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A -- SENSOR EXPLOITATION SOL PRDA 95-02-PKPX SOL PRDA 95-02-PKPX POC Joetta A. Bernhard, Contracting Officer/315/330-2308; Paul Hagerty, Program Manager/315/330-4863. This PRDA was originally published on 2 Nov 1994 and is republished to notify businesses that the ceiling is raised from $1.5M to $3.0M. There are also several administrative changes. Rome Laboratory (RL) is soliciting white papers for new and creative technical research and development solutions to demonstrate improvements in the efficiency and timeliness of generating Air Force digital intelligence sensor exploitation products (textual reports, annotated imagery, etc.). These improvements are urgently required to enable the Air Force to function in a climate of increasing requirements and decreasing manpower/funding. Of particular interest are improved functions associated with finding areas of interest on the imagery, and for extracting imagery information and correlating it with other known information to generate target materials. Capabilities which function in the ''open systems'' type of computational environment are also of particular interest. This PRDA seeks technical solutions in the areas of automated target recognition from imagery (visual, IR, radar, video, etc.), improved synergistic exploitation of sensor imagery with other forms of information (i.e., intelligence, cartographic, other sensor, etc.) and improved exploitation products (text, annotated imagery, video, etc.) generation. Technical solutions will be implemented within the Imagery Exploitation 2000 Facility at Rome Laboratory which will allow for extensive evaluation by Rome Laboratory personnel and for demonstration/interaction with Air Force user personnel. These demonstrations will also investigate the potential dual use applications of the technologies implemented. Deliverables will be technical reports and, when appropriate, demonstrations. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION. DO NOT SUBMIT A FORMAL PROPOSAL AT THIS TIME. Offerors are required to submit 3 copies of a 4 page or less white paper with a cover letter indicating whether the offeror is a large, small, women-owned small, or small disadvantaged business, or Historically Black College, University, or Minority Institution. The white paper must be formatted as follows: Section A: Title, Period of Performance, Cost of Task, Name of Company, Section B: Task Objective, and Section C: Technical Summary. All responses to this announcement must be addressed to ATTN: Paul Hagerty, Reference PRDA #95-02-PKPX, Rome Laboratory/IRRE, 32 Hangar Rd, Rome, NY 13441-4114. Also send one (1) copy of the cover letter only, by First Class mail (DO NOT SEND CLASSIFIED), ATTN: Janis Norelli, Director of Small Business, Rome Laboratory/BC, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, NY 13441-4514. Multiple white papers within the purview of this announcement may be submitted by each offeror. The purpose of the white paper is to preclude unwarranted effort on the part of an offeror whose proposed work is not of interest to the Government. Those white papers found to be consistent with the intent of the PRDA may be invited to submit a technical and cost proposal. Such invitation does not assure that the submitting organization will be awarded a contract. Complete instructions for proposal preparation will be forwarded with the invitation for proposal submission. Evaluation of proposals will be performed using the following criteria: (1) new and creative technical research and development solutions which demonstrate improvements in intelligence sensor exploitation, and (2) reasonableness and realism of proposed costs and fees (if any). In addition, the Government may consider other factors such as: (1) offeror's capabilities, related experience, facilities, techniques, or unique combination of these which are integral factors for achieving proposal objectives, (2) offeror's qualifications, capabilities and experience of proposed principal investigator, team leader, and other key personnel who are critical to achieving proposal objectives, and (3) offeror's record of past and present performance. No further evaluation criteria will be used in selecting the proposals. The technical criteria will also be used to determine whether white papers submitted are consistent with the intent of this PRDA and of interest to the Government. Proposals submitted will be evaluated as they are received. Individual proposal evaluations will be based on acceptability or unacceptability without regard to other proposals submitted under this PRDA. Options are discouraged and unpriced options will not be considered for award. Principle funding of this PRDA and the anticipated award of contracts began in FY 95. Individual awards will not normally exceed 18 months in duration, with dollar amounts normally ranging from $100,000 to $300,000. Total funding for this PRDA is $3,000,000. Foreign allied participation at the prime contractor level is authorized for the countries of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Data subject to export control constraints may be involved and only firms on the Certified Contractor Access List (CCAL) will be allowed access to such data. The cost of preparing proposals in response to this announcement is not an allowable direct charge to any resulting contract or any other contract, but may be an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect cost in FAR 31.205-18. The work to be performed may require a secret facility clearance and safeguarding capability, therefore, personnel identified for assignment to a classified effort must be cleared for access to secret information at time of award. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear significant concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. Routine questions, such as clarifications of the Statement of Work or the terms and conditions, are not considered to be ''significant concerns'' and should be communicated directly to the Contracting Officer, Joetta A. Bernhard, 315-330-2308. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the contracting officer or program manager, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. The Ombudsman for this acquisition is Vincent Palmiero, Chief, Policy and Management Division, at 315-330-7746. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. An informational briefing is not planned. This PRDA is open and effective until 30 Sep 1997. To receive a copy of the Rome Laboratory ''BAA & PRDA: A Guide for Industry'', March, 1994 (Rev), write to ATTN: Lucille Argenzia, Rome Laboratory/PKR, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, NY 13441-4514, or the Guide may be accessed at the following address: http://www.rl.af.mil:8001/Lab/PK/pk.main.html. All responsible firms may submit a white paper which shall be considered. Respondents are asked to provide their Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) number with their submission and reference PRDA #95-02-PKPX . Only Contracting Officers are legally authorized to commit the Government. (0101)

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