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A -- ASSESSMENT OF JEFFERSON PROVING GROUNDS PHASE III DEMONSTRATION PERFORMANCE POC Michael G. Lee, Contract Specialist, 601-634-2490, James A. Barr, Contracting Officer, 601-634-4209 E-MAIL: Michael G. Lee, Contract Specialist, James A. Barr, Contracting Officer, leem@ex1.wes.army.mil, barrj@ex1.wes.army.mil. Notice of intent to negotiate a contract with: (1) Geophex Limited, Raleigh, North Carolina, (2) ADI Limited-Major Projects Group, Silverwater, Australia, (3) Ensco Incorporated, Springfield, Virginia, (4) Blackhawk Geometrics, Golden, Colorado, (5) Geo-Centers, Newton Center, Massachusetts, (6) Naeva Geophysics, Incorporated, Tappan, New York, and Charlottesville, Virginia, and/or (7) Geophysical Technology Limited, Armidale, Australia, for performing a critical self-assessment of their performance under UXO Detection Technology Demonstrations Phase III at Jefferson Proving Grounds. Since these contractors are the only ones to submit proposals under Phase III and no additional field work (data collection) or research and development is involved in Phase IV (the data was obtained during Phase III, so it already exists), they are in a unique position to provide the required services. Under Phase IV, the Government will fund a selected number of these contractors to perform a self-assessment of their performance in Jefferson Proving Grounds Phase III; the selected contractors will submit Part 1 of a technical report which documents the what, how, and why of their Technology Demonstrations along with the processed sensor data used for ordnance declarations; the Government will provide the "ground truth" (locations and burial details of all inert ordnance and other objects buried at the sites) to the selected contractors for the self-assessment and for their subsequent use; the selected contractors will prepare and submit Part 2 of a technical report that provides a performance self-assessment. The proposals must certify that the sensor data from the Phase III demonstration still exists and that the contractor is willing to perform a critical self-assessment of their Technology Demonstration performance. If no other sources are found, the Government intends to award a contract to one or more of the vendors listed above under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c) (1). See numbered Note 22. (0351)

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