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The purpose of a Sources Sought (SS) is to improve small business access to acquisition information and to enhance competition by identifying contracting and subcontracting opportunities. The Governme... The purpose of a Sources Sought (SS) is to improve small business access to acquisition information and to enhance competition by identifying contracting and subcontracting opportunities. The Government may use the information obtained from this notice to gain insight into industry capabilities and other market information. In order to gather information from industry, the agency is requesting industry to submit a response to the questions listed in the below Google Form link. The hyperlink is also found at the end of this notice: https://forms.gle/5zH9qxd4TYJWdwTo9 The National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Central Operations (NCO), an office under the National Weather Service (NWS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce (DOC), has a need for end-to-end data center managed services for the compute, storage, and networking within the data centers that support the Integrated Dissemination Program (IDP) and Compute Farms (CFs). The scope over the lifetime of this requirement is to utilize a non-commercial IT Support vendor-provided managed service to maintain and support the existing NCO infrastructure within two (2) geographically diverse data centers. These managed services include 24x7 operational support, executing customer help desk requirements, performing routine hardware/software maintenance, and providing annual technical hardware refresh solutions. The Performance Work Statement (PWS) is attached to the sam.gov posting to provide additional context to the capability areas described within this SS. Please be advised that your participation in this SS is not required to ensure participation in future solicitations and contract awards. Participation is this SS is voluntary and the Government will not reimburse participants for any expenses associated with their participation in this SS. There is no commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation as a result of this SS. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Respondents will not be notified of the result of the review.