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A -- OCEAN TECHNOLOGIES FOR INTEGRATED NAVY-MARINE FORCES SOL BAA-CEROS-98-01 DUE 050898 POC William A. Friedl, (808) 327-4310 WEB: Click here to see a copy of CEROS 1998 Broad Agency Announcement, www.ceros.org/98BAA.html. E-MAIL: Technical Point of Contact: Mr. William A. Friedl, CEROS Tecnical Director, billf@ceros.org. BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA-CEROS-98-01): (Ocean Technology Development, Use, and Applications in support of Integrated Navy-Marine Forces including but not limited to Shallow Water Surveillance Technologies, Ocean Environmental Preservation, New Ocean Platform and Ship Concepts, Ocean Measurement Instrumentation and Ocean Engineering Tools, and Unique Properties of the Deep Ocean Environment) SOL BAA-CEROS-98-01; DUE: 08 May 1998 [POC William A. Friedl, (808) 327-4310]. The National Defense Center of Excellence for Research in Ocean Sciences (CEROS) is soliciting proposals for concept exploration, analysis, study, development, and commercialization of ocean technologies and applied ocean science. Of particular interest are proposals for development and demonstration of advanced technologies for Shallow Water Surveillance, Ocean Environmental Preservation, New Ocean Platform and Ship Concepts, Ocean Measurement Instrumentation and Ocean Engineering Tools, and Unique Properties of the Deep Ocean Environment. Innovative concepts and new approaches are being sought to advance technology while fully leveraging existing facilities and infrastructure in Hawaii and demonstrating beneficial applications for commercial and military utility for the Department of Defense. CEROS anticipates executing the program outlined in this announcement contingent upon funding amount and availability. Contract awards shall be based on proposal merit and funding availability. CEROS anticipates that initial contractor selections will be made during February 1998. However, properly formatted proposal abstracts received after initial contractor selections and before 08 May 1998 will be considered for award if funding is available. Proposed work should be structured to have a base period of performance of 6 to 12 months. Options to extend the period of performance beyond 12 months may be included in proposals but incremental funding of any such options is not guaranteed. CEROS will use a two-step submission process to formulate a Core Program of projects submitted under this announcement. For the first submission step, offerors are required to submit a Proposal Abstract to be considered. CEROS will evaluate all abstracts against the evaluation criteria herein without regard to other abstracts submitted. For the second step, CEROS will request full technical and cost proposals from selected offerors for proposed efforts deemed as best qualified for potential negotiation under this BAA. Proposal format and length for full proposals will be specified by CEROS in the invitation to submit the more detailed proposal. Such an invitation does not assure subsequent award. The decision to submit or not submit a full proposal is the responsibility of the offeror submitting the abstract. No selection for negotiation will be made under this BAA without a full technical and cost proposal. Subject areas of interest include: (1) Shallow Water Surveillance Technologies, including: Low-cost sensors, unique or advanced sensor arrays, advanced signal processing techniques, shallow water ASW, mine countermeasures, and ship defense. (2) Ocean Environmental Preservation, including: In Situ measurements, non-point source pollution measurement, explosive ordnance disposal, and environmental cleanup or remediation technologies. (3) New Ocean Platform and Ship Concepts, including: Unique structures and new hull designs, simulation based design and model development, and affordability, automation, assembly and manufacturing technology. (4) Ocean Measurement Instrumentation and Ocean Engineering Tools, including: advanced sensors, remote sensing and survey technologies, microelectronic or micromechanical systems, autonomous data collection technologies, laser applications, and advanced concepts for modeling, measurements and predictions. (5) Unique Properties of the Deep Ocean Environment, including: Utilization of deep ocean seawater, deep seawater chemistry and biology, deep seawater materials testing, and unique or advanced energy and fuel production technologies. PROPOSAL PROCESS To be considered in the initial contract award period, offerors responding to this BAA shall submit an unclassified Abstract of the proposed effort to CEROS in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, by 12 o'clock Noon, Hawaii Standard Time, 18 November 1997. The abstract should provide an overview of the project and associated costs and shall be prepared on 8.5 x 11 inch plain paper printed on one side only in the following format: single or double spaced, in at least ten point type, with margins not less than one inch, and pages numbered. An original Abstract and six copies are requested for each submission. Each Abstract should be unbound with the pages secured by a single staple in the upper left hand corner. Abstracts or full proposals may not be submitted by facsimile ("fax") or electronic mail, and any so sent will be rejected. Acknowledgment of receipt of abstracts or proposals will not be made, and abstracts or proposals will not be returned. CEROS will attempt to respond to all Abstracts received in the initial contract award period by 19 December 1997. Each Abstract shall address one subject area and must be no longer than 5 single-sided pages. Abstracts longer than 5 pages will be deemed unresponsive. The total page count includes figures and tables. The Abstract shall consist of a cover page and up to 4 additional pages of proposal information. The Cover Page shall include the following: Title of the proposed effort, Technical subject area addressed, Intended product or result, Name and affiliation of the Principal Investigator and administrative Point of Contact, Proposed period of performance, Funding