Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Contract Management Directorate (CMD), 3701 N. Fairfax Dr., Arlington, VA 22203-1714

A -- COUNTER UNDERGROUND FACILITIES TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES SOL SOL BAA00-06 DUE 011300 POC Dr. Steven Buchsbaum or Dr. Dan Cress, Fax (703)696-2203 E-MAIL: contact for Counter Underground Facilities Technology, baa00-06@darpa.mil. Counter Underground Facilities Technology Initiatives SOL BAA00-06, proposals due 13 January 2000, POC: Dr. Steven Buchsbaum or Dr. Dan Cress, Program Manager, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Special Projects Office (SPO), 3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22203-1714. Facsimile: (703) 696-2203, E-mail: mailto:baa00-06@darpa.mil (e-mail contact preferred). Contractual point of contact: DARPA Contracts Management Directorate (CMD), Attn: Ms. Kristen Numrych, 3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22203-1714. Facsimile: (703) 696-2208; E-mail: knumrych@darpa.mil(e-mail contact preferred). OBJECTIVE: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Special Projects Office (SPO) is soliciting proposals (technical and cost) from qualified corporations, research centers, universities, FFRDCs and DOE laboratories for the Counter Underground Facilities (CUGF) program under BAA 00-06. Underground facilities (UGFs) are a serious and growing asymmetric threat to our security and operational dominance. The DARPA CUGF program effort solicited under this BAA will focus on technologies to support characterization of UGFs. Of particular interest is research that will support the development of sensor concepts and technologies that directly contribute to the objective of holding a threat UGF at risk, providing critical information on the timeliness of an attack, obtaining specific facility vulnerabilities to enable either functional or physical defeat, and securing information critical for battle damage assessment. The purpose of this BAA is to fund research and development activities to enhance DoD's capabilities in characterizing UGFs in direct support of holding threat UGFs at risk.ACQUISITION INFORMATION: This BAA solicits proposals in five work areas: (1) Passive Acoustic, Seismic, Electromagnetic Monitoring (PASEM); (2) Selected Concepts for Active Seismic Imaging; (3) Selected Concepts for Active Electromagnetic Imaging; (4) Characterization of UGF operations and UGF battle damage assessment (BDA) by the use of effluents; and (5) Additional novel concepts and technologies for UGF characterization. Within the meaning of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) at 6.102 and 35.016, this announcement and the Proposers Information Pamphlet (PIP) constitute DARPA's solicitation for this BAA. Evaluations of all proposals will be accomplished through a scientific review of each proposal considering the following general criteria, which are listed in descending order of relative importance: (1) the offeror's ability to execute the work in a manner, which meets or exceeds the DARPA CUGF program goals and objectives, defined in the PIP, (2) overall scientific merit and technical approach, (3) offeror's capabilities and related experience, and (4) proposed cost and cost realism. Specific criteria for each proposal category can be found in the PIP. The scoring values for the evaluation will vary based on the proposal category. Multiple awards are anticipated for each of the work areas. Toward this end, DARPA will consider all types of proposals including, traditional FAR/DFARS type contracts, grants and Other Transaction Agreements. No portion of the BAA will be set aside for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) or minority institutions (MI) participation due to impracticality of reserving discrete or severable areas of research for exclusive competition among the entries. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: Offerors may submit proposals in any of the five work areas. DARPA is requesting and encouraging White Papers as part of the review process. Submitted White Papers will be evaluated by DARPA and offerors will be informed as to the relevance of the proposed concept as expressed in the White Paper. Offerors for work areas one through four are required to submit their proposals by 13 January 2000, 4:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. Requested White Papers for work areas one through four should be submitted by 8 December 1999, 4:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. DARPA will accept proposals and White Papers for work area five for the entire 24-month duration of the BAA. DARPA will respond in writing to the administrative points of contact. Proposals and White Papers should be addressed to Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Contracts Management Directorate (CMD), Attn: Ms. Kristen Numrych, 3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203-1714. Proposers must obtain the BAA 00-06 Proposers Information Pamphlet (PIP) which provides further technical and administrative detail for this BAA including the technologies of interest, evaluation criteria, funding processes, and formats of abstracts and proposals. Proposals not meeting the specified format described in the PIP will not be considered for award. The PIP is classified SECRET/NOFORN and may be obtained from Mrs. Vannessa Wilson-Baldwin (703-465-2652), by providing your facility's CAGE code, classified mailing address, and the facility security officer's name and phone number via FAX at 703-524-2449. Questions regarding this BAA or unclassified comments on the PIP may be sent to baa00-06@darpa.mil. A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) compilation will be posted on-line and periodically updated. Contracts are anticipated to be awarded beginning in January of 2000 for Work Areas one through four. Contracts in Work Area five will be awarded on an individual basis throughout the duration of the BAA. A table of important dates and milestones is provided in the PIP. There will be an SECRET/NOFORN Industry Brief covering this BAA on 9 November 1999 from 0830 to approximately 1230 at the Mitretek Systems, 7525 Colshire Drive, McLean VA 22102-7400. All interested parties must have a current visitor request on file in order to attend this briefing. Visitor requests should be sent to 4001 Fairfax Drive, Suite 650, Arlington VA 22203, ATTENTION: Ms. Vannessa Wilson-Baldwin; or faxed to (703) 524-2449 (ATTENTION: Ms. Vannessa Wilson-Baldwin). The government shall not be liable for the cost of proposal preparation and submission. Proposals submitted shall be in accordance with this announcement and the PIP. There will be no other solicitation issued in regard to this requirement. Offerors should be alert for any BAA amendments that may be published. ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST: Each cost proposal shall contain a section satisfying the requirements of the following: Awards made under this BAA are subject to the provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 9.5, Organizational Conflict of Interest. All offerors and proposed subcontractors must affirmatively state whether they are supporting any DARPA technical office(s) through an active contract or subcontract. All affirmations must state which office(s) the offeror supports and identify the prime contract number. Affirmations shall be furnished at the time of proposal submission, and the existence or potential existence of organizational conflicts of interest, as that term is defined in FAR 9.501, must be disclosed. This disclosure shall include a description of the action the offeror has taken, or proposes to take, to avoid, neutralize or mitigate such conflict. If the offeror believes that no such conflict exists, then it shall so state in this section. It is the policy of DARPA to treat all proposals as competitive information, and to disclose the contents only for the purposes of evaluation. The Government intends to use non-government personnel as special resources to assist with the logistics of administering the proposal evaluation and providing selected technical assistance related to proposal evaluation. Support personnel are restricted by their contracts from disclosing proposal information for any purpose. Contractor personnel are required to sign the Organizational Conflict of Interest Non-Disclosure Agreements. By submission of its proposal, each offeror agrees that proposal information may be disclosed to those selected contractors for the limited purpose stated above. Any information not intended for limited release to support contractors must be clearly marked and segregated from other submitted proposal material. DARPA is seeking participation from the widest number of offerors. SPONSOR: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Contracts Management Directorate (CMD), 3701 N. Fairfax Dr., Arlington, VA 22203-1714. Posted 10/28/99 (W-SN396159). (0301)

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