National Imagery & Mapping Agency, PCS/D-88, 4600 Sangamore Rd. Bethesda, MD 20816-5003

R -- NATIONAL IMAGERY & MAPPING AGENCY (NIMA), SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SERVICES (NSES) SOL NMA202-97-R-0001 POC Robert L. Ferguson,PCE, Contracting Officer (703)808-0952, FAX (703)808-0948, Internet: fergusonr@nima.mil The National Imagery & Mapping Agency (NIMA) joined the ranks of the Department of Defense as the newest combat support agency on 1 Oct 96, established by the National Imagery & Mapping Agency Act of 1996. NIMA has a global mission and unique responsibilities to manage and provide imagery and geospatial information to national policy makers, military forces, and other Federal Government Agencies on matters concerning imagery and geospatial information related to National Security. In recognition of its unique responsibilities and global mission, NIMA was also established as part of the US Intelligence Community. NIMA brings together in a single organization the imagery tasking, exploitation, production and dissemination responsibilities, and the mapping, charting, and geodetic functions, of eight separate organizations of the Defense and Intelligence communities. NIMA s mission is to provide timely, relevant, and accurate imagery, imagery intelligence, and geospatial information in support of national security objectives. The Agency s vision is to guarantee the information edge -- ready access to the worlds imagery, imagery intelligence, and geospatial information. NIMA is in the process of gathering and consolidating systems engineering and integration requirements information which will be utilized to develop the Statement of Work for the NIMA Systems Engineering Services (NSES) procurement. NSES will support the development, maintenance, and evolution of United States Imagery and Geospatial Information Systems (USIGS) architecture for all current and future NIMA systems engineering, integration and implementation from Jan 1998, through FY 2002. It is anticipated that a single contract will be awarded for virtually all of NIMA s systems engineering and integration services requirements. NIMA Business Opportunity Day is scheduled for 18 Mar 97, at which time additional information will be available. Contact Mr. Angelo Pappalardo (301)227-2158 for Business Opportunity Day registration and information (Internet: http://www.nima.mil). An additional synopsis is anticipated in the near future, prior to 18 Mar 97, to announce this procurement in greater detail. (0059)

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