SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Exploitation of 3-D Data (E3D)
- Notice Date
- 3/26/2002
- 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
- BAA02-13
- Response Due
- 5/14/2003
- Point of Contact
- Robert Hummel, DARPA Program Manager, Phone 000-000-0000, Fax 703-516-7360, - Alan Frederick, Contracting Officer, Phone (703) 696-0047, Fax (703) 696-2208,
- E-Mail Address
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none, afrederick@darpa.mil
- Description
- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT DARPA BAA 02-13: Exploitation of 3-D Data (E3D). POCs: Dr. Robert Hummel (DARPA/IXO), FAX 703/696-2201/2203; Mr. Alan Frederick (DARPA/CMO), FAX: (703) 807-1728. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting proposals for the development of novel and efficient techniques for rapidly exploiting 3-D sensor data to precisely locate and recognize targets. This procurement has three separate technology areas: Modeling, Target Acquisition, and Target Recognition. The Modeling area seeks solutions for constructing and inserting target, clutter, and decoy models into the E3D system. The Target Acquisition area seeks solutions for detecting and segmenting targets contained in a local block of 3-D data. The Target Recognition area seeks solutions for analyzing segmented 3-D data blocks to determine target class, identity, and fingerprint. One award is anticipated in the Modeling area. Two awards each are anticipated in the Target Acquisition and Target Recognition areas. BACKGROUND: Sensors that provide 3-D information provide an opportunity to achieve precision recognition in the targeting process. Whereas identification from 2-D images requires complex inferencing of 3-D information from 2-D scenes, precise identification from 3-D data should be achievable based on measurements obtained directly from the sensor data. Accordingly, by making use of the 3-D data rapidly becoming available from advanced sensors, the E3D project should provide a quantum leap in the military's ability to perform targeting. Additionally, E3D exploitation technology should drive the introduction of new 3-D sensors by creating a lucrative market for the use of 3-D data. OBJECTIVES: The E3D project will develop technology to detect and recognize vehicular targets in 3-D data. In the context of E3D, -recognition- means the labeling of an object in terms of class type, target type, and unique identity. The primary goals of the E3D project are 1) demonstrate that 3-D shape and structure of targets, together with spatial 3-D information about the context of the targets, can permit confident recognition over broad ranges of obscuration, configuration variation, and environment complexity, 2) demonstrate that 3-D shape and structure of targets, together with spatial 3-D information about the context of the targets, can permit confident decoy mitigation, and 3) working extensively with simulation data, identify requirements for 3-D resolution and target features for the purpose of performing acquisition, classification, identification, as well as -fingerprinting,- of targets according to their 3-D features. TECHNICAL APPROACH: Modeling, Target Acquisition, and Target Recognition technology will be developed in three phases. A fourth phase is planned, but is not included as part of this solicitation. Phase I and Phase II will last 12 months each, and Phase III and Phase IV will last 9 months each. In Phase I, the Modeling technology area will develop techniques for rapidly creating and inserting models of accessible targets. These techniques will be used to build 75 target identification models and 20 target class models. The Target Acquisition and Recognition technology areas will develop techniques to locate and recognize articulating, reconfigurable targets under partial obscuration conditions, with an identification probability of 0.85, a target rejection rate less than 5%, and a processing time of 3 minutes per target or less. In Phase II, the Modeling technology area will develop techniques for rapidly creating and inserting models of denied targets and clutter. The target model library will be expanded to 150 target identification models and 50 target class models. The Target Acquisition and Recognition technology areas will develop techniques to locate and recognize articulating, reconfigurable targets in close proximity under 50% obscuration conditions in clutter containing primitive decoys, with an identification probability of 0.9, a target rejection rate less than 3%, and a processing time of 5-times real time. In Phase III, the Modeling technology area will develop techniques for rapidly creating and inserting class models of denied targets and clutter -on the fly-. The target model library will be expanded to 300 target identification models and 100 target class models. The Target Acquisition and Recognition technology areas will develop techniques to locate and recognize articulating, reconfigurable targets in close proximity under 50% obscuration conditions in clutter containing complex decoys, with an identification probability of 0.95, a target rejection rate less than 2%, and real-time processing speeds. The E3D project will provide clear and unambiguous milestones with well-defined performance metrics that allow the Government to determine progress towards achieving or exceeding project objectives. The results at the conclusion of each Phase will provide the basis for Go/No-Go decision for the subsequent Phase. E3D technologies will be evaluated and tested in Government facilities. Performers will be required to provide electronic reporting via the DARPA Technical - Financial