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D -- TIROS-N TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM SOL 52DDNE-8-90004 DUE 053097 POC Helene Kram, Contract Specialist, 301/713-0839 x129; Ina R. Merson, Contracting Officer, 301/713-0839 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration intends to issue a RFP for a follow-on contract for the transfer of TIROS-N defined point-to-point communications services using a turn-key service transferring data among domestic and foreign sites at data rates up to 3.2256 Mbps. This contract will be to (1) provide a communications system for transfer of TIROS-N wideband data from NESDIS Command and Data Acquisition Stations (CDAS) located at Fairbanks, AK and Wallops, VA to data processing facilities at Suitland, MD, Offutt AFB, NE and Stennis Space Center, Bay St. Louis, MS; (2) provide two-way narrowband communications services for the operation and control of the TIROS-N and GOES satellites; (3) provide half-duplex wideband transmission/reception of data between Suitland, MD; Offutt AFB, NE; Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center, Monterey, CA; and Stennis Space Center, Bay St. Louis, MS; (4) relay of Meteosat data from Wallops Station (CDAS), VA to Suitland, MD and Offutt AFB, NE; (5) relay of GMS data from NOAA HIPS station in Honolulu, HI to Offutt AFB, NE; (6) relay of DMSP data from Thule, Greenland and New Boston, NH to National Ice Center (NIC), Suitland, MD. All sites to be served are located on Government property and are NOAA or Department of Defense locations. Communications service shall be on a 24-hour per day continual basis. The base period of award will be for one year (anticipated start date of February 1, 1998) with seven (7) one-year option periods. A fixed price contract is anticipated. All requests for this solicitation must be in writing referencing the solicitation number and must be received no later than forty-five (45) days after publication of this synopsis. The mailing address is: NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, ADP Contracts Branch, Room 7604, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-3281. (0099)

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