Defense Supply Service-Washington, 5200 Army Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 20310-5200

U -- DOD JOINT COURSE IN COMMUNICATION SOL Solicitation No.: DASW01-96-R-0033 POC Contact Alyssa Murray, 703/614-6823, FAX: 703/697-9440 The American Forces Information Service (AFIS) requires education support to include all personnel, facilities, labor, equipment, supplies, utilities, lodging, custodial services and meals to teach a graduate level ''DoD Joint Course in Communication'' during the period, 1 October 1996 through 30 September 2001 (Basic year and four 1-year Options), for Department of Defense military and civilian students. The contractor will conduct four (4) courses annually. Each course will be eight (8) weeks in length. Approximately eighty (80) public affairs' officers, non- commissioned officers, and civilian specialists will receive this education annually. Each eight-week contract course will consist of approximately twelve (12) to twenty (20) Government students. The solicitation will be issued approximately 1 February 1996. All requests for a copy of the solicitation must be in writing. The acquisition shall be unrestricted, and based upon full and open competition. The solicitation will result in a single contract award, subject to the availability of funds for FY97. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for information about the two similar, ongoing contracts must be submitted in writing to the respective Contracting Offices. DSS-W administers Contract DASW01-94-C-0042 with the University of South Carolina to teach the ''Army Advanced Public Affairs Course.'' ANME-OCA administers Contract DABT15-93-C-0006 with the University of Oklahoma to teach the ''Graduate Course in Communication.'' FOIA request to DSS-W should be addressed to Alyssa Murray, fax: (703) 697-9440. FOIA request to ANME-OCE should be addressed to Dorthea Kinslow or Gordon Hasenie, fax: 301/677-9695, Comm: 301/677-9153. Interested parties must be accredited at the graduate level by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (ACEJMC) and by their appropriate regional accrediting associations. Interested parties are required to submit written verification of such accreditations with their written request for a copy of the solicitation. (0341)

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