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D -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES SOL 0A1159 DUE 032000 POC Sally Huber 301-713-0855, Lawrence Frazier 301-713-0851 D-The U. S, Dept of Commerce/NWS/Office of Hydrology intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Comet Graphics, Louisville, KY to provide data communications networking consultant to support interconnectivity between various Automated Flood Warning Systems (AFWS), including the Integrated Flood Observing and Warning System (IFLOWS), and the Passaic Flood Warning System (PFWS) to the NWS Advanced Weather Information Processing System. The National Weather Services is currently in the process of changing its acquisition method from dedicated wide-area radio networks with proprietary communications protocols, to one using standard TCP/IP connectivity via wireless LAN's, satellite, and the Internet. The work to be performed will be for support and to establish ongoing maintenance of a web server dedicated to providing AFWS data via the world wide web and intranets. The tasks will consists of 1. Build, test, evaluate and install a backup web server at an Internet Service Provider located in Jeffersonville, Indiana. 2. Implement software designed to display data to users via the world wide web. 3. Provide technical support to NWS field offices related to interconnection of AWIPS with IFLOWS. 4. Assist with the installation and provide maintenance for Checkpoint Firewall software. 5. Evaluate performance of wireless local area network, and satellite-based data communications equipment being located at NWS sites. 6. Provide six months support and maintenance for web host and server. 7. Provide six months of monitoring for all servers, routers, and services needed to provide flash flood data to primary and backup domain controls and web servers. 8. Participate in the evaluation of private vendor software in to assess its potential for use in the AFWS/IFLOWS reconfiguration. This effort includes installation and testing of sample host/client software and appropriate computer/communications hardware in NWS offices in Louisville and Jackson, KY This is a notice of intent and cannot be considered a solicitation, therefore no solicitation package exist. Award will be made using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Reference 0A1159 Posted 03/06/00 (W-SN431376). (0066)

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