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A -- CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CAPABILITY IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT SOL M67854-98-R-2029 DUE 121598 POC Contracting officer; Ms. T. Famoso, 703-784-5822 ext. 231 WEB: Click here to access MCWL website and related BAA., http://mcwl-www.cwlmain.org. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via e-mail., famosot@quantico.usmc.mil. The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) is issuing a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for research and development (R&D) concepts addressing areas relating to chemical and biological capability that can be used to increase combat effectiveness and situational awareness, especially in an urban environment. Desired concepts are those which manifest the capabilities to enhance the individual Marine's protection, the unit's capability to sense and detect chemical and biological agents and the NEF/MAGTF's capability to respond to the introduction of such agents. R&D proposals addressing these areas from a variety of perspectives are of interest; for example, exploration of new concepts, techniques in modeling and simulation for scenario evaluation, hardware development, feasibility analysis, system integration, performance-based return on investment analysis, as well as proof of principle and concept demonstrations. Appropriate proposed systems may transition to a Marine Expeditionary Unit foroperational experimentation. The complete broad agency announcement, including specific procedures to be followed for submission of the white paper proposal, can be found at the MCWL website at http://mcwl-www.cwlmain.org. Interested parties may also request a hard copy of the BAA by submitting a request, in writing, to the contracting officer, Ms. T. Famoso, at fax number 703-784-5826. (0342)

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