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D -- SAO ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS AND ACQUISITION SUPPORT SOL 50-SPNA-4-00023 DUE 031585 POC Donald M. Thompson 301-713=3478 kThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Systems Acquisition Office has a requirement to acquire a specific set of acquisition support services from the MITRE Corporation of McLean, VA for a period of one year with three one year options. The contract will provide support for the SAO and NESDIS OSD Ground Systems Division. The majority of services will support the advance planning for projects relating to the development of new or modified satellite ground systems for NESDIS and as such require the services of an organization that will not experience significant Organizational Conflicts of Interest from any analysis and recommendations made to the NOAA. Firms that believe they have the capability to provide organizationally conflict free Alternative analysis, systems analysis, and IT architecture analysis and recommendations for new projects or at major modification points of projects must submit a brief capability statement to the address indicated within forty-five days of the publication of this announcement. In addition to addressing OCI, the capability statement must address your ability to support the mission of the NOAA in the areas outlined above. The level of effort for each year of the anticipated tasking shall be approximately nine Direct Productive Man Years. Competitive solicitation documents are not available as this is a task order to be added to an already awarded contract as announced in 1994. Responses to this notice will be evaluated and the findings detailed to any responding firms. If the final decision, after evaluating all responses, is to complete the proposed contract to MITRE using the authority of 41 USC 253 (c) (1) no further pre- award notice will be published. See Note 22 (0019)

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