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

A -- CWE DESIGN METHODS REVIEW POC Michael Richman, Negotiator, (703) 325-6671, Scott G. Morton, Contracting Officer, (703) 325-1200. This announcement corrects a previous announcement titled, "Structural and Mechanical Design," which was published in the 30 Jan 97 CBD. The Defense Special Weapons Agency (DSWA) had originally planned to issue a sole-source award to the incumbent contractor, Karagozian & Case (K&C). After additional consideration, however, DSWA has determined that additional sources may also be capable of performing the work as outlined below. Contract DNA001-91-C-0059 with K&C included work to design hardened structures to be subjected to conventional and nuclear weapons effects in tests. This follow-on effort is intended to apply the same design expertise as well as new techniques to evaluate and suggest improvements to the Joint Services Design and Analysis of Hardened Structures to Conventional Weapons Effects (DAHS CWE). The work will include evaluation of methodologies presented in the existing manual, suggestions for improvement of the methodologies, location of technology gaps for design, evaluation of the functionality of the Protective Structures Automated Design System (PSADS), and evaluation and validation of the 13 support computer codes used in both the DAHS CWE Manual and the PSADS. The work will also include the computational analysis of hardened and conventional structures subjected to high-explosive blast environments. This effort has been set aside for small businesses. Any qualified small business wishing to receive a copy of the solicitation must submit a request in writing to the attention of the Contract Specialist, Michael Richman. Requests should be faxed to (703) 325-9295. DSWA anticipates release of a solicitation on or about 10 Mar 97. For further information contact Michael Richman at (703) 325-6671. Information on DSWA solicitations, already released, can be obtained by calling the DSWA Hotline at (703) 325-1173. As of 31 May 96, 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. 97-42 (0052)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0007 19970225\A-0007.SOL)