A -- TARGET EFFECTS ASSESSMENT This is part 2 of a 2 part notice. C -- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: (1) ANTICIPATED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The total length of the technical effort is estimated to be 60 months. (2) EXPECTED AWARD DATE: The anticipated award date is on or before 09 Dec 99. (3) GOVERNMENT ESTIMATE: The government funding profile for the overall program is estimated to be as follows: FY00-$3.572M, FY01-$3.671M, FY02-$3.382M, FY03-$2.502M, FY04-$2.118, FY05-$2.105M, total funding estimate for all years is $17.35M. This funding profile is an estimate only and is not a promise for funding, as all funding is subject to change due to government discretion and availability. (4) CONTRACT AMOUNT: The anticipated contract ceiling amount is $17.35M. The minimum order amount is anticipated to be the first incremental funding amount of $173.5K and the maximum order amount is anticipated to be the total ceiling amount of $17.35M. If multiple awards are made, the total ceiling of all contracts awarded shall not exceed $17.35 million. (5) GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY, BASE SUPPORT, OR CONTRACTOR ACQUIRED PROPERTY: Due to the nature of the assessments, most of the works will be performed at AFRL/DEPA's Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF). (6) SIZE STATUS: For the purpose of this acquisition, the size standard is 500 employees (SIC 8731). (7) NOTICE TO FOREIGN OWNED FIRMS: Foreign contractors are not permitted to participate in this procurement. D -- PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS: Offerors shall submit a White Paper focusing on innovative approaches (i.e. advancing the state-of-the-art, increasing knowledge and understanding new and creative solutions to problems), techniques and unique capabilities which can be applied to work described herein. Offerors have latitude as to what information is presented in their paper. Offerors are advised to focus their limited discussion on strengths, new ideas, and present documented record of current and past accomplishments in these related areas. Possible presentation approaches include a discussion of specific elements of the requirements for which offerors present innovative ideas for accomplishing the work, or discussion of innovative solutions to a hypothetical task (of their own creation). Any method is acceptable as long as offerors focus on their innovative solutions to problems in the mission requirements. The White Papers (no more than 30 pages) are due 30 days from the date this announcement is published. Resumes of the principal investigator and other significant personnel proposed to perform this effort may be included and will not be counted against the 30-page limit. Facilities and equipment to be used may also be identified without regard to the 30-page limit. Cost proposals should not be submitted with the White Papers. (1) WHITE PAPERS: The offeror shall submit a White Paper on the overall technical program. The White Paper shall include a discussion of the nature and scope of the research to be performed and shall address each of the three technology areas. White Papers shall address the following sections: (i) Executive Summary, (ii) Program Description, (iii) Program Plan, (iv) Facilities and Equipment Description, (v) Description of Relevant Prior Work, (vi) Management Plan, and (vii) Resumes of Key Individuals. The following information describes what should be addressed in the White Paper. Under Section (i) Executive Summary: Include a description of the proposed program, objectives, approach, and end product relating to any of the technical areas. The information provided should focus on innovative ideas, and can address any of the technical areas. Under Section (ii) Program Description: Describe the ideas which are going to be addressed in the White Paper, how these ideas are innovative, and how this will be beneficial to the Air Force in terms of new and innovative technologies. Under Section (iii) Program Plan: Describe in detail the proposed Program Plan to address the approach planned and how the plan will be executed. This section should include all technical aspects and how the approach will be executed to result in a solution of the task areas. Under Section (iv) Facilities and Equipment Description: Include a description of the facilities which can be used in terms of security classification levels, computations systems, testing facilities, and any specialized equipment. Under Section (v) Description of Relevant Prior Work: Include a list of both in-house efforts funded by internal research funds and contracts funded by others. Include a list of the principal investigator, title of effort, contract number, brief summary of results, and a point-of-contact with the funding organization. Under Section (vi) Management Plan: Include an appropriate Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). Address any major areas of risk including schedule, cost, or technical components. Describe the methods or procedures within the organization used to monitor progress and reassign resources. Under Section (vii) Resume of Key Individual: Include brief summaries of resumes of relevant key individuals including any consultants or subcontractors that might be proposed. (2) PAGE LIMITATIONS: The white paper proposal shall be limited to 30 pages, 10 pages per technology area, (12 pitch or larger type), double spaced, single-sided, 8.5x11 inch paper. This page limitation applies to all information except indexes, photographs, description