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B -- DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF AN EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM DATA AND INFORMATION SYSTEM (EOSDIS) SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR) FACILITY IN SUPPORT OF THE MISSION TO PLANET EARTH (MTPE) SOL RFP5-04030-178 DUE 120597 POC Sandra Cover, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)614-5406, Fax (301)614-5415, Email Sandra.Cover.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Lynette Harrington, Contract Specialist, Phone (301)614-5298, Fax (301)286-1724, Email Mildred.L.Harrington.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#RFP5-04030-178. E-MAIL: Sandra Cover, Sandra.Cover.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/GSFC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a sole source follow-on contract with the University of Alaska at Fairbanks (UAF) for the continued development and operations of the Alaska SAR Facility as one element of NASA's EOSDIS. The EOSDIS is a comprehensive data system which manages the data from Earth science research satellites and field measurement programs for NASA's MTPE. The Alaska SAR at the UAF provides the ground data system functions for the acquisition, processing, archive, and distribution of products for spaceborne SAR systems to the science community. Tasks assigned include those assigned to all EOSDIS Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs): user services, product generation, data and information management, archival and distribution, and related science support. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 10 U. S. Code 2304(c)(3) -- Industrial mobilization; engineering, development, or research capability; or expert services. Any other persons desiring consideration are requested to fully identify their interest and capabilities within 15 days of the date of posting of this synopsis to the GSFC Contracting Officer listed in this announcement. See Numbered Note 26. RFP will be released on or about October 30, 1997. Firm date for receipt of the proposal will be stated in the RFP. See Number Note 22. Any referenced numbered notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. (0247)

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