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A -- DAHS CWE REVISION 1.0 -- PSADS UPDATE POC Brian Wilt, Negotiator, (703) 325-6960, Scott G. Morton, Contracting Officer, (703) 325-1200 The Defense Special Weapons Agency (DSWA) is seeking support to update the Protective Structures Automated Design Manual (PSADS) to correspond to the changes incorporated in the second edition of the DAHS CWE manual which is scheduled to be published in the year 2000. The objective will also be to incorporate new technology in the PSADS computer program to make it more usable and new functionality identified during the development of version 1.0 but not done due to release schedules. Background: In 1989 the former Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA) started an effort to create the first tri-service manual for the Design and Analysis of Hardened Structures to Conventional Weapons Effects (DAHS CWE). This manual is now published and in use by the US Army, Navy, and Air Force and as well by NATO and US civilian government agencies in the study of blast effects on structures. This manual has 17 chapters which deal with topics ranging from weapons characteristics, weapon generated environments, resulting loads on structures, and other related issues. The DAHS CWE is a living document with updates planned approximately every three years to incorporate new research and analysis techniques. In 1993, DNA started a companion effort to take the DAHS CWE manual and incorporate electronic hypertext format technology along with increased usability by activating equations, tables, and graphs and other techniques to make the manual more interactive and usable. The emphasis for these products (DAHS CWE and PSDS) is on defensive planning and survivability of hardened structures and are to be used by architect/engineer firms tasked with the actual design and assessment of facilities. Note that this is an unrestricted procurement with a SIC Code 8731 and a small business size standard of 500 employees. Offerors must provide address information to the contract negotiator in order to be included on the mailing list for the solicitation. Address information must be in writing. Faxes are acceptable to the attention of Brian Wilt/AMB at fax number (703) 325-9295. Information on DSWA solicitations, already released, can be obtained by calling the DSWA Hotline at (703) 325-1173. 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. 98-64 (0051)

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