Commander, Marine Corps System Command, Code CTQ, 2033 Barnett Avenue, Ste 315, Quantico, VA 22134-5010

A -- SIMULATION AND INSTRUMENTATION TOOL SOL M67854-98-R-2035 DUE 013098 POC Jeff Campbell (703) 784-5822 ext.234 or FAX (703) 784-5826 The Marine Corps Systems Command intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Georgia Technical Research Institute, of Atlanta, GA, under the authority of FAR 6.302-3 to develop a simulation and instrumentation tool to be used in evaluating new C4I acquisitions for the U.S. Marine Corps. The simulation and instrumentation tool shall address the following areas: Scenario and message generation and analysis of the delivered message; Security analysis; Database management analysis; EMI analysis; and Graphical User Interface analysis. The test tool shall be able to operate from the environments that the U.S. Marine Corps could possibly be deployed too. The scenarios developed for the test tool shall be based on U.S. Marine Corps doctrine and shall be scaled to replicate MAGTF operations from "low to high intensity." This effort shall develop one test tool for use by the U.S. Marine Corps and it is projected to occur in FY 98 with a completion date of 2nd quarter FY 99. No RFP is available for competitive bidding; however, interested parties are encouraged to submit a statement of capability for satisfying this requirement within 15 days of this announcement to the Contact Person listed above. See Numbered Note 22. (0349)

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