Defense Special Weapons Agency, 6801 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 22310-3398

A -- MULTI-SHELL PLASMA RADIATION SOURCE EXPERIMENTAL SUPPORT SOL DSWA01-98-R-0032 DUE 060198 POC David Nemerow, Negotiator, (703) 325-6627, Billy Burks, Contracting Officer, (703) 325-5021 This procurement is to be made in accordance with DFARS Subpart 235.70, Research and Development Streamlined Contracting Procedures. Offerors are advised that a conventional solicitation will NOT be issued but that the solicitation will appear in a subsequent edition of the Commerce Business Daily (CBD). The Defense Special Weapons Agency (DSWA) maintains and operates nuclear weapons effects simulators for the Services, DoD agencies, and other government agencies to ensure system hardness against X-Ray nuclear weapons effects. The most recent simulator being designed is the Decade-Quad (DQ) configuration which is expected to be capable of delivering approximately 6 to 8 MA of current in a 300 to 350 ns rise time to an imploding z-pinch load, known as a plasma radiation source (PRS). The primary objective of this effort is to demonstrate the multi-shell plasma radiation source on a 2-4 MA pulsed power driver. Performance will include evaluation of multi-shell nozzle performance. Nozzle to be GFE. This procurement is a 100 per cent Small Business set-aside. See numbered Note 1. Offerors must provide address information to the contract negotiator in order to be included on the mailing list in case any supplemental package and/or amendments are issued to the solicitation which will appear in a subsequent edition of the CBD. Address information must be in writing. Faxes are acceptable to the attention of David Nemerow/AMD at fax number (703) 325-9294. Acquisition Management has added "Procurement Opportunities" to the DSWA Home Page available on the World Wide Web. Information will include this synopsis and more. Please check us out at www.dswa.mil. Reference Synopsis No. 98-105 (0146)

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