A -- ANALYTICAL SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH AND COORDINATION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION POLICY

Notice Date

August 15, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of State, Office of Logistics Management, Acquisition Management, SA-6, 2nd Floor P.O. Box 9115, Rosslyn Station, Arlington, VA, 22219

ZIP Code

22219

Solicitation Number

S-LMAQM-01-N-0258

Response Due

August 30, 2001

Point of Contact

Colleen Kosar, Team Leader, Phone 7038756643, Fax 7038756085, Email kosarcm@state.gov -- Tracy Ford, Contract Specialist, Phone 7038756747, Fax 7038756085, Email fordtr@state.gov

Description

The Department of State (DOS) intends to negotiate on a sole basis with Rand Corporation for two analytical studies. 1) A study to analyze the state of Taiwan's critical infrastructure to identify the key infrastructure vulnerabilities that could undermine Taiwan's continuity of government and to identify vulnerabilities in key Taiwanese infrastructures that would adversely affect the U.S. National Security interests. The study shall also identify key issues based on the nature of connectivity with the U.S. infrastructures that the U.S. Government might address in critical infrastructure protection (CIP) discussion with Taiwan. 2) A study that can explores the relationship between the U.S. CIP international outreach policy and cyberwarfare doctrine. The study shall address the following issues: a) Diplomatic equities and foreign implications of the Department of Defense's weaponization of information technology, i.e., the development of information warfare; b) Specific uses of information warfare in the context of deterrence, dissuasion, and warefighting; and c) Coordination of responsibility among various stakeholders prior to, during, and following computer network attacks or other information warfare incidents. Firms that feel they can provide the forementioned studies are invited to submit an affirmative response to comply with all the above requirements. Response(s) must be received within 15 calendar days of this notice to the effect that comparable studies are available and are more advantageous to the Government than obtaining these studies through the proposed contractor, or a sole-source award will be made.

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Record

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