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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 18,1999 PSA#2478

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 -- UPGRADE PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE SOL 0-8108 DUE 120199 POC LaMar Carlson 301/713-0839 ext 196 E-MAIL: Contract Specialist, Lamar.Carlson@agf.noaa.gov. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service (NWS), Silver Spring, MD, intends to negotiate on a noncompetitive basis with Alden Electronic of Westborough, MA to upgrade existing ALDEN Electronics proprietary software to add the ability to ingest and display satellite imagery in the STAR4 meteorological workstations. This will directly interface with the existing components of the VSAT Communications System (including X.25/V.34 link) and ALDEN STAR-4 Meteorological workstation's local area network and modem communication interfaces. Vendors who believe that they can meet this requirement are required to submit in writing an affirmative response demonstrating they can meet the Governments requirements. All written responses must include a written narrative statement of capability, including detailed technical information and other technical literature demonstrating the ability to meet the above requirements. The response must be sufficient to permit agency analysis to establish a bona fide capability to meet the requirements. Failure to submit documentation will result in the Government proceeding as stated above. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. A fixed-price, contract is contemplated for this effort. Affirmative written responses must be received no later than 15 days after publication to this synopsis. This requirement will be done under simplified acquisition procedures. Market research has indicated that this is a commercial item. Posted 11/16/99 (W-SN401106). (0320)

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