U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, ATTN: SMDC-CM-CK, PO Box 1500, Huntsville, AL 35807-3801/106 Wynn Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805-1990

A -- DASG60-98-0009, ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER SOL DASG60-98-R-0013 POC Beverly R. Fowler, Contracting Officer, (205) 955-1187 CORRECTION/REVISION TO DASG60-98-0009, ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER SOLICITATION ISSUE DATE 03/10/98 DRAFT SOLICITATION: The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC), Missile Defense and Space Technology Center, Systems Directorate requirement entitled "Advanced Research Center" (ARC) provides authorized contractors and government agencies a centralized resource for addressing space and missile defense technologies in a classified or unclassified environment. The requirements of the ARC include reliable, fault tolerant computing; software techniques for complex systems, real-time algorithm development, high performance computing, parallel processing, large scale specialized visualization, modeling and simulation, evaluation, communications, software development, testbed development, technical and administrative services and a thorough knowledge of spacecraft and missile systems. The ARC provides customers with a unique resource to address space and missile defense systems, subsystems, technologies, integration, evaluation and simulation under analysis to include: attack operations, active defense, wargaming, and passive defense, Battle Management/Command, Control, Computers, Communications and Intelligence (BMC4I). Research testbeds utilizing special and/or off-the-shelf test equipment that can be configured to support space and missile defense experimentation, exercises, simulation testing, analysis evaluation, and possible deployment is required. The objective of this effort is to provide the framework to establish, implement and operate the ARC as a research facility that allows ARC customers the capability to examine their requirements by: (1) serving as a focal point for USASMDC, the Program Executive Office-Army Missile Defense (PEO-AMD), other government agencies, and contractors for conducting research, development, integration and testing, verification and validation, analysis and operational concept studies; (2) supporting experimentation, exercises and evaluation of advanced computing hardware/software; and (3) providing the resources to develop, evaluate and demonstrate advanced space or missile defense and Warfighter concepts. This effort is solicited as a 100% small business set-aside. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 8731 (small business size standard is 1,000 employees). This acquisition is not open to foreign participation. Interested small business firms should submit their requests for DRAFT soliciation DASG60-98-R-0013 to SMDC-CM-CK, Beverly R. Fowler, at the address above, within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of publication of this note. (0054)

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