A -- SIMULATION CENTER

Notice Date

July 27, 2001

Contracting Office

U.S. Army Space & Missile Defense Command, Attn: SMDC-CM, 106 Wynn Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805-1990

ZIP Code

35805-1990

Solicitation Number

DASG60-01-R-0012

Point of Contact

Gladys Erskine, Contract Specialist/Victoria R. Binford, Contracting Officer

Description

The U. S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) is planning an 8(a) competitive set aside for the continuance of the operation and maintenance of the Simulation Center (SC). The principal objectives of this acquisition are technical services, operation, maintenance, security, and management requirements for the SC. The SC is a self-contained fully operational computer center. The SC is available to users within the Department of Defense (DOD), Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO), High Performance Computing Modernization Office (HPCMO), authorized contractors, and other government agencies (OGAS). The SC serves as a centralized resource for classified and unclassified supercomputer processing, parallel processing, data visualization, modeling and simulation, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), networked communications, software development, as well as technical and administrative support services. The SC is located at the USASMDC building in Huntsville, Alabama's Cummings Research Park East and is connected to the USASMDC Advanced Research Center (ARC) via high-speed communications links. The overall planned period of performance is seventy-two months (consisting of a 3 year basic with three-one year options). The government contemplates award of a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee, Level of Effort contract. The NAICS code applicable to this procurement is 541710, with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees. A SECRET facility clearance will be required for this effort. This acquisition is not open to foreign participation. The estimated solicitation issue date is 27 Aug 2001 with a forty-five (45) day response time. When issued, the solicitation will be available on the USASMDC home Page at the following website: http://www.smdc.army.mil/Contracts/Contracts.htm. (Select Commerce Business Daily; Request for Proposal.) The solicitation will also be available at the Army Single Face To Industry (ASFI) Acquisition business Web site: http://acquisition.army.mil/default.htm. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. No paper copies will be provided nor is a mailing list being maintained for this acquisition as the solicitation and all associated documentation will be posted on the above website address (es). All parties who responded to the Sources Sought, Request for Capabilities Package, for this stated effort, are advised to refer to the above referenced site, as that no further communication will occur. *****

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010731/ASOL010.HTM (W-208 SN50T1D9)