--Edit and revise draft WW II history of Operation Barbarosa

The Defense Contracting Command-Washington is set to negotiate a sole source contract with David M. Glantz of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to complete and refine a draft history of Operation Barbarossa, the 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union. This contract involves editing and revising approximately 1,700 pages of typescript with embedded citations to improve style, accuracy, and balance. Additionally, the contractor will add a final section to complete the narrative and provide supporting materials such as introductory sections, a bibliographical note, and graphics to prepare the manuscript for publication. The expertise required includes deep familiarity with the campaign, fluency in Soviet-Russian source materials for balanced perspective, and cartographic skills relevant to the region. The contract falls under FAR Part 12 for the acquisition of commercial items and is expected to have a one-year performance period from award. No solicitation will be issued as this will be a direct negotiation. The contract is being managed by the Department of Defense at the Fort Belvoir, Virginia office, under NAICS code 611699. This decision is informational and part of the agency’s process to ensure the work is entrusted to a contractor with specialized knowledge and capability to produce a definitive, well-balanced historical work on a critical World War II campaign.