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D -- NON-PROPRIETARY COTS SOFTWARE FOR THE UNITED STATES MISSION CONTROL CENTER SOL 102097HLK POC Helene Kram, Contract Specialist,301/713-0839; Ina R. Merson, Contracting Officer, 301/713-0839 E-MAIL: Click here to reach Helene Kram, Contract Specialist, Helene.Kram@noaa.gov. The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ("NOAA") is conducting a market survey for the availability of a commercial off-the-shelf, non-proprietary software solution for the United States Mission Control Center ("USMCC"). The Fourth Generation USMCC software must satisfy the requirements contained in the document entitled, "Fourth Generation United States Mission Control Center, FG USMCC, Functional Requirements Analysis, 17 October, 1997, Version 1.0," The U.S. Government must be able to obtain ownership rights to the MCC software upon purchase, including all data rights, software code, and documentation. If your organization is interested in selling a commercial off-the-shelf MCC software product to the Government, please fax your request for the market survey to Ms. Ina R. Merson at (301) 713-0806, no later than the close of business (4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time) seven calendar days after publication of this notice. (0293)

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