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

A -- LETHALITY TESTING AND CRITERIA DEVELOPMENT" SOL DASG60-98-R-0040 POC Mona Neal, Contract Specialist, (256) 955-1187, Robbie Phifer, Contracting Officer, (256) 955-1187 The primary objective of this effort is the development/validation of Kinetic Energy Weapons (KEW) lethality criteria and its subsequent application for the evaluations of KEW system lethality. An additional objective is the development/validation of lethality criteria and evaluations of system lethality for Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) concepts and/or nuclear interceptor concepts. The charter of the Lethality Division is to develop lethality criteria and independently validate a ground-based system's application of the lethality criteria. Historically, the Lethality Division has received program and funding guidance from the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) for these efforts. Program requests and funds from other government agencies (OGA's) may also be received. In support of the Lethality Division, the contractor shall perform specific development and validation of lethality criteria for KEW/DEW systems and nuclear interceptor concepts. The contractor shall keep the government apprised of these efforts through oral presentations and written reports. The contractor shall undertake the work specified by technical directives under the procedures set forth in the resultant contract.The contractor shall be expected to perform computational analyses, lethality test article (LTA) fabrication, conduct experimental investigations, provide data analysis/model development, and provide criteria development/system evaluations. The contractor shall comply with all federal, state, local and installation environmental and safety requirements. This procurement is not open to allied participation at the prime contractor level. The contractor shall ensure products provided under this effort, to include hardware, software, firmware, and middleware, whether acting alone or combined as a system, are Year 2000 compliant as defined in FAR Part 39. The planned period of performance is for a basic effort of 36 months with four one-year options. The government contemplates award of a cost-plus-award-fee type contract utilizing technical direction as a management tool. Proposals for this action will be solicited using full and open competition. The complete RFP is expected to be available on-line on the USASMDC Contracts Home Page (http://www.smdc.army.mil/CONTRACT.HTML) by mid August 98. Point of contact is Mona P. Neal, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, P.O. Box 1500, Huntsville, AL 35807-3801. Posted 07/06/98. (0187)

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