Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, 17320 Dahlgren Road Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100

D -- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO GENERATE PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF USER- INTERFACE SOFTWARE SOL N00178-97-Q-0001 DUE 120296 POC Barbara Wynne, Purchasing Agent (540) 653-4904. The Government intends to purchase on a sole source basis the technical assistance from D. H. Wagner Associates located in Hampton, VA concerning a Development Plan for Counter Drug User-Interface software for a Search and Surveillance Planning System. This development plan for user-interface software will be used by the Joint Inter-Agency Task Force. East (JIATF-E) in performing counter drug (CD) search and surveillance (S&S) operations. The existing computer-assisted S&S planning software currently being used by the Coast Guard and Navy cannot be effectively used for CD operations by other U.S. Government activities. User-interface software must be developed specifically for CD missions and operations to enable Commanders in Chief (CINC) and Joint Inter-Agency Task Forces (JIATG'S) to effectively utilize the existing Coast Guard and Navy S&S planning systems. As a necessary precursor to the development of user-interface software for the CD application, the Department of Defense Counter Drug Technology Development Program Office (CTDPO) requires a plan for developing the software to be generated and approved. The generation of an acceptable developmental plan for CD user-interface software will require the contractor to: (1) possess a TOP SECRET security clearance for those personnel who will be providing the technical assistance; (2) have knowledge of S&S operations conducted by the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy; (3) have in-depth knowledge of three specific S&S planning software systems and their user-interface software, those systems being the Coast Guard's Computer-Aided Search Planning (CASP) 2.0 system, the Navy's Anti-Surface Warfare Technical Decision Aid (ASUWTDA), and the general-purpose Search and Surveillance Planning System (SSPS); (4) and the ability to access, analyze, and evaluate the programming contained within the CASP 2.0 and ASUWTDA software systems. D. H. Wagner Associates is uniquely capable of satisfying all of the above requirements because they have the proprietary rights for non-Governmental use of CASP 2.0 software and no other prospective contractor may legally gain access to it prior to August 2001 without D. H. Wagner Associates' consent. Award is to be made under Simplified Acquisition Procedures under the Small Business-Small Purchase set-aside basis. All responsible quotes shall be considered by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Dahlgren, VA 22448. Fax number is 540-653-2958, Attn: Barbara Wynne, Code SD18; telephone number is 540-653-4904. The Government will issue a written solicitation concerning the above. All requests for the solicitation must be in writing or faxed to the address/fax number listed above. Bid packages will be mailed only to the company and company should acknowledge receipt. NSWCDD will accept faxed bids at the fax number listed above. The final written report (the deliverable) shall be shipped FOB Destination to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA 22448. Closing date is 2 December 1996. Anticipated award date is 6 December 1996. (0310)

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