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D -- INFORMATION SUPPORT SERVICES SOL 52-DDNW-9-00001 DUE 013198 POC Ina R. Merson Contracting Officer & Mark A. Miller Contract Specialist 301-713-0839 E-MAIL: Click here to reach Mark A. Miller Contract Specialist, Mark.A.Miller@NOAA.gov. D -- 7373 -- 8(a) competitive -- The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, has a requirement for information technology support services. These services include science support to include programming and analysis, modeling, forecasting technique development, and testing in support of meteorological and hydrologic activities; scientific workstation support; local and wide-area network planning and administration; RDBMS applications development and distributed applications; office automation support for applications; help desk to provide hardware/software/network troubleshooting; computer technology; and multi-media graphics support. Current services are being performed on-site at the Silver Spring Headquarters location. Approximately 65 full time equivalent positions are required. For the purpose of determining a reasonable number of qualified competitors, interested parties are invited to participate in a "down-select" process whereby capabilities to meet the following essential criteria will be evaluated for further competition. Contractors should provide their experience and qualification in response to the following essential requirements: TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS: Expertise in the following disciplines: 1) Meteorology; physical sciences; statistical meteorology; synoptic, dynamic, and physical meteorology; computer science; software engineering; atmospheric sciences; oceanography; 2) Probability and statistics, particularly with statistical techniques used in regression analysis as applied to meteorological problems; knowledge of techniques to test and evaluate statistical forecast methods; 3) High Level Programming Languages/Software to include C, C++, Fortran 77. Fortran 90, X-Windows, MOTIF, Object PAL (Paradox), GUI development platforms including Oracle Designer and Developer 2000; 4) Structured analysis, object oriented design, object oriented and entity relationship modeling, data warehousing, decisions support systems, and distributive processing; 5) Operating Systems/Scientific workstations/mini-mainframe systems to include UNIX, DOS, Windows NT, Windows 95, HP-UX, AIX, LINUX, HP 715/735/750/ 755/I40, IBM RS6000, VAX, DEC VMS, SUN, Cray C-90, Cray J; 5) Local/Wide area network (1000 node) support to include 4/16MB token ring, 10-100 MB ethernet, FDDI, Cisco Routers/routing protocols, networking protocols and topology, Madge networking equipment, TR and ENET Switching, Windows NT Advanced Server administration, DEC and TRICORD server equipment, MS Systems Management Server, network engineering and operations; network security/firewalls; cc:Mail network (5000 node) project management, administration and operations; ORACLE RDMBS, Informix. System 1032; 6) General IT support services to include Corel Suite, general applications support, help desk support, hardware repair/support services, Windows 95 and Windows NT system administration and workstation configuration/ training,: 7) Multi-media support to include presentation graphics, publication design and production, multi-media technology including digital imaging, animation, 35MM slides, image scanning, distance learning, and WEB technology to include expertise with HTML/JAVA. Demonstration of Experience in the following areas: 1) Providing qualified personnel in a broad range of technical disciplines; 2) Managing a procurement of this magnitude, including subcontracting and teaming arrangements to supplement/complement existing resources; and 3) Providing adequate numbers of senior technical personnel with at least 10 years experience in their field. ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS: 1) Track record on employee capture in follow-on contract situations; 2) Employee professional compensation package and benefits, 3) Contractor retention record; 4) Upward mobility, diversity, and training policies; and 5) Recruitment performance statistics Responses should be limited to 75 pages and should be submitted on or before January 31, 1998. Responses should be addressed to Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Acquisition Management Division 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910. For additional information contact Mark Miller, 301-713-0839, Fax, 301-713-0806, e-mail Mark.A.Miller@NOAA.gov. (0338)

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