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58 -- SALINITY MAPPER SYSTEM SOL N0017300RPLO2 POC Contract Specialist, Patricia A. Lewis, (228)688-5784, Contracting Officer, John W. Adams, III (228) 688-5784 WEB: Click here to download a copy of the RFP, htttp://heron.nrl.navy.mil/contracts/home.htm. E-MAIL: click here, SSCContracts@nrlssc.navy.mil. NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT FOR DESIGN, FABRICATION AND TESTING OF AN AIRBORNE SYSTEM, SALINITY MAPPER SYSTEM, FOR REMOTE SENSING OF SEA SURFACE SALINITY -- N00173-00-R-PL02, POC Patricia A. Lewis (228)688-5784. The Naval Research Laboratory intends to award on a sole source basis a contract for the design, fabrication, and testing of an airborne system, a salinity mapper system, for remote sensing of sea surface salinity with Quadrant Engineering of Amerst, MA. The requirements shall include, but not be limited to, a salinity mapper system consisting of a swath-scanning L-band microwave radiometer to provide the primary measurement plus an integrated suite of ancillary sensors for monitoring several parameters required for reliable and accurate retrieval of salinity. The salinity data will be used to characterize patterns of buoyancy and currents in the littoral ocean and for initialization of and assimiliation into numerical ocean circulation prediction models. Delivery shallinclude an airborne swath-scanning salinity mapping system to include ancillary subsystems for sea surface temperature, sea surface roughness and beam incidence angle, plus associated documentation and reports. Vendors who feel that they can provide the above services shall fully identify their interest and submit their capabilities to meet the above requirements within 15 days after the publication of this synopsis. Responses received after 15 days or without the required information shall be considered to be non-responsive to the synopsis and not be considered. Numbered Note 22 is applicable to this synopsis. Posted 02/03/00 (W-SN421345). (0034)

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