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B -- TECHNICAL AND ANALYTICAL SUPPORT FOR THE DEFENSE MANPOWER DATA CENTER DUE 082997 POC Ms. Christina Bolar, Contract Specialist, 703-614-6846 E-MAIL: dobeckkj@hqda.army.mil, bolarcy@hqda.army.mil. The Defense Supply Service-Washington intends to award a sole source contract to the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area, a contract for technical and analytical support. Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness [OUSD(P&R)] has wide-ranging responsiblity for policy and programs for Total Force management as related to readiness; National Guard and Reserve component affairs; health affairs; training; and personnel requirements and management, including equal opportunity, morale, welfare, and quality of life matters. The OUSD(P&R) requires technical and analytical support in order to generate empirical data to guide policy and programs. The Special Projects and Research Office (SP&R) in the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel Integration [ODUSD(PI)] coordinates research and studies for the OUSD(P&R). SP&R has requested for the DASD(R&R) that the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) enhance its support for OUSD (P&R) by obtaining technical and analytical support through cooperation with local colleges and universities. The supplies or services required to meet the agency's needs are technical and analytical support to meet requirements from research and studies in critical areas of the OUSD(P&R) program. Such support should take the following forms: (a) provide appropriately trained graduate students for work on OUSD(P&R) research; (b) provide faculty to supervise these graduate students where necessary, and to perform advanced technical and research needs at OUSD(P&R) agencies such as DMDC; (c) match faculty expertise to designated research needs within OUSD(P&R); (d) provide research space (to include, when applicable, laboratory space) for the conduct of experimental research required by the OUSD(P&R) program; and (e) provide a pool of subjects for research studies where this deemed necessary and mutually agreeable. This procurement complies with the Congressional and Executive directives to government laboratories to enter into close working relationships with local universities, e.g. P.L. 97-86 (FY82 DoD Authorization Act) as codified at 10 USC 2360 and implemented in DFARS Subpart 237.73. A solicitation document does not exist. Capability statements received within 30 days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered. SEE Note 22. (0197)

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