U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command, CSSD-CM-CK, PO Box 1500, Huntsville, AL 35807-3801

A -- DASG60-97-0048, ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER POC Melissa D. Webb, Contracting Officer, (205) 955-1600 The U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command (USASSDC), Space and Missile Defense Battle Integration Center, Simulations Directorate requirement entitled "Advanced Research Center" (ARC) provides authorized contractors and government agencies a centralized resource for addressing space and missile defense research and development, simulation and evaluation in a classified or unclassified environment. The requirements of the ARC include reliable, fault tolerant computing; software techniques for state of the art complex systems, real-time algorithm, development, super computer processing, parallel processing, large scale specialized visualization, modeling and simulation, evaluation, communications, software development, testbed development, technical and administrative services and thorough knowledge of spacecraft and missile systems. The ARC provides customers with a unique resource to address space and missile defense systems, subsystems, technologies, integration, evaluation and simulation under analysis to include; Battle Management/Command, Control, Computers, Communications and Intelligence (BMC4I); Attack Operations, Active Defense, and Passive Defense. Research testbeds utilizing special and/or off-the-shelf test equipment that can be configured to support space and missile defense experimentation, exercises, simulation, testing, analysis, evaluation, and possible deployment is required. The objective of this effort is to provide the framework to establish, implement and operate the ARC as a research facility that allows ARC customers the capability to examine their requirements by: (1) serving as a focal point for USASSDC and the Program Executive Office-Army Missile Defense (PEO-AMD) or other government agencies, and contractors conducting research, development, integration and test, verification and validation, analysis and operational concept studies; (2) supporting experimentation, exercises and evaluation of advanced computing hardware/software and (3) providing the resources to develop,evaluate and demonstrate advanced space or missile defense warfighter concepts. This sources sought announcement is not a solicitation for proposals; however, any firm competent to perform the effort described above should submit written qualification statements to CSSD-CM-CK, Melissa D. Webb, at the address above, within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of publication of this notice. Qualification statements shall reference DASG60-97-0048 and shall not exceed fifteen (15) pages. The small business size standard is 1,000 employees. Firms responding to this notice should indicate whether they are a large, small, or small and disadvantaged business. Foreign participation is not open to this acquisition. SIC Code 8731 is applicable. (0167)

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