U-22514/ODT-S
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       TO                 Surname)              I TELEPHONE NO DATE    
                                                                       

       I  ODT    Coord                                                 
       1                                                               
                                                                       

                                                ODT-S 1                
                                                                       

                                                0 FEB 92               
          OOC    -Coord                                                
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          -ESO                                  ACTION OFFICER         
                                                                       

                                                SIGNATURE.             
       4  COS                                                          
       4                                                               
                                                                       

       5  DD     Approve                        SG1j                   
                                                                       

                                                                       
                                                                       

                                                                       
                                                                       

                                                TYPED GRADE AND SURNAMETYPIST'S
       2  RSQ    Coord                                                 INITIALS
                                                                       

                                                                       
                                                                       

                                                                       
                                                                       

                                                GG-15,                 GLS
                                                                       

                                                                       
                                                                       

       SUBJECT                                                             
       SG1J                                                             
                                                                       

       AAP                                                             
       Waiver                                                             
       Request                                                             
                                                                       

       REMARKS                                                             
                                                                       

       1.                                                              
       PURPOSE:                                                             
       Waiver                                                             
       of                                                              
       Senior                                                             
       Review                                                             
       Board                                                             
       (SRB)                                                             
       Process                                                             
       for                                                             
       Advanced                                                             
       Acquisition                                                             
                                                                       

       Planning                                                             
       fA-AP)                                                             
       to                                                              
       procure                                                             
       external                                                             
       phenomenologitcal                                                             
       research                                                             
       and                                                             
       analysis.                                                             
                                                                       

       2.                                                              
       BACKGROUND:                                                             
                                                                       

       a.                                                              
       DIA                                                             
       first                                                             
       learned                                                             
       of                                                              
       the                                                             
       possibility                                                             
       of                                                              
       receiving                                                             
       additional                                                             
       Congressionally                                                             
                                                                       

       in                                                              
       November                                                             
       1991.                                                             
       directed                                                             
       funds                                                             
       for                                                             
       conducting                                                             
       phenomenological                                                             
       research                                                             
       and                                                             
       analysis                                                             
                                                                       

       _                                                               
       Actual                                                             
       funding                                                             
       levels,were                                                             
       not                                                             
       known                                                             
       until                                                             
       December                                                             
       and                                                             
       the                                                             
       funds                                                             
       were                                                             
       not                                                             
       released                                                             
       to                                                              
                                                                       

       ODT                                                             
       until                                                             
       late                                                             
       January                                                             
       1992.                                                             
       According                                                             
       to                                                              
       the                                                             
       Congressional                                                             
       language,                                                             
       this                                                             
       FY                                                              
       1992                                                             
                                                                       

       funding                                                             
       is                                                              
       intended                                                             
       to                                                              
       be                                                              
       used                                                             
       as                                                              
       follow-on                                                             
       to                                                              
       the                                                             
       existing                                                             
       ODT                                                             
       contract                                                             
       in                                                              
       this                                                             
       area                                                             
                                                                       

       (MDA-908-91-C-0037)                                                             
       and                                                             
       to                                                              
       initiate                                                             
       new                                                             
       research                                                             
       and                                                             
       other                                                             
       activities.                                                             
                                                                       

       b.                                                              
       Since                                                             
       this                                                             
       follow-on                                                             
       activity                                                             
       was                                                             
       not                                                             
       originally                                                             
       planned                                                             
       by                                                              
       DIA,                                                             
       there                                                             
       was                                                             
       no                                                              
                                                                       

       way                                                             
       to                                                              
       initiate                                                             
       an                                                              
       AAP                                                             
       package                                                             
       as                                                              
       required                                                             
       by                                                              
       February                                                             
       1991.                                                             
       Consequently,                                                             
       due                                                             
       to                                                              
       the                                                             
                                                                       

       unexpected                                                             
       nature                                                             
       of                                                              
       thi-s                                                             
       Congressional                                                             
       action,                                                             
       the                                                             
       resulting                                                             
       late                                                             
       timing                                                             
       of                                                              
       contract                                                             
                                                                       

       package                                                             
       initiation,                                                             
       and                                                             
       the                                                             
       need                                                             
       to                                                              
       expedite                                                             
       procurement                                                             
       to                                                              
       facilitate                                                             
       research                                                             
                                                                       

       continuity,                                                             
       it                                                              
       is                                                              
       essential                                                             
       that                                                             
       a                                                               
       waiver                                                             
       for                                                             
       SR8                                                             
       involvement                                                             
       in                                                              
       processing                                                             
       this                                                             
                                                                       

       purchase                                                             
       request                                                             
       for                                                             
       existing                                                             
       contract                                                             
       modification                                                             
       be                                                              
       granted.                                                             
       A                                                               
       separate                                                             
       procurement                                                             
                                                                       

       package                                                             
       for                                                             
       new                                                             
       research                                                             
       (PR#                                                             
       330/026Z/92)                                                             
       is                                                              
       also                                                             
       being                                                             
       processed.                                                             
                                                                       

       3.                                                              
       RECOMMENDATION:                                                             
       ED                                                              
       approve                                                             
       waiver                                                             
       of                                                              
       SRB                                                             
       process                                                             
       for                                                             
       purchase                                                             
       request                                                             
       330/025Z/92                                                             
       -                                                               
                                                                       

       orsement                                                             
       on                                                              
       this                                                             
       Staff                                                             
       Summary                                                             
       Sheet.                                                             
       by                                                              
       signing                                                             
       end                                                             
                                                                       

       1                                                               
       ENCLOSURE                                                             
                                                                       

       Procurement                                                             
       Request                                                             
       330/025Z/92                                                             
                                                                       

       Approved:                                                             
                                                                       

       Disapproved:                                                             
                                                                       

       




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