--Draft Integrated Test and Analysis Contract (ITAC) Request for Proposal (RFP)

The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/U.S. Army Forces Strategic Command (SMDC/ARSTRAT) requires an integration contractor team to plan, organize and coordinate operations/tests/analyses with comprehensive, widely distributed experimental w eapons systems, or credible representations thereof, such as Ground Based Midcourse Missile Defense hardware/element labs, early warning radars, sea-based missile defense elements, mid and lower tier missile defense elements, or representative element sim u lations; and/or other equipment of interest, such as communications network hardware/simulation, command and control, and/or threat systems data. Combinations may include, but are not limited to items such as weapons system Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL ) lab oratories, Software-in-the-Loop (SWIL), detailed (up to and including detailed engineering level) modeling and simulation (M&S) products, trustworthy databases reflecting detailed weapon system operations, threat system representations and /or any ot her as set required, for integrated test and analysis experiments. Initial emphasis is expected by SMDC/ARSTRAT to be placed upon but not be limited to all varieties of missile defense operations (and related offensive operations) against threats in all phases of operational envelopes. Test and analysis experimental configurations are customer driven in accordance with directly stated objectives or derived from senior leadership expectations. To perform this scope of work (SOW), SMDC/ARSTRAT and t he ITAC contra ctor shall seek out partnerships with DoD and other US Government organizations (and their lead contractor organizations) to obtain the requisite capabilities. Task orders will be issued by the SMDC/ARSTRAT to accomplish the ITAC require ments. Several US Government supported efforts are expected to be integrated into the performance of this contract through the use of directed subcontractors to the ITAC prime contractor. Each present or future Directed subcontractor is precluded from participating as a me mber of the prime team. The Missile Defense System Exerciser (MDSE) developed by Teledyne Brown Engineering is expected to be heavily leveraged with the ITAC tasks, but the scope of ITAC is more comprehensive than just existing (c irca 2006) MDSE operation s. Likewise, the Ground Based Midcourse Missile Defense Embedded Test (ET) capability developed by the Boeing Company is expected to be leveraged along with the Integrated System Test Capability (ISTC) resources and US Governm ent supported contractor radar laboratories operated by the Raytheon Company. The NAICS code for this small business set-aside competition is 541710/1000 employees. This acquisition is not be open to participation by foreign firms at either the prime or subcontract level. The draft Request for Proposal (RFP) is located at the following USASMDC website: http://www.smdc.army.mil/Contracts/ITAC.html. NO PAPER COPIES OF THE DRAFT RFP WILL B E PROVIDED NOR IS A MAILING LIST BEING MAINTAINED FOR THIS ACQUISITION AS THE DRAFT RFP IS POSTED ON THE ABOVE WEBSITE ADDRESS. Questions on the draft RFP need t o be submitted by email or fax no later than Monday, 18 September 2006 to Ms. Nicole Meenen, Contracting Officer (contact@example.gov, fax +1 (555) 000-0000) and Rhonda Brock (contact@example.gov, fax +1 (555) 000-0000) in order to have questions/issu es addressed before the release of the Final Request for Proposal (RFP). Correspondence should reference ITAC RFP W9113M-06-R-0017.