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A -- MOLECULAR-LEVEL, LARGE-AREA PRINTING (MLP) SOL BAA 98-15 MODIFICATION 1 DUE 031498 POC R. F. Pease, DARPA/ETO, FAX (703) 696-2206 WEB: http://www.darpa.mil, http://www.darpa.mil. E-MAIL: BAA98-15@darpa.mil, BAA98-15@darpa.mil. The 3Evaluation Criteria2 Section of BAA 98-15 is restated as follows: EVALUATION CRITERIA: Evaluation of proposal abstracts and full proposals will be accomplished through a technical review of each proposal using the following criteria, which are listed in descending order of importance: (1) overall scientific quality, technical merit, and realism; (2) potential contribution of the proposed effort in terms of its impact on existing or future military and commercial systems and relevance to the DARPA mission; (3) realism of procedures for evaluating technical progress; (4) effectiveness of the management plan and, if applicable, the team structure and team composition; (5) offeror1s capabilities, key personnel, past performance, related experience, facilities, and techniques, or unique combinations of these, that form integral factors for achieving the proposal1s objectives; and (6) offeror1s cost realism. Note: Cost realism will be significant only in proposals that have significantly underestimated or overestimated the cost to complete the effort. (0357)

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