SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- MODEL-BASED INTEGRATION OF EMBEDDED SOFTWARE (MoBIES)
- Notice Date
- 3/5/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Contracts Management Office, 3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA, 22203-1714
- ZIP Code
- 22203-1714
- Solicitation Number
- BAA02-11
- Response Due
- 3/7/2003
- Archive Date
- 3/8/2003
- Point of Contact
- John Bay, DARPA Program Manager, Phone 000-000-0000, Fax 703-522-7161,
- E-Mail Address
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none
- Description
- MODEL-BASED INTEGRATION OF EMBEDDED SOFTWARE (MoBIES), SOL BAA 02-11, DUE: 03/07/03; POC: DR. JOHN BAY, DARPA/ITO; FAX: (703) 522-7161. Model-Based Integration of Embedded Software (MoBIES): The DARPA MoBIES program began in fiscal year 2000 as an effort to formalize the engineering of embedded software design and productivity tools. This BAA solicits research proposals for additional MoBIES technology development and technology integration, experimentation and evaluation on Open Experimental Platforms (OEPs). The period of performance for proposed research efforts should be no longer than two years in duration. PROGRAM SCOPE. Military applications such as advanced vehicles, UAVs, communications and sensing networks, and command and control (C2) systems are all examples of embedded applications that require highly reliable complex software. Military applications require the most complex software systems ever developed. Yet, the existing tools and techniques for developing such complex embedded software systems are fast approaching their limits in terms of the size, complexity, optimality, and reliability of the code they produce. Traditional software development systems for large-scale general-purpose computing are intended for generic code development, not for embedded ? possibly distributed ? applications. Because they are not tailorable to embedded computing platforms, they do not account for physical constraints and cross-cutting concerns, and they do not provide easily verifiable and validatable code for embedded targets. The goal of MoBIES is to develop the mathematical models and interface standards necessary to integrate physical descriptions of application domains, high-level specifications of program functionality, and process models for software tools. In this way, application-specific embedded software design frameworks can be assembled from tools and development components that have been specialized by technology developers who focus on the individual tool technologies and performance requirements associated with each of the many applications of embedded systems. Because of this ability to application-tailor the development framework from physical models, the tools will automatically accommodate cross-cutting constraints and performance drivers such as real-time scheduling, size/weight/power limitations, fault tolerance, safety, and security. The frameworks will also result in provably correct or efficiently verifiable code, allowing military users to write distributed embedded system software of complexities beyond what can be reliably produced today. This BAA solicits research proposals in these two categories, "Technology Developer" and "Evaluation Open Experimental Platform Developer" for the MoBIES Program. The Technology Developers create the design, productivity, and analysis tools, as well as the open knowledge interchange and meta-data representation standards. These developers are experts in either specific software analysis technologies (e.g., scheduling or model checking), the generation of provably correct code generators, or integrated embedded software frameworks and execution platform configuration. Research proposals are being solicited in the following three topic areas in the "Technology Developer" category: 1) Analysis and Design Tools - MoBIES has already produced tools for meta-modeling, process scheduling, resource allocation, model-checking, design view synchronization, and code generation. Additional tools are sought for these needs and for verification and validation, fault diagnosis and reconfiguration, size/weight/power analysis, cost analysis, optimization, security, and communications. 2) Model-Based Generators - DARPA is seeking proposals for model-based generator technology, where the focus is on the process of producing and customizing the generators, not the production of the target code itself. 3) Integrated Toolset Architectures - MoBIES is funding the development of individual tools and the translators and data representations necessary to make them interoperable. This topic area also seeks proposals for the systems-level engineering and interface design of the integrated framework as a whole. The Evaluation Open Experimental Platform (OEP) Developers provide an open experimental platform test bed (hardware and software) and the target embedded computing environment necessary to host the code that is automatically generated from a domain-tailored system configuration of MoBIES tools. In addition, Evaluation OEP Developers are responsible for integrating components into the OEP, designing and conducting experiments, and evaluating experimental results. Research proposals in the "Evaluation OEP Developer" category are being solicited that articulate challenge problems associated with a particular embedded software application domain, and describe performance-oriented goals that would enable significant increases in domain performance but also require significant technological innovation to realize. Offerors in the Evaluation OEP Developer category should propose embedded software test platforms of interest to the military, as well as specific challenge problems on which objective evaluation will be based. Offerors for Evaluation OEP Developer should demonstrate an ability to integrate MoBIES tools into integrated end-to-end development scenarios and perform rigorous testing and evaluation of the resulting design frameworks. MoBIES currently has OEPs that target automotive and military avionics domains. Research proposals that target additional embedded domains, e.g. software radios, biomedical devices, munitions controllers, etc., are encouraged. An organization may submit multiple proposals in each proposal category ("Technology Developer" or "Evaluation OEP Developer"), however an organization's eligibility for funding is restricted to one of these categories only. