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N -- GOES BACKUP COMMAND AND CONTROL STATION SOL 52-EANE-7-00052 DUE 061797 POC William D. Privott, Contracting Officer, (757) 441-6561, or Linda Jacobs, Contract Specialist (757) 441-6563 WEB: click here to go to procurment home page, http://www.easc.noaa.gov. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contract specialist via e-mail, Linda.L.Jacobs@noaa.gov. The National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) has a requirement for the development of a Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) backup command and control station (GBACCS). The GBACCS will serve to provide a single string backup to command, control, and instrument data pre-processing for the GOES mission should the Wallops Command and Data Acquisition (CDA) station, Wallops Island, VA, become inoperable. Most of the GOES ground systems for the GBACCS are to be off-the-shelf "clones" of the current operational systems at the Wallops CDA station. The GBACCS project includes custom electronics chassis fabrication, integration and test of seven GOES ground systems, and overall station integration of the systems and of at least five Government furnished Equipments/Systems. The station shall be integrated to NOAA/NESDIS standards for CDA facilities. The location of the GBACCS is expected to be within 500 miles of the Washington metro area but isyet to be determined. If the actual site is not determined and formal agreements are not in place at the time of contract award the Wallops CDA station will be used for equipment/system staging and test. Requirement includes option item for up to two years of optional on call support. Period of performance is 21 months after date of contract. Standard Classification code is 7373. All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the agency. Copies of the solicitation will only be provided in response to written or faxed requests received directly from the requestor. Telephone requests will not be honored. Requests for copies of the solicitation may be faxed to (757) 441-3786 or 3735. See Note 26. (0115)

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