Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road,Mail Stop 285, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3591

D -- MARINE GEOLOGY TECHNICAL SERVICES POC Phyllis Michel, Contracting Officer, (650) 329-4163 E-MAIL: to contact the contracting officer via e-mail, pmichel@wr.usgs.gov. The U.S. Geological Survey seeks information on potential sources for technical services to support the Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Western Region. The contractor will produce web pages, digital databases, user interfaces in ARC/INFO and ArcView, cross-platform (PC, Mac and UNIX) CD-ROMs for archiving and distributing digital databases, software, manuals for the foregoing, and posters and slides from maps, graphs, and other images. Product end users are both scientists and the general public. Source materials include USGS marine geologic maps (digital and hard copy), field notes, various digital data files, metadata files, photographs, graphs, open file reports, ARC/INFO databases, etc. Contractor personnel must have education in geology with emphasis on marine geology and experience processing geological and geophysical data sets demonstrating ability to use judgement in processing complex data sets. Computer expertise available from the contractor will include Macintosh, Unix, and PC systems;Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel; ARC/INFO and ArcView to create and analyze GIS databases and digitizing paper maps for ARC/INFO; programming in AML and Avenue for ARC/INFO and ArcView; ArcView Data Publisher for CD-ROM development; C and FORTRAN programming; web site development using HTML, JAVA, client-side image maps, and animated GIFs, for both technical and general audiences. Contractor will work on several long- and short-term projects and will use USGS onsite equipment and meet frequently with USGS personnel, therefore contractor personnel must reside within commuting distance of Menlo Park, CA. Man-hour requirements equivalent to 2 highly qualified full time personnel are anticipated. Interested parties should respond in writing to attention of the contracting officer at the address above, within 15 days of publication date of this notice, with detailed information on its technical and management personnel, facilities, and corporate experience to demonstrate itscapabilities for meeting the USGS requirements described herein, and commercial pricing information if available. Responses to this announcement will be used by the Government only to determine if a future solicitation will be issued. Responses which do not include the requested information will not be considered in the Government's decision. This is not a request for proposals, and no RFP is available at this time. Any solicitation to be issued by the USGS for the requirements described herein will be announced as such in the CBD. Posted 07/22/98 (W-SN227191). (0203)

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