of equipment and facilities, and resumes. Use at least 1-inch margins on all sides. The binding shall not impair legibility. Blank pages, title pages, table of contents, lists of figures, lists of tables, tabs, cover sheets, or blank dividers are not included in the page count. The government will not consider pages in excess of the 30-page limit. (3) PREPARATION COST: If selected for negotiations, qualifying large business offerors will be required to submit a small business subcontracting plan. This announcement does not commit the government to pay for any response preparation costs. The cost of preparing White Papers in response to this PRDA is not considered an allowable direct charge to any resulting contract. However, it may be an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect cost as specified in FAR 31.305-18. E-BASIS FOR AWARD: White Papers will be evaluated by a peer or scientific review process based upon innovative ideas, new technologies, and unique capabilities. Upon completion of White Paper review, firms whose approaches or unique capabilities are of further interest to the government will be invited to submit a contractor prepared Statement of Work (CSOW) for this effort. The CSOW shall include, by reference, the requirements guidelines modified, if necessary, to incorporate any changes the offeror deems appropriate. CSOWs will not be accepted from firms that did not initially submit White Papers for consideration. Once proposals are categorized as described below, the government will downselect to those offerors having the best chance for award and enter into negotiations with them. Offerors will be furnished a model contract and an actual technical task and/or program management task in response to which they will furnish a technical and cost proposal. Single or multiple awards can be anticipated and will be based on an evaluation of an offeror's response (both technical and cost aspects) to determine the overall merit of the proposal and best value to the government in response to this announcement. The government does not contemplate downselecting to a predetermined number of proposals -- downselection is dependent on the number and quality of proposals received. Should the government decide to enter into negotiations with an offeror and be unable to reach a meeting of the minds, that proposal may be displaced by a lower rated proposal and the government may at that time enter into negotiations with an offeror not originally contacted for negotiations. EVALUATION CRITERIA: The technical aspects (areas a & b below) are the first order of priority, and shall be evaluated on the following criteria which are of equal importance: (a) the overall scientific and/or technical merit of the proposal, including capabilities and related experience, facilities, innovative techniques or unique combinations of these integral factors for achieving proposal objectives; (b) the qualifications, capabilities and experiences of the proposed key personnel who are critical to the achievement of the proposed objectives, to include teaming arrangements and subcontracting; (c) cost and/or price, which includes consideration of proposed budget and funding profiles is a substantial factor, but is ranked as the second order of priority. Cost proposals will be evaluated for realism and reasonableness. No other evaluation criteria will be used. AFRL reserves the right to select any part or all of the proposal(s) selected for award in response to this announcement, subject to availability of funds. Once the cost and technical proposals are evaluated, all proposals will be sorted into categories as follows: (i) Category I: Well conceived, scientifically and technically sound proposals pertinent to program goals and objectives, and offered by a responsible contractor with the competent scientific and technical staff and supporting resources needed to ensure satisfactory program results. Proposals in Category I are recommended for acceptance and normally are displaced only by other Category I proposals; (ii) Category II: Scientifically or technically sound proposals requiring further development and are recommended for acceptance, but are at lower priority than Category I; (iii) Category III: Proposals that are not technically sound or do not meet agency needs. When requested, a debriefing will be provided in accordance with FAR 15.506. A copy of each final report of any resultant contract(s) will be available subject to national disclosure policy and regulations. F -- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This PRDA will be posted on the Electronic Posting System (EPS) located at http://www.eps.gov. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear significant concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. Routine questions are not considered to be of "significant concern" and should be communicated directly to the Contracting Officer. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the Contracting Officer or Program Manager, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of the proposal or in the source selection process. The Ombudsman for this acquisition is Mr. Eugene DeWall, Deputy Director of Contracting, Det 8 AFRL/PK-D, 2251 Maxwell Avenue SE, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773, AC 505.846.4979. WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=S&;ProjID=PRDA99DE03a&L ocID=1122. E-MAIL: Shannon Mullinax, SHANNON.MULLINAX@PLK.AF.MIL. Posted 09/16/99 (D-SN381215).

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