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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 25,1998 PSA#2229

Department of Commerce, NOAA, 200 World Trade Center, Room 209, Norfolk, VA 23510-1624

D -- INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES SOL 52-EANC-9-00007 DUE 122198 POC Lynne Phipps, Contract Specialist (757) 441-6881, Melvyn DesJarlais, Contracting Officer (757) 441-6647 WEB: www.csc.noaa.gov/conops, http://www.csc.noaa.gov/conops. E-MAIL: Lynne Phipps, Lynn.B.Phipps@noaa.gov. The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS) plans to acquire information management and technical support services in support of the Coastal Services Center (CSC), Charleston, SC. The services will support the three CSC service areas: Coastal Information Services (CIS), Coastal Management Services (CMS), and Coastal Technology Services (CTS). The CIS service area includes the Center's data management, data analysis, and product development capabilities. The CMS service area facilitates management assistance, increases communication between the Center and its clients, and provides customized training and conference planning. CTS works to bring new and underutilized technology out of the laboratory and into the coastal management community. NOAA anticipates this acquisition to include a base year with four (4) additional one (1) year options. Standard Industrial Classification Code 7389 applies. This competitive acquisition will beconducted utilizing a streamlined acquisition process, as described in a document entitled "Department of Commerce Acquisition Process Case for Change" which can be found on the Internet at http://www.conops.doc.gov. The intent of this process is to provide an improved acquisition environment that will benefit Contractors as well as the Government. All market research and solicitation activities will be conducted electronically using the Internet. This acquisition project will be carried out in two phases. Phase I will be a market research effort, initiated by this announcement, to determine the availability of sources capable of providing the services required by the CSC, as well as the acquisition approach best suited to this project. Phase II, the acquisition phase, will include issuance of a Request for Proposal (RFP), source selection, and award. The RFP will be developed based on the results of Phase I. Now available on the Internet at http://www.csc.noaa.gov/conops is the Project Agreement that provides the scope of this project, the tentative schedule for the acquisition, and the request for information. In utilizing this acquisition process, the Project Agreement will serve as the solicitation document for this requirement. Interested parties must respond to the Project Agreement in order to be considered for award of a resulting contract. The Government will issue the RFP by posting it on the same website as the Project Agreement. Anyone interested in the RFP is encouraged to monitor the website for further information. Questions shall be directed to the Acquisition Team, Attn: Lynne Phipps via e-mail to Lynn.B.Phipps@noaa.gov. Answers to questions received will be disseminated utilizing the Internet and posted at http://www.csc.noaa.gov/conops. Requests for a printed copy of the Project Agreement may be obtained by written request to Lynne Phipps, NOAA/EASC, 200 World Trade Center, Room 209, Norfolk, VA 23510. Fax number (757) 441-3786. Posted 11/23/98 (W-SN273856). (0327)

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