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A -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) SET-ASIDE FOR SPACE DEFENSE RESEARCH BY HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES/MINORITY INSTITUTIONS (HBCU/MIS) POC Debbie Chisenhall, Contract Specialist, 505/846-1326 This is Part Seven of a Multi-Part Synopsis. Once each proposal is evaluated and categorized, it may be necessary to hold the award/no award decision for Category I and/or Category II proposals until funding becomes available. The Air Force reserves the right to select for award any, all, part, or none of the proposals received. 8. MISCELLANEOUS: This CBD notice itself constitutes the BAA as contemplated in FAR 6.102(d)(2). An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The purpose of the Ombudsman is to receive and communicate serious concerns from potential offerors when an offeror prefers not to use or has exhausted established channels to address concerns during the proposal development phase of the acquisition. Potential offerors should normally use established channels to request information, pose questions, and voice concerns before contacting the Ombudsman. The Ombudsman will communicate contractor issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate government organization or individual. The role of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the Program Director or the Contracting Officer, but to present a contractor's concern on a non-attribution basis, if requested. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. For serious concerns only, potential offerors are invited to contact the PL Ombudsman, Colonel James Ledbetter, USAF, Vice Commander, 3550 Aberdeen Avenue SE, Kirtland AFB, NM, 87117-5776, (505) 846-4964. Contractual issues and cost proposal format/questions in reference to this BAA shall be directed to: Phillips Laboratory, Chief Scientist Office (PL/CA), ATTN: Debbie Chisenhall, 3550 Aberdeen Ave SE, Kirtland AFB NM 87117-5776, (505) 846-1326. Technical issues can be addressed by the POCs shown in each technical area. This BAA will be posted on the PL Contracting Bulletin Board, the Science and Technology Acquisition Referral System (STARS). STARS is provided by the PL, Kirtland AFB, NM, as a service to the industry and other interested parties. STARS is a means of allowing contractors and other interested parties to access and download this BAA announcement into their existing computer systems. The STARS Bulletin Board is available on the Internet -- http://www.plk.af.mil/. The STARS Bulletin Board Point of Contact is Mr. John Webb, PL/PKM, (505) 846-4457. See Notes 5,7,25, and 26. (0101)

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