SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Administration of the Department of Defense (DoD) National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Program
- Notice Date
- 2/27/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFOSR - Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 801 N. Randolph St, Arlington, VA, 22203-1977
- ZIP Code
- 22203-1977
- Solicitation Number
- F49620-02-R-0001
- Response Due
- 3/15/2002
- Point of Contact
- Dianne Murrell, Contracting Officer, Phone (703) 696-5944, Fax (703) 696-9733, - Thomas Kim, Dr, Phone (703) 696-7312, Fax (703) 696-7320,
- E-Mail Address
-
dianne.murrell@afosr.af.mil, thomas.kim@afosr.af.mil
- Description
- The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) anticipates issuance of a Request For Proposal (RFP) for offers to administer the Department of Defense (DoD) National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Program. The NDSEG program promotes education in science and engineering disciplines relevant to the defense mission through three-year graduate Fellowships to U.S. citizens and nationals who have demonstrated ability and special aptitude for advanced training in science and engineering. Preference is given to applicants who indicate an intention to pursue a doctoral degree in, or closely related to, aeronautical and astronautical engineering; biosciences (includes toxicology); chemical engineering; chemistry; civil engineering; cognitive, neural, and behavioral sciences; computer science; electrical engineering; geosciences (includes terrain, water, and air); materials science and engineering; mathematics; mechanical engineering; naval architecture and ocean engineering (includes undersea systems); oceanography (includes ocean acoustics, remote sensing, and marine meteorology); and physics (including optics). NDSEG Fellows may choose U.S. institutions of higher education with an accredited program in the appropriate discipline. The NDSEG Fellowship program provides monthly stipends to the Fellows as well as payment of full tuition and required fees to the institution of choice. The current stipend amount starts at $23,000, prorated monthly based on a twelve-month academic year. Recipients of NDSEG Fellowships do not incur any military or other service obligation. Assembled evaluation panel in the science and engineering discipline of the applicant?s proposed degree program review, evaluate, and rank the NDSEG Fellowship applicants. Final selection of awardees is made by the three participating DoD services, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), the Army Research Office and the Office of Naval Research. The present contract (F49620-99-C-0054) was awarded in 1999. The contract covers the administrative cost of the program and allows for transfer of funds (pass through funding) to the contractor to pay participants' stipends and academic fees. The present contract's period of performance for the pass through funding is scheduled to end July 2002. AFOSR plans to compete and issue a follow-on contract. AFOSR is seeking qualified sources to provide the necessary personnel, accounting, administrative and database management services, and other resources required for the administration of the NDSEG Fellowship program. The successful offeror will be required to work with the incumbent contractor, as necessary, to smoothly transition administration of the program; as well as be required to transition administration of the contract to a successor contractor when the contract performance period ends. Functions required to administer the program include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following: advertising the NDSEG Fellowship program; soliciting qualified applicants; receipt and organization of applications; distribution of applications among the disciplinary panels for evaluation and to the three participating DoD services for selection; making offers of appointment to selected applicants and notifying unsuccessful applicants; administering payment of stipends to Fellows and payment of tuition and required fees to institutions; and gathering and maintaining data, suitable for analysis and presentations, from current and former participants and unsuccessful applicants. DoD anticipates awarding a minimum of one hundred (100) and a maximum of three hundred (300) new three-year NDSEG Fellows each fiscal year subject to the availability of funds. A basic performance period of three years with two one-year option periods is anticipated to cover three classes of Fellows. Under a contract, the administration provided by the contractor will be through a Cost Plus Fixed Fee arrangement, the pass through funds for students' stipends, tuition and fees will be through a Cost Reimbursable arrangement. The proposed service North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS Code) is 56110, Management Services, size standard $5.0M. Respondents should identify if they are a small disadvantaged business based on this NAICS code. Interested sources are requested to provide a concise capability statement, limited to three pages, addressing experience relevant to the above described functions, to include experience in similar programs; knowledge of appropriate means to publicize the program and recruit participants; familiarity with issues related to conducting research in science and engineering; ability to attract university faculty members of the science and engineering community to serve on evaluation panels; cost accounting and financial management systems adequate to track costs, issue stipends and pay academic expenses; database management capabilities to gather and maintain data; and other resources necessary to conduct a program of this magnitude in a timely manner. Reference to past customers for similar services should include organization name, point of contact name and telephone number. Capability statements will be screened using the above described capabilities to identify qualified sources. Interested sources are encouraged to provide capability statements no later than March 15, 2002 to the Contracting Officer, Ms. Dianne Murrell, at AFOSR/PK4, 801 North Randolph Street, Arlington, Virginia 22203-1977; or fax (703) 696-9733. For technical questions, contact the Program Manager, Dr. Thomas Kim, at (703) 696-7312, or e-mail: thomas.kim@afosr.af.mil; or Dr. Koto White, at (703) 696-7319, e-mail: koto.white@afosr.af.mil. Contractual questions may be addressed to Ms. Murrell at (703) 696-5944; fax (703) 696-9733, or e-mail: dianne.murrell@afosr.af.mil. The Air Force contemplates release of the RFP on or about 1 May 2002, with award on or about 30 July 2002. Requests for the RFP must be made to the Contracting Officer in writing via mail or fax. This is a request for information only. See Note 26.*****
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