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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF OCTOBER 19,1995 PSA#1455Defense Nuclear Agency, 6801 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 22310-3398 A -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT - PART I SOL DNA001-BAA01-96 POC Thomas
L. Cox, Negotiator, (703) 325-1196, Scott G. Morton, Contracting
Officer, (703) 325-1200. The Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA) is soliciting
proposals for its 1996 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA),
DNA001-BAA01-96. (Note that DNA will issue only one BAA this fiscal
year.) Proposed research must investigate innovative approaches and
techniques that lead to advances in the state of the art. PROPOSALS:
Two forms of proposal will be accepted: (1) Quick-Looks and (2) Formal
Proposals. Quick-Looks are limited to 5 pages and are intended to
minimize unnecessary effort in proposal preparation on the part of an
offeror whose proposed work is not of interest under the BAA. DNA
intends to respond to Quick-Looks within 30 days of receipt. Formal
Proposals provide the full detail required to make final award
decisions. A Quick-Look is encouraged prior to submission of any Formal
Proposal (in any topic area) BUT IS NOT REQUIRED. Favorable review of
the Quick-Look will in no way guarantee an award if a Formal Proposal
is submitted. ALL PROPOSALS must address a specific technical topic and
subtopic area. If a proposal is to be considered under more than one
topic area, a complete set of proposals must be submitted for each
topic area. POINT OF CONTACT AND OBTAINING INFORMATION: Any submissions
under this BAA, including ALL proposals, must be directed to Defense
Nuclear Agency, ATTN: Thomas L. Cox/AM2, 6801 Telegraph Road,
Alexandria, VA 22310-3398. Questions may be directed to Mr. Cox at
(703) 325-1196 or facsimile (703) 325-9295. FAR 3.104-2 implements
Section 27 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C.
423)(OFPP Act) as amended by Section 814 of Public Law 101-89 which
became effective 1 DEC 1990. Commonly referred to as ''Procurement
Integrity,'' this act prohibits certain activities by competing
contractors and government procurement officials during the conduct of
a Federal Agency Procurement. In accordance with FAR 3.104-4(c)(3),
this procurement shall be deemed to have begun upon the date of this
announcement and shall end upon the award of a contract incident to
each proposal or the written rejection of each specific proposal.
SUBMITTING QUICK-LOOKS: Quick-Looks must be submitted in 3 copies and
received by 1200 hours at DNA on 31 March 1996. Classified submissions
will NOT be accepted. Quick-Looks are limited to an absolute maximum
of 5 pages of technical discussion. An additional one page is permitted
for use as the cover page (or may be omitted if transmittal letter is
used) but must contain only information requested in Section A below
(no technical discussion). Attachments are NOT permitted. Quick-Looks
must contain the following elements IN THE ORDER GIVEN: A) cover page
including the following: BAA number, topic area (by letter), subtopic
area, proposal title, and technical and administrative points of
contact along with complete address, telephone and facsimile numbers
(if available), B) description of the technical approach and objectives
to be achieved, C) description of the unique and innovative
characteristics of the approach proposed including comparison with
on-going research, if any, D) qualifications of key personnel to be
committed to the project, E) rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimate of
the total costs. SUBMITTING FORMAL PROPOSALS: Formal Proposals must be
submitted in 5 copies and received by 1330 hours DNA local time on 31
May 1996. Classified submissions WILL be accepted. Proposals are not
limited in number of pages but extraneous, repetitious or wordy
submissions may result in lower ratings. Formal Proposals must include
the information provided in the Quick-Looks, though generally in
greater detail, plus the following ADDITIONAL information in the
identified sections: A) date of submission of Quick-Look (if one was
submitted), E) cost breakdown, including SF1411 and DD1861 (if
applicable), providing all pricing rates used and equipment and
materials listings (if applicable). Also include the following: F)
clear Statement of Work (SOW) citing specific tasks and contractor
requirements. Section G) may be included to provide other information
including: proprietary claims, use of government facilities, and
bibliography. Use of separate volumes for technical and cost data is
acceptable but not required. Cost proposals should utilize
separately-priced options whenever reasonable. Subcontractor proposals
(if applicable), including pricing rate detail, should be provided
concurrent with the prime contractor's submission. EVALUATION CRITERIA:
Evaluations are conducted by DNA technical personnel expert in each
topic area under which each proposal is submitted. Each Quick-Look will
be revewed to determine if it 1) appears to be unique and innovative,
2) falls within the scope of the BAA, 3) is of sufficient interest to
DNA to warrant a Formal Proposal, and 4) has a realistic chance of
being funded given budget constraints. Formal Proposals will be
selected for award by a formal technical/business decision process and
each will be evaluated on its own merit without regard to other
proposals submitted under this announcement. Evaluation of proposals
will be conducted in accordance with the following criteria, listed in
descending order of importance: 1) degree of innovation and
creativity, 2) applicability to current and future problems in the
proposed technical area, 3) qualifications of the principal
investigator and key staff personnel, 4) understanding of the problem,
and 5) organization and clarity of the proposal. The merit of the
technical proposal will also be evaluated in relation to the value and
realism of the costs proposed and availability of funds. CONTRACT
AWARDS: DNA anticipates making the first award in the second quarter
1996, though no minimum or maximum number of awards can be guaranteed.
Contracts to be awarded will generally be cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF)
completion type contracts. Contracts less than $100,000 may be awarded
firm-fixed-price (FFP) based on the degree of technical risk. DNA
anticipates the average proposal to be priced $100,000 to $300,000 and
to be performed in 6 to 18 months. Note that contract awards are to
achieve the specific technical objectives, not to provide sustaining
research funds for a funding period, the period proposed should be
driven by how long is expected to achieve the technical objective. NO
LIMITS or other anticipated averages have been developed, especially
with regard to: level of funding by year, directorate or topic area,
level of effort, number of awards, types of awards, awards by business
type, or number of proposals submitted by a given firm (though ''shots
in the dark'' are NOT encouraged). Bidders may propose any combination
of teaming or subcontracting arrangements. Proposals requiring
substantial performance by a Federally Funded Research and Development
Center (FFRDC) CANNOT be considered under the BAA. Contractors may
include DNA-furnished CRAY computer usage time in proposals and may
utilize Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) and DoD Nuclear
Information Analysis Center (DASIAC) resources in propoal preparation.
This CBD notice itself constitutes the Broad Agency Announcement as
contemplated in FAR 6.102(d)(2). No preproposal conference is to be
held. No additional information, Request for Proposal (RFP) or other
solicitation is available. Information that becomes available and is of
general interest to all potential bidders will be released in future
CBD issues. DNA reserves the right to select for award all, some or
none of the proposals received in response to this announcement.
Continued in PART II. (0290) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0004 19951018\A-0004.SOL)
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