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D -- SOFTWARE UPDATES SOL NEEB-348 DUE 043098 POC Sally Huber, 301-713-00855, lawrence Frazier, 301-713-0851 D -- The U.S. Dept of Commerce/NOAA/NESDIS intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Ridge Technology, Washington, D.C., using Simplified Acquisition Procedures to provide the GOES and Polar spacecraft upgrade and software support. The GOES upgrade provides for the scan sector characterization functions in a windows environment and HTML/GIF capabilities. The Polar spacecraft upgrade provides for LAC visualization and analysis in a windows environment with HTML/GIF capabilities. This software is proprietary. Other offerors that have the ability to provide the above support are invited to submit information as to their capabilities and other pertinent data to the address above, to be received no later than 15 days after the date of this notice. No solicitation documents exists, therefore a request for such a document will not be considered. Reference NEEB-348 (0107)

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