The Defense Information Systems Agency plans a solicitation to provide comprehensive IT courses to DISA personnel worldwide. Multiple award contracts will be awarded to two small businesses and one large business. E-pipeline.com estimates the contract will be worth around $1 million. The RFP, number HC1047-04-R-4015, will be released shortly through FedBizOpps. Contact Elizabeth Roberts at robert2e@ncr.disa.mil.

DISA also plans a solicitation to provide comprehensive leadership development training to its personnel worldwide. This is a small business set-aside. The RFP, number HC1047-04-R-4014, will be released shortly through FedBizOpps. Contact Elizabeth Roberts at robert2e@ncr.disa.mil.

The Forest Service at Land Between the Lakes, Golden Pond, KY, plans an RFP for software, database and website development. This is a small business set-aside. The agency anticipates awarding a fixed-price IDIQ contract. Services include software development, database administration, server administration, training, help desk support, and Web page posting/Web page development. This is a pilot program to develop and deploy a fully functional Market Profiler Point of Sale cash register system and Accounting for Finance, Customers and Performance database and website. A site visit and pre-proposal conference will be held on Dec. 4. For reservations, contact Carrie Edwards at 270-924-2080 or cledwards@fs.fed.us. The solicitation, number AG-4870-53-4870-4-0007, will be available around Nov. 21.

The Army Space and Missile Defense Command in Colorado Springs has announced the Space and Missile Defense Initiatives Support II (SMDIS II) contract acquisition for Scientific, Engineering, and Technical Assistance. One contract is a small business set-aside. The NAICS code is 541710. The draft statement of work is posted at http://www.armyspace.army.mil. Appointments for one-on-one sessions can be arranged through the same site. The solicitation number is W91260-04-R-0001.

The Air Force has released its latest round of solicitations for research projects under the Small Business Information Research Program. It is available at http://www.acq.osd.mil/sadbu/sbir. The deadline is Dec. 1. Contact Judy Uhl, 937-255-0494. For details, go to: http://www.eps.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/AFRL%2DPK/DoDSBIR2004%2E1/Synopsis.html

Cooperative Personnel Services is seeking sources for human resources services, management and organization reviews, performance management, work process redesign and reengineering, training and EEO services. It encourages bids from HUBZone and service-disabled-veteran-owned firms. The NAICS code is 561320. Contact Elliot Boston Jr. at 916-263-600 or tsasubcontractors@cps.ca.gov.

The Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineer Research and Development Center has issued a broad agency announcement for research projects in many disciplines. Research interests include the broad fields of hydraulics, dredging, coastal engineering, instrumentation, oceanography, remote sensing, geotechnical engineering, earthquake engineering, soil effects, vehicle mobility, self-contained munitions, military engineering, geophysics, pavements, protective structures, aquatic plants, water quality, dredged material, treatment of hazardous waste, wetlands, physical/mechanical/chemical properties of snow and other frozen precipitation, infrastructure and environmental issues for installations, computer science, telecommunications management, energy, facilities maintenance, materials and structures, engineering processes, environmental processes, land and heritage conservation, and ecological processes. The announcement is available at www.mvk.usace.army.mil/contract/other.asp.