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A -- HBCU/MI BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH SOL NMA202-00-BAA-01 DUE 011400 POC Eileen Frazier, Contract Specialist, (301) 227-7825/ Dr. Richard Berg, (301) 227-7498 The National Imagery and Mapping Agency's (NIMA) Technology Office announces an interest in receiving proposals from Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) including Hispanic-serving Institutions and Tribal Colleges and Universities, for research in the following six general areas of enabling technologies which are of interest to NIMA: (1) Geospatial Information Sciences: Includes uncertainty, spatio-temporal analysis, topological reasoning, information management for massive databases, integrated source management, interoperability, scale and high-dimensional representations. (2) Physical Sciences: Includes geodesy and geophysics, hydrography, and remote sensing phenomenology including synthetic aperture radar, multispectral and hyperspectral imaging. (3) Computer Sciences: Includes human cognition and human-centered computing, virtual experts and intelligent agents. (4) Neuroscience: Focused on neuroscience-inspired approaches (excluding classical neural network applications) to target recognition or feature extraction, either automated or to assist analysts. (5) Image sciences: Includes imagery compression and decompression; and includes image processing capabilities of data from electro-optical, spectral and/or synthetic aperture radar sensors. (6) Mathematics: Includes combinatorial strategies, fractal representations and wavelets, and refinement schemes applicable to geospatial data and information. The purpose of this program is to support NIMA research and development goals in specific, appropriate technology areas, and to promote the participation of HBCU/MI in the mainstream research funding program of the NIMA Technology Office. This program does not replace the NIMA University Research Initiatives which are available to all universities. This effort aims to attract researchers at HBCU/MIs toward technical endeavors which will improve their competitiveness in winning additional support from the main NIMA research programs. Selection for award will be based on a competitive evaluation using the following criteria. Each proposal will be evaluated on the basis of all the factors below. The technical quality of the proposal is significantly more important than the management factor. The technical sub-factors are of equal importance. The cost factor is less important than the technical and management factors. The primary basis for selecting proposal for acceptance shall be technical and management merit, availability of funds, and program balance. The criteria are: (1) Technical: (a) Anticipated benefits of the research or research and development effort to the NIMA mission, (b) The scientific/technical quality of the research or research and development proposal and its relevance to the topic description, with special emphasis on its innovation and originality, and with consideration for the potential of the successful completion leading to further support by the main NIMA research programs, and (c) Qualifications of the principal investigator, otherkey staff and consultants, if any, and adequacy of available or obtainable instrumentation and facilities; (2) Management: Adequacy of management planning and controls; and (3) Cost: The proposals will be evaluated to develop the government's estimate of the cost of completing the contract using the technical and management approaches proposed. Total evaluated probable cost consists of the government's estimate of the realistic cost of completing the offerors' proposals, to include the government's assessment of program risk, and additional costs to the government such as government-furnished property, government-furnished information, transportation, and other cost-related factors. Additional information: (1) This BAA constitutes the solicitation and no formal Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued. This announcement will remain open through 1700 hours (EST), 14 January 2000 and proposals may be submitted any time during this period. Proposals received will be considered for funds available in Fiscal Year 2000. Offerors may submit separate proposals on any or all the specified areas of research. (2) Because NIMA intends to award all available FY00 money with the first call, interested parties are strongly encouraged to submit completed proposals by the time and date specified above. However, proposals will continue to be accepted until 15 August 2000, and awards may be made at any time based on formal evaluation of the proposal and availability of money to fund it. (3) Proposals will not be evaluated until the close of this announcement. Proposal evaluation is expected to take a minimum of thirty days beyond that. (4) For planning purposes, contracts are not expected to exceed $50,000 per year per contract. Period of performance is anticipated to range from twelve months to twenty-four months. Contracts are expected to be awarded during the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2000. (5) The offeror shall submit a combined technical and management proposal limited to 30 pages (8-1/2 x 11 double spaced), including a one-page, single-spaced executive summary of the technical and management proposal. The technical and management proposal should include full discussion of the scope, nature, and objectives of the proposed research effort; rationale for the technical contribution to NIMA goals; schedule of milestones; related research efforts performed in the past; a description of and statement of availability of facilities and instrumentation required for performance; a description of management planning and control systems; identification of limited-rights data or computer software, if any; and resumes of key personnel (excluded from page limitations). A separate Statement of Work (excluded from page limitations) suitable for contractual incorporation shall also be provided. (6) The offeror's cost proposal has no page limit and shall be submitted as a separate document together with supporting detailed cost data, including any subcontractor data. Offerors shall include a summary of the cost proposal at the cost element level (i.e., total direct labor, overhead, general and administrative, etc.). The summary should include a funding profile by fiscal year. Proposal offers shall remain open for acceptance by the government for a period of 180 days. (7) Cost and technical proposals shall be submitted by e-mail electronically and simultaneously to FrazierE@nima.mil and to BergR@nima.mil. Files too large for e-mail may be sent using file transfer protocol to ftp://ftp.nima.mil. E-mail notification must be sent to the e-mail addresses above if files are sent via FTP. All files sent by the closing time will receive an acknowledgement reply via return e-mail. Technical proposals shall be readable in Microsoft Word 97 and cost proposals shall be readable in Microsoft Excel 97 with no cell references