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58 -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT!! SOL 00WRSS0008!! DUE 060800 POC Bernard S. Jackson (650) 329-4160 WEB: NA!!, NA!!. E-MAIL: To contact the Contracting Officer!!, sbjackson@usgs.gov!!. The U.S. Geological Survey intends to award a contract by other than full and open competition in accordance with Subpart 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii) of the Federal Acquisition Regulations to Nanometrics Incorporated of Kanata, Onterio, Canada, for a COMMERCIAL ITEM. The Government has a requirement to purchase additional quantities of Satellite Seismograph Instruments. The procurement consists of: CLIN0001- (5 ea.) Libra-6 Seismic Remote Field Stations, consisting of: 6 channel 24-bit digitizer; VSAT telemetry; Integrated VSAT transceiver; GPS time code receiver; 3.4 Mbytes data memory; 1.8 meter VSAT; Ku band dish; King post mount and antenna alignment hardware; Ku band SSPA and LNB; Tx/Rx cables 3m: CLIN0002 -- (5 ea.) HRD2-63 high resolution, 6-channel, 24-bit digitizer with 131 dB dynamic range. Includes GPS receiver and 3.4-Mbyte data buffer: CLIN0003 -- (1 ea.) RM3-3D Repeater electronics. Full duplex repeater. Multiplexes three input channels. HRD series data format: CLIN0004 -- (4 days) Subsystem integration and test: CLIN0005 -- (2 ea.) Supplimentary Carina Tranceiver 64/112 Kbit and TDMA software, supports TDMA operation on 100KHz carrier: CLIN0006 -- (1 ea.) Four-way splitter / combiner rack-mount assembly: CLIN0007 -- (10 ea.) NAQS server software license to support ten additional remote stations: CLIN0008 -- (2 ea.) RM4 Bridge multiplexer. Supports up to seven HRD remote field digitizer serial connections. Unit configured for 12V power: CLIN0009 -- (3 ea.) RM4 Bridge multiplexer. Supports up to seven HRD remote field digitizer serial connections. Unit configured for AC power: CLIN0010 -- (1 lot) Airfreight and Insurance. This acquisition is a 100% Small Business Set-aside; Small business size standard is 750 employees; SIC is 3669; This notice is not a request for offers. A determination not to compete this proposed procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All interested parties may express their interest to the Contracting Officer by the due date stated in this notice of intent either by e-mail, facsimile, or conventional mail.***** Posted 05/17/00 (W-SN455920). (0138)

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