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H -- GROUND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND DEPOT SUPPORT CONTRACT SOL 52-SPNA-9-00021 DUE 110899 POC Jay W. Moore; 301-427-2126, ext. 112: IMPORTANT! SEE ADDRESS BELOW IN TEXT. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, jmoore@ipo.noaa.gov. IMPORTANT: PLEASE RESPOND TO JAY W. MOORE, 8455 COLESVILLE ROAD, SUITE 1450, SILVER SPRING, MD 20910; TEL. 301-427-2126, ext. 112. This is a pre-solicitation notice for the planned release of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Ground Systems Engineering and Depot Support Contract (GSEDS). This notice follows the RFI market survey solicitation issued on August 3, 1999, in Section H. Please refer to this issuance for more information. Capable vendors responded to this market survey with details on their technical capability. On this basis the Government has determined that a full and open competition exists, and has made revisions to the SOW and the acquisition strategy in the pending RFP. Support areas in the SOW include: (1) Hardware Component Supply, Repair, Test, Maintenance, and Technical Support; (2) Ground Systems Engineering for Inter-Segment Interfaces; (3) Sustaining Engineering for mission-unique software, Independent Test Analyses and Problem Isolation; (4) Creating/Modifying Technical Documentation for DMSP C3 Operations; and (5) DMSP Component and Operational Systems Modification. We estimate that a dedicated core staff of 6 personnel, and 2 equivalent matrixed staff, will be required to support these task areas. This engineering support contract supports DMSP unique equipment, such as System Communication Units (SCUs) and Dual Decommutator and Command Processors (DDCP), and also supports the interfaces of this equipment with the heritage ground, space segment, and external (AFSCN, users) software. The space segment includes capability required to support converged spacecraft systems and operations at the NOAA SOCC in Suitland, MD. Tasks will support inter-segment integrity, operability, and configuration control among the space segment, user and C3 segment. The assigned support personnel are required to demonstrate their knowledge of this complex equipment, diagnosing, testing and isolating faults, and frequently making repairs to equipment and software on the scene. Locations where support may be required on a rapid-reaction basis are: the Suitland, MD SOCC; the ESOC at Schreiver AFB in Colorado Springs, CO; the PITF at Vandenberg AFB; the AFSCN tracking stations and network sites at: Vandenberg AFB, CA; Hula, HI; Thule, Greenland; New Boston, NH; and at user sites at FNMOC, in Monterrey, CA and AFWA, in Omaha, NE; and operational control node at Onizuka AFB, Sunnyvale, CA; the DMSP SPO at the Los Angeles AFB; NOAA/FCDAS, at Fairbanks, AK, and a potential future site at McMurdo Bay, Antarctica. The incumbent contractor is the Harris Corporation, Omaha, NE. The anticipated contract to be awarded will include a Base period of 12 months with four 12-month priced options, to be effective on or about 1 January 2000. The principal SIC Code is 4899. SEE Note 25 and Note 26. Posted 09/20/99 (W-SN382335). (0263)

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