R--08HQCN0006- Change in Technical Direction

Contract No. 08HQCN0006 was competitively awarded to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) for the development, integration and test, delivery, and follow-on technical support of the Flight Operations Segment, excluding the Mission Operations Element and the Data Processing and Archive Segment, excluding the UPE and SAE. The contract was awarded March 7, 2008 as a CPAF, base year contract, plus three option years. Due to budget issues, the USGS is re-directing SAIC to change a portion of the technical direction to utilize a modified existing Landsat ground systems architecture, as opposed to developing a new Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) data processing and archive segment. The contract will follow the revised technical direction and a revised Option Year 1 will be awarded, effective May 1, 2009 as a CPFF award. At the conclusion of the option year, a new single award for this effort and technical support services at EROS will be awarded. Due to budget issues, insufficient time for knowledge transfer, inadequate amount of time to conduct acquisition planning and the need to continue support of critical systems, the USGS intends to award the revised option year to SAIC while a new competition is being conducted for the follow-on contract. This notice is for informational purposes only. Request for Proposal (RFP) is not available. This notice may represent the Government's only official notice of this action.