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A -- FUTURE GEOSTATIONARY WEATHER SATELLITE INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT: GOVERNMENT BRIEF TO INTERESTED FIRMS POC Edward F. Tennant, Jr., Contracting Officer, 301/713-0823 On June 23, 1999, NOAA will host a day-long series of briefings describing results of its on-going requirements, concept-design, and risk-reduction studies related to its future geostationary weather satellite instrument development. Agency representatives, along with engineers from three federally-funded research and development centers, will present findings of instrument design efforts for interested industry representatives. The briefings will be held in NOAA's Silver Spring Metro Center Complex, Building 2 (SSMC2, Room 2358), 1325 East West Highway, Silver Spring Maryland, from 9:00AM until 4:30 PM. This forum is offered for potential future spacecraft instrument developers to learn more about NOAA's plans for eventual procurement of imagers and atmospheric sounders for its operational GOES system. NOAA anticipates that acquisition of these instruments, the advanced baseline imager and advanced baseline sounder (ABI/ABS), will begin as early as fiscal year 2000. Due to space considerations, attendance will be restricted to four representatives from any one commercial entity at the June 23rd meeting. However, on Thursday June 24, also in Silver Spring, NOAA will host 50-minute private sessions with any interested industry representatives wishing to discuss questions that may have proprietary relevance. NOAA will not use these private sessions to cover any general material presented on June 23rd. To reserve attendance at either the general session on June 23rd, or to make an appointment for a follow-up private session, interested parties must submit a request no later that June 16th to Roger Heymann at telephone 301-457-5125 extension 103 or e-mail Roger.Heymann@noaa.gov. You will receive an agenda for the meeting and details for travel to the Silver Spring facility following receipt of your request. The Government will not award a contract based on this CBD notice. The Government will not reimburse parties who attend the meeting(s) on June 23rd and/or June 24th or otherwise respond to this CBD notice; provided, however, that costs properly chargeable under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Section 31.205-18, "Independent Research and Development and Bid and Proposal Costs," may be allocated to Government contracts consistent with the terms of such contracts. Posted 06/03/99 (W-SN338518). (0154)

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