Directorate of Contracting, Attn: ATZS-DKO-1, P.O. Box 748, Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613-0748

R -- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (CONSULTING SERVICES). POC Patricia Woznick, Contracting Officer (520) 533-1398/Liz Amatulli, Procurement Technician; (520) 533-1063. The Directorate of Contracting, Fort Huachuca, AZ intends to award a sole source contract to Dr. Jack G. Sheppard, 5242 Laguana Avenue, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 for Technical Assistance in the form of Consulting Services in support of Intelligence Training (Force XXI) for the 111th Military Intelligence (MI) Brigade. The proposed contractor shall provide the following: Expert information systems consulting services of the highest order to the U.S. Army Intelligence Center at Fort Huachuca, AZ. These services shall be applied to the general task of extrapolating the approved '21st Century Training Vision' (21stCTV) concept into information system architectures. He shall maintain broad cognizance of information system technological trends and shall provide consultation responsive to the needs of the initiative at any given point in time. Specific requirements to which the contractor shall respond include: participation as the information systems expert on a multi-disciplinary team that provides advice and assistance to Government managers of the 21stCTV initiative; review information system issues in his area of expertise and provide results in a form appropriate and as directed by the Government; advising the Government on system needs, preparation of input to procurement instruments, assisting in evaluations of offerors, and advising the Government in evaluation of the performance of the resultant contractors. Dr. Sheppard has in-depth knowledge of local and global information system infrastructure and technologies. He will interact with other subject matter experts on a wide range of issues to insure that inter-disciplinary issues are properly considered and that the resultant advice and assistance leads to a functional, homogeneous system. The contractor shall maintain cognizance to technological trends, product offerings, and costs of the full spectrum of information systems applicable to 21stCTV. These topics shall include: (1) inside and outside transmission systems, including transmisssion media and supporting structures; (2) local area networks, including transmission media and supporting structures, protocols, bridges, routers, gateways, network operating systems, network servers, network applications, and network management; (3) wide area networks, including Department of Defense networks such as DISN, DDN, SIPRNET, NIPRNET, etc.; (4) the Internet; (5) telephone systems, including nArrowbAnd and broadband Integrated Services Digital Networks; (6) video teleconferencing systems; (7) cable television systems; (8) multi-media information systems; (9) electronic publishing systems; and (10) intelligence and information system hardware and software. The contractor shall also maintain cognizance of the information system plant-in-place at Fort Huachuca and any planned changes to it. The Government will identify, to the contractor, specific deliverables and schedules required. On an as-needed basis, the contractor shall provide the following deliverables; oral consultations, reports, and briefings. The contractor shall provide informal reviews and submit monthly written reports. The Government will provide for access to Special Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIF) as needed to accomplish these tasks. The Government shall also provide office space, furniture, and computer facilities in SCIF as required to accomplish the tasks. The contractor will require access to Special Compartmented information (SCI) materials at the Top Secret level. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered. See Numbered Note 22. No collect calls will be accepted. (201)

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