SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Emerging Counter-MANPADS Technologies Assessment
- Notice Date
- 4/14/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Contracting Office
- Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Office of Procurement Operations, Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Washington, DC, 20528
- ZIP Code
- 20528
- Solicitation Number
- SEDBAA06-01
- Response Due
- 5/12/2006
- Description
- (1) INTRODUCTION: The Department of Homeland Security, Office of Systems Engineering and Development, Counter-MANPADS System Program Office intends to issue Broad Agency Announcement SEDBAA06-01 for the Emerging Counter-MANPADS Technologies Assessment Program. A detailed overview of the program is provided below in this announcement. This solicitation is a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) and is considered a full and open competition. Offerors under this BAA may include single entities or teams from private sector organizations, Government laboratories, airport authorities, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), and academic institutions. However, the Department of Energy Laboratories listed in Appendix A of the BAA are excluded from submitting responses or participating as a team member under this solicitation. These laboratories are considered DHS Strategic Partner Laboratories and are prohibited because of their direct participation in DHS programs through the Office of Research and Development. All others may participate or submit a mandatory white paper and a full proposal in accordance with the requirements and procedures identified in this BAA. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), Minority Institutions (MI), small and disadvantaged businesses (SDB), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned (SDVO) Small Business Concerns (SBCs), women-owned businesses (WB), and Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Enterprises are encouraged to submit proposals and to join others as team members in submitting proposals; however, no portion of the BAA will be set aside for these special entities because of the impracticality of reserving discrete or severable areas of research and development under this topic. The Government anticipates executing awards as traditional procurement contracts or as Other Transactions for Prototypes. Offerors are required to register online, using the DHS(S&T) Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) BAA Website at http://www.hsarpabaa.com, prior to submitting a white paper. White papers are due to the Government on May 12, 2006. The DHS(S&T) Counter-MANPADS SPO plans to review all white papers in accordance with the evaluation criteria in the BAA. After the white paper review, the Government will notify offerors, electronically or in writing, at its discretion, either allowing or not allowing submission of full proposals based upon that review. The Government plans to review all proposals in accordance with the BAA. Full proposals will be evaluated by a review panel using the criteria specified under Evaluation Criteria in Section 6 of the BAA. Following that review, offerors will be notified whether or not their proposal has been selected for negotiation. Multiple awards may be made under this solicitation. The Government reserves the right to fund none, some, or all of the proposals received. It is the intention upon completion of proposal evaluation to notify offerors of an initiation of negotiation for awards or rejection of their proposal. Awards will be made based on the evaluation, funds availability, and other programmatic considerations. Potential offerors, should they have any questions concerning the BAA, should use the following electronic address for all correspondence related to this BAA is: SEDBAA06-01@dhs.gov. Copies of this BAA may be downloaded from the FedBizOpps web site at www.FedBizOpps.gov. The Government will not provide paper copies of this BAA. (2)BACKGROUND: Commercial aircraft are subject to the threat of attack by man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS). The Counter-MANPADS System Program Office (SPO) within the Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security is currently demonstrating one of the most mature technologies to defeat MANPADS using an onboard laser-based directed infrared countermeasure (DIRCM) system. While that demonstration program is proceeding well, the Congress has funded DHS to assess alternative approaches employing emerging technologies that may have the potential for defeating MANPADS in a layered defense environment. Technology approaches to counter-MANPADS other than aircraft-borne DIRCM systems are in various stages of development and maturity throughout Department of Defense (DoD) programs. The DHS Counter-MANPADS SPO is following such technologies and will make a formal technology readiness level (TRL) assessment of those technologies in terms of their potential application in the civil aviation environment. The non-aircraft-borne DIRCM technologies sought are expected to be at TRL6 or TRL7 as described in the DHS TRL Chart. The chart can be downloaded from http://www.hsarpabaa.com/manpads. The major thrust of this Emerging Counter-MANPADS Technologies (ECMT) assessment program is to evaluate and demonstrate the emerging technology solutions that prove to be the most mature and promising in defeating the MANPADS threat to commercial aviation. The solutions sought are based on existing component technologies. This program will not undertake the development of new technologies. This program will not assess aircraft-borne DIRCM systems. Approaches to be evaluated are limited to ground-based systems, aircraft-borne non-DIRCM and hybrid systems. This program may lead to further activities centered on the layered defense concept for protecting commercial aviation from the threat of MANPADS. (3): PROGRAM OBJECTIVES AND APPROACH: The overall objective of the effort is to perform TRL assessments of technologies that can defeat MANPADS, other than aircraft-borne DIRCM countermeasures technologies. This program will attempt to determine system-level operational effectiveness, maturity of components, subsystems, software, system approach, and suitability for the commercial aviation environment, including deployment at or near airports. The focus is on a ?systems? solution of mature component technologies rather than on development of the component technologies themselves. System level test and evaluation is desired, though test and evaluation may occur at the component or subsystem level. The Department of Defense (DoD) is currently addressing some of the issues relating to component and subsystem elements. It is the intention of the ECMT assessment effort to coordinate with DoD, work with potential vendors to assess the maturity and effectiveness of all relevant technology, apply resources to assess system approaches, and most importantly assess civilian environment interoperability. The performance period shall not exceed 18 months from date of contract or agreement award.
- Place of Performance
- Address: To Be Determined
- Record
- SN01028263-W 20060416/060414220513 (fbodaily.com)
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