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A -- TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT CONTRACT (TSC) SOL NMA202-00-R-2000 POC Tamara J. Verdon, Contracting Officer, (301) 227-7824, verdont@nima.mil WEB: Click here to access the TSC Homepage, http://www.acquisitioncenter.com/tsc. E-MAIL: Click here to contract the TSC Contracting Officer, verdont@nima.mil. This is a pre-solicitation notice. The National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) is contemplating a procurement action leading to the award of contract(s) for technical support services in support of the NIMA Technology Office (TE). The mission of the NIMA TE is to identify, research, develop, assess and transition technical solutions and processes, and to provide expertise that enables NIMA to meet its strategic goals and objectives. NIMA intends to solicit proposals on a full and open competitive basis with the intention of awarding multiple Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) Task Order contracts to contractors, or contractor teams, that have been evaluated by the Government and determined to provide the best value to the Government in the following four (4) functional areas: Advanced Research and Development (AR&D), Infrastructure, Programs and Planning, and Technical Assessment Support to Operations. Some of the technical support services to be performed may include the following:(1) imagery and geospatial analysis to include review and analysis of hardcopy and softcopy imagery from a variety of national, tactical and commercial sensors, and exploitation of multisensor products to include visible, infrared and radar; (2) administration of imagery-related computer systems to include Windows NT-based PC LAN and Macintosh systems, servers and workstations, and configuration and customization of prototype computer systems and other imagery-related systems; and (3) performance of human factor studies to include evaluation of human-machine interface of workstation elements, visual displays, workstations systems and work environments, and development of methodologies for human factor evaluations and standards. The Government reserves the right to award a single contract if, after proposal evaluation, the Government receives only one acceptable proposal. Additionally, if none of the proposals received by the Government are acceptable, the Government reserves the right to make zero awards under this solicitation. NIMA has established a Technical Support Contract (TSC) homepage that will be used to publish pre-solicitation and formal solicitation documents, schedules, notices, and will provide a forum for offerors to submit questions to the Contracting Officer. This homepage will be available to all potential offerors; however, it will have a password-controlled access. The Government will require all potential offerors to complete a market survey, which is located on the homepage, before being assigned a password to access solicitation documents, etc., through the TSC homepage. Information and instructions for submitting the market survey and obtaining a password are described in the market survey document. The TSC homepage address is http://www.acquisitioncenter.com/tsc. The TSC homepage is presently under construction and NIMA expects to have the market survey and a white paper that describes the intended procurement available on the homepage o/a 26 October 1999. NIMA intends to release a draftsolicitation document via the TSC homepage in early November. Prospective offerors will be encouraged to submit comments to the Contracting Officer via the TSC homepage. Offeror's comments and questions will be considered during preparation of formal solicitation documents. Pre-solicitation and formal solicitation documents will be added to the TSC homepage as they are developed. Posted 10/26/99 (W-SN394824). (0299)

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