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This announcement is a Notice of Contract Action (NOCA) pre- solicitation notice regarding the MARK IV-B Sustainment solicitation. This NOCA does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), nor is it... This announcement is a Notice of Contract Action (NOCA) pre- solicitation notice regarding the MARK IV-B Sustainment solicitation. This NOCA does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), nor is it to be construed as a commitment by the Government to further evaluate capability briefs, release a competitive solicitation, or award a contract. In accordance with FAR 5.203(a), the purpose of this announcement is to inform Industry that the Government intends to release a sole source RFP to Lockheed Martin on or about 4 November 2024. This contract will provide sustainment services for the MARK IV-B system. The estimated contract award date for this action is 31 January. This contract action will be implemented through a new FAR-based contract and will contain multiple contract types (e.g. firm fixed cost (FFP), cost plus fixed fee (CPFF) and cost reimbursable (CR). MARK IV-B is a meteorological data ingest, processing, storage and dissemination system. Meteorological data is ingested from U.S. domestic and foreign meteorological satellites. Once processed by the MARK IV-B, this data is made available to analysts and forecasters located worldwide. MARK IV-B users include all branches of the military, university researchers and the scientific community. This notice does not constitute a Request for Proposal nor does it restrict the Government in any way to an ultimate acquisition approach and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government