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A -- NIGHT VISION COUNTERMEASURES SOL PRDA 96-03-AAK (PART DUE 042696 POC Contact Mark Sauls, Contract Negotiator, (513) 255-2976 or Michele Dickman, Contracting Officer at (513) 255-5252. D--PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS: (1) General Instructions: 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 proposals. Proposal questions should be directed to one of the points of contact listed elsewhere herein. Offerors should refer to the instructions contained in the WL PRDA and BAA Guide for Industry referenced in Section A of this announcement. Technical and cost proposals, submitted in separate volumes, are required and must be valid for 180 days. Proposals must reference the above PRDA number. Proposals shall be submitted in an original with five copies. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered against the criteria set forth below in Section E, Basis for Award. Offerors are advised that only contracting officers are legally authorized to contractually bind or otherwise commit the government. (2) 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 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. PL 98-94 applies. Offerors must submit an 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.(3) Cost Proposal: The accompanying cost proposal/price breakdown shall be supplied on an SF 1411, together with supporting schedules, and shall contain a person-hour breakdown per task. Copies of the above referenced forms may be obtained from the contracting office cited. (4) Page Limitations: The technical proposal shall be limited to 40 pages (12 pitch or larger type), double-spaced, single-sided, 8.5 by 11 inches. The page limitation includes all information, i.e. indexes, photographs, foldouts, appendices, attachments, etc. Pages in excess of this limitation will not be considered by the government. Cost proposals have no page limitations, however, offerors are requested to keep cost proposals to 75 pages as a goal. (5) Preparation Cost: This announcement does not commit the government to pay for any proposal 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. However, it may be 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 in descending order of importance: (a) new and creative approaches to the technical issues in this effort, (b) the offer's ability to meet the technical requirements, (c) the offeror's understanding of the threat, (d) soundness and technical justification of the offeror's approach to accomplish the scientific and technical objectives, (e) the availability of experienced scientists, engineers, and technicians, and the ability to identify and provide the necessary tools to perform the tasks in this effort, (f) the offeror's understanding and experience with laboratory testing, (g) the availability, from any source, of the necessary research, test, laboratory and shop facilities, and (h) the organization, clarity and thoroughness of the proposed SOW. 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 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. F--POINTS OF CONTACT: (1) Technical Contact Point: Engineer, Steve Wirick, WL/AAWW-3, 2241 Avionics Circle, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base OH 45433-7321, (513) 255-4174. (2) Contracting/Cost Point of Contact: Mark Sauls, WL/AAKE, Bldg 7, 2530 C Street, Wright Patterson AFB Oh, 45433-7607, (513) 255-2976. (0071)

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