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A -- WEAPON CARRIAGE TECHNOLOGY (WCT) (PART 2 OF 2) SOL PRDA NO. MNK 95-0002 POC CONTACT MELISSA JOHNSON, CONTRACT SPECIALIST, At (904) 882-4294 EXT 3207 OR LORNA TEDDER, CONTRACTING OFFICER, At (904) 882-4294 EXT 3399. Weapon Carriage Technology (WCT): This Announcement is in two parts. This is part 2 of 2. PRDA No. MNK 95-0002. D--PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS: (1) General Instructions: All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered against the criteria set forth herein. Offerors should apply the restrictive notice prescribed in the provision at FAR 52.215-12, Restriction on Disclosure and Use of Data, to trade secrets or privileged commercial and financial information contained in their proposal. Proposals must reference the above PRDA Number. Proposals must be submitted in an original plus five copies. Offerors should consider instructions contained in the ''Proprietary Information'' and ''When and How to Submit'' sections of the AFMC 64-101 copies of which are available by writing to: AFDTC/BC, 205 West D Avenue, Suite 449, Eglin AFB, FL 32542-6863, or telephone (904) 882-2843. AFMC Form 190 (also known as AFSC Form 91), Policy Agreements, does not apply to Program Research and Development Announcements (PRDA). Additional proposal questions should be directed to one of the points of contact listed elsewhere herein. Offerors are advised that only contracting officers are legally authorized to bind contractually or otherwise commit the Government. (2) Proposal: A technical and cost proposal, submitted in separate volumes, is required and must reference the above PRDA number. Technical and cost proposals must be valid for 180 days. (a) Cost Proposal: The accompanying cost proposal/price breakdown shall include a man-hour breakdown by task, a cost element summary (labor, overhead, travel, G&A, etc.), and a SF 1411. (b) Technical Proposal: The technical proposal shall include a discussion of the nature and scope of the research and the technical approach. Additional information on prior work in this area, descriptions of available equipment, data and facilities, and resumes of personnel who will be participating in this effort should also be included as attachments to the technical proposal and are not included in the page limit. The technical proposal shall include a Statement of Work (SOW) detailing the technical tasks proposed to be accomplished under the proposed effort and suitable for contract incorporation. Offerors should refer to the WL Guide referenced in Section A to assist in SOW preparation. Public Law 98-94, withholding of unclassified technical data from public disclosure applies. Offerors must submit approved DD Form 2345, Export-Controlled DOD Technical Data Agreement with their proposal. Any questions concerning the technical proposal or SOW preparation shall be referred to the Technical Point of Contact cited in this announcement. (c) Page Limitations: The technical proposal shall be limited to 100 pages(12 pitch or larger types), double-spaced, single-sided 8.5 by 11 inches. Pages in excess of this limitation will not be considered by the government. Cost proposals have no limitation, however, offerors are requested to keep cost proposals to 75 pages as a goal. Offerors are encouraged to be concise and direct. (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. It is, however, an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect cost as specified in FAR 31.205-18. E--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 the announcement. The technical aspect, which is ranked as the first order of priority, shall be evaluated based on the following criteria which are of equal importance: (a) Technical approach, 1. S&RE Supportability--a. Reliability and Maintainability/Parts Control, b. Quality Assurance, c. Integrated Logistics Support, and d. Safety. 2. Design/Fabrication/Integration--a. S&RE Design and Fabrication, b. Ground/Flight Testing. (b) Qualification--1. The experience and qualifications of personnel, 2. The quantity and quality of corporate experience. (c) Management--The degree to which the offeror demonstrates the ability to effectively and efficiently manage and administer the program to a successful conclusion, (d) Facilities--The degree to which the proposed facilities enable accomplishment of the proposed effort. The cost aspect is ranked as the second order of priority and shall be evaluated based on the following criteria which are of equal weight: (a) reasonableness, (b) completeness, (c) realism. No other evaluation criteria will be used. The technical and cost information will be evaluated at the same time. The Air Force reserves the right to select for award of a contract, grant or cooperative agreement any, all, part, or none of the proposals received. Award of a grant to universities or nonprofit institutions or cooperative agreement, in lieu of a contract, will be considered and will be subject to the mutual agreement of the parties. ''This is to notify potential proposers that are institutions of higher education that they will be asked to accept the following article in any grants or cooperative agreements awarded under this announcement'': ''As a condition for receipt of funds available to the Department of Defense (DOD) under this award, the recipient agrees that it is not an institution that has a policy of denying and that it is not an institution that effectively prevents the Secretary of Defense from obtaining for military recruiting purposes (a) entry to campuses or access to students on campuses, or (b) access to directory information pertaining to students. If the recipient is determined, using procedures established by the Secretary of Defense to implement section 558 of Public Law 103-337 (1994), to be such an institution during the period of performance of this agreement, and therefore to be in breach of this article, the government will cease all payments of DOD funds under this agreement and all other DOD grants and cooperative agreements, and, it may suspend or terminate such grants and agreements unilaterally for material failure to comply with the terms and conditions of award.'' ''If your institution has been identified under the procedures established by the Secretary of Defense to implement section 558, then: (1) no funds available to DOD may be provided to your institution through any grant, including any existing grant, (2) as a matter of policy, this restriction also applies to any cooperative agreement, and (3) your institution is not eligible to receive a grant or cooperative agreement in response to this solicitation.'' F--POINTS OF CONTACT: (1) Technical Contact Point: Engineer, Lloyd Reshard, or Mr Rich Mook, WL/MNAV, Eglin AFB, FL 32542-6810 Telephone: (904) 882-8876 x3370/3373. (2) Contracting/Cost Point of Contact: Questions related to the contract/cost issues should be directed to the Ms Melissa Johnson, Contract Specialist, (904) 882-4294 ext 3207 (E-mail JOHNSMA@EGLIN.AF.MIL), or Ms Lorna Tedder, Contracting Officer, (904) 882-4294 ext 3399 (E-mail TEDDER@EGLIN.AF.MIL) at WL/MNK, Building 13, 101 West Eglin Boulevard, Suite 337, Eglin AFB, FL 32542-6810. The FAX number is (904) 882-9599. An Ombudsman has been established for this acquisition. The only purpose of the Ombudsman is to receive and communicate serious concerns from potential offerors when an offeror prefers not to use established channels to communicate his concern during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. All potential offerors should use established channels to request information, pose questions, and voice concerns before resorting to use of the Ombudsman. Potential offerors are invited to contact ASC Eglin's Ombudsman, Colonel Daniel M. Tibbetts, AFSEO/SK, 205 West D Avenue, Suite 318, Eglin AFB FL 32542-6865 at (904) 882-9051 with serious concerns only. Direct all requests for information and routine communication concerning this acquisition should be directed to the Melissa Johnson, Contract Specialist, WL/MNK at (904) 882-4294 ext 3207. (0107)

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