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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF DECEMBER 22, 2002 FBO #0385
SOLICITATION NOTICE

10 -- Seeking Innovative Technologies in Support of the US Army Tank-automotive Research and Development Center

Notice Date

12/20/2002
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

Contracting Office

US Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Corporate Management/Acquisition Cente, ATTN: AMSTA-CM-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road, Warren, MI 48397-5000
 

ZIP Code

48397-5000
 

Solicitation Number

DAAE0703QBAA1
 

Archive Date

3/29/2003
 

Point of Contact

Jeffrey Bean, 586-574-7860
 

E-Mail Address

Email your questions to US Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Corporate Management/Acquisition Cente
(beanj@tacom.army.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

NA The U.S. Army Tank-automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) announces the availability of Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) number DAAE07-03-Q-BAA1 dated 20 December 2002. TARDEC is seeking innovative technologies, efforts, and projec ts in a variety of topic areas that (a) offer a capability that is a superior, innovative, or a unique solution to a military need, problem or challenge; and (b) will benefit agency programs, and/or contribute to the accomplishment of the Army's mission, a nd/or have a commercial application or other public benefit. Topic areas are listed alphabetically and are not in any order of importance. Technical approaches that provide an integrated solution in multiple topic areas may be submitted, but you must ident ify a single lead topic for your white paper and/or proposal submission. A BAA is a form of solicitation authorized by the Federal Acquisition Regulation when the government wants to fund certain forms of research and development. The BAA is issued to solicit competitive proposals against a range of topics, and is expected to l ead to award of one or more contracts or agreements for the conduct of basic or applied research or that part of development not related to development of a specific system or hardware as defined in FAR 2.1 and FAR 35.001. The topics covered by this BAA ar e listed in Part V of the announcement. Unlike the structure of many government competitions, the evaluation of proposed projects per this BAA will be conducted in two phases, as follows: (1) In the FIRST PHASE, companies interested in participating in the BAA submit a document called a 'white paper.' A white paper is a three to five page brief abstract or summary of the proposed project. It gives a synopsis of the project but does not incl ude the full technical and cost detail, or the back-up information, that would be a part of a complete proposal. All white papers received will be subjected to peer and scientific review. The submission of white papers is a step designed to preclude compan ies from incurring the effort and expense of preparing full technical and cost proposals, for projects having little chance of being funded. (2) In the SECOND PHASE, companies whose white papers show the most promise are issued a written invitation by the Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) to submit a complete technical and cost proposal for the planned project. During this second phase, a Gov ernment evaluation team will review all proposals, and evaluate and rate each against the evaluation criteria set forth in the announcement and rank and rate each proposal within each topic. Proposals will be selected for award, consistent with the availab ility of Government funding, based on a source selection assessment as described in Part VIII below. Negotiations may be conducted to enhance the Government?s evaluation process. Program funding is currently not available for this effort. Due to Government budget uncertainties, funding for awards is currently pending and the amount available for award is estimated to be the amounts shown against each of the topics. The number of pr ojects and the final dollar value of each project will depend on the total funds available. The BAA provides further information on the above areas of interest, white paper format, proposal format, submission instructions, evaluation process and criteria a nd other information. White papers must be received not later than 1500 hours local time (3:00PM EST) on January 28, 2003. The BAA may be electronically downloaded from TACOM's website at http://contracting.tacom.army.mil/baa/baapage.htm If you have any questions, please get in touch with Ms. Harriet Marcet, marceth@tacom.army.mil, or (586) 574-5573.
 

Place of Performance

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Record

SN00228298-W 20021222/021220213912 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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