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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MARCH 15, 2007 FBO #1935
SOLICITATION NOTICE

99 -- Technical Support Services Contract at the Earth Resouces Observation and Science (EROS) Center

Notice Date

3/13/2007
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

Contracting Office

INSTRUCTIONS CHRISTINE R DORCHEUS 80225
 

ZIP Code

80225
 

Solicitation Number

07CRRC0001
 

Response Due

4/30/2007
 

Archive Date

3/12/2008
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

The U.S. Geological Survey has a requirement for Technical Support Services for the Earth Resources and Science Center (EROS) Center, Sioux Falls, SD. The EROS Center is a data management and research center of the U.S. Geological Survey. The EROS Center collects, archives and distributes many types of remotely sensed photographic and digital earth science data and investigates ways to use the data in scientific and land resource planning and management. The EROS Center includes a scientific workforce to advance the uses and users of remote sensing and associated geo-spatial data. Their principal science agenda is to monitor and model land surface changes worldwide. The EROS Center maintains the world's largest collection of space and aircraft acquired imagery of the Earth, including over four million images acquired by Lansat and other civil satellites, and over eight million aerial photographs. EROS Center conducts a broad range of activities in management of global Earth observations data, including the development, operation and management of advanced systems for scheduling, processing, distributing, and applying land related earth science, mapping, and other geographic data and information. The EROS Center is a key participant in the NASA's Earth Science Enterprise (ESE). EROS Center receives, archives, processes and distributes data from the first ESC mission entitled "Terra" and includes two instruments, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Radiometer (MODIS) and the Advanced Space-borne Thermal Emission and Reflectance (ASTER) radiometer. USGS EROS Center has the overall responsibility for management of the Lansat 7 mission and program management. In addition, the Landsat 7 flight operations and ground system is operated by the EROS Center to schedule, receive, process, archive and distribute the data. Co-located at EROS Center is the United Naitons Environment Program/Global Resource Information Database (UNEP/GRID) North American node office. Facilities at EDC include systems for tracking and commanding land remote sensing satellites, ground reception facilities for acquiring and processing land satellite data, advanced data and information analysis laboratories, production data processing and digitizing systems, business and scientific systems and geographic information system. The estimated period of performance is a base year (approximately 12 months, based on award date) and four option years. Competition is Full and Open with a mandatory 20% small business subcontractors. NAICS Code: 541511. All contractors are encouraged to routinely visit the EROS solicitation website http://edcrfc.cr.usgs.gov, for updates and email any questions to edc_rfc@usgs.gov. Site visit and proposal conference to be determined. This is NOT a request for proposal Note 26
 

Web Link

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(http://ideasec.nbc.gov/j2ee/announcementdetail.jsp?serverId=GS1434HQ&objId=932659)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Sioux Falls South Dakota

Zip Code: 57198

Country: USA
 

Record

SN01249979-W 20070315/070313221256 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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