A--Issuance of Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) for Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance Contract (SETAC) 2010.

The Government anticipates the DRFP for SETAC 2010 will be available via the Business Opportunities section of the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command (SMDC/ARSTRAT) public website on or about 12 April 2010. The website can be accessed at http://www.army.mil/info/organization/unitsandcommands/commandstructure/smdc/. The DRFP can be accessed directly at http://www.smdc.army.mil/2008/SETAC10.asp. Description of the Effort: Systems engineering and technical assistance for USASMDC/ARSTRAT and other associated air, space, missile defense organizations in support of their various air, space, missile defense, homeland security/homeland defense, warfighter and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear missions as they are defined by Higher Headquarters, Congress, and the Department of Defense. The goal of these services is to ensure effective development of technologies and capabilities for defense against evolving threats; to coordinate all technology base development to maximize benefits for strategic and theater missile defense and air/space technology programs; and, to ensure programs are in statutory and regulatory compliance. Support may be required in the following major technical functions: (1) Programmatic and Business Initiatives; (2) Requirements Definition, Analysis, Integration, and Planning; (3) Concept Development and Assessment; (4) Program/Project Analysis and Assessment; (5) Threat Estimation and Projection; (6) Weapons Lethality, Survivability, Electronic Warfare and Kill Assessment and Effects Estimation; (7) Engineering and Analysis Support to Assess Technology, Models, Simulations and Prototypes; (8) Logistics Assessment; and (9) Environmental, Treaty and Security Compliance.