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R -- UNBIASED, TECHNICAL SERVICES OF A BROAD BASED NATURE TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL ALTERNATIVES FOR GLOBAL GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION, IMAGERY SOURCES AND PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES SOL DMA100-96-R-5156 DUE 082396 POC Point of Contact: Contracting Officer, Robert L. Ferguson (301) 227- 4244, Fax (301) 227-2218 or 227-5573 Anticipate an award to Center for Naval Analysis, Institute for Public Research (IPR)-- Major changes are projected/occuring in the Global Geospatial Information and Services (GGI&S) environment. Among these are the transition of the Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) into the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), creation of the Geospatial Information Integrated Product Team (IPT), the 1995 Defense Science Board (DSB) initiatives, and a drive toward migration of production operations to more reliance on commercial sources. A sole source contract, base year with two option years, is contemplated with IPR, a not-for-profit organization, for technical services which will provide upper and senior level DMA management with advice and support in making technical, corporate, and policy decisions relative to NIMA transition and implementation activities; Geospatial IPT initiatives which are essential in developing an infrastructure capable of supporting the interoperability requirements of the national security and defense customers; 1995 DSB recommendations; advice on current operations and processes; and advice on migration issues. This award will be based on the unbiased technical expertise that the Center for Naval Analysis, Institute for Public Research, (IPR) will bring to DMA, thus allowing for a high level of technical advice from experts in applicable areas to be provided to upper and senior level management without fear of organizational conflict of interest issues arising. IPR has no association or interest in vendors of hardware, software or systems integration. They have investigator(s) with extensive technical and senior management experience in commercial programs for DoD and Intelligence imaging and mapping systems. They are comprised of a staff possessing in-depth experience with military operations and intelligence support employing space-based and terrestrial intelligence systems and DoD and commercial communications systems. They have performed analyses of DoD and civilian government agency modernization programs entailing major information systems development, process engineering and/or organizational and cultural change. Thus, this non-conflict unbiased environment which exists through IPR is essential to the current and future success of DMA transition efforts and technical areas discussed above. See Note: 22 (0221)

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