Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, P.O. Box 5152, Warminster, PA 18974-0591

A -- ACOUSTIC AND NON-ACOUSTIC UNDERSEA WARFARE (USW) TECHNOLOGY SOL N62269-95-BAA-008 DUE 050796 POC Point of Contact : Lynda Frattone, Code 845216, 215-441-2282/ Contracting Officer, TODD DOUCETT Acoustic and Non-Acoustic Undersea Warfare (USW) Technology, BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) N62269-95-BAA-008. This BAA accouncement is to solicit technical/cost proposals in the area of Acoustic and Non-Acoustic Undersea Warfare (USW) Technology. Responses are required to be submitted in accordance with the guidelines set forth herein. The selection of one or more sources for contract award will be based on a scientific and engineering evaluation of your response (technical and cost as it relates to the technical effort) to determine the merit of the technical approach used to respond to this announcement. New innovative and creative approaches to the technical problems presented herein by the Navy are of primary interest. The specific areas of interest in fundamental research include the following: 1) New, unique and innovative concepts which could lead to new techniques for sensors and signal processing with significant military application in the detection, classification, and/or localization and/or attack of submarines; 2) Concepts which could lead to the augmentation or improvement of current or development USW systems by infusion of new technology; 3) Innovative research based on countering submarine technology and developmental trends; 4) Research involving the interrelation of acoustic and non-acoustic phenomena if it shows potential USW value; 5) Telemetry methods for transfer of data between sensors and various platforms; 6) Specific concepts related to both shallow and deep water operations; and 7) Concepts for advancing the state-of-the-art in mathematical and modeling techniques for analyzing/evaluating USW effectiveness. This announcement will be open until 4 May 1996. Proposals will be accepted any time during this period. Proposals submitted may be evaluated periodically by in-house scientists, a Government evaluation team or by a group of scientific peers. Award decisions will be based on an evaluation using the following criteria: a) Overall scientific and technical merits of the proposal; b) Potential contributions of the effort to Department of Defense (DoD) missions in acoustic and non-acoustic USW technology; c) The offeror's capabilities, related experience, facilities, techniques, or unique combinations of these which are integral factors for achieving the proposed objectives; d) Cost as adjusted for cost realism. Offerors may respond to one or more of the research areas described above. Proposals submitted must consist of a clear statement of objectives, a technical section, which should include, as a minimum, background experience, concepts, and ideas, methodology, expected contribution of the research to the DOD mission, a Statement of Work and milestones, a biographical section describing key researchers and a cost section. Details of any cost sharing to be undertaken by the offerer should be included in the proposal. Technical proposals should be limited to twenty-five (25) pages. The cost of preparation for the response to this BAA shall not be considered an allowable direct charge to the resulting contract or any other contract. The Mission Avionics Technology Department and the USW Analysis Division of NAWC-AD Warminster have cognizance and responsibility for the areas of issues relating to the design and/or development of new, unique and innovative hardware, signal processing and other system related concepts (areas 1 through 6) above are Mr. Robert Bollard, (215) 441-1195 (Acoustic Technology) and Mr. Kenneth Petri (215) 441-2409 (Non-Acoustic Technology). The Points of Contact for technical issues relating to advancing the state-of-the-art in mathematical and modelling techniques (area 7 above) are Mrs. Lorraine Koch, (215) 441-1595 and Mr. David Panetta, (215) 441-2595. The Point of Contact for procedural and status questions is Mrs. Morgan Watson, (215) 441-3395. The Point of Contact for contractual matters is Ms. Lynda Frattone, (215) 441-2282. Offerors are cautioned that only Contracting Officers are legally authorized to commit the Government. For planning purposes, the period of performance is estimated to be from 1 - 3 years, at a level of effort of 1 - 5 man years. Contract type is anticipated to be CPFF completion. Several awards may be made. Exterior markings on the responses shall be as follows: N62269-95-BAA-008, Attn: Mr. Jim Williamson (Code 212000R M/S 89), Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division Warminster, P. O. Box 5152, Warminster, PA 18974-0591. NO FORMAL SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED; THIS BAA IS THE SOLICITATION! (0124)

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