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L -- SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGER (SSM/I) SUPPORT AND SERVICES SOL F04701-95-R-0025 POC Contract Negotiator, Mr. Robert Minnick, (310)336-4915, Contracting Officer, Capt Douglas E. James, (310)336-4335. NOTICE OF INTENT TO CONTRACT on a sole source basis with Hughes Information Technology Company, Los Angeles, CA. The acquisition is for support and services for the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) for the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP). The proposed effort involves work at a classification level of SECRET and below. A cost type contract is contemplated. The period of performance for the proposed effort is seven months with five annual options, the first four options are twelve months and the last option is five months. For planning purposes, the Request for Proposal (RFP) will be released approximately 20 October 1995. The effort required to perform this contract will include: (1) Support of the Block 5D-2 Program at (a) the DMSP Spacecraft contractor facilities (Lockheed/Martin Astrospace, Princeton, NJ), (b) Vandenberg AFB CA, (c) Air Force Global Weather Central (AFGWC, Offutt AFB NE), (d) the 6th Satellite Operations Squadron (6SOPS, Offutt AFB NE), (e) the Fleet Numerical Meteorological and Oceanographic Center (FNMOC, Monterey, CA), and (f) those operational sites where the Mission Sensor Tactical Imaging Computer (MISTIC) is deployed, (2) Provision of facilities for and performance of maintenance and modification, reconfiguration, storage, and test of Government-owned SSM/I flight units as well as on-orbit support for SSM/I evaluation and testing, performing engineering analyses, and developing, maintaining, and upgrading documentation, (3) Investigation, analysis, and resolution of SSM/I anomalies on-orbit or prior to launch and performance of post- acceptance factory testing, reactivation from storage and pad preference go/no go testing, shipment of Government Furnished Equipment (GFE), integration of the SSM/I payload, and the testing, checkout, repair, and handling of launch and launch operations, including early-orbit operations at Offutt AFB NE, (4) Maintenance and modification of SSM/I ground processing software and associated documentation as well as review and comments of associate contractor Engineering Change Propoals and impact assessments, (5) Performance of systems engineering support to include feasibility assessments and analysis of proposed changes and/or modifications of the Block 5D system to determine their validity, necessity, and adequacy with respect to mission requirements. The period of performance is 1 April 1996 through 31 October 1996, with up to five options through 31 March 2001. The RFP will be released approximately 15 days or more from the date of this notice. See Note 22. Any interested party may request a copy of the RFP. (0271)

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