SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Robotics Collaborative Technology Alliance
- Notice Date
- 8/11/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U. S. Army Materiel Command, RDECOM Acquisition Center - Research Triangle Park, RDECOM Acquisition Center - Research Triangle Park, ATTN: AMSSB-ACR, Research Triangle Park Contracting Division, P.O. Box 12211, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2211
- ZIP Code
- 27709-2211
- Solicitation Number
- W911NF-08-R-0012
- Response Due
- 2/1/2009
- Archive Date
- 4/2/2009
- Point of Contact
- Joseph L. Morse, (919) 549-4311<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Army RDECOM Acquisition Center, RTP Contracting Division, on behalf of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, is issuing a DRAFT Program Announcement (PA), W911NF-08-R-0012, for the Robotics Collaborative Technology Alliance (CTA). The purpose of this United States Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Robotics Collaborative Technology Alliance (CTA) Program Announcement (PA) is to solicit offers that will help fulfill the research and development goals of the U.S. Department of the Army. The objective of the Alliance is to conduct research creating the technical foundation supporting development of future autonomous unmanned systems. To achieve this objective the Alliance will advance fundamental science and technology in several key areas including the ability of unmanned systems to sense and fully understand the local environment in terms of both features and activities; the ability to interact intelligently with the surroundings to successfully conduct meaningful activity; individually or as part of a team, to readily adapt to changing situations and to learn from prior experience; the ability to be integrated safely and successfully into human activity; the ability to dexterously manipulate objects in a human-like fashion and to maneuver unfettered in cluttered, complex environments. The Army envisions the Alliance will bring together government, industrial, and academic institutions to address research and development required to enable the deployment of future military unmanned ground vehicle systems ranging in size from man-portables to ground combat vehicles. The DRAFT Robotics CTA PA has been posted at the Robotics CTA website: www.arl.army.mil/robotics. This PA will result in the award of two instruments: (1) a cooperative agreement as defined at 31 U.S.C. 6305 for the execution of the Fundamental Research Component; and (2) a procurement contract as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6303 for the execution of the Technology Transition Component. The cooperative agreement for the Fundamental Research Component will be awarded to a Consortium of academic and industrial organizations. To assure the creation of a well focused research program, the consortium will be kept small, ideally with no more than six members. The Consortium must include an HBCU/MI Member(s) that will participate substantially in the research effort and receive at least 10% of the funding for the Fundamental Research Component. The consortium will be led by an organization that will be charged with spearheading the technology integration and technology transition efforts. This organization will be designated as the Integration Lead Organization (ILO) and its CTA activities shall be conducted in the United States. There will be no limitation to the place of performance for other organizations participating in the Consortium. The procurement contract will be awarded to the ILO for the Consortium. Planned funding levels for the cooperative agreement are set forth in the Robotics PA. Contingent upon available funding, the Army expects to support the Robotics consortium for five years with an option for an additional five years. An Opportunity Conference will be conducted on Wednesday, 27 August 2008, at Sheraton Imperial Hotel in Research Triangle Park, NC. The purpose of the Opportunity Conference is to provide potential offerors with technical and business information concerning the Robotics CTA and to provide an opportunity for potential offerors to discuss the Robotics CTA with Government personnel. Details concerning registration and logistics associated with the Opportunity Conference can be found at: http://www.armyuniversityopportunities.com/. All presentations provided at the Opportunity Conference will be posted subsequently on the Robotics CTA website. In addition, all questions and answers resulting from the conference that do not include proprietary information will be posted on the Robotics CTA website. Interested offerors are strongly encouraged to thoroughly review the DRAFT Robotics CTA PA prior to attending the Opportunity Conference. Further, ARL will be hosting an Open House for the Robotics CTA at its Ft. Indiantown Gap, PA Robotics Research Facility on 23 October 2008. More information on the Open House can be found at the Robotics CTA website.
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