US Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1325 East West Highway - Station 4301, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-3283

T -- FILM PLOTTING SERVICES SOL 52-DGNC-5-00081 POC Donald L. Moses, Contract Specialist; (301) 713-0823 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), is seeking sources capable of providing film plotting services. NOS compiles and prints nautical charts for the United States. Printing is done using the offset lithographic technique and aluminum printing plates which are exposed from full-sized photographic film of the nautical charts. However, the method of preparing the full-sized photographic film for the new editions of the charts is being changed. Rather than manually painting out old information and engraving new information on existing film, computer raster files of the nautical charts are being edited electronically with new films plotted for each new edition. Presently, the Government plots edited raster files with a Scitex ELP R280 system An LP7 Kodak film. The Government is seeking sources capable of providing film plotting services to support the changed method of production. A Statement of Work will be made available for industry comment upon request. Written requests for the Statement of Work should be submitted to Donald L. Moses at the above address by March 7, 1995. Telephone requests will not be honored. Industry comments on the Statement of Work along with statements of capability and interest must be received at the address above by March 21, 1995. All respondents must indicate its status as a small business, small disadvantaged business or other than small business. This is not a Request for Proposal nor does the Government intend to pay for information solicited. (0058)

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