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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF OCTOBER 16,1998 PSA#2202Commander, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Code 210000D, 1
Administration Circle, China Lake, CA 93555-6100 A -- FLEET SUPPORTABILITY CONCEPTS SOL N68936-99-R-0006 DUE 093099 POC
Doreen Paul, Contracting Officer, (760) 939-9665 The Naval Air Warfare
Center Weapons Division (NAWCWPNS), China Lake is interested in
receiving white papers and proposals for scientific research in
developing or demonstrating new technologies, concepts and methods to
significantly enhance or improve the warfighter's ability to provide
effective support of both legacy and commercial off the shelf (COTS)
weapon or related systems in Navy and Marine Corps operational units.
The area of interest includes developing application methodologies that
will enhance and improve the in-stride sustainment of Navy and Marine
Corps operating forces. These include all phases of Fleet stockpile to
target support and designing systems, methods and procedures that will
enhance overall Fleet weapon or related system performance and/or
result in cost reductions supporting Fleet system afloat and ashore.
White papers are initially sought to preclude unwarranted effort on the
part of an offeror in preparing a full proposal. Offerors submitting
the most promising white papers will be invited to submit a full
technical and cost proposal on all or part of their white paper
submission. However, any such invitation does not assure a subsequent
award. The white paper process does not preclude an offeror from
submitting full technical and cost proposals directly. However,
submission of white papers is strongly encouraged. Proposers should
submit their security clearance capabilities in their white papers/
proposals. While most aspects of this BAA are unclassified, work on
some systems may require the contractor to receive, generate, and store
material up to the level of SECRET. Offerors are also encouraged to
make preliminary inquiries on the need for the effort contemplated
before expending the time and effort of preparing a white paper or
proposal. Once a white paper or proposal is submitted, all discussions
must be conducted with the Contracting Officer assigned to this BAA.
WHITE PAPERS: White papers (original + 3 copies) should include the
following items and contain no more than 10 pages: (a) Cover page,
clearly labeled WHITE PAPER, including BAA title and date, title,
administrative and technical points of contact along with telephone and
fax numbers, CAGE code, and signed by an authorized officer; (b)
Maximum three page summary with an overview of the proposed
technologies and/ or concept that includes a technical approach with a
description of the results expected from the project; (c) Statement of
Work clearly detailing the scope and objectives of this effort; (d) One
page containing a list of deliverables associated with the effort and
any GFM or Navy provided testing if any portion of the effort is
predicated upon the use of government owned resources of any type; (e)
Estimated cost and schedule broken down by fiscal year; (f) Summary of
proprietary claims to results, or technologies developed in or
supporting this proposal; and (g) Brief overview of previous
qualifications, accomplishments and work closely related to this
effort. PROPOSALS: An original plus three copies of formal proposals
should be submitted. The following format is provided for proposal
submission. This is general guidance only and not necessarily
all-inclusive. 1. Basic Information (to appear on cover page) (a) Name,
address, type of entity and CAGE code. (b) Type of business selected
among the following categories: large Business, Small Business, Small
Disadvantaged Business, other Small Business, HBCU, MI, Other
Educational, or Non Profit. (c) Title and date of proposal. (d)
Statement that this proposal is submitted pursuant to (cite appropriate
BAA announcement). (e) Government funding requested. (f) Duration of
proposed effort (g) Names, telephone numbers, facsimile and e-mail
addresses of the technical and business personnel who may be contacted
for more information or negotiation purposes. (h) Dates of submission
and signature(s) of official(s) authorized to obligate the institution
contractually. (i) Identification of any proprietary information to be
used for evaluation purposes only. 2. Technical Information (a)
Concise abstract of the proposed effort. (b) Discussion of how the
proposed research effort will respond to the objectives of NAWCWPNS.
(c) Statement of Work written in plain English, outlining the scope of
the effort and citing specific tasks to be performed and who will
perform them, with approximate time, cost, and other information
appropriate to each task. (d) Description (in sufficient detail to
evaluate the proposal) of the scientific background, objective, and
technical approach for each proposed task; appropriate references to
the scientific literature should be cited. (e) Names of and brief
biographical information on the key personnel. (f) Rationale for
requested support of any facilities available for performing the
proposed work. 3. Cost Information (a) Proposed price or total
estimated cost. (b) A cost estimate, broken down by fiscal year, for
the proposed effort sufficiently detailed for meaningful evaluation;
offerors shall provide supporting information on all items listed in
theproposal budget. (c) Subcontracting plan for offers over $500,000.
The effective period of this BAA is through September 30, 1999 and
awards may be made at any time throughout the year. Award decisions
will be made on a competitive selection of proposals meeting the
NAWCWPNS needs, available funding, and a peer/scientific review.
Evaluation and selection of proposals for awards will be made on the
basis of the potential benefits accruing to the Government when
weighted against the cost of the proposal. Additional primary
considerations will include an independent Government assessment of the
probability of success of the proposed approach and the availability of
funding. Proposals not considered to have sufficient scientific merit
relevance to the Navy's needs, or those in areas for which funds are
not expected to be available, may be rejected without further review.
Proposals may be reviewed and acted on as they arrive. The government
reserves the right to award all, some, or none of the proposals
received in response to this announcement. It is the policy of NAWCWPNS
to treat all proposals as privileged information before award and to
disclose the contents only for the purpose of evaluation. White papers
and proposals should be submitted to: Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons
Division, Attn.: Code 210000D (Doreen Paul), 1 Administration Circle,
China Lake, CA 93555-6100 PROPOSAL AND WHITE PAPER EVALUATION:
Proposals will not be evaluated against each other since they are not
submitted in accordance with a common work statement. Evaluation of
white papers and proposals will be accomplished through a technical
review of each proposal using the following criteria, which are listed
in descending order: (1) the overall scientific and technical merit in
the technical concept and approach; (2) potential for transition to
Fleet capability; (3) ability to use commercial off the shelf (COTS)
products, systems, methods or procedures; (4) the offeror s
capabilities, related experience, facilities, techniques or unique
combinations thereof that are integral factors for achieving the
proposed objectives; (5) the experience of the principal investigator
and of the team's key personnel who are critical to achievement of the
proposal objectives(s); and (6) the reasonableness and realism of
proposed costs and the availability of funds. All proposals submitted
to NAWCWPNS shall be considered government property. This announcement
solicits the participation of all offerors capable of satisfying the
government's needs. The government will not cover any costs associated
with proposal preparation, nor pay, as a direct expense preparation
cost on awarded contracts. This announcement constitutes the technical
requirements in full text. No other solicitation or Request for
Proposal will be issued. The standard Industrial Classification code is
8731 with the small business standard of 1,000 employees. No portions
of this BAA have been set aside for historically black colleges and
universities and minority institutions. POINTS OF CONTACT: The
contracting officer is Ms. Doreen Paul, (760) 939-9665, e-mail
pauldp@navair.navy.mil. Technical questions should be addressed to Mr.
Michael Ripley-Lotee, (760) 939-4626, e-mail
mike_ripley-lotee@mlngw.chinalake. navy.mil. Posted 10/14/98
(I-SN261920). (0287) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0003 19981016\A-0003.SOL)
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