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Ce ee Approved For Release 2003/09/16 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700280015-9 aaah amare ‘ETDS SRS CR AUS CTS eer eae ne econ eae ameeRmmmemNNRRRRE Cen: SR LA SANE LE Sa ERA pee ee ee EMR Nags mie ee ene NOVEL INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION TECHNIQUE (U) RE EL Wea ean atoning ves Goon oe JUSTIFICATION FOR SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT WITH SRI INTERNATIONAL 1. (C) Sole source procurement must be initiated for the award of the contract to SRI International of Menlo Park, CA, for FY 1981, 2. (S) In order to fulfill the objective of this Statement of Work, the contractor is required to have a high degree of technical competence in the analysis and evaluation of advanced threat techniques. There is no doubt that SRI has the background and expertise desired for the specific advanced threat of interest, SRI is a recognized leader in this particular field of analysis and evaluation, and has performed similar work for other US Government agencies over the past few years, Their previous work, under Contract DNA 001-78~C-0274, will form a highly meaningful data base which will greatly enhance the value and effectiveness of this contractual effort. 3. {C) The effort involved for a new contractor to research the same level of Capability and expertise that SRI currently possesses for this area of analysis and evaluation would be too time Consuming and uneconomical to acquire and develop, To acquaint a new contractor in this area of expertise would require several years simply to achieve the present level of expertise and competence possessed by SRI, 4, (C) The performance of SRI on similar DIA, Army and Air Force contracts in FY 1976, FY 1977, FY 1978, FY 1979, and FY 1980 is judged as outstanding, fully justifying them as a sole source. The SRI researchers implemented numerous innovations to maximize output of these prior year contracts, and were able to utilize additional resources at SRI without added cost te the Government, 5. (C) The capabilities and characteristics delineated above, especially the SRI- funded development of sources and data base, ensure that SRI International alone has the qualifications to Satisfy the requirements set forth in the Statement of Work, espectally within the compelling time frame of this contract, Approved For Retens ONE MEN TURP oo eer00 onze007-2