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A -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR RESEARCH SERVICES FOR THE LAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SOL DACA88-99-R-0007 DUE 032299 POC Contract Specialist Joyce Roberts (217) 352-6511 Contracting Officer Deloras J. Adamson (217) 373-7297 (Site Code DACA88) E-MAIL: j-roberts@cecer.army.mil, j-roberts@cecer.army.mil. The United States Army Engineering Research and Development Center (ERDC) is interested in receiving proposals for research support pertaining to ecosystem-based, adaptive land management under the Land Management System (LMS). LMS is being developed to manage terrestrial and aquatic resources to achieve balanced resource use in support of military missions. The principal components of LMS are models that represent ecological, geophysical, risk and mission processes operating on the land base, and their interactions. Models will be applied to evaluate the consequences of alternative land use and management scenarios. The proposed research is directed towards tasks, including but not limited to, those such as: 1) Land Management Systems development (evaluate land management practices and methods at military installations; develop various components of LMS including geospatial data models and access, object oriented and relational Data Base Management Systems (DBMS), web search and retrieval tools, visualization tools, graphic user interfaces (GUI's), and human computer interfaces; design, test and validate LMS model and process interaction mechanisms); 2) Data acquisition and management (database development; acquisition and analysis of remotely sensed data and imagery); 3) Ecosystem studies and development of analysis tools (land and ecosystem management research; analysis tools for land and ecosystem management); and 4) Technology transfer and technology support (implement field demonstrations of LMS capabilities; prepare documentation for users, programmers, and system and data administrators; design and implement environmental awareness training strategies for ecosystem-based, adaptive land management at military installations; provide technology support in areas such as user and system administrator training, help-desks, data management, hardware troubleshooting and maintenance, software procurement, software upgrades and installations, inclusion of peripherals, upgrading operation systems, changing platforms, support and/or upgrades for GUI's and human computer interfaces, etc.). Multiple awards may be made from this solicitation for Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts containing a base year and four (4) options. Awards may be made for one (1) line item or any combination of line items. All responsible sources capable of providing the research services are encouraged to submit a proposal. Request for proposal (RFP) DACA88-99-R-0007 will be issued on or about February 5, 1999 with a closing date on or about March 22, 1999. The solicitation may be found on the Vicksburg Consolidated Contracting Office (VCCO) World Wide Web Homepage at http://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/contract after the issue date. Readers must download all applicable information necessary to submit a proposal from the VCCO web page. Posted 01/15/99 (A-SN288558). (0015)

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