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A -- SYSTEMS AND OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS TO LANDMINE ALTERNATIVES SOL DAAE30-99-BAA-0103 DUE 091699 POC Christine DeFinis, Contract Specialist, 973-724-2754 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/RFP/99B0103/99B0103.htm. E-MAIL: Christine DeFinis, cdefinis@pica.army.mil. The U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command is issuing a broad agency announcement to solicit concepts to augment on-going activities to develop alternatives to existing anti-personnel submunitions in mixed systems, entire mixed systems, and alternatives to man-in-the-loop non-self destruct anti-personnel landmines technologies. These items constitute the scope of the DoD Landmine Alternatives Track III Program. Concepts that are solicited include system level concepts, and operational concepts involving changes to doctrine, tactics and force structure to provide equivalent or militarily advantageous capabilities identified in the Mission Need Statements for Mixed Landmine System Alternatives and Battlefield Shaping and Force Protection Against Personnel Threats. The U.S. Army Office of the Program Manager for Mines, Countermines and Demolitions is the DoD Executive Agent for the Track III Program. The U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command and the US Army Communications and Electronics Command will provide technical management and functional expertise in the planning and execution of the Track III Program. The BAA solicits ten page white papers that will describe the offerors' concepts for alternatives. Multiple white papers are accepted. Up to four firm fixed price purchase orders, each valued at $75,000, will be issued to the selected offerors to continue with the development of their concepts. The concept development effort will result in identifying system configuration and projected system and subsystem level performances, tactics, techniques, and procedures that will facilitate detailed modeling and simulation of the concepts to test their battlefield utility to the current fielded systems. Further, the concept development effort will provide information on the critical technologies that are employed in the concepts. These will facilitate the technical assessment of the concepts for the associated technology risks/maturity issues. The products of the purchase orders will help the Government to assess and test the utility of the concepts. Viable materiel concepts will also help shape future operational requirements and to help formulate an investment plan for the acquisition of alternatives under the Track III Program. The DoD has earmarked approximately $220 million to aggressively pursue the development of alternatives under the Track III program from fiscal year 2000 to 2005. The period of performance for the purchase orders is envisioned to be 60 days. The white papers are due September 16, 1999. The purchase orders are anticipated to be issued NLT 60 days after receipt of the White Papers. The broad agency announcement is available for downloading immediately at http://procnet.pica.army.mil. This synopsis was also posted under the US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000. All communications on this requirement shall be through the POC at that office as identified above. See Numbered Note 26. Posted 08/10/99 (W-SN365988). (0222)

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