U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Attn: MA/STP, 320 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20451

D -- INSTRUMENTS AND LABORATORY EQUIPMENT - POTENTIAL SOURCES SOUGHT Contact Mary Fannin, 202-647-8018 or Jennifer Inman, 202-647-6465, FAX 202-647-7663. The U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) has been notified that the Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS), predecessor to the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), a new international organization created by the Chemical Weapons Convention, is currently preparing the organizational and technical environment for its information mangement system. As part of its reponsibilities the Technical Secretariat of the OPCW will process data on chemical substances and industry activities within its Information Management System (IMS). Some data is confidential in nature and will require handling in a secure environment. The Provisional Technical Secretariat is currently preparing the organizational and technical environment for the IMS. As part of this process, the Secretariat requires advice to be provided by a security study on matters related to information security of standard and trusted environments. In order to facilitate this effort, the Secretariat needs to identify those organizations in Member States that might be interested in and qualified to prepare such a study. Member States are therefore requested to provided to such organizations copies of this note and to encourage them to respond directly to the address provided. The information requested should be sent to the PTS by mail or FAX to: Procurement Officer, Administration Division, PTS/OPCW, Laan van Meerdervoot 51, 2517 AE Den Haag, The Netherlands, TEL: (31) 70 376 1700, FAX: (31) 70 360 9044. Organizations having expertise in all of the following areas are invited to respond: security threat analysis for data systems; commercial and governmental data management, security policy (technical, organizational and physical security; and information security with emphasis upon PC LAN and UNIX based systems. Statements from organizations on their qualifications should include at least five examples of relevant experience in the above listed areas, completed within the past five years. Each summary of experience should specify: performing organization address, project manager's name and phone number; contract or project number and period of performance; customer name or type of customer, address, point of contact name and phone number; and brief description of work performed and methodology used. The period of performance of this study is approximately 3-5 months, beginning as early as April 1995. The deadline for responses is not later than 30 April 1995. Responses should be provided on A4 paper, with 1 inch margins in 12 point type, single spaced and should be limited to ten pages. A selection will be made on the basis of responses received. Selected organizations will be placed on a bidder's list. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Interested companies should contact Mary Fannin (202) 647-8081 or Jennifer Inman (202) 647-6465, FAX: (202) 647-7663, at the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 320 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20451. (109)

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