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B -- A RESEARCH STUDY ON THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION ASSESSING THE PROSPECTS FOR ENLARGEMENT POC Contact Sally M. Williams, Contract Specialist (703) 693- 5017/Contracting Officer, Joyce E. Rose (703) 695-2564 NATO: Assessing the Prospect for Enlargement Research Study -- This is a planned, noncompetitive award to the Atlantic Council of the United States, Suite 1000, 910 17th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20006. ACUS will conduct multidisciplinary research in preparing a series of research/assessment studies that focus on a cross-section of Partnership for Peace (PFP) nations membership in NATO. These research projects will focus on the following: (1) An assessment on the current state of civil- military relations within PFP countries seeking NATO membership and the steps necessary to achieve democratic civilian control of military forces and civilian oversight of security issues; (2) Exploration of civil- military activities that can give depth to the PFP program beyond the current level of military to military contacts; (3) Development of concepts for a contingency mechanism which will give PFP nations tangible benefits of NATO membership if full membership is not possible; (4) Investigating concepts to harmonize NATO's collective security relationship with the security interests of PFP nations. An 18-month period of performance is planned. No RFP is available. However, interested parties may submit their capability statements for satisfying this requirement. See Note 22. (0022)

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