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NOXX10KWBC 141253
DATA MGT MESSAGE 07-05.05
TO AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS... FAMILY OF SERVICES/FOS/
SUBSCRIBERS... EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION
NETWORK /EMWIN/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS
WAFS USERS... GTS USERS... NWS FAX CHART USERS? NWS SERVER
USERS
FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT
SUBJECT AWIPS/NOAAPORT CONTRACT RECOMPETE
EFFECTIVE DATES AUGUST 1 2005 AWIPS CONTRACT TO BE AWARDED
OCTOBER 15 2005 - AWIPS CONTRACT WILL EXPIRE
REFERENCE DATA MGT MESSAGE 05-05.02
THE AWIPS CONTRACT IS NOW SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON
OCTOBER 15 2005. THE AWIPS PRIME CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR ALL NOAAPORT UPLINK ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SATELLITE SPACE
AND MASTER GROUND STATION LEASES. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ON
OCTOBER 16 2005 AS A RESULT OF THE AWARD OF A NEW CONTRACT
THE NOAAPORT DOWNLINK FREQUENCY POLARIZATION AND/OR
SATELLITE WILL HAVE CHANGED. IT IS EXPECTED HOWEVER THAT
THERE WILL NO BANDWIDTH OR DATA DELIVERY METHOD CHANGES.
IT IS EXPECTED THAT A NEW AWIPS CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED
ON OR AROUND AUGUST 1 2005. THERE WILL BE NO ADDITIONAL
DETAILS ON A NEW CONTRACT OR ITS EFFECT ON NOAAPORT OPERATIONS
UNTIL THIS DATE. AS SOON AS THE NEW CONTRACT IS AWARDED
ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON ITS EFFECT ON NOAAPORT WILL BE BROADCAST.
FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT PHIL CRAGG AT
PHIL.CRAGG/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT
NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.
HTTP/COLON///WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/NOTICES.SHTML
DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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The NOAA's National Weather Service has a Web Based Customer
Relationship Management System that responds to customers' needs for
information. The URL address for our CRM System is listed below.
http://help.nws.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/doit.cgi?201~-506,,,,1:467:1
Thank you for using our CRM System.
Julie Hayes
Family of Services Program Manager
Work 301-713-0880 ext. 120 - Monday-Thursday
Work 240-393-3339 - Fridays
Fax 301-713-1409
Cell 240-393-3339
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