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B -- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF AN EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM DATA AND INFORMATION SYSTEM (EOSDIS) SOCIOECONOMIC DATA AND APPLICATIONS CENTER (SEDAC) IN SUPPORT OF THE MISSION TO PLANET EARTH (MTPE) DUE 010598 POC Rebecca L. Ragusa, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)614-5305, Fax (301)614-5267, Email Rebecca.L.Ragusa.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Robert Kirk, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-8420, Fax (301)286-1724, Email Robert.S.Kirk.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#505-04015A. E-MAIL: Rebecca L. Ragusa, Rebecca.L.Ragusa.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/GSFC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for for a competitive follow-on procurement for its Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). The mission of SEDAC encompasses two areas of equal priority: development and consequent operation of applications which support the user community and improvement of the exchange of data and information between Earth scientists and socioeconomic data users. The mission will be carried out through the following tasks: (1) data acquisition and applications development, (2) information gateway services, (3) operations and maintenance, and (4) user services. The Draft RFP is released on December 15, 1997. Potential offerors are requested to review this document and provide electronic comments no later than January 5, 1998. Please note that the primary point of contact has changed to Rebecca L. Ragusa. See Numbered Note 26. The anticipated release date of this RFP is on or about January 20, 1998 with an anticipated proposal due date of on or about March 6, 1998. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in ASCII or RTF format and will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The WWW address, or URL, of the NASA/GSFC Business Opportunities page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/class.html. Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Hard copies may be obtained from the identified point of contact; however, the closing date for the hard copy received shall be the same as the solicitation, inclusive of any amendments, released on the Internet. Any referenced numbered notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. (0349)

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