MODIFICATION
A -- X-BAND DIGITAL BEAMFORMING RECEIVER TECHNOLOGY, PART 2 OF 2
- Notice Date
- 1/7/2003
- Notice Type
- Modification
- Contracting Office
- ESC/PKR, R&D Contracting Division, 104 Barksdale St., Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-1806
- ZIP Code
- 01731-1806
- Solicitation Number
- PRDA-AFRL/SNH-03-01
- Response Due
- 2/21/2003
- Archive Date
- 8/21/2003
- Point of Contact
- Richard Halloran, Contracting Specialist, 781-377-4981 Gino F. Cascieri, Contracting Officer, 781-377-2623
- E-Mail Address
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- Small Business Set-Aside
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- Description
- This PRDA is being posted in two parts. This second part contains sections called BASIS FOR AWARD, DELIVERABLES WILL INCLUDE, and PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS. The first part, posted separately, contains sections called SOLICITATION, BACKGROUND, PROGRAM DESCRIPTION, TECHNICAL GOALS, and TECHNICAL APPROACH. BASIS FOR AWARD Technical proposals will be evaluated using the following factors of equal importance based on a peer scientific review: a) The overall scientific and/or technical merit and its relevance to current AFRL needs; b) innovativeness of the proposed concepts and techniques; c) soundness of the technical approach; d) feasibility of accomplishing tasks; and e) capabilities of the offeror such as the qualifications and experience of the proposed principal investigator, team leader, and other key personnel who are critical to the achievement of the proposed objectives. Cost proposals will be evaluated using the factors of completeness, reasonableness and realism. Technical considerations are more important than cost, although cost will be considered a significant factor. No further evaluation criteria will be used in selecting proposals. Subject to the availability of funds, the Government reserves the right to select for award any, all, part or none of the proposals received. DELIVERABLES WILL INCLUDE a) Final and Interim Technical reports; b) Quarterly Progress Reports; c) sub-system level block diagrams and detailed schematics of the DBF Rx design; d) summaries of key engineering design trades analyses; e) detailed description of methods and techniques used to implement DBF capabilities, as cited above; f) results and detailed description of computer modeling and simulations; g) measured performance data; h) between four to sixteen (4 - 16) fully functioning DBF Rx hardware deliverables; i) one (1) DBF Rx Test and Evaluation Support Board, which serves as a platform for test and evaluation of the DBF Rx deliverables. PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS Proposals submitted in response to this PRDA should present new and innovative concepts coupled with solid engineering approaches for the development, design, fabrication, integration and testing of digital receiver technology specifically tailored to the unique challenges of DBF at X-band. Proposals should offer technology solutions which not only build upon the existing state-of-the-art of digital receivers, but which implement additional capabilities specific to DBF, as cited above. Offerors are required to submit (5) printed copies of the proposal, broken into two sections as follows: Part I, "Technical Proposal"; and Part II, "Cost Proposal". The Technical Proposal shall be limited to no more than thirty (30) printed pages. The Cost Proposal has no page limit, but should be clear, and as concise as possible. The format of the Technical Proposal will be as follows: Section A: "Introduction", which will provide the Title, Cost, Name of Company, Name of Principal Investigator, and a Table of Contents; Section B: "Executive Summary", which will not exceed three (3) printed pages; Section C: "Technical Approach"; Section D: "Statement of Work"; Section E: "Schedule"; and Section F: "Capabilities of the Offeror", which will briefly describe any relevant prior efforts, the personnel who will perform the effort, and a brief description of the facilities, processes and equipment to be used in the effort. The Cost Proposal should be valid for no less than 180 days and be broken out by cost element and Government fiscal year. The Government encourages submission of innovative and creative proposals to solve any one, all or a combination of the problems discussed herein. Both parts of the proposal should be sent together with a cover letter which indicates whether the offeror is qualified as a Small Business, HUBZone Small Business, a Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Business, an 8(a) Qualified Business or a Woman-Owned Business. Offerors are requested to provide a name and telephone number of a point of contact. Please submit proposals to Attn: Richard Halloran, ESC/PKR, 104 Barksdale Street, Hanscom AFB, MA, 01731-1806. QUESTIONS of a TECHNICAL NATURE may be referred to David Curtis, AFRL/SNHA, Laboratory Program Manager, david.curtis@hanscom.afrl.af.mil, 781-377-2049. CONTRACTURAL and COST QUESTIONS should be referred to the Contract Specialist, Richard P. Halloran, richard.halloran@hanscom.af.mil, 781-377-4981 Government estimate in total for these contractual efforts is approximately 10 man-years, period of performance not to exceed thirty six (36) months plus three (3) months for final report per effort. Work is anticipated to begin in the April 2003 time frame. Each contract will be incrementally funded. The cost of preparing a proposal to a PRDA is not considered an allowable direct charge to the resulting contract or any other contract. It is, however, an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect cost specified in FAR 31.205.18. Proposals received in response to this announcement will be deemed in accordance with the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984. Every effort will be made to protect the confidentiality of the proposals. In order that the proposals are afforded proper handling, offerors must mark their proposals with restrictive language stated in FAR 15.609(a). Offerors are cautioned that only Government Contracting Officers are legally authorized to commit the Government. The closing date for submission of proposals is forty-five (45) days from the first printing of this PRDA. In the event this date for receipt of offers falls on either a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal Holiday, the date of receipt of offers is automatically extended to the immediate following Tuesday. The technical evaluation period will be concluded within thirty (30) days after the deadline for submission of proposals. Work is anticipated to begin in April 2003. ORIGINAL POINT OF CONTACT: Richard Halloran, Contracting Specialist, Phone: 781-377-4981, Fax: 781-377-2651, Email: richard.halloran@hanscom.af.mil See Note 26.
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- Record
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