Defense Special Weapons Agency, 6801 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 22310-3398

A -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT SOL DSWA01-BAA01-98 POC Thomas L. Cox, Negotiator, (703)325-1196, Scott G. Morton, Contracting Officer, (703)325-1200 A -- Defense Special Weapons Agency (DSWA) Broad Agency Announcement- -- -PART I OF II -- The Defense Special Weapons Agency (DSWA) is soliciting proposals for its 1998 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), DSWA001-BAA01-98. Proposed research must investigate innovative approaches and techniques that lead to advances in the state of the art. PROPOSALS: Two forms of proposal will be accepted: (1) Quick-Looks and (2) Formal Proposals. Quick-Looks are limited to 5 pages and are intended to minimize unnecessary effort in proposal preparation on the part of an offeror whose proposed work is not of interest under the BAA. DSWA intends to respond to Quick-Looks within 30 days of receipt. Formal Proposals provide the full detail required to make final award decisions. A Quick-Look is encouraged prior to submission of any Formal Proposal (in any of the topic areas) BUT IS NOT REQUIRED. Favorable review of the Quick-Look will in no way guarantee an award if a Formal Proposal is submitted. ALL PROPOSALS must address a specific technical topic and Subtopic area. If a proposal is to be considered under more than one topic area, a complete set of proposals must be submitted for each topic area. POINT OF CONTACT AND OBTAINING INFORMATION: Any submissions under this BAA, including ALL proposals, must be directed to Defense Special Weapons Agency, ATTN: Thomas L. Cox/AMB, 6801 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 22310-3398. Questions may be directed to Mr. Cox at (703) 325-1196 or facsimile (703) 325-9295. In accordance with FAR 3.104-4(c)(3), this procurement shall be deemed to have begun upon the date of this announcement and shall end upon the award of a contract incident to each proposal or the written rejection of each specific proposal. SUBMITTING QUICK-LOOKS: Quick-Looks must be submitted in 3 copies and received by 1200 hours at DSWA on 31 March 1999*. Classified submissions will NOT be accepted. An additional one page is permitted for use as the cover page (or may be omitted if transmittal letter is used) but must contain only information requested in Section A below (no technical discussion). Attachments are NOT permitted. Quick-Looks must contain the following elements IN THE ORDER GIVEN: A) cover page including the following: BAA number, topic area (by letter), Subtopic area, proposal title, and technical and administrative points of contact along with complete address, telephone and facsimile numbers (if available), B) description of the technical approach and objectives to be achieved, C) description of the unique and innovative characteristics of the approach proposed including comparison with on-going research, if any, D) qualifications of key personnel to be committed to the project, E) rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimate of the total costs. SUBMITTING FORMAL PROPOSALS: Formal Proposals must be submitted in 5 copies and received by 1330 hours DSWA local time on 29 May 1999*. Classified submissions WILL be accepted. Proposals are not limited in number of pages but extraneous, repetitious or wordy submissions may result in lower ratings. Formal Proposals must include the information provided in the Quick-Looks, though generally in greater detail, plus the following ADDITIONAL information in the identified sections: A) date of submission of Quick-Look (if one was submitted), E) cost breakdown, including SF1411 and DD1861 (if applicable), providing all pricing rates used and equipment and materials listings (if applicable). Also include the following: F) clear Statement of Work (SOW) citing specific tasks and contractor requirements. *(NOTE: See Special Instructions for AREA C) Section G) may be included to provide other information including: proprietary claims, use of government facilities, and bibliography. Use of separate volumes for technical and cost data is acceptable but not required. Cost proposals should utilize separately-priced options whenever reasonable. Subcontractor proposals (if applicable), including pricing rate detail, should be provided concurrent with the prime contractor's submission. EVALUATION CRITERIA: Evaluations are conducted by DSWA technical personnel expert in each topic area under which each proposal is submitted. Each Quick-Look will be reviewed to determine if it 1) appears to be unique and innovative, 2) falls within the scope of the BAA, 3) is of sufficient interest to DSWA to warrant a Formal Proposal, and 4) has a realistic chance of being funded given budget constraints. Formal Proposals will be selected for award by a formal technical/business decision process and each will be evaluated on its own merit without regard to other proposals submitted under this announcement. Evaluation of proposals will be conducted in accordance with the following criteria, listed in descending order of importance: 1) degree of innovation and creativity, 2) applicability to current and future problems in the proposed technical area, 3) qualifications of the principal investigator and key staff personnel, 4) understanding of the problem, and 5) organization and clarity of the proposal. The merit of the technical proposal will also be evaluated in relation to the value and realism of the costs proposed and availability of funds. CONTRACT AWARDS: DSWA anticipates making the first contract award in the First quarter 1999, though no minimum or maximum number of awards can be guaranteed. Contracts to be awarded will generally be cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF) completion type contracts. Contracts less than $100,000 may be awarded firm-fixed-price (FFP) based on the degree of technical risk. DSWA anticipates the average proposal to be priced $100,000 to $300,000 and to be performed in 6 to 18 months. Note that awards are to achieve the specific technical objectives, not to provide sustaining research funds for a funding period, the period proposed should be driven by how long is expected to achieve the technical objective. NO LIMITS or other anticipated averages have been developed, especially with regard to: level of funding by year, directorate or topic area, level of effort, number of awards, awards by businesstype, or number of proposals submitted by a given firm (though "shots in the dark" are NOT encouraged). Bidders may propose any combination of teaming or subcontracting arrangements. Proposals requiring substantial performance by a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) CANNOT be considered under the BAA. Contractors may include DSWA-furnished CRAY computer usage time in proposals and may utilize Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) and DoD Nuclear Information Analysis Center (DASIAC) resources in proposal preparation. This CBD notice itself constitutes the Broad Agency Announcement as contemplated in FAR 6.102(d)(2). No preproposal conference is to be held. No additional information, Request for Proposal (RFP) or other solicitation is available. Information that becomes available and is of general interest to all potential bidders will be released in future CBD issues. DSWA reserves the right to select for award all, some or none of the proposals received in response to this announcement. Continued in PART II. Information on DSWA solicitations, already released, can be obtained by calling the DSWA Hotline at (703)325-1173. Acquisition Management has added Procurement Opportunities to the DSWA Home Page available on the World Wide Web. Information will include this synopsis and more. Please check us out at www.dswa.mil. Reference Synopsis No. 98-BAA. (0132)

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