U.S. Geological Survey, Branch Of Acquisition and Federal Assistance, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046

66 -- NATIONAL LAND ARCHIVE PROCESSING SYSTEM UPGRADES SOL n/a DUE 033098 POC Deborah S. Boles, 303-236-5900, ext. 316, MS 204B E-MAIL: USGS, CR, Acquisition & Federal Assistance, dboles@usgs.gov. Concerns having the ability to furnish the system described herein are requested to give written notification (including the telephone number for a point of contact) to the procuring office above within forty-five (45) calendar days from the date of this synopsis. Salient characteristics: Requirement Summary: To extend current processing of Landsat 1-5 Multi-Spectral Scanner (MSS), Landsat 4-5 Thematic Mapper (TM), and SPOT 1-3 High-Resolution-Visible (HRV) data, the USGS has a requirement to modify its existing National Landsat Archive Production System (NLAPS) software to ingest, radiometrically and geometrically correct, and output Landsat-7 Enhanced TM Plus (ETM+) and SPOT-4 HRV data sets. Compatibility With Existing System: Except as specifically required to implement ETM+ and SPOT-4 processing, all current NLAPS functional and performance characteristics for all existing data sources shall be unchanged; all existing products shall be retained; all current NLAPS user screens and operations procedures shall be unchanged; and, all existing external interfaces between NLAPS and the order-generation system (DORRAN), production-control system (PCS), and product-distribution system (PDS) shall be unchanged. Map and terrain correction: Ground-control-point and ground-control-chip library and chip-correlation capabilities required for ETM+ and SPOT-4 data shall be fully integrated and compatible with existing SPOT and Landsat TM and MSS ground-control libraries and the content of those libraries. Existing map-based precision geometric correction and orthorectification capabilities shall be extended to ETM+ and SPOT-4 HRV data. NLAPS Networked Workstations: All functionality and graphical interfaces used by system operators and production analysts, currently hosted on four Silicon Graphics Indigo workstations, shall be extended to ETM+ and SPOT-4 HRV data. NLAPS-External Interfaces: The modified NLAPS shall extend to ETM+ and SPOT-4 all current message exchange, including the capability to: read and validateexternally supplied product orders; provide results of validation; provide in-process notification; provide notification of order completion; and, read and perform product-order cleanup. Message exchange shall conform to current local protocols and be implemented in standard UNIX mail (smtp) transfer protocol. System shall support File Transfer Protocol (FTP) pickup of generated product files. ETM+ Product Modifications: Add capability to process 15-meter panchromatic band data and both high- and low-gain 60-meter thermal band data. Incorporate new radiometric calibration functions (algorithms to be supplied) that utilize prelaunch, internal calibrator, partial-aperture, and full-aperture calibration data supplied by the calibration parameter file. Read, apply, and retain multi-temporal calibration parameter file data. Read, apply, and retain orbital elements files (for ETM+) and calibration / clock-correction parameters (for SPOT-4 HRV) required for radiometric and geometric processing. Incorporate sensor detector offsets, detector spacing, scan-line length, and all other instrument- and platform-specific characteristics. Extend current one-half-pixel (IFOV) geodetic absolute accuracies proportionally to the ETM+ panchromatic band. Add capability to ingest, via tape or FTP transfer, Level-0R data in the format specified by Landsat 7 System Zero-R Distribution Product Data Format Control Book (DFCB) Volume 5 Book 1. Incorporate concurrent processing of ETM+ Format-1 (bands 1-6L) and Format-2 (bands 6H-8) data wherever possible to maximize efficient use of system resources. Generate ETM+ output products in two formats: the NLAPS Data Format, and the Landsat Product Generation System (LPGS) Distribution Product DFCB Volume 5 Book 2 (specification document to be provided by May 1). Processing System and Software: The modified NLAPS software will be hosted on a four-processor Origin 2000 system provided by the government. New software shall be written in C language, or in a combination of C and C++. All delivered system software shall be compatible with the then-current-version of Silicon Graphics' IRIX operating system. Source code for all non-COTS software that comprise the system shall be provided to the government on a restricted-use basis upon system acceptance. Performance: Production requirements will be scaled depending on the specific computational resources of the host processor supplied by the government. As a guide, throughput shall be two nine-band single-scene orthographically corrected products and one nine-band, three-scene-segment orthographically corrected product generated within a two-hour period. Test and Delivery: The government will provide final specification of radiometric algorithms and instrument geometric characteristics at contract award. Simulated ETM+ data created from Landsat 5 and real SPOT-4 HRV data will be provided at contract award. Initial acceptance testing of ETM+ will be performed with simulated instrument data and shall be completed by February 15, 1999. Downlinked ETM+ data will be provided to the contractor approximately 30 days after launch of Landsat 7. Final acceptance testing of the system shall be conducted with actual downlinked L7 data and be completed within 120 days of launch. All delivered software will be warranted for one year after final system acceptance. Documentation and Training: Existing manuals shall be updated to document the as-built system implementation. Existing system operator and production analyst operations manuals shall be revised to describe delivered system operational procedures, error messages, and problem-correction measures. Training shall be provided to system operators, production analysts, database administrators, and programmers to familiarize them with the as-built characteristics of the system. Contract Optional Line Items [ETM+]: (1) Provide output products in GeoTIFF and EOSAT Fast-C formats; (2) Implement a new product comprised of a pixel-for-pixel merge of the ETM+ panchromatic band and any three spectral bands, using RGB/HIS transformation; (3) Extend the current three-scene output product to five contiguous scenes; (4) As an alternate L-0R input format, read sensor and calibration data as specified by the Landsat 7 Processing System (LPS) Output Files Data Format Control Book; (5) Implement a product compliant with the Landsat 7 System Zero-R Distribution Product Data Format Control Book (DFCB) Volume 5 Book 1, produced as a modified copy from item (4) above; (6) Provide five-hundred hours per year of off-site sustaining engineering for each of three years, following expiration of the warranty period. Contract Optional Line Items [SPOT-4]: (1) Read SPOT-4 HRV data from Ampex Digital Cassette Recording System incremental (DCRSi) tapes. Read, process, and apply externally supplied SPOT-4 calibration parameter files. From these inputs, produce a four-band product having characteristics, output format, ground-control points and chips, and accuracy compatible with the current SPOT 1-3 HRV product. (2) Add a capability to generate standard digital browse and metadata files from SPOT 1-4 HRV data, read from DCRSi tapes. Throughput requirement for this capability will be provided by May 1, 1998, and is expected to be approximately 2,000 scenes per day; (3) Implement an improved mechanism for automated input of SPOT 1-4 calibration parameter values from a database or tape. Period of Options: Priced options will be exercised by September 1, 1998 . Based on information available at this time, and in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), implemented by FAR 6.302-1, the Government considers the item specified as a sole source from Macdonald Dettwiler, Richmond, B.C., Canada, and proposes to negotiate a contract with that firm on that basis. However, should additional sources be identified, they will be considered. Firms who feel that they can furnish the required item or its functional equivalent (based upon the criteria specified herein) are invited to submit in writing any affirmative response to this announcement. An affirmative response would include literature, brochures and such other materials which correspond to the required items stated herein. This information will be evaluated and used to determine if competitive opportunities exist. Since no solicitation document exists, requests for such documents without accompanying information will be considered non-responsive to this request without further consideration. This notice may represent the Government's only official notice of this procurement. See notes 12, 22 and 26. (0041)

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