Defense Information Systems Agency, Contract Management Division, Code D44, 701 South Court House Road, Arlington, VA 22204-2199

A -- INVESTIGATION OF THE MULTIMEDIA STANDARDS ASSESSMENT POC Contact: G. Carroll Hall, Contracting Officer, (703)607-6918 The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for Multimedia Standards Assessment. The period of performance will be base year with four one year options. Each contract year will have 15 TSMS of defined work and options years 2 and 3 will have will have 12 unfunded TSMS and option year 4 will have 6 unfunded TSMS. MIT will perform assessments based on the high level assessment of current national and international standards development activity, identify major focus areas, and develop brief summary of major causes and effects associated with each giving particular attention to those issues or focus areas which may require NCS intervention to insure that NS/EP Multimedia standardization objectives are met. Conduct workshop for ''key standards developers'', prepare a recommended strategy document for addressing issues or standardization shortfalls, and participate in the activities of Study Group l of the International Telecommunications Union Standardization Sector (ITU-T Sgl) and other international standards meetings. (0249)

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