The Institute for Defense Analyses

Defense Daily, Dec 16, 1998

The Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, Va., a not-for- profit organization, is being awarded a $17.6 million increment as part of a $480.5 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. Task orders will be directed to individual issues to provide studies, analyses, and test and evaluation support to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, unified commands, and defense agencies.

Projects will address issues of both long term and immediate concern in the following areas: national security issues, particularly those requiring scientific and technical expertise; exploration of issues in defense systems research and development; computer and software engineering; evaluation of military systems proposed or in development, and of military forces using those systems. Tasks will involve the comprehensive evaluation of defense systems and technologies, at all stages of development, deployment, and use. Analysis will require an in-depth understanding of mission requirements, system performance, underlying technologies, capabilities cost determination/estimation of defense programs and the support infrastructure. Work will be performed in Alexandria, Va., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2003. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This is a sole source contract initiated on Aug. 6, 1998. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Service-Washington, Washington, D.C. (DASW01-98-C- 0067).