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A -- TECHNICAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR SCIENTIFIC ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH SOL N00244-99-R-0173 POC Jeanne Johnson-Clark, Contract Specialist (619) 532-2660 or Teddy M. Santos, Contracting Officer (619) 532-2555 WEB: Click here to obtain more information about FISC San, http://www.sd.fisc.navy.mil. E-MAIL: Use this email address to contact the contract specialist., Jeanne_M_Johnsonclark@sd.fisc.navy.mil. The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, San Diego, and the Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely Piloted Aircraft Studies (CIRPAS) intend to award a sole source contract to California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, for technical and engineering services for scientific atmospheric and oceanographic research. The research involves scientific measurements of various properties of the atmosphere, oceanographic measurements relevant to air-sea exchange processes, and measurements relevant to technological advancement of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Measurements may be carried out from manned or unmanned aerial vehicles. The contactor shall also support the test and evaluation of military systems and concepts by providing platforms and equipment to evaluate a wide range of emerging technologies. California Institute of Technology will be responsible for all aspects of aircraft preparation, deployment, mission execution, and recovery to meet project objectives. The period of performance will be for one year with two one-year options. The award will be made on an other than full and open basis under the authority of FAR 6.302-3 because the California Institute of Technology has the scientific and research expertise necessary to perform the research services. Award of this contract to the California Institute of Technology maintains the essential engineering, research and development capability required for continued atmospheric, oceanographic, and UAV theoretical analyses, exploratory studies, and experiments. CALTECH is a nonprofit educational institution. Responses to this intent to solicit, other than the California Institute of Technology must be submitted in accordance with CBD Note 22. Posted 06/08/99 (W-SN340737). (0159)

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