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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF MARCH 10,1995 PSA#1300WL/AAKR, Bldg. 7 2530 C Street Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7607 A -- DYNAMIC AVIONICS REAL-TIME SCHEDULING. PART 2 OF 2 SOL PRDA
95-12-AAK DUE 042095 POC Dawn M. Ross, Contract Negotiator,
513-255-6908. (5) GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY (GFP)/BASE SUPPORT:
None contemplated. (6) SIZE STATUS: For the purpose of this
acquisition, the size standard is 500 employees (SIC 8731). (7) NOTICE
TO FOREIGN-OWNED FIRMS: Foreign firms are precluded from receiving
awards on this solicitation. Foreign sources are not prohibited in
pursuing subcontracting opportunities. Any subcontracting arrangements
will be handled in accordance with ITAR. (8) PUBLIC LAW 98-94: Since
Public Law 98-94 is applicable to this effort, offerors must submit an
approved DD Form 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement,
with their proposal. F--PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS: (1) GENERAL
INSTRUCTIONS: Offerors should apply the restrictive notice prescribed
in the provision of FAR 52.215-12, Restriction on Disclosure and Use
of Data, to trade secrets or privileged commercial and financial
information contained in their proposals. The offeror shall submit
technical and cost proposal(s) in separate volumes, with the above PRDA
number referenced on all proposal volumes. The offeror's proposal shall
be valid for a period of 180 days. The offeror shall submit one
original plus four copies of each proposal. All responsible sources may
submit a proposal which shall be considered against the criteria set
forth herein. Offerors should consider instructions contained in the
''WL PRDA and BAA Guide for Industry'' referenced in Section A of this
announcement. Further questions regarding proposal preparation should
be directed to one of the points of contact specified below. Offerors
are advised that only contracting officers are legally authorized to
contractually bind or otherwise commit the government. (2) COST
PROPOSAL: The accompanying cost proposal/price breakdown shall be
supplied on a Standard Form 1411, together with supporting schedules,
and shall provide a person-hour breakdown per task and by calendar
year. The offeror may obtain copies of the above-referenced forms from
the contracting office cited below. (3) TECHNICAL PROPOSAL: Technical
proposal shall include a discussion of the nature and scope of the
research and the technical approach. The offeror shall include, as
attachments (not included as a part of the page limit) to the technical
proposal, the following information: (a) significant results and
accomplishments of past work in the technical areas proposed, (b)
descriptions of available equipment, computer, data, and facilities,
(c) resumes of key personnel who will be participating in the proposed
effort, (d) the offeror's management approach to insure that the
proposed effort will be completed, as scheduled, on time, and within
available budgeted funds/person-hours proposed, and (e) the proposed
Description/Specifications (D/S) detailing the technical tasks proposed
to be accomplished under the proposed effort and suitable for contract
incorporation. Offerors should refer to the WL Industry Guide
referenced in Section A to assist in D/S preparation. The offeror shall
refer any questions concerning D/S preparation to the Technical Point
of Contact cited in this announcement. (4) PAGE LIMITATIONS: The
offeror shall limit the technical proposal to a maximum of 50 pages (12
pitch or larger type), double-spaced, single-sided, 8.5'' x 11''. This
page limitation applies only to the ''Understanding of the Problem''
and ''Technical Approach'' sections of the technical proposal. If the
offeror exceeds the specified page limit or provides pages not meeting
the type-size restriction, the Government will not read or consider
the non-compliant pages. There are no page limitations for the cost
proposal, however, it is requested that offerors keep cost proposals to
fifty (50) pages as a goal. (5) PROPOSAL ON DISK: It is requested, but
not required, that the offeror also submit the proposal text on
Macintosh or DOS 3 1/2'' floppy disk(s), preferably in Microsoft Word
6.0. ASCII format is also acceptable. Figures may also be submitted,
preferably in Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0, but submittal is not required.
(6) PREPARATION COST: This announcement does not commit the Government
to pay for any response preparation cost. The cost of preparing
proposals in response to this PRDA is not considered an allowable
direct charge to any resulting or any other contract. The cost may be,
however, an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect
cost as specified in FAR 31.205-18. G- BASIS FOR AWARD: The selection
of one or more sources for award will be based on an evaluation of an
offeror's response (both technical and cost aspects) to determine the
overall merit of the proposal in response to this announcement. The
technical aspect, which is ranked as the first order of priority, shall
be evaluated based upon the following criteria which are of equal
importance: (a) new and creative solutions, (b) understanding of the
scope of the technical effort, current real-time scheduling research,
and real-time avionics software design, (c) soundness of offeror's
technical approach, (d) corporate experience and the availability of
qualified, experienced technical personnel in the areas of current
real-time scheduling research, Ada, avionics architectures, and
real-time avionics software design. Cost, which includes consideration
of proposed budgets and funding profiles, is ranked as the second
order of priority. No other evaluation criteria will be used. The
offeror shall identify technical data or computer software to be
delivered with other than unlimited rights. In accordance with DFARS
227.403- 71(b)(2), limitations on the government's ability to use or
disclose such technical data or computer software will be included as
a cost consideration. Accordingly, the offeror shall submit a price for
which it would provide proprietary technical data to the government
with Government Purpose License Rights and provide proprietary computer
software to the government with the following restricted rights: rights
to use, duplicate, release or disclose in whole or in part, in any
manner and for government purposes only. The technical and cost
information will be evaluated simultaneously. The Air Force reserves
the right to select for award of a contract, grant, or cooperative
agreement any, all, part or none of the proposal(s) received. Award of
a grant or cooperative agreement in lieu of a contract will be
considered and will be subject to the mutual agreement of the parties.
H--POINTS OF CONTACT: (1) TECHNICAL CONTACT POINT: Questions on
technical issues may be referred to the Project Engineer, Al Scarpelli,
WL/AAAT, Bldg 635, 2185 Avionics Circle, Wright-Patterson AFB OH
45433-7301, (513) 255-4594 (FAX 513-476- 4302). (2) CONTRACTING/COST
POINT OF CONTACT: Questions related to contract/cost issues should be
directed to the Contracting Officer identified in Part A. End of Part
2. _ (0067) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0002 19950309\A-0002.SOL)
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