USACE Vicksburg District, 4155 Clay Street, Vicksburg, MS 39180-3435

A -- RESEARCH SERVICES POC Contract Specialist Jack Little 601-631-7264, Contracting Officer Jim Barr 601-631-7251. WEB: Vicksburg Consolidated Contracting Office home page., http://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/contract. E-MAIL: Click here to send mail to Jack Little, Jack.A.Little@mvk02.usace.army.mil. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Waterways Experiment Station (WES) requires the services of engineers and scientists which are renowned professionals in their fields in support of a Resident Research Associateship Program and various other research programs. The Contractor must be able to conduct a national competition for outstanding scientists and engineers at the recent postdoctoral and at the renowned researchers levels and award research opportunities as guest investigators at participating Corps of Engineers Study units. The research must be compatible with the research interest of the Corps of Engineers. The objectives of this effort are (1) to provide post-doctoral scientists and engineers of unusual promise and ability opportunities for research, (2) to provide world-renowned leading researchers a sabbatical opportunity to perform research on problems associated with the Corps of Engineers, and (3) to contribute to the overall research effort of the Corpsof Engineers. The Contractor will be required to have the capability to attract and select the most outstanding researchers on a nationwide basis with Doctoral Degrees to perform the required research. The Contractor must assemble select study panels of recognized experts to evaluate individual participant proposals in each of the following scientific and engineering disciplines: Coastal Processes, Coastal Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Chemistry, Biodynamics, Aquatic, Toxicology, Biological and Applied Sciences, Ecology, Special Data Analysis, Remote Sensing and Image Processing, Hazardous Waste Management, Environmental Restoration, cultural Resources, Risk Assessment, Wetlands Ecology, Microbiology, Water Quality and Containment Modeling, Hydraulic Engineering, Numerical Modeling, Sediment Transport, Oceanography, Coastal Ecology, Instrumentation and Sensor Development, computer Science, Information Management, Computer Aided Design, High Speed Computation, Visualization, Geology, Architectural Engineering, Seismology, Civil Engineering, Materials Engineering, Geomechanics, Weapons Effects, Engineering Geology, Physics, and Structural Mechanics. The Contractor should be familiar with the research interests of the Corps of Engineers in order to provide postdoctoral scientists and engineers of unusual ability to conduct research in these particular areas. The Contractor must also provide panel experts who are recognized authorities with scholarly credentials and previous experience in analyzing research proposals related to the areas of interest identified above. The Contractor must also have a facility cleared for access to secret information. The only known source capable of meeting the above requirements is the National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. In the event no other sources are found which can comply with the above requirements the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station plans to issue a contract to the above academy under the authority of U.S.C. 2340(c)(1). Any inquires must be received within fifteen (15) days from the date of publication of this notice. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. Posted 04/19/99 (W-SN321666). (0109)

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