US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PCW-E, Building 10, Picatinny Arsenal, New 07806-5000

A -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT SOL DAAE30-95-BAA-01 DUE 031395 POC Robert P. Noone, Contract Specialist, email=rpnoone; Frederick M. Larsen, Contracting Officer, email=flarsen. The US Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) is seeking qualified sources to submit complete proposals for demonstrations in the areas of expertise and disciplines of Non Lethal devices. Efforts will be chosen from proposals addressing novel concepts that support mission tasks required for mission success in the following areas: (1) Personnel immobilization, e.g., crowd control, snagging a fleeing individual, (2) Materiel Immobilization, e.g., stopping or hindering vehicle passage with minimal endangerment to the personnel therein, Consideration will be given to NL technology insertion into existing weapon platforms for the individual soldier (the following is not inclusive), e.g., M203 40mm grenade launcher, M16 5.56mm rifle, 9mm pistol, 12 gauge shotgun, baton, and hand emplaced. Also, consideration will be given to those NL technologies which are vehicle mounted (the following is not inclusive), e.g., HMMWV, LAV, other wheeled vehicles and mine, mortar, missile and UAV launched. This effort should address detailed design, performance modeling and analysis, schedule and cost of the proposed devices. Funding for this effort is subject to congressional appropriations and availability of funds. Multiple awards are anticipated. This one year effort will consist of the design, fabrication and test of NL technology concepts into the operational force structure with appropriate consideration of operational concepts, technical requirements, and acquisition/operational affordability. Exploration of operational and cost effectiveness issues will be required for risk mitigation. All operational equipment for the demonstration and site/range facility support equipment/activities and timeframes will be identified. If Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) plays a major role, identification of all DIS support requirements will be listed along with the party(s) responsible for providing that support. A list of all critical events necessary for successful and timely completion of the demonstration will be provided. Respondents should submit 6 copies each of technical, management, and cost proposals. The technical and management segments should be no longer than twenty (20) pages. Indicate the name, address, and telephone number of the offeror, identifying technical and business personnel who may be contacted for clarifications and/or negotiations. The technical proposal should present a brief title and summary of the proposed research objective, address the theoretical approach to be applied and include a detailed Statement of Work. The Statement of Work should include a description of the initiative, deliverables, concept of operation including the mission (Personnel immobilization, Materiel Immobilization) in which it will be most useful, technologies and weapon/vehicle platforms used, contribution to the stated objectives, the final unit cost of the item, how many will be needed and the total cost of including the unit as an addition to the inventory for a three day battalion supply should also be estimated. Available facilities, a schedule of tasks with the period of performance and a historical synopsis of relevant research and pertinent accomplishments should also be addressed. A cost proposal predicted on a CPFF type contract shall be submitted on a SF 1411 detailing estimated labor, material and supplies, travel costs, contemplated subcontracts with cost breakdown, use of consultants, and fees. Separate schedules shall be provided breaking down costs for each task and incremental funding period by Government fiscal year. All proprietary/limited rights data must be identified. Proposals must include statement of validity for at least 180 days beyond the closing date of the announcement, a statement authorizing OSD, ARPA, Army (ARDEC, Battle Laboratories, other RDEC's) and the Military Police School to evaluate the proposal and the signature of the official duly authorized to commit the organization in business and financial affairs. The basis for award of contract(s) will be an integrated assessment by a team of peers/scientists of the results of the evaluation of the factors as summarized below (along with their relative order of importance), the importance of the proposal to the program and the availability of funds. BASIS OF AWARD: Availability of funds, importance to the program, merit rating, probable cost. The availability of funds and importance to the agency program (which are of equal importance) take precedence over the merit rating and probable cost. Probable cost is less important than the merit rating. MERIT RATING comprises technical factors (all of equal importance) and management factors (all of equal importance). Technical is more important than management. TECHNICAL will be evaluated on technical benefits, soundness of methodology, and probability of success. MANAGEMENT will be evaluated on scientific/engineering personnel facilities, performance schedule, and performance history. The cost proposal will be evaluated using cost realism, to determine probable cost to the Government. The Government will weigh any increase in merit rating against any additional cost to determine if the parity of the relationship warrants the paying of additional cost for additional work. Accordingly, the Government may award any resulting contract to other than the lowest priced offeror, or other than the offeror with the highest technical rating. Further, program funding for these proposals is not currently available, and the Government reserves the right to make either no award or one or more awards. Any resulting contract will contain appropriate FAR and DoD FAR Supplement clauses (and any implementations thereof) appropriate for the type of contract. Prior to contract award, the contractor will be required to submit ''Certifications and Representations.'' Data and reporting requirements will be negotiated with the firm(s) selected for the contract(s). All offerors shall possess adequate cost accounting procedures. Six (6) complete copies of each proposal shall be sent to Frederick M. Larsen, AMSTA-AR-PCW-E, Building 10, ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000 by 2:00 pm ET, March 13, 1995. Proposals received by that date will be evaluated for possible award during FY95 under the stated objectives in the BAA. Point of contact for this action is Frederick M. Larsen, Contracting Officer. Telephone and/or written requests are not necessary as this announcement constitutes the technical requirement in full text. No other information will be supplied. All proposals should be received by the date and time stated above. (0025)

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