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                    JUSTIFICATION FOR SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT (U)
                                        with
         SRI INTERNATIONAL
    333 Ravenswook Avenue
    Manlo Park, CA 94025
         (S) SRI International is uniquely qualified for this sole source procure-
    ment by nature of a ccabination of experience and performance on previous
    government contracts in a related area. They have a high degree of technical
    ccmpetence and are the only known source qualified to furnish the government
    needs in this specific area of human capabilities evaluation. This effort
    requires a multidisciplinary effort involving physicists, biophysicists, and
    psychologists. The basic research core team at SRI has internationally
    recognized experts in the technical disciplines required for this work, and,
    in addition, the core team can readily access a broad range of support skills
    available elsewhere at SRI International.
    2. (S) This effort builds on investigations previously sponsored by another
    government agency; however, biomedical sciences aspects of the subject will
    now be emphasized. The primary objective is to establish, without a shadow of
    a doubt, that a reproducible phenomenon exists. A related longer range objec-
    tive is to define the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon. All previous
    work has focused on the center nervous system as a system influenceable by
    electromagnetic emanations. Now, for the first time, biochemical and
    enzymatic intracellular reactions will be examined as well. SRI's previous
    work on the electrcmagnetic reaction aspects of remote viewing forms a highly
    meaningful data base for this new work. It is imperative that the nxmntum
    achieved in the immediate past research not be ccmprcmised by shifting from an
    established and highly experienced research team to a new team not now
    acutally credentialled. Reliance on a new team for a continuation of this
    investigation would positively delay the achievement of stated objectives and
    would destroy the much needed opportunity to apply, right now, on a continuing
    basis research techniques in remote viewing to urgent operational require-
    ments. For a new contractor to achieve SRI's present level of expertise, if
    he could be found, would require at least three to five years. Such a time
    lag is totally unacceptable. Findings and achievements from this work have
    significant implications for national security.
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