US Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition Management Division, 1325 East West Highway, Station 4301, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3283

T -- FILM PLOTTING SERVICES SOL 52-DGNC-7-90036 POC Donald L. Moses The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Mapping and Charting Division (MCD), has a requirement for film plotting services. NOS compiles and prints nautical charts for the United States. Printing is done by using the offset lithographic technique and aluminum printing plates which are exposed from full-sized photographic film of the nautical charts. However, the method of preparing the full-sized photographic film for the new editions of the charts is being changed. Rather than manually painting out old information and engraving new information on existing film, computer raster files of nautical charts are being edited electronically with new films plotted for each new edition. Presently, the Government plots edited raster files with a Scitex ELP R280 system on LP7 Kodak film. The Government requires film plotting services to support the changed method of production. It is anticipated that a Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued in December 1996. The RFP will be made available upon written request. See RFP for receipt of proposal due date. Written requests for the RFP should be submitted to Donald L. Moses at the address above. Telephone requests will not be honored. (0347)

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