NATIONAL POLAR ORBITING OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE SYSTEM (NPOESS) SENSOR PAYLOAD PRE-SOLICITATION VISITS POC: Technical Information: Capt. Mike Crison, (301) 427-2164, Contracting Officer: William S. Trombetta, (310) 336-4460. The NPOESS Integrated Program Office (IPO) is planning a series of pre-solicitation visits to relevant instrument and associated technology developers and manufacturers of weather and climate remote sensing satellite instruments. These visits will be conducted between 9 Sep 96 and 15 Nov 96. The purpose of the visits is to gather information on industry's technical experience and lessons learned in developing, designing, fabricating and testing weather and climate instruments analogous to the anticipated NPOESS payloads, and to assess the state-of-the-art for related component technologies. Instruments of interest include visible-infrared imagers and radiometers, low light-level sensors, microwave imagers and sounders, infrared sounders, ozone mappers, ozone profilers, solar irradiance detectors, and altimeters, and each instrument's related critical component technology. During the NPOESS team's visit to the contractor's facility, it is requested that the contractor present briefings and tours of facilities on relevant and related instrument programs to inform the Government team of: 1) the contractor's and their subcontractor's historical and current instrument development programs & instrument capabilities, 2) testing capabilities for components and subsystems of instruments, algorithm, and calibration and validation, 3) critical instrument component technologies, 4) interfacing with spacecraft and relations with spacecraft manufacturers, instrument hardware and assembly facilities, personnel qualifications, 5) lessons learned from previous efforts, 6) review cost data on previous & current programs, and 7) cost drivers/risk areas. Upon acceptance of a visit by the Government, the Government shall provide standard guidance for each contractor to follow. Contractors interested in participating are invited to contact Mr. William S. Trombetta, Contracting Officer, in writing by 30 Sep 96, at SMC/CIKC, 2420 Vela Way, Suite 1467-AB, LA AFB, CA 90245-4659, by facsimile at (310) 336-4522. For additional information, contact Capt. Mike Crison, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD, at (301) 427-2084, ext. 104.

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