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R -- UPPER AIR WEATHER OBSERVATION PROGRAM AT SALEM, OREGON SOL 52ABNW900004 DUE 100198 POC POC Abram Vinikoor (206) 526-4395, for copy of solicitation call (206)526-6425 Conduct the Upper Air Weather Observation Program at the National Weather Serice Contract Meteorological Observatory (WSCMO) at Salem, Oregon. The Contractor shall be responsible for taking, documenting and disseminating upper air rawinsonde observation soundings two times daily, each and every day of the contract period. The contract period is January 1, 1999 through September 30, 1999 with options to extend performance through December 31, 2002. All station personnel must be certified prior to conducting any weather observations at the WSCMO. A Request For Proposals will be issued on or about September 1, 1998. The proposed contract is 100% set aside for small business concerns. The SIC code for this procurement is 8999 and the size standard is $5.0 million. See numbered Note 1. Posted 07/13/98 (W-SN222314). (0194)

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