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches and techniques that lead to or enable revolutionary advances in the state-of-the-art. Proposals are not limited to the specific strategies listed above, and alternative visions will be considered. However, proposals should be for research that substantially contributes towards the goals stated. Research should result in prototype hardware and/or software demonstrating integrated concepts and approaches. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in evolutionary improvement to the existing state of practice or focuses on a specific system or solution. Integrated solution sets embodying significant technological advances are strongly encouraged over narrowly defined research endeavors. Proposals may involve other research groups or industrial cooperation and cost sharing. This BAA shall remain open and proposals received up to one year following this BAA?s release. GENERAL INFORMATION. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency/Information Technology Office (DARPA/ITO) requires completion of a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Cover Sheet Submission for each Proposal, by accessing the URL below: http://www.dyncorp-is.com/BAA/index.asp?BAAid=02-11. After finalizing the BAA Cover Sheet Submission, the proposer must submit the BAA Confirmation Sheet that will automatically appear on the web page. Each proposer is responsible for printing the BAA Confirmation Sheet and submitting it attached to the "original" and each designated number of copies. The Confirmation Sheet should be the first page of your Proposal. Failure to comply with these submission procedures may result in the submission not being evaluated. NEW REQUIREMENTS/PROCEDURES: The Award Document for each proposal selected and funded will contain a mandatory requirement for submission of DARPA/ITO Quarterly Status Reports and an Annual Project Summary Report. These reports will be electronically submitted via the DARPA/ITO Technical ? Financial Information Management System (T-FIMS), utilizing the government furnished Uniform Resource Locator (URL) on the World Wide Web (WWW). Details in Proposer Information Pamphlet (PIP). Proposers must submit an original and 4 copies of the full proposal and 2 electronic copies (i.e., 2 separate disks) of the full proposal (in Microsoft Word ?97 for IBM-compatible, PDF, Postscript, or ASCII format on one 3.5-inch floppy disk or one 100 MB Iomega Zip disk). Each disk must be clearly labeled with BAA 02-11, proposer organization, proposal title (short title recommended) and Copy ___ of 2. The full proposal (original and designated number of hard and electronic copies) must be submitted in time to reach DARPA by 4:00 PM (ET) Thursday, May 2, 2002, in order to be considered during the initial evaluation phase. However, BAA 02-11, Model-Based Integration of Embedded Software (MoBIES), will remain open until 4:00 PM (ET) Friday, March 7, 2003. Thus, proposals may be submitted at any time from issuance of this BAA through Friday, March 7, 2003. While the proposals submitted after Thursday, May 2, 2002, deadline will be evaluated by the Government, proposers should keep in mind that the likelihood of near-term funding such proposals is less than for those proposals submitted in connection with the initial evaluation and award schedule. Proposers must obtain the BAA 02-11 Proposer Information Pamphlet (PIP), which provides further information on the areas of interest, submission, evaluation, funding processes, and full proposal formats. This pamphlet will be posted directly to FedBizOpps.gov and may also be obtained by fax, electronic mail, mail request to the administrative contact address given below, or at URL address http://www.darpa.mil/ito/Solicitations.html. Proposals not meeting the format described in the pamphlet may not be reviewed. This notice, in conjunction with the BAA 02-11 PIP and all references, constitutes the total BAA. No additional information is available, nor will a formal RFP or other solicitation regarding this announcement be issued. Requests for it will be disregarded. The Government reserves the right to select for award all, some, or none of the proposals received. All responsible sources capable of satisfying the Government's needs may submit a proposal that shall be considered by DARPA. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Institutions (MIs) are encouraged to submit proposals and join others in submitting proposals. However, no portion of this BAA will be set aside for HBCU and MI participation due to the impracticality of reserving discrete or severable areas of this research for exclusive competition among these entities. Evaluation of proposals will be accomplished through a scientific review of each proposal using the following category-specific evaluation criteria, which are listed in descending order of relative importance within each category: "Technology Developer" category evaluation criteria areas: 1.) Innovation and Payoff 2.) Technology Development, Measurement and Experimentation Approach 3.) Project Plan and Schedule 4.) Experience and Qualifications 5.) Cost. "Evaluation OEP Developer" category evaluation criteria areas: 1.) Challenge Problem Formulation 2.) Integration Approach 3.) Experimentation and Analysis Approach 4.) OEP Infrastructure 5.) Project Plan and Schedule 6.) Experience and Qualifications 7.) Technology Transition Plans and Capabilities 8.) Cost. Detailed descriptions of each of the category evaluation criteria can be found in the Proposer Information Pamphlet . All administrative correspondence and questions on this solicitation, including requests for information on how to submit a proposal to this BAA, must be received at one of the administrative addresses below by 4:00 PM (ET) Friday, February 28, 2003; e-mail or fax is preferred. DARPA intends to use electronic mail and fax for some of the correspondence regarding BAA 02-11. Proposals MUST NOT be submitted by fax or e-mail; any so sent will be disregarded. The administrative addresses for this BAA are: Fax: 703-522-7161 Addressed to: DARPA/ITO, BAA 02-11 Electronic Mail: baa02-11@darpa.mil Electronic File Retrieval: http://www.darpa.mil/ito/Solicitations.html. Mail to: DARPA/ITO, ATTN: BAA 02-11, 3701 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203-1714
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