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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 16,1999 PSA#2433

Director, USAMRAA, 820 Chandler St, Fort Detrick, MD 21702-5014

B -- BIOLOGICAL ARMS CONTROL TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES POC Sherry Regalado,(301)619-2376; Michael Younkins, (301)619-2503 B -- Biological Arms Control Technical Support Services due o/a 29 October 1999. POC Sherry Regalado, Contract Specialist,(301)619-2376; Michael Younkins, Contracting Officer,(301) 619-2503. This is a notice of intent to negotiate and incorporate two (2) annual cost-plus-fixed-fee option periods into Contract DAMD17-99-C-9044 on a sole source basis to Southern Research Institute, 2000 9th Ave South, Birmingham, AL pursuant to the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), only one responsible source. This project is one that is currently on-going and it is not anticipated that the text of a protocol for the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will be completed prior to September 2001, despite earlier optimistic government predictions. Contractor personnel provide critical technical expertise in the area of BWC negotiations and serve as current members of the U.S. delegation to the ad hoc group for negotiation of a BWC protocol. Services include on-call support for the development of Army biological weapons (BW) arms control negotiations positions; coordination and development of impact assessments of current and expected BW cooperative threat reduction program activities; and support the development of an analysis of BACTO's programmatic mission and support requirements. Contract deliverables, in addition to basic services heretofore described, include monthly status reports, BWC protocol negotiating sessions analyses; RDT&E impact analysis results, and BACTO programmatic mission & support requirements analysis. Personnel qualifications include providing senior analysts, junior analysts, technical analyst support with expertise in BW arms control negotiations and implementation, knowledge of the Army BW arms control agreement implementation, database management systems and operating environments. Any offeror purporting to be able to furnish the services in accordance with the conditions stated herein must submit a written response demonstrating such capability. A facility clearance of TOP SECRET is required. Also, senior personnel proposed must possess a current DoD TOP SECRET/TSI security clearance. No solicitation document currently exists. See Number Note 22. Posted 09/14/99 (W-SN379884). (0257)

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