U.S. Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/OFA/AGFS/AMD -- OFA51, 1305 East West Highway -- Station 7604, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910

D -- ACQUISITION OF OPERATIONS, SOFTWARE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THE UNITED STATES MISSION CONTROL CENTER (USMCC) AND THE GOES DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM (DCS) OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICE (NESDIS)/NOAA/DOC SOL 52-DDNE-0-90001 POC Aileen Redding, Contract Specialist (301) 713-0839, extension 127 WEB: Click here for additional information about this procurement., http://www.rdc.noaa.gov/~amd/index.html. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via, Aileen.B.Redding@agf.noaa.gov. D -- The Department of Commerce (DOC)/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has a requirement for the Operations, Software and Technical Support for the United States Mission Control Center (USMCC) and the Data Collection System (DCS) Automatic Processing System (DAPS II). The USMCC is the United States focal point and control center in the interagency and international program called Space Systems for Search of Vessels in Distress/Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking, or COSPAS-SARSAT. The DAPS II will be developed under separate contract and will perform three basic missions: Maintaining the central DCS data bases, performing all geostationary operational environmental satellite (GOES) DCS real-time operations, and providing servicing to DCS management, operators, and users. The COSPAS-SARSAT Program is a space and ground system for locating ships and aircraft in distress. The mission of the USMCC is the coordination in the receipt and distribution of information regarding signals emitted from emergency beacons on the earth's surface, acquired by satellite, and relayed to a Mission Control Center after receipt and processing by a ground system called Local User Terminals (LUTs). In the US, messages are sent to Search and Rescue Coordination Centers (RCCs) operated by the US Coast Guard and US Air Force. The USMCC is located and the DAPS II will be located at the NOAA operating agency National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Services (NESDIS), Suitland, MD. The automated functions of the USMCC are performed on IBM compatible PCs operating under WINDOWS NT. Maintenance services required will be for corrective, adaptive, and perfective software maintenance, with corrective software maintenance required 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Operations support will be required on a shift basis 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The contractor will be required to operate the USMCC with operator/controllers qualified in IBM compatible PC and WINDOWS NT Operations and a working knowledge of all the major functions and interfaces of the USMCC. Technical support services required will consist primarily of ongoing support to NOAA/NESDIS Management in the areas of user requirements, participation in User, National, and International meetings, system performance and monitoring, data communications interfaces, local area networks and COTS software, and COSPAS-SARSAT and DCS related operational and technical matters. With the exception of one systems analyst position, the support for the DAPS II will not be required until option years of the contract. The period of performance will be a Base Contract Period of twelve months with four twelve month option periods. The SIC Code is 7376. Notes 1 and 26 apply. Posted 10/14/99 (W-SN391637). (0287)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0011 19991018\D-0002.SOL)