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

B -- EVALUATION OF FUTURE MILITARY MISSIONS AND CAPABILITIES POC Contact James Church, Contract Specialist (703) 697-6258 WEB: Defense Supply Service-Washington, http://www/hqda.army.mil/dssw. E-MAIL: Defense Supply Service-Washington, ChurcJJ@hqda.army.mil. The Defense Supply Service-Washington intends to negotiate a sole source purchase order with C&L Associates, 10871 Spring Knoll Dive, Potomac, MD 20854. This is a follow-on effort to a research effort provided by C&L Associates. The primary scope of this project will be further work on the Mission Approach to Net Assessment and to Force Planning -- with special attention to new concepts of the role of mission defenses in future patterns or world armaments. The work requires analysis of political, military, technological, and regional factors relevant both to mid-term (5-15 years) and longer-term considerations affecting force planning and operations in a full range of contingencies, taking account of existing Pentagon structures and requirements and the need for dealing with changing technologies, contexts, and operational concepts. The contractor will be required to create contexts and models and to apply contexts and models provided by the government. The work will involve consideration ofthe strategic perspective of various types enemy powers and rogue groups in all regions with potential enemies, now and in the future. It will also include analysis of how various democratic forms of government affect potential threats to the U.S. The period of performance will be 12 months. The notice of intent is not a Request for Proposals, though any capability statement received within 15 days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. (0090)

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