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R -- DEMINING SERVICES SOL n/a POC David Chittenden (813) 828-3815 x367 Demining Services, SIC Code 9721. This is not a solicitation notice. This announcement is issued in order to locate potential sources capable of developing a comprehensive demining country plan for Eritrea, Ethiopia, Yemen, Jordan, and Egypt. Each plan must describe the goals, objectives, measures of effectiveness, and end state. Annexes must include, but not be limited to, command and control, training plan and certification standards, logistics, potential use of new demining technologies and techniques, budget forecasts, and force protection. Each plan must cover three years and must be updated annually. The contractor must develop, install, and maintain an information management system for the overall demining effort in the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM). The system must provide at a minimum, accurate information about training statistics, demining results from each of the countries where demining is taking place, logistics information, and administrative information. The system must be capable of providing specific information when queried. The system must compliment current and projected information management systems in use for the demining effort outside of USCENTCOM. The system must be a stand alone system on computers connected to unclassified telephone lines at USCENTCOM and must use software contained in the Microsoft Office 97 suite or other Microsoft compatible software. The contractor must provide a diagnostic examination of the Humanitarian Demining Operation Geographic Information System (HDOGIS) currently installed on computers in Eritrea and Ethiopia and provide a proposal identifying repairs/problems and associated costs to repair. The contractor must develop three viable options for potential logistical architectures and include the advantages and disadvantages for each. The contractor must implement the chosen option immediately after the Government makes a decision on the preferred option. The architecture must, at a minimum, be capable of determining and costing material, equipment, support, and facility requirements for specific demining operations. It must address innovative ways of procuring and shipping equipment and materials as well as providing essential services to U.S. service members and the Host Nation Demining Headquarters. The architecture must be capable of tracking supplies ordered and/or shipped, and providing specific data when queried. The contractor must input and maintain the informaiton (databases) necessary to run the information management system and logistics architecture. When necessary, the contractor must purchase equipment, supplies, material, and services to support the demining effort. When necessary, the contractor must lease facilities, vehicles, and other supplies to support the demining effort. The contractor must be capable of providing the following when required: repair the HDOGIS system currently in Eritrea and Ethiopia, purchase and ship military style ambulances, and provide Mine Detecting Dog teams. The contractor must have at least 3 years experience in planning, coordinating, and implementing demining operations in third world countries. The contractor must have experience in establishing demining information management systems and experience with new and innovative demining technologies and techniques in third world countries. The contractor must have experience in international procurement and shipment of demining related supplies and equipment. (0302)

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