HARD AND DEEPLY BURIED TARGET DEFEAT CAPABILITY POC Pam Moffat, Contract Specialist 505-846-1401 Stephen Sandager, Contracting Officer, 505-846-5935. The Air Force, Army and Navy are interested in nonnuclear concepts for hard and deeply buried target defeat (i.e., destroy or inhibit the function of such targets). This announcement is a request for information to determine whether there are near and far term solutions for the defeat of hard and deeply buried targets of various types. Possible concepts may include use of existing hardware and software as well as new technologies and ideas. Emphasis should be on complete, system concepts that include a concept of employment and fielding and support requirements. Hard and deeply buried targets are defined as fixed, unitary, high value facilities or functions to which a potential adversary has applied a considerable structural reinforcement (hardening) or which have been constructed under the earth's surface and subsequently covered with materials such as soil, gravel, rock, reinforced concrete, and the like, in order to frustrate attacks and intelligence collection efforts. Interested parties are invited to send a one page preliminary outline for each proposed concept to the contract specialist listed at the end of this announcement. This outline is not constraining on the final proposed solution and intended only to give the Services an understanding of the range of possible solutions. The outline should include five sections as follows: 1) identification of concept provider, 2) the concept title, 3) whether the proposed effort is primarily an existing system, a modification to an existing system, or a new system, 4) a brief description of the concept to include delivery means of platforms and employment concept, and 5) a description of the target defeat mechanism to include weapon or system type and destructive or disruptive event(s) or effect(s). Interested parties should submit outlines no later than 14 Mar 96. Upon receipt of these outlines, the contract specialist will send interested parties an unclassified information package containing specific exemplary target sets and scenarios, measures of effectiveness and performance, and sufficient supporting information (e.g., a description of the concept exploration process) and instructions (e.g., formatting) to guide concept formulation and submission. The information package will be accompanied by an invitation to an Industry Day currently planned for 2 Apr 96. By 22 Mar 96, concept providers should submit to the contract specialist, written questions arising from their initial review of the information package. At Industry Day, the government will answer the previously submitted written questions. Questions raised during Industry Day will be answered in writing, with copies to all concept providers, within one week following Industry Day. All concepts must be submitted by 1 May 96. During May, a government concept review group will review all submitted concepts and attempt to substantiate any undemonstrated capability claims either through clarification from the concept provider or evaluation by an independent government group with relevant experts. During the third or fourth week in May concept providers may be asked to discuss their concept(s) with the government concept review group. Concept providers will be kept informed when practicable of any review group actions affecting the concept provider's submission. After the review group activity, the government will analyze submitted concepts to assess their potential for defeating the exemplary target sets. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals it is a request for information only and will not result in a government contract. The government does not intend to pay for the information requested. The process described above is the first of a two part DOD Phase O concept exploration intended to determine whether concepts exist that can defeat the selected target scenarios. After the process outlined above, the Services will conduct Part Two of the concept exploration, including cost and operational effectiveness analysis (COEA) assessments on likely concepts or groups of concepts. There may be an additional request for information from concept providers for new or more detailed information for the COEA effort. Part One activities described above are intended to lead to one or more Part Two COEAs for system concepts to defeat specific classes of hard and deeply buried targets. If, after completion of Part Two of concept exploration, the government chooses to enter an acquisition program demonstration/validation phase, then proposals for that phase may be solicited on a full and open competition basis. A possible alternative that may be pursued after either Part One or Part Two of this Phase O effort is the solicitation of proposals for one or more advanced concept technology demonstrations. The following planning dates apply to key steps in the above process: concept outlines and requests for information packet due 14 Mar 96. Written questions for discussion at industry day due 22 Mar 96. Industry day will be 2 Apr 96. Answers to questions raised during Industry Day will be mailed 5 Apr 96. Concept proposals briefed to government review group 2-31 May 96. Completion of Concept Exploration Part One: 31 Jul 96. Interested parties should request the information package from and submit concept outlines to ``Hard and Deeply Buried Targets'' Phillips Laboratory/PKVA, Attn: Contract Specialist, Pam Moffat, (505) 846-1401, 2551 Maxwell Ave. S.E., Kirtland AFB, NM 87117.

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