Phillips Laboratory/PKLB, Lasers and Imaging Contracting Division, 2251 Maxwell Avenue, SE, Kirtland AFB NM 87117-5773

A -- SEMICONDUCTOR LASER CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT SOL BAA 96-02 POC Sanae Yata, Contract Specialist, 505/846-5119; Linda L. De Hainaut, Project Officer, 505/846-8992. Reference Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) No. 96-02 published on 23 Feb 96. Subject announcement is amended as follows: 1-- Contractual POC: Sanae Yata, Contract Specialist, (505) 846-5119 or Sam A. Berdin, Contracting Officer, (505) 846-1097, PL/PKLB, 2251 Maxwell Avenue SE, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117- 5773. Proposals should be submitted to the preceding address. 2-- Amend the paragraph concerning Use of Non-Government Advisers by adding the following: The offerors shall identify in writing, prior to date for receipt of proposal, any objection to review of any proprietary information by the non- government advisers and include a detailed statement of the basis for the objection. 3-- Any proposals shall reference BAA No. 96-02 and a unique proposal number. 4-- Offerors are advised that copies of the final report on any resultant contracts is available, subject to national disclosure policy and regulation. 5-- Offerors shall not submit any of the technical/management or cost proposal to the cognizant DCAA office until they are notified by the contracting officer that their proposal was selected for award. 6-- The research and test data produced under a resultant contract may contain Militarily Critical Technology List (MCTL) information whose distribution is restricted by the Export Control Act or the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended. In order to be considered responsive, potential contractors must be currently certified and registered by the Defense Logistics Support Agency, Federal Center, 74 North Washington, Battle Creek, MI 49016-3412 (1-800-352-3572). 7-- Delete the paragraph concerning Proprietary Information and When and How to Submit in its entirety and replace the following: In order that proposals are afforded proper handling, offerors must mark their proposals with restrictive language in accordance with in FAR 15.509(b) and should apply the restrictive notice contained in FAR 52. 215- 12 Restriction on Disclosure and Use of Data to trade secrets or privileged commercial and financial information. 8-- Proposals for efforts which comply with the use of a BAA as defined in FAR 35.016 and comply with other requirements identified in this announcement will be competitively evaluated in accordance with AFMCFARS 5335.016(92). Specifically, any proposals received will be evaluated and classified into one of the following three categories: (1) Category I - Well-conceived, scientifically and technically sound proposals pertinent to program goals and objectives, and offered by a responsible contractor with the competent scientific and technical staff and supporting resources needed to ensure satisfactory program results. Proposals in Category I are recommended for acceptance and normally will be displaced only by other Category I proposals. (2) Category II - Scientifically or technically sound proposals that may require further development and can be recommended for acceptance, but are at a lower priority than Category I. Proposals in this category are not always funded. (3) Category III - Proposals which are recommended for rejection for the particular announcement under consideration. 9-- All potential offerors should be aware that due to unanticipated budget fluctuations, funding may be changed with little or no notice. (0066)

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