U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, ATTN: SMDC-CM-CN, PO Box 1500, Huntsville, AL 35807-3801/106 Wynn Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805-1990

A -- TACTICAL SIMULATION INTERFACE UNIT (TSIU) POC Astrid Lahiere, Contract Specialist, (205)955-1187/Linda N. Bentley, Contracting Officer The US Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) intends to enter into a non-competitive contract to continue with certain on-going but not yet completed development work leading to the generation and fielding of the Tactical Simulation Interface Unit (TSIU). The contract also provides for the technical and analytical support required for these same activities. The objectives to be pursued under this new contract include continued execution of interface and simulation development, modeling, Army Battle Command Systems (ABCS) integration tasks, and experiment and exercise integration services. The effort will focus on the various tasks associated with the Warfighter Rapid Acquisition Program (WRAP). Those tasks include the following: TSIU migration to meet the standards of the Joint Technical Architecture (JTA)/High Level Architecture (HLA), TSIU migration to become Defense Infrastructure Information Common Operating Environment (DII COE) compliant, and Variable Message Format development completion. Additionally, the contract will provide for the procurement of at least four TSIU systems with the attendant fielding, training, and maintenance support that will be involved with the procurement. The government has determined that due to the intricate and highly complex systems involved, no source other than Coleman Research Corporation (CRC), the incumbent firm engaged in TSIU development, has the requisite experience to successfully perform. Experience indicates that only CRC is sufficiently familiar with these simulations, interfaces, and the ABCS and has the specific exercise experience to accomplish the follow-on development/integration support without unacceptable delay to the TSIU system development program. The significant cost duplication that would be involved with a new firm is considered to be well beyond any cost savings that might be achieved through competition. Under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii), this action is directed toward Coleman Research Corporation. This acquisition is not open to Allied participation. All responses should be directed to SMDC-CM-CN/ Astrid Lahiere and must be received within fifteen (15) days after the date of the publication of this synopsis. No telephone inquires will be accepted. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. See Note 22. (0005)

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