side image maps, and animated GIFS; professional conference presentations; demonstrated ability to produce high-quality, timely deliverables and accurate work estimates; knowledge of USGS standards. Expected labor hour type contract for one year base period plus 4 one-year option periods. The USGS intends to negotiate with Laura Zink Graphics Etc., the only known source capable of meeting the requirements, per FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Interested parties should respond in writing within 15 days of publication date of this notice to the contracting officer named above, stating clearly your capabilities to perform the foregoing. See Note 22. (0171)

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