55 CONS/LGCC, 101 Washington Sq., Offutt AFB, NE 68113-2107

70 -- HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR WEATHERSTATION SOL F25600-97-T6238 DUE 082297 POC Janice Knowles (402)-294-4103 WEB: F25600-97-T6238, knowlesj@offutt.af.mil. E-MAIL: knowlesj@offutt.af.mil, knowlesj@offutt.af.mil. Notice of Intent -- Offutt AFB, NE, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 6.302, with Weather Services International (WSI) Corporation. The contractor shall provide the WEATHERworkstation to include hardware, software, and licensing agreements. THE WEATHERworkstation (server) software will be run on existing workstation hardware. WEATHERworkstation Briefer software will also run on existing workstation hardware. The system must provide meteorological watch (metwatch) and alert functions, based on both NEXAR radar imagery and alphanumeric weather data (observations, forecasts, weather warnings) that can be defined and custom-mapped by the user. THe WEATHERworkstation's raw data ingest capability will allow specialized products which are specifically tailored to the user's needs and/or the meteorological stiuation, current or forecast. The WEATHERworkstation must continually ingest radar, satellite, and alphanumeric weather data, run 10-frame loops for at least 30 individual NEXRAD radar sites, and run other applications in the background concurrently, all on a mouse-driven, point and click "windows" platform. THE WEATHERworkstation must have the capability of archiving all raw weather data for archive, review, case study, and scenario recreation. THE WEATHERworkstation will tap off an existing system already installed and in use. Interested vendors who feel they are capable of meeting the Government's minimum requirements and are interested in participating in this solicitation shall submit detailed technical data/descriptive literature of the products they intend to propose and pricing information within 15 calendar days from the publication date of this synopsis. Technical data and descriptive literature must be detailed enough to elaborate the Contractor's understanding of the Government's requirement. Information received as a result of this notice of intent will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement for competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government will not pay for information received. All responses must be in writing. Fax number (402)294-7280. Telephone requests will not be honored. If no information is received within 15 calendar days from the date of this synopsis, the Government will assume there are no interested or qualified sources and begin negotiation on a sole source bases with WSI Corp. All requests must include the four digit extension to the zip-code. (0219)

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