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C -- MARK IIIA INTERAGENCY CORRELATOR SOL N00600-97-R-2888 DUE 081597 POC For a copy of the solicitation, contact the Customer Service Center, (202) 433-2951, or you may fax in your request (202) 433-9569; for additional information, contact Ms. Laura Hurd, Code 02W1.1G, (202) 433-2013; or Ms. Lisa Murtha, Contracting Officer, Code 02W1.1, (202) 685-1864. The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Norfolk, Detachment Washington, intends to purchase engineering support services for the Mark III Correlator for the US Naval Observatory on a sole source basis from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northeast Radio Observatory Corporation, Haystack Observatory. Haysack Observatory is the only successful builder of full protection VLBI correlators in the world. They are also the only known suppliers and producers of such a product and have proprietary rights to the design and hardware and software to the Mark III VLBI system. This follow-on Contract is for one base year with four (4) option years, FAR 52.217-9. Performance will take place at the US Naval Observatory in Washington, DC The period of performance will be from 01 October 1997 through 30 September 1998, with four option years to follow. The contractor will have to provide expertise for assistance of diagnosis of systems problems, training of Navy personnel for maintenance purposes, construction and procurement of spare parts, special processing consultation, maintenance of an equipment depot at the contractor's facility for replacement modules, hardware and software developmental support, and related special studies. A Justification for Approval For Other Than Full and Open Competition in accordance with FAR 6.302-1 has been prepared. ***see note 22*** (0182)

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