Defense Supply Service-Washington, 5200 Army Pentagon, Rm. 1D245, Washington, DC 20310-5200

D -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, INCLUDING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES SOL DASW01-97-R-0119 DUE 091097 POC Point of Contact, GREGORY YOUNG, Contracting Officer (703) 697-3152 WEB: Defense Supply Service-Washington, http://www.hqda.arme.mil/dssw. E-MAIL: Defense Supply Service-Washington, YoungGE@hqda.army.mil. Defense Supply Service-Washington on behalf of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, intends to acquire IT Technical Services through an Indefinite Delivery Requirements contract using Fixed Loaded Labor Rates against which deliver orders shall be placed. The proposed procurement, titled Chairman Sponsored Exercise Program (CSEP), is focused on joint doctrine, policies, procedures, systems, and training to insure effective strategic direction and integration of US and coalition military forces worldwide. The CSEP provides a robust training environment which is specifically designed to address interoperability at the national level by presenting senior leaders with challenging and through provoking situations that address key warfighting issues. This program offers government departments and agencies; outside DOD,, a baseline series of exercises which can be used to support interagency coordination and traning. The CSEP spans a 24-month recurring plannin and execution cycle. A nominal annual exercise schedule would include: One large scale, national level Command Post Exercise (CPX) and six intermediate scale exercises consisting of smaller, narrowly focused exercises which are conducted in either CPX format, Field Training Exercise (FTX) format or a combination of both. All exercises are focused on Command, Control, Communications and Interoperability among the National Command Authorities (NCA), Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), The Joint Staff, Unified Commanders in Chief (CINCs), the Military Services, Defense Agencies, and other Federal Departments and Agencies. To ensure effective execution of the CSEP, contractor supprot is required in the following areas: Exercese Design; Exercise Observation; and Development of Exercese Lessons Learned and Remedial Actions. The contractor, working closely with Joint Staff CSEP Project Officers develops an exercise from concept through execution and post-event analysis. This effort includes, but is not limited to: development of supporting documentation, facilitation of planning conferences, player and observer training, exercise observation, post exercise analysis, and observation/analysis of other national level (logistics) excerises. The procurement will include a base year and four (4) options periods. DASW01-97-R-0120 will be released approximately 30 days from date of release of this notice. This is a follow-on to contract MDA903-92-D-0102. The incumbent contractor is Systems Research and Applications. Request for solicitation must submitted by first class mail. No telephonic or facsimile inquiries will be accepted or considered. Written responses to this notice (include telephone number for a POC) must be received at Defense Supply Service-Washington. The Government reserves the right to require Oral Proposals. (0190)

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