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A -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT - DEVELOPMENT OF ANALYTICAL TOOLS, TECHNOLOGIES, METHODOLOGIES, SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENTS AND ANALYSIS FOR ASSESSMENTS OF FUTURE WARFIGHTING CAPABILITIES. Point of Contact, Mr. Harry W. Shatto, Contracting Officer, (703) 614-4579. The Joint Staff/J-8, Force Structure, Resources, and Assessment Directorate is soliciting proposals for innovative research on specific topics important to an overall assessment of the ways in which the future national security environment will challenge or provide opportunities for joint warfighting of the United States military forces. A number of studies are required to address, analyze, and assess these issues. Subjects of interest include future changes in the methods of warfare and the technical operational, and organizational innovations that will generate them; the kinds of changes that may be pursued by specific countries; the impact of such changes on future military balances; and economic, social, political, technological, demographic, and resource trends and scenarios, considered globally or for specific countries or regions, that will change the goals, missions, or priorities of the United States military forces. Potential topics and methods of analysis are not predetermined, and proposals will be judged according to the apparent importance of the subject and promise of the method. Technical objectives: The goal is to provide the Joint Staff/J-8 the analytical and technical support to accomplish its mission in the face of rapidly changing environment. The approach is to accomplish a broad scope of tasks as needed that range from quick response, short-term research, briefing preparation tasks, long-term data base development and maintenance, development of analytical tools and methodologies to address important defense-wide issues, technical analysis, and modeling and simulation efforts. Scope of Work: the Joint Staff requires research in analytical tools, technologies, methodologies, scientific development and analysis supporting overall assessment of the ways in which the future national security environment will challenge or provide opportunities for joint warfighting of the United States military forces. The goal of these research studies is to support more effective decision-making on issues of prime concern to joint warfighting of the United States military forces. Generally, use of on-site government facilities/equipment will not be available. Topics may require appropriate security clearances. Potential Topic Areas: 1. Strike. Strike is an attack which is intended to inflict damage on, or destroy an objective. The effective integration and synchronization of multi-service Strike forces and weapon systems is a very complex and significant challenge. The essential strike capabilities within this domain are: planning, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, weapon systems employment, target acquisition, combat assessment, C3I and information and survivability. 2. Ground Maneuver. Ground Maneuver is broad and inclusive in scope. Ground Maneuver is the employment of forces on the battlefield through movement in combination with fire, or fire potential, and to achieve a position of advantage in respect to the enemy to accomplish the mission. The range of essential capabilities examined includes intelligence, maneuver, firepower, mobility/survivability, command and control, and combat service support. This domain reflects the nature of maneuver warfare and the joint warfighting capabilities required to achieve succcess on modern battlefield. 3. Strategic Mobility and its Protection. Strategic Mobility and its protection includes the requirements and capabilities of Sealift, Airlift, Prepositioning, and Infrastructure assets, and the protection of those assets involved in the Sea and Air Lines of Communications as they transit to within 300 miles of the military crisis. 4. Air Superiority. Air Superiority is that degree of dominance in the air of the force over another which permits the conduct of operations by the former and its related land, sea, and air forces at a given time and place without prohibitive interference by the opposing force. The assessment domain for the Air Superiority consists of two major areas: Attain unimpeded use of theater airspace and deny the adversary of the use of airspace. Five campaign objectives are to destroy/neutralize: enemy fighter interceptors, enemy surface-air defense, enemy aircraft/UAVs, enemy cruise missiles, and enemy TB systems. 5. Deterrence/Counter Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Deterrence/Counter Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction assessment area is to examine the military's ability to deter and, if deterrence fails, to counter use of weapons of mass destruction and is composed of three work areas: a) Passive Defense, b) Counterforce/C4I a c) Deterrence. 6. Command and Control and Information Warfare. The Command and Control and Information Warfare assessment area is to explore global infospheres and Command and Control Systems offensive and defensive Information Warfare capabilities. Additionally it is to determine Information Warfare capabilities needed to meet vision objectives, recommend Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrations, evaluate intelligence requirements and capabilities needed to support Information Warfare, and examine new studies that emerge. 7. Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance. The Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance assessment area is to take an all-inclusive, system of systems approach to evaluating the capabilities of DoD and National Intelligence Community assets to provide timely, appropriately formatted, actionable, intelligence to the joint warfighter. Additonally, this assessment is to identify, study, and, as appropriate, exploit future technologies with Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance; develop progressive joint doctrine; and maximize the potential of mutually supporting intelligence organizatons. Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance cross-cuts and supports virtually every mission area identified in the National Military Strategy. 8. Overseas presence. Overseas presence is the totality of U.S. instruments of power deployed overseas (permanently and temporarily) along with requisite infrastructure and sustainment capabilities. Assessments to include required overseas force structure, access, deployments etc., necessary to support the National Military Strategy. 9. Joint Readiness. Joint Readiness examines all aspects of personnel issues as they relate to readiness (i.e., right size, right support, and right systems). Additionally, it assesses joint readiness issues out to two years in the future - CINCs or CJTFs ability to integrate and synchronize forces, and support assets to execute assigned missions. It examines joint readiness assessment of current operations and existing force structures and identifies readiness areas of concern that require programmatic, policy or operational solutions. 10. Precision Strike, Intelligence and Reconnaissance.Collaboration and coordination of Precision Strike, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance assessments listed above. 11. Integration of items 1 thru 10 listed above. Application procedures. Five (5) copies of proposals, preferably brief but detailed enough to indicate the methods and sources that would be used, shall be submitted. Proposals must be no greater than twenty-five (25) pages in length. The proposals must include signature of the proposed offeror, who is authorized to sign on behalf of the vendor, time frames for all phases of the research project and detailed accounts of proposed work and budget. If the proposal is selected, then the vendor will be required to provide a formal technical and cost proposal. The proposals will be reviewed by a technical panel according to the following criteria (in order of importance): 1) Adequacy of Approach; 2) Understanding the Problem; and 3) Personnel Qualifications/Contractor Organization. They should include the total cost of the project or their components. The proposals will be judged on the potential contribution to the Joint Staff/J-8 Directorate Mission and Department of Defense concerns; the qualifications, capabilities, and experience of the proposed principal investigator and key personnel, institutional resources, and facilities; as well as affordabe and realistic costs for the effort. The evaluation of the cost is subordinate to the technical evaluation. Only those companies whose propoals have been selected will be notified. Proposals shall be submitted as early as possible but within forty-five (45) days of publicatin in the CBD. No proposals will be returned, and companies whose proposals are not funded will not be advised of nonacceptance. Proposals received may be considered for award, however will not exceed a period of two (2) from the date of this announcement. Send proposals to: The Joint Staff/J-8/RAMO, Rm. 1D940, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 20318-8000. (195)

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