A -- U.S. ARMY SPACE AND MISSILE DEFENSE COMMAND SIMULATION CENTER

Notice Date

December 20, 2000

Contracting Office

U.S. Army Space & Missile Defense Command, Attn: SMDC-CM, 106 Wynn Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805-1990

ZIP Code

35805-1990

Solicitation Number

N/A

Point of Contact

Gladys Erskine, Contract Specialist, 256-955-4102, Beverly R. Fowler, Contracting Officer, 256-955-4169

Description

CORRECTION: This notice amends the original announcement of 6 Nov 00, to remove the announcement from "Pre-Solicitation" on the USASMDC Contracts Website to " Sources Sought"; incorporates a cutoff date; adds language pertaining to small business; and changes the point of contact. If you previously submitted an interest in this effort it is not necessary to resubmit under the amended announcement. The requirement contained in the original announcement incorporates the above stated changes is as follows: The U. S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) plans an 8(a) competition for the continuance of the operation and maintenance of the Simulation Center (SC). This is a Sources Sought. The SC is a self-contained fully operational computer center. The SC provides hundreds of USASMDC, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO), High Performance Computing Modernization Office (HPCMO), authorized contractors, and other government agencies (OGAS) a centralized resource for classified and unclassified supercomputer processing, high performance vector and scalar computing, high density on line data-storage, multimedia, data visualization, modeling and simulation, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), networked communications, software development, technical and administrative support services. The SC is located at the USASMDC building in Huntsville, Alabama's Cummings Research Park East. The SC is the Southeastern Hub for the BMDO Virtual Data Center (VDC) and is a major component of the SMDC High Performance Computing Distributed Center (HPCDC). The SC is connected to the USASMDC Advanced Research Center (ARC) via high-speed communications links. The SC contractor manages the day-to-day operation of the SC, which includes technical and administrative services, operation, maintenance, security, and management requirements for the SC. The SC is a computational resource that is provided to meet users requirements and will require a high degree of cooperation with personnel of government agencies and other USASMDC support contractors. To meet these computational requirements, availability, and reliability of the computer system(s) must be maximized through efficient operations and maintenance procedures. In addition, fault tolerant computing, evaluation of hardware/software resources for state of the art systems, supercomputing processing support, computer and facility security, modeling and simulation support, communications, and data transmission protocols/networking is required to support vast and dynamic missile defense architectures such as National Missile Defense (NMD), Theatre Missile Defense (TMD), and Cruise Missile Defense (CMD). A SECRET facility clearance will be required for this effort. This acquisition is not open to foreign participation. Respondents should affirm they are 8(a). The NAICS code applicable to this procurement is 541710, with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees. Written qualifications statements should be mailed to SMDC-CM-AK, Mrs. Gladys Erskine at the address above, from the date of the original publication notice through 15 Jan 01. Qualification statements shall reference DASG60-00-0017 and shall not exceed fifteen (15) pages. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. Facsimile submissions can be transmitted to (256) 955-4240. For written responses other than by U.S. Mail, the street address is U.S. Amry Space and Missile Defense Command, ATTN: SMDC-CM-AK/Mrs. Gladys Erskine, 106 Wynn Drive Huntsville, AL 35805-1990.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001222/ASOL002.HTM (W-355 SN5093P1)