B -- SPECIAL STUDIES AND ANALYSIS -- NOT R&D SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

Notice Date

November 2, 2000

Contracting Office

Defense Supply Service-Washington, 5200 Army Pentagon, Rm. 1D245, Washington, DC 20310-5200

ZIP Code

20310-5200

Solicitation Number

DASW01-01-T-0011

Response Due

November 17, 2000

Point of Contact

CPT Joy Kollhoff, 703-697-3693

E-Mail Address

kollhjn@hqda.army.mil (kollhjn@hqda.army.mil)

Description

This office is conducting market research of the commercial marketplace to determine what companies and other federal agencies provide these services. The Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) is responsible for the Soviet POW Activities Research Project, which is an internal Joint Commission Support Directorate (JCSD) initiative to determine the true nature of Soviet involvement in the handling of American POWs in past conflicts, specifically the Vietnam War, as well as World War II, the Korean War, and the Cold War. In that regard, the contractor will work to determine whether American servicemen are being held against their will on the territory of the former Soviet Union, and, if so, provide information that might facilitate their immediate release and repatriation; locate and return to the United States the remains of any deceased American servicemen interred in the former Soviet Union; and provide facts regarding American servicemen who were not repatriated and whose fate remains unresolved. This research is specifically aimed at determining the identity of former Soviet personnel who may have come into contact with American POWs from World War II, the Korean War, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War, and securing from them information that might contribute to the full accounting of American Missing In Action personnel. This research also is aimed at examining the holdings of former Soviet archives, museums, medical and psychiatric institutions, penal and labor camps (GULAG), libraries, detention facilities, and other facilities as deemed appropriate and relevant in search of information that would contribute toward clarifying the fate of Missing In Action American personnel from the Vietnam War and other conflicts. The discovery, translation, and analysis of such documentary evidence, coupled with an interview program, form the primary basis for the services required. Services would be required primarily in Moscow. Prospective offerors may respond to this notice with a statement of your interest, business size and past experience. this is not a request for proposal, but for planning purposes only and not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. Please provide any information via e-mail to kollhjn@hqda.army.mil not later than 17 Nov 00.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001106/BSOL005.HTM (W-307 SN5057Z7)