Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, SEA-02631, 2531 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Arlington, VA 22242-5160

A -- DEVELOPMENT OF A CONFIGURED MINEFIELD SYSTEM ANALYZER SOL N00024-97-R-6365 POC Janel Hradecky, Contract Specialist, SEA 02631H, (703) 602-0951. The Naval Sea Systems Command intends to issue a sole source solicitation to Horrigan Analytics, Suite 1001, 1460 N. Sandburg Terrace, Chicago, IL 60610 under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). This procurement will acquire the services to develop and test a Configured Minefield System Analyzer (CMSA) for ultimate use by the Fleet as a real time Tactical Decision Aid. The CMSA will be developed in four tasks. Each effort will utilize products of configural minefield theory research to account for: minefield penetrability, minefield traffic, minefield induced damage, stopping criteria, multi-place, mine setting selections, potential countermeasures, and mission oriented ship count selection. For each task there will be developed: architecture and computational modules with accompanying definitions and descriptions, a user's guide, and an executable code and source code. To date, Horrigan Analytics has performed all of the configural minefield theory research; hence, it is the only company which possesses the in-depth technical and theoretical knowledge to satisfactorily perform the work under the contract contemplated herein. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0282)

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