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

B -- ANALYSIS TO EXAMINE TWO RAPID HALTS IN CLOSE SUCCESSIONS POC Joyce Rose (703) 695-2564 Contracting Officer Diane Taylor (703) 614-6823 Contract Specialist WEB: Defense Supply Service-Washington, http://www.hqda.army.mil/dssw. E-MAIL: Defense Supply Service-Washington, taylodp@hqda.army.mil. The Defense Supply Service-Washington intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Synergy, Inc. 1763 Columbia Road., N.W., Washington, DC 20009. Contracted personnel will assist the Air Force Strategy and Policy Division (AF/XPXS) and the Future Concepts Division (AF/XPXC) in analysis to meet the challenges posed by the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) strategy. The contractor shall assist XPXS and XPXC in analyzing two Rapid Halts in close succession in the context of two Major Theater Wars (MTW) one in Northeast Asia (NEA) and one in Southwest Asia (SWA) using quick reaction combat employment and deployment models. The contractor will develop: the analytical framework, MTW baseline and excursion databases for NEA and SWA, operate the campaign models, analyze the outcomes and raise operational issues, develop and examine new concepts, and present results. The following analysis tasks address two time frames, 2005 and 2012. The first corresponds to the end of the Program Objective Memoranda (POM) timeframe, and the second represents a mid term timeframe for examining future forces and concepts. Scenarios will be established for NEA and SWA in each time frame. The following numbered tasks are: (1) Task 1. Rapid Halt in the SWA Scenario (2) Task 2. Develop Two Rapid Halts in Close Succession (3) Task 3. Monthly Status Reports (4) Task 4. End of Task Report. In addition, the contractor must posses a minimum of a DoD secret clearance. The period of performance is six months from award date. See Note 22. (0048)

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