Commander, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Code 230000D, 1 Administration Circle, China lake, CA 93555-6001

B -- GEOPHYSICAL/GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR NAWS SOUTH RANGES SOL N68936-96-R-0255 DUE 072996 POC Kay Eiband, Contract Specialist, (619)-939-4275. Contracting Officer, John R. Davidson, (619) 939-7408. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, CA intends to procure through competitive action services for the development of a Geographic Information System (GIS) package incorporating geophysical/geological data of the South Ranges Project Area of the Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS), China Lake, CA. The South Ranges Project Area comprises approximately 1150 square miles in and around the NAWS base. This effort requires the contractor to provide data integration into GIS coverages using ArcView (Unix Version 2.1 or current release) as the user interface and ARC/INFO (Unix Version 7.1 or current release) as the GIS software platform, operating in the Unix workstation environment. The contractor will be responsible for inputting data sets, running quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) procedures on the data, converting data to specified standard projection coordinates, designing a GIS directory and file architecture, and exporting data coverages in ArcView format to be incorporated into ARC/INFO. The contractor will be responsible for acquiring some of the data sets for this effort such as National High Altitude Photography (NHAP), Census Bureau topographically integrated geographic encoded and referencing (TIGER) system files, United States Geological Survey (USGS) Landsat Thematic Mapper image data, USGS topographic maps, and California Institute of Technology earthquake data. The NAWS Geothermal Program Office (GPO) will provide additional data sets for the contractor to incorporate into the GIS package. These additional data sets consist of geophysical, gravity, magnetic, aeromagnetic, geologic, and other related data that will be specified in the solicitation package. Digital, hard copy maps, hard copy reports, and photographs are the main types of data to be integrated by the contractor. The contractor will also be responsible for developing QA/QC control protocol and documenting methodology and procedures; preparing and submitting to the GPO quarterly and final reports and 8 mm tape copies of all converted data sets; loading finished product 8mm tapes onto the GPO workstation; and demonstrating the finished product to GPO personnel. A best-value selection will be made based on Technical/Quality Control, Management, Past Performance and Price. A firm fixed price, one-year contract is anticipated for this effort. Further details of contract requirements will be provided in the solicitation. Requests for this solicitation must be made in writing to the above referenced address or FAX number (619) 927-3488, Attn: Kay Eiband. The solicitation will be issued on or about 15 days after publication of this notice and close 30 days thereafter. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the agency. (0162)

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