A -- NUCLEAR SURETY SUPPORT PROGRAM

Notice Date

December 17, 2001

Contracting Office

Defense Threat Reduction Agency (AM), DTRA Annex, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, MSC 6201, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6201

ZIP Code

22060-6201

Solicitation Number

CSO19971475

Response Due

January 11, 2002

Point of Contact

David Nemerow, 703-325-6627, FAX 703-325-9294

E-Mail Address

Defense Threat Reduction Agency (AM) (david.nemerow@dtra.mil)

Description

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is contemplating a multi-award, indefinite/delivery-indefinite/quantity, multi-year contract for the support and administration of the Department of Defense (DoD) Nuclear Surety Support Program. This program's pr inciple objectives are:(1)provide support to missile defense programs,(2)support capabilities to counter and defeat Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) threats,(3) support civil and military response to WMD use, and (4)support the viability and credibility o f the nuclear force. The critical specific objectives for this requirement consist of:(1) Environment Analysis/Hazard and Risk Analysis (2) Nuclear Security Studies (3) Nuclear Reliability Studies; and (4) Nuclear Use Control Studies.The estimated program 's value is estimated to be up to $1.6M per year. The effort reflects a base period of performance of five (5) years with a potential for options. DTRA is currently soliciting input from industry to ensure that the most current technologies and philosophie s are thoroughly reviewed in concert with the development of the acquisition strategy in order to efficiently and effectively fulfill the Statement of Objectives (SOO). This Agency is particularly interested in industry's views and comments on forming a te aming expertise pool that would:(1)complement the unique requirements of the SOO, and (2)be capable of rapidly responding to specific and unique requirements in the critical mission areas as noted in the SOO. This team must demonstrate core skills and miti gation techniques to minimize risk to the unique and critical mission. The SOO follows for your perusal. DTRA welcomes and encourages all input from industry and is highly receptive to innovative and unique concepts in achieving these critical objectives. All recommendations, comments, and questions must be submitted through email by 11 January 02. This announcement is issued for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP). There is no solicitation available at the present time. This synopsis is published for information gathering purposes only and in no way obligates the government to award any contract. All information, comments, questions, concerns generated from this announcement are considered gratis. Fo r further assistance concerning this announcement, please contact Marilyn F. Williams, Contract Specialist, at: marilyn.williams@dtra.mil or Donald L. Shires, Contracting Officer, at: donald.shires@dtra.mil. SOO: 1.0 Background. The Defense Threat Reduct ion Agency (DTRA) safeguards the U.S. and its friends from weapons of mass destruction (WMD) (i.e. chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high explosives) by reducing the present threat and preparing for the future threat. The mission of the Comb at Support Directorate is to provide combat support to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Joint Staff, the commanders in chief and the military services to deter, engage and assess the threat and challenges posed to the United States, its forces and its allies by weapons of mass destruction. Our focus is to support the essential WMD response capabilities, functions, activities and objectives necessary to sustain all elements of forces in-theater at all levels of war and to assist in civil support. 2.0 Organizational Objectives. One of the agency's long term goals is to deter the use and reduce the impact of WMD. There are four specific objectives supporting this goal. These are: Provide support to missile defense programs, support capabilities to c ounter and defeat WMD threats, support civil and military response to WMD use, and to support the viability and credibility of the nuclear force. The last is the main objective of the Nuclear Stockpile Division. Critical to the viability of the nuclear st ockpile is the National Command Authority's and the public's confidence in the stockpile. The surety (safety, reliability, security and use control) of the stockpile is ke y to that confidence. As spelled out in the DTRA charter, DTRA will provide technical assistance and support to the Department of Defense (DoD) components for developing and publishing standards, requirements, and operational procedures dealing with the re liability, safety, security, use control ... of nuclear weapons. 3.0 Specific Objectives. The principal objective of this program is the support of DoD nuclear surety. This statement of objectives (SOO) is focused on DTRA activities in support of this princi pal objective. The scope of this program extends across the nuclear surety areas delineated above and focused primarily on quantitative analysis. For the following objectives, the contractor will conduct efforts on research, analysis, assessments, technic al and operational support, directly related to the key elements of the DoD Nuclear Surety Support Program principal objective. The objectives cover research into the surety issues of safety, security, reliability and use control of a quantitative and occa sionally qualitative nature. These objectives will often involve quick response, short studies (typically 3-12 months) to answer questions of a surety nature posed to DTRA in our role as a combat support agency. 3.1 Environment Analysis: Conduct efforts to understand the characteristics of normal and abnormal environments for nuclear weapons and weapons systems. Conduct efforts on modeling and simulation, support experimentation, and provide technical advice for the direction of future study. Specific are as may include electrical, thermal and structural modeling, in addition to, characterizing credible combinations of abnormal environments. Modeling of environments from intentional acts. The contractor is expected to work closely with Department of Energy (DOE) weapons labs on this objective. 3.2 Hazard and Risk Analysis: Conduct efforts on using hazard analysis and probabilistic risk/safety assessment techniques to assess the safety of nuclear delivery systems, nuclear certified equipment, and nuclear ope rations. Areas may include weapon system safety assessments, long term storage assessments, Nuclear Detonation Safety Exception (NDSE) studies, Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) studies, Trinity and Plutonium (Pu) dispersal issues, and development of risk m itigation tools. The primary goal of this objective is to generate risk mitigation advice to the warfighter, whether operational or technical. 3.3 Nuclear Security Studies: Conduct efforts on research and development studies to improve nuclear security. Activities will include modeling and simulation studies of nuclear sites and facilities, generic threat templates, transportation studies and vulnerability analyses. Performers of this objective are expected to work collaboratively with other on-going DTR A efforts in nuclear security. 3.4 Nuclear Reliability Studies: Conduct efforts on the reliability of the stockpile in terms of its ability to meet the warfighter requirements. This includes probabilistic studies of the stockpile, weapon system reliabilit y studies and other reliability studies as needed in support of the warfighter. 3.5 Nuclear Use Control Studies: Conduct efforts on the evaluation of current and projected use control equipment and procedures. In order to support the recommendations of DT RA, detailed studies of cost analysis, technical procedures, and governing policies of use control systems and proposals are required. Many of these objectives will be in direct support of the Nuclear Use Control Project Officer's Group.

Web Link

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011219/ASOL010.HTM (D-351 SN5153C6)