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A -- ELECTRODYNAMICS OF THE IONOSPHERE USING DIGITAL IONOSONDES AND OTHER HF TECHNIQUES SOL GF712168803052 POC Gino F. Cascieri, Contract Specialist, ESC/PKRB, 781-377-2623, Robert W. Tyrrell, Contracting Officer, ESC/PKRB, 781-377-2930 WEB: N/A,. E-MAIL: Click Here to E-mail the POC, cascierig@hanscom.af.mil. Notice of Contract Action for a non-competitive acquisition to be negotiated with the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Research Foundation, 600 Suffolk Street, Second Floor South, Lowell, MA 01854. The work under this action consists of: a)upgrade ARTIST-3 to ARTIST-4 at the following DISS Stations -- Wallops Island, Dyess AFB, Texas, and Vandenberg AFB and McClellan AFB, California; b)provide training to AFSPC personnel at Wallops Island station; and c)deliver a total of twenty (20) ARTIST-4 hardware and software units for the DISS network. This was previously synopsized as a Sources Sought on the 16 December 1997 and amended on the 23 December 1997 referencing PR GF712168803052. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals within thirty (30) days of this publication to ESC/PKRB, Attn: Gino Cascieri, 104 Barksdale Street, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-1806. The authority for negotiations is 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, Only 1 responsible source. See numbered Note(s): 22, 26. (0034)

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