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76 -- CONTROLLED IMAGE BASE SOL DMA402-96-R-0003 DUE 061496 POC Holly M. Roberts, Contract Specialist or Antoinette R. Hamel, Contracting Officer at 314-260-1216 The Defense Mapping Agency requires the production of an imagery database. The requirement is for a broad aread databasee of imagery with sufficient resolution (5 meter) to serve as an image backdrop for mission profile development and to provide geopositioning and perspective vieww generation. The database must be in a format compatible with National Imagery Transmission Format Standard (NITFS) and in a compressed form on CD-ROM or 8 mm Data Cartridge Tapes. This database, or Controlled Image Base (CIB), will be developed from available digital imagery, which shall include National Target Materials (NTM) or possible other sources. As the source material, NTM, is classified, offerors must have a Facility Clearance to the SECRET Level. Accordingly, Foreign Nationals are not allowed to participate in this procurement. Individual images are geometrically corrected and orthorectified to the Equal Arc-Second Raster Chart/Map (ARC) system used by DMA's ARC Digitalized Raster Graphic (ADRG) product. DMA Level I Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED) must be used to correct image displacement due to terrain relieff. In general, CIB, will not be done if there is no DTED unless approved by DMA or in flat terrain area. Multiple images are mosaicked, radiometrically balanced, resampled and compressed, 8 to 1 using the Vector Quantization (VQ) Algorithym to form frame filess formatted in accordance with Raster Product Format (RPF). Multiple CIB Frame Files are delivered on CD-ROM in an output format directly compatible with National Imagery Transmission Format Standards (NITFS). A second version of the data is required on 8mm data cartridgess for entering the CIB dataa into the DMA database. This version of CIB will be radiometrically balanced and will be generated before the compression step. A pre-award conference is anticipated within 10 to 14 days after solicitation issuance. To be considered for award, a demonstration must be successfully completed. DMA proposes to provide NTM, Adjusted Metric Support Data, ADRI to CIB conversion software and VQ compresssion software as part of the solicitiona package in order for offerors to perform the demonstration. It is anticipated that up to three separate requirements type contracts may be awarded as a result of the solicitation. Specific quantities are to be procured through issuance of delivery orders to the contract(s). The term of the contract(s) is anticipated to include one base year (FY96) and three option years. The unit of procurement will be 1 degree cells of CIB, with an estimated 1000 minimum and 2,125 maximum of cells to be ordered during the duration of the contract(s), if all options are exercised. Crises support may change this estimate. The delivery schedule will be determined by each issued delivery order. Only written requests for the solicitation will be accepted. No verbal or faxed requests will be accepted. This requirement is subject to the availability of funds. (0094)

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