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D -- NOAA POLAR ANTENNA SYSTEMS INTEGRATION SOL 52-SPNA-8-00001 DUE 112097 POC Jay W. Moore, 301-427-2126, ext. 112; Address: 8455 Colesville Rd., Suite 1450, Mail Stop E/IP, Silver Spring, MD 20910 WEB: Reference to Antenna Hardware Acquisition, http://www.sao.noaa.gov. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, jmoore@ipo.noaa.gov. This is an advance notice and market survey for a proposed Antenna Systems Integration contract for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Fairbanks, AK Command and Data Acquisition (CDA) Station. BACKGROUND AND GOVT.-FURNISHED EQUIPMENT (GFE): This integration will provide connections and interfaces between software and systems hosted at the NOAA Satellite Operations Control Center (SOCC) in Suitland, MD, the Environmental Satellite Operations Center (ESOC) in Omaha, NE, and the NOAA CDAs in Fairbanks and Wallops Station, VA. The Wallops integration will be an optional effort. The primary integration effort is to interface heritage satellite operations systems with the remote-sensing satellite antennae, and the antenna controlling system, "EPOCH-2000", which NOAA has acquired. The initial three (3) Datron-Transco, 13 meter antennae will be integrated and installed at the Fairbanks CDA by Allied-Signal Technical Services Corp. in early 1998. The software which is being integrated to these antenna systems under the proposed contract will also need to interface to a DOMSAT antenna, and to Harris Corp. System Communication Units (SCUs), which the Government intends to GFE under a separate contract. SCOPE: NOAA requires the following heritage software controller systems at its SOCC, ESOC, and CDAs to be modified and documented under this proposed contract to integrate with the CDA's installed antenna hardware and systems: Polar Acquisition and Control Subsystem (PACS); Satellite Operations Management Subsystems (SOMS); DMSP Mission Planning Software (PLANS); and the Integrated Polar Acquisition and Control Subsystem ( IPACS), and Mission Planning and Scheduling Subsystem (MPSS), which are currently under development. These systems and associated software modifications are being acquired to implement NOAA's telemetry, transmission and operational control of its polar meteorological satellite systems, NOAA TIROS/POES, and DoD's DMSP. PROCESS: THIS SOLICITATION begins with this Market Survey, which is designed to assist the Government in making a decision on its acquisition strategy. The Government will base its acquisition strategy on the following information: (1) the capability of offerors to perform this effort; (2) the extent of competition available, without incurring a duplication of cost or unacceptable delays; (3) feedback from industry on the content of the draft SOW being made available, a schedule, allocation of resources, and the potential offerors' budget; (4) and, whether commercial items or services can meet the agency's needs, IAW the FAR, Sub-Part 10.001. Therefore; all interested, capable, and responsible offerors which wish to respond to the operational, technical, and integration requirements set forth for the Fairbanks Antenna Systems Integration draft SOW are encouraged to submit a complete response to this notice by no later than 1300, local time, on November 20, 1997. A subsequent RFP will be issued to these potential offerors/respondents. FORMAT FOR RESPONSE: THE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES THE INFORMATION BELOW ON NOVEMBER 20: (a) Identify all team members on the offeror's proposal team, noting the prime contractor, and the lead responsibility and technical expertise of each subcontractor or team member. (b) Show your matrixed allocation of resources and your schedule for accomplishing the software modifications and integration, in the following notional framework. The Government envisions accomplishment of an incremental software integration approach, as follows: Initial Operational Capability (IOC), scheduled for May 1998; Extended Operational Capability (EOC), scheduled for December 1998; and Full Operational Capability (FOC), scheduled for December 1999. (c) Provide a budgetary estimate for the completed effort, in Level 1 cost categories: Pgrm. Mgt.; SW Design, Development, and Documentation; HW and Comms. Interface; QA; Training; and Maintenance, Etc. PLANNING FOR RFP RESPONSE: As part of the potential offerors' subsequent response to the full RFP, BUT NOT to be included in the November 20 response, the Government will request: a data-flow graphical description, with accompanying text, of a fully-integrated, end-to-end data systems diagram/architecture for 4 identical Datron antenna systems, detailing master control station management, scheduling, acquisition, tracking, commanding, receiving, archival, communications interfaces, and end-to-end dissemination of DMSP, POES, and X-Band satellite data through a remote sensing satellite tracking telemetry and control system. NOAA will provide a draft SOW, by reply, upon your request via Internet protocol to the following address: jmoore@ipo.noaa.gov. The POC, Jay Moore, can also be reached at 301-427-2126, ext. 112. An RFP is anticipated for release in late November 1997, with award of a CPAF contract in January 1998. ALL INTERESTED AND QUALIFIED VENDORS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS PROPOSED COMPETITION. See Note 22 for Harris's SCUs, ONLY, and Note 25. (0307)

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