Information Management System (T-FIMS). GENERAL INFORMATION: Further information on the technical approach can be found in the Proposal Information Pamphlet (PIP) at the web site http://www.darpa.mil/ixo/solicitations/e3d/. The PIP provides detailed information on program objectives, proposal submission format, evaluation and funding information. The deadline for receipt of full proposals for the initial round of evaluations will be 1600 EDT, 14 May 2002. This BAA will remain open until 1600 EDT 14 May 2003. All proposals shall be provided in electronic form, either uploaded by ZIP TM to a secure DARPA server at http://dtsn.darpa.mil under an approved account. Alternatively, electronic proposals will be accepted by delivery of 2 CD-ROMs to the DARPA mailroom at 3701 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203. Instructions for web-based proposal format and preparation is described in the Proposal Information Pamphlet at http://www.darpa.mil/ixo/solicitations/e3d/pip.htm, and further information will be available online using approved accounts at https://dtsn.darpa.mil/. The following criteria will be applied for the evaluation of the proposals: (1) Overall scientific and technical merit, (2) Offeror's capabilities and related experience, (3) Strength of Statement of Work and Program Plan, and (4) Cost realism. For Phase I only, the anticipated funding level for the Modeling task is $1 million, for the Target Acquisition task is $750,000, and for the Target Recognition task is $1.5 million. The Government plans to make award decisions within approximately 45 days after receipt of full proposals. Final funding determination will be based on best value to the Government. The Government reserves the right to select for award some, none or portions of the proposals received under this solicitation. The Government reserves the right to use grants, contracts or other transactions as instruments for funding the proposals selected for award. Information concerning Other Transactions can be found at URL http://www.darpa.mil/cmo/pages/845.htm. All proprietary material submitted should be clearly marked as such and will be held in strict confidence. All proposals must reference DARPA BAA 02-13. Aside from the PIP, additional resource information is available at http://www.darpa.mil/ixo/solicitations/e3d/. ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST: Each cost proposal shall contain a section satisfying the requirements of the following: Awards made under this BAA are subject to the provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 9.5, Organizational Conflict of Interest. All Offerors and proposed subcontractors must affirmatively state whether they are supporting any DARPA technical office(s) through an active contract or subcontract. All affirmations must state which office(s) the Offeror supports and identify the prime contract number. Affirmations shall be furnished at the time of proposal submission, and the existence or potential existence of organizational conflicts of interest, as that term is defined in FAR 9.501, must be disclosed. This disclosure shall include a description of the action the Offeror has taken, or proposes to take, to avoid, neutralize or mitigate such conflict. If the Offeror believes that no such conflict exists, then it shall so state in this section. It is the policy of DARPA to treat all proposals as competitive information, and to disclose the contents only for the purposes of evaluation. The Government intends to use Solers, Inc., Schafer Corporation, SET Corporation, and Computer Assist, Inc. personnel as special resources to assist with the logistics of administering proposal evaluation, and to provide advice on specific technical areas. Personnel of this contractor are restricted by their contracts from disclosing proposal information for any purpose other than these administrative or advisory tasks. Contractor personnel are required to sign the Conflict of Interest and Non-Disclosure Agreement. By submission of its proposal, each Offeror agrees that proposal information may be disclosed to those selected contractors for the limited purpose stated above. Any information not intended for limited release to this contractor must be clearly marked and segregated from other submitted proposal material. This FedBizOps notice itself, combined with the Proposal Information Pamphlet at http://www.darpa.mil/ixo/solicitations/e3d/pip.htm, constitutes the Broad Agency Announcement as contemplated by FAR 6.102(d)(2). No portion of this BAA will be set aside for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and Minority Institutions (MI) participation due to the impracticality of reserving discrete or severable tasks, however HBCUs and MIs are encouraged to apply. In cases where evaluation of proposals is substantially equal, preference for award will be given to those proposals, which include HBCUs and MIs as participants over those, which do not include HBCUs and MIs. No additional information will be made available, nor will a formal RFP or other solicitation regarding this announcement be issued. All proposals, including technical and cost, shall be delivered electronically according to instructions in the Proposal Information Pamphlet. Telephone inquiries are strongly discouraged; written inquiries may be sent by e-mail to baa02-13@darpa.mil. Answers to pertinent questions shall be posted in the form of a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) file accessible at URL: http://www.darpa.mil/ixo/solicitations/e3d/faq.htm. This BAA and the PIP constitute the Exploitation of 3D Data Solicitation.
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