Ballistic Missile Defense Organization BMDO (DCT), 1725 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Suite 809, Arlington, VA 22202

R -- SYSTEM ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE SERVICES FOR THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE SOL HQ0006-97-R-0008 DUE 033197 POC POC: Karen Byrd, (703) 604-4458, CBD Reference Number: BMDO 97-06. The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO), Science and Technology Directorate (BMDO/TRI) intends to issue a Request for Proposals to obtain experienced technical advisory and assistance services supporting a number of research and development (R&D) technology areas relevant to Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD). The offeror will provide technical advisory and assistance services to support BMDO/TRI program and/or project management and administration as well as R&D activities. In rendering these support services, the contractor will provide information, advice, opinions, alternatives, analyses, evaluations, and/or recommendations in the form of studies, reports and outlines. Examples of support services include: (1) performing literature search of recent publications or pertinent government project files regarding technical areas specifically identified by the BMDO Project Integrator (PI) for that topical area, (2) providing analyses, evaluations, technical opinions, and recommendations tothe PI, enabling the PI to determine the technical and financial implications/risks associated with planning, scheduling and setting performance goals for advancing the state-of-the-art in areas serving BMDO's mission. Periodic travel within and outside the continental United States is anticipated. Experienced personnel with an advanced degree and a minimum of five years technical experience in disciplines identified below are required. BMDO/TRI's technologies are packaged in two broad-based fields: (1) Electronics, Optics, Communications, Nonlinear Optical Materials and Processes, and Intercept Enhancement Technologies, and (2) Power Systems, Power Conditioning, Ground-Based Radar, Propulsion, and Propellants. Particular areas in which the offeror must show technical expertise include: (1) electronics and optics in signal processing for laser communications, material sciences, including organic, polymeric, and solid-state chemistry related to nonlinear processes and integrated circuit packaging, spectroscopy related to laser technology, neural network architectures, sensor information processing for detection, discrimination, target recognition, tracking, and intercept enhancement, (2) space power and power conditioning technology, propulsion concepts and advanced propellant technologies, radar technology and engineering for command, control, communication, and computers to conduct space experiments, technology for data collection from remote platforms, and phenomenology studies. The evaluation factors for award will include: Understanding and Approach, Personnel, Corporate Experience and Past Performance. The contract is anticipated as an ID/IQ, Task Order, Cost-Plus- Fixed-Fee type, with an eighteen-month base period and three 1- year options having an annual level of effort of approximately five to eight man-years. Contracts split between the two broad- based areas may be awarded dependent upon availability of offerors' functional expertise and best-value assessment of single versus split contracts. Planned contract award is during the first half of calendar year, 1997. The Government intends to post to the BMDO Acquisition Reporting Bulletin Board (BARBB) the draft Statement of Work and future RFP information. Interested parties may gain access to the BARBB by dialing (703) 769-8394. Callers should be prepared to provide the following information in order to log on to the BARBB for the first time: Full name, Company name, Company address, Phone number, FAX number, CAGE code, Type of business (large, small, SDB, woman-owned, etc). For technical assistance in gaining access to or using BARBB, call the System Operator, Mr. Jim Helm, at (703) 486-3266, extension 358. Small businesses/small disadvantaged businesses as defined in Standard Industrial Classification Code 8731, Commercial Physical and Biological Research -- Space Vehicles & Guided Missiles, Their Propulsion Units, Their Propulsion Unit Parts, & Their Auxiliary Equipment and Parts (1,000 employees), are invited to submit to the contracting office as early as possible, but not later than 20 calendar days after this notice, evidence of their capability to perform the contract, in order to assist in a set-aside determination in accordance with FAR 19.5. The capability statements should specifically address the contractor's demonstrated capabilities in the areas identified above. It is requested that the statements also include the capabilities of proposed teaming partners and major subcontractors. Send written capability statements, limited to 10 pages or less, and RFP requests, referencing solicitation HQ0006-97-R-0008, Reference Number BMDO 97-06, to Karen Byrd, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO),1725 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 809, Arlington, VA 22202. If adequate response is not received from responsible small business concerns offering the best scientific and technological source capabilities, as discussed in FAR 19.502-2(b), the solicitation will be issued, without further notice, for full-and-open competition. Therefore, all large and small businesses interested should indicate their status and send RFP requests. (0352)

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