required to produce the proposed products, Names of sub-contractors and co-investigators, and Special requirements or considerations. The balance of the Abstract shall include the following sections, each clearly labeled: A. Rationale for the proposed effort, stressing (a) the work's relationship to Department of Defense (DoD) technological needs and (b) value added aspects ofthe work for DoD, the State of Hawaii, and CEROS. B. Technical Objectives of the work, emphasizing the proposed effort's innovation and leading edge aspects and its potential for military use or commercialization. C. Technical Approach, describing how the work will be executed and giving an outline of the planned work schedule and significant milestones. D. Expected Results or Products, discussing what the proposed effort will produce, how the results will be demonstrated and why those deliverables will advance ocean science or technology, address DoD needs, and bring added value to the State of Hawaii or the Central Pacific. The Abstract may also contain any other information germane to the proposed effort, such as discussions of leveraged assets involved, technology reinvestment or transfer aspects of the proposed work, company qualifications, or technical references. EVALUATION CRITERIA The following criteria apply to both Abstracts and full proposals requested under this announcement. CEROS willselect for award those proposals offering the best value and, except for the first criterion (item A), will give equal weight to each of the following criteria. Item A will receive twice the weight of any other criterion in the evaluation. A. Scientific/technical quality of the research proposal and its relevance to the topic description, with special emphasis on its innovation and originality. B. Qualifications of the principal investigator, other key staff, and consultants (if any), and the adequacy of instruments and facilities involved, considering the potential for the effort to use and leverage equipment, facilities, infrastructure or the natural ocean resources in Hawaii . C. Anticipated benefits of the research, its potential value to the Department of Defense and potential for stimulating ocean utilization or technology business development in Hawaii. D. Overall cost and realism of cost for proposed effort. OTHER REQUIREMENTS CEROS plans to make up to $7M available to fund proposals in response to this announcement, depending on funding availability. Out-year funding has not been defined. Multiple, fixed price or cost plus fixed fee contracts, not exceeding $1M each, are anticipated to be awarded to commercial entities capable of doing business in Hawaii as a result of this BAA. Contract awards will be based on proposal merit and funding availability. CEROS anticipates that initial selections for awards will be made in February 1998. CEROS may request that successful offerors deliver two technical presentations to students in Hawaii as part of the project. This solicitation will remain open for 210 days from the date of this announcement. However, to be considered in the initial award period, a properly formatted abstract must be received by CEROS in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii by 12 o'clock Noon, Hawaii Standard Time, 18 November 1997. It is CEROS policy to treat all proposals as competitive information and to disclose the contents only for the purposes of evaluation. CEROS may use selected support contractors as special resources to evaluate abstracts and proposals. These contractors are restricted by their contracts from disclosing the proposal information or using it for purposes other than the technical assessments. CEROS evaluators are required to sign non-disclosure statements. By submitting an abstract of your proposal, you agree that the technical and management information may be disclosed to those selected contractors and evaluators for the limited purpose stated above or unless otherwise required by law. Any information submitted with your proposal that you do not consent to limited release must be clearly marked proprietary and submitted segregated from other proposal material. All abstracts submitted under this BAA must be unclassified. If offerors propose to undertake classified work or require access to classified information, they must be able to certify that they have a proper facility clearance, and key personnel must be certified as holding a Secret clearance. Abstracts must clearly state that the proposed work will be classified. Successful offerors will be required to execute contracts with the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority pursuant to its statutory authority provided under Chapter 227, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Pursuant to section 103-10, Hawaii Revised statutes, contract payments shall be contingent upon the receipt of federal funds. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Information about CEROS, Hawaii ocean R&D, and the goals and objectives for the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii is available to potential offerors upon request from the CEROS Project Office or through the CEROS website at http://www.ceros.org/ and the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority website at http://bigisland.com/nelha/. A CEROS informational briefing is planned for the morning of 30 October 1997 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Further information about the meeting can be obtained from the CEROS Contracts Office at (808) 587-5500. Contact Point: questions relating to this BAA are to be directed to attn.: Technical Director, CEROS Project Office, 73-4460 Queen Kaahumanu Highway, Suite 111, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740, phone (808) 327-4310. All responsive sources may submit a proposal abstract, which shall be considered by CEROS. CEROS reserves the right to select for award all, some, or none of the proposals received in response to this announcement. The program described in this announcement is contingent upon funding availability. (0281)

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