that are external to the file. Both technical and cost proposals shall reference BAA Number NMA202-00-BAA-01. Hard copy proposals will not be accepted. (8) The contract document, upon award, will include details of the contract deliverables. (9) This effort is a total set-aside for HBCU/MIs, which is meant to include Hispanic-serving institutions and Tribal colleges and universities. The following DoD FAR Supplement Clauses are applicable: 252.226-7000, NOTICE OF HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY AND MINORITY INSTITUTION SET-ASIDE (APR 1994). (a) Definitions. Historically black colleges and universities, as used in this clause, mean institutions determined by the Secretary of Education to meet the requirements of 34 CFR 608.2. The term also means any nonprofit research institution that was an integral part of such a college or university before November 14, 1986. Minority institutions, as used in this clause, means institutions meeting the requirements of section 1046(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1135d-5(3)). The term also includes Hispanic-serving institutions as defined in section 316(b)(1) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)(1)). (b) General. (1) Offers are solicited only from historically black colleges or universities and minority institutions. (2) Any award resulting from this solicitation will be made only to an offeror which is a historically black college or university or a minority institution at the time of submission of its initial offer including price. (c) Agreements. The offeror will: (1) Perform at least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel with its own employees; and (2) Upon request by the Contracting Officer, provide evidence prior to award that the Secretary of Education has determined the offeror to be a historically black college or university or minority institution. (End of Clause). 252.226-7001, HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY AND MINORITY INSTITUTION STATUS (JAN 1997). (a) Definitions. Historically black colleges and universities, as used in this provision, means institutions determined by the Secretary of Education to meet the requirements of 34 CFR 608.2. The term also means any nonprofit research institution that was an integral part of such a college or university before November 14, 1986. Minority institutions, as used in this provision, means institutions meeting the requirements of section 1046(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1135d-5(3)). The term also includes Hispanic-serving institutions as defined in section 316(b)(1) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)(1)). (b) Status. If applicable the offeror shall check the appropriate space below: _____A historically black college or university. ______A minority institution. (End of provision). (10) The following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause applies: 52.226-2 HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY AND MINORITY INSTITUTION REPRESENTATION (MAY 1997). (a) Definitions. As used in this provision: Historically Black College or University means an institution determined by the Secretary of Education to meet the requirements of 34CFR 608.2. For the Department of Defense, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Coast Guard, the term also includes any nonprofit research institution that was an integral part of such a college or university before November 14, 1986. Minority Institution means an institution of higher education meeting the requirements of Section 1046(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1135d5(3)) which, for the purpose of this provision, includes a Hispanic-serving institution of higher education as defined in Section 316(b)(1) of the Act (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)(1)). (b) Representation. The offeror represents that it -- [ ] is [ ] is not a Historically Black College or University; [ ] is [ ] is not a Minority Institution. (End of provision). (11) The following NIMA clause applies: 5X52.227-9000 UNAUTHORIZED USE OF NIMA NAME, SEAL, AND INITIALS (a) As provided in 10 U.S.C., 2422, no person may, except with the written permission of the Director, National Imagery and Mapping Agency, knowingly use the words "National Imagery and Mapping Agency" or "Defense Mapping Agency", the initials "NIMA" or "DMA", the seal of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency or the Defense Mapping Agency, or any colorable imitation of such words, initials, or seal in connection with any merchandise, retail product, impersonation, solicitation, or commercial activity in a manner reasonably calculated to convey the impression that such use is approved, endorsed, or authorized by the Director, NIMA. (b) Whenever it appears to the Director, NIMA that any person is engaged or about to engage in an act or practice which constitutes or will constitute conduct prohibited by paragraph (a), the Attorney General may initiate a civil proceeding in a district court of the United States to enjoin such act or practice. Such court shall proceed as soon as practicable to hearing and determination of such action and may, at any time before such final determination, enter such restraining orders or prohibitions, or take such other action as is warranted, to prevent injury to the United States, or to any person or class of persons for whose protection the action is brought. (End of clause). (12) The following DFARS clause applies: 252.204-7000 Disclosure of Information. (DEC 1991) (a) The Contractor shall not release to anyone outside the Contractor's organization any unclassified information, regardless of medium (e.g., film, tape, document), pertaining to any part of this contract or any program related to this contract, unless -- (1) The Contracting Officer has given prior written approval; or (2) The information is otherwise in the public domain before the date of release. (b) Requests for approval shall identify the specific information to be released, the medium to be used, and the purpose for the release. The Contractor shall submit its request to the Contracting Officer at least 45 days before the proposed date for release. (c) The Contractor agrees to include a similar requirement in each subcontract under this contract. Subcontractors shall submit requests for authorization to release through the prime contractor to the Contracting Officer. (End of clause) (13) Proposals selected will be awarded by an appropriate contract to be signed by the offeror and a government Contracting Officer. Any negotiations that may be necessary will be conducted between the offeror and the government Contracting Officer. (14) Upon selection for award of a contract, the contractor will be required to complete government-furnished certifications and representations and to make certain legal commitments through acceptance of government contract clauses in the contract. Copies of the clauses will be made available prior to award. See Note 4. Posted 11/24/99 (W-SN403416). (0328)

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