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A -- ARMY WAR COLLEGE, BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR STRATEGIC OUTREACH DIALOGUE AND CONCEPTUAL RESEARCH SOL DABT43-97-R-BAA DUE 041098 POC Contracting Officer, Richard A. Myers, (717) 245-4631 Written proposals are solicited from all competent organizations and individuals. The US Army War College, Strategic Outreach Office's primary role is to initiate and maintain dialogue among the Army and those outside the military, who are actively interested in national security issues and publishing related conceptual research. Strategic Outreach was initiated in 1987 and is sponsored by the Office of the Chief of Staff, US Army. The outreach program is designed to prompt national security thought, discussion and conceptual research from individuals as well as the academic, government and/or business communities, by (1) providing contract funding and (2) making available non-monetary government resources. Past contract awards have ranged from $1,500 to $45,000, many (not all) with cost sharing terms, co-sponsors and/or resource sources from other DOD, industry and non-profit or educational institutions. Various methods have been used in the past to generate this dialogue, including; funds to support conference or war game participation of non-government personnel, pay conference expenses at neutral or government locations, travel costs for research purposes, research writing and publishing costs. The Army has also provided non-monetary resources including; subject matter experts, paper presenters, panelists, speakers, editing, publishing, printing and permitting participation of non-government personnel in conferences and war games at Army War College facilities. Topics include, but are not limited to the following themes: Alliances, coalitions, and joint command and control; Strategy for the war on drugs; Total force of the future, Active-reserve components mix, readiness, force relationships, contingency forces and mobility forces; Peacekeeping, peacemaking, and peace enforcement; Non traditional uses of military power; Ethnic and religious conflict; Power projection; Strategic mobility; The pacific rim XXI; Technology XXI; Process of change; Armed forces use for domestic assistance missions; Regional studies, Congress and the military; Recruitment XXI; Regional environmental warfare; Information warfare; Chemical warfare; and Microbial warfare. Written technical and cost proposals are required IAW the Broad Agency Announcement procedures of FAR 35.016 and 6.102(d)(2). This notice is the solicitation and contains all written information available in order to submit a proposal. There are no RFP documents to request, as contract types and terms are negotiable. Proposals should be formatted with the following sections: (A) A cover letter signed by an individual authorized to commit your organization. This page is to include the BAA number above, dialogue topic, all technical, financial and administrative points of contact, with E-Mail and normal mailing addresses, voice and FAX telephone numbers.; (B) Short summary of the topic, dialogue methods & objectives to be achieved and a description of the results or transferable products from a prospective users point of view, include all copyright claims.; (C) Logistics Statement of Work, citing who performs the major tasks and facilities to be used, if other than AWC. Include an estimated cost breakout by task, total costs and all sources of funding. Also include a milestone (Ghant) chart, if appropriate.; (D) Concise summaries of the qualifications of the personnel and if appropriate audience to be recruited; (E) Proposed contract terms. There is no cut off date, proposals may be submitted at any time. Proposals will be evaluated on a continuing basis as they are received, by a formal peer review process. The Army War College intends to respond within 30 days indicating interest in each proposal. If sufficient interest is generated a Army subject matter expert will be assigned to assist the Contracting Officer in negotiating dialogue scope and a contract or agreement. The merits of each proposal will be evaluated in relation to the value of the dialogue and realism of the methods proposed. An individual proposal's evaluation will be based upon acceptability or unacceptability, without direct comparison to proposals for other topics submitted under this announcement, then it is prioritized based upon the availability of funds and/or other Government resources. Only a warranted Contracting Officer may obligate funds or authorize use of government resources by this BAA. Proposals submitted to other than this contracting office will not be "fast tracked". The Government reserves the right to select for award all, some or none of the proposals received. E-mail (myersr@~carlisle-emh2.army.mil) or facsimile (717) 245-3053. (0100)

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