SOLICITATION NOTICE
14 -- Technology for Sustainment of Strategic Systems
- Notice Date
- 7/24/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland AFB, 2251 Maxwell Ave, Kirtland AFB, NM, 87117
- ZIP Code
- 87117
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-PKV-02-08
- Response Due
- 9/6/2002
- Point of Contact
- Bruce Wells, Contracts Specialist, Phone 505 843 0982, Fax 505 846 7549, - Shari Barnett, Contracting Officer, Phone (505) 846-6189, Fax (505) 846-7549,
- E-Mail Address
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Bruce.Wells@Kirtland.af.mil, shari.barnett@kirtland.af.mil
- Description
- INTRODUCTION. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/VSE-B), Kirtland AFB NM, is interested in receiving proposals (technical and cost) on research to advance and demonstrate the technologies required to enable an advanced missile Guidance, Navigation and Control system, and other closely related Ballistic Missile technologies. The total program budget for these efforts is approximately $53.2 million over five years. The government anticipates making up to four (4) contract awards but reserves the right to make more or less than four (4) awards based on the evaluation criteria specified. Funds are not presently available for this effort. Offerors are advised to contact the technical point of contact to verify interest in the effort to be proposed and funding availability PRIOR to committing resources to the preparation of proposals in response to this announcement. B. REQUIREMENTS. Proposals are desired for advanced Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) system designs and technologies that could lead to an integrated system for flight demonstration. The research area of interest is enabling GNC technologies for missile boost, post-boost, and terminal phases. Proposals for technologies which could enable future ballistic systems with enhanced GNC performance, reliability, maintainability, supportability, and affordability goals and which enhance performance and significantly reduce cost, schedule, or risk of existing technologies are of interest. Future GNC systems for advanced ballistic missile lift and reentry systems must perform to increasingly more demanding requirements for: 1) affordable, lower cost, 2) higher precision weapon deployment and targeting accuracy, 3) minimization of size and power, 4) immunity to space like hostile environments, 5) high mean time between failures and 6) robust units requiring minimal hands-on maintenance and environmental conditioning. The technologies needed to meet the anticipated strategic navigation, guidance and control requirements of the 2020 timeframe and beyond may be considered a revolutionary change from the current state-of-the-art fielded systems. These systems would satisfy the strategic requirements for the Air Force and Navy and also meet the size, weight, power and cost requirements of the precision strike initiatives. The technical challenge will be to develop the GNC technology to obtain the high precision sensors required for strategic applications, while keeping the cost, size, weight and power low enough to support nonstrategic applications. The envisioned performance goals are on the order of 0.01 degree/hr bias drift rate, with a scale factor error of 0.4 ppm for gyros, and a 1 micro-g bias stability with a scale factor error of 1 ppm for accelerometers with aiding by jam-resistant GPS technology. Work performed under any resulting contract may be classified up to the Secret Level. The DD 254 is attached hereto. The contractor(s) who is/are selected for an award under this PRDA may be required and then must be eligible to obtain a Secret facility clearance. Technical point of contact: AFRL/VSE-B, Dr. Sandra H. Slivinsky, 505-846-7222, fax 505-846-5589, email sandra.slivinsky@kirtland.af.mil. Open communication with the technical POC is encouraged until proposals are received. C. PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS: Proposals shall be due 45 days from the date of this announcement. The government reserves the right to award a contract up to 180 days from the proposal due date based on the evaluation criteria. Offerors must provide a technical and a cost proposal in response to this announcement. (1) TECHNICAL PROPOSAL: shall include the following sections. (a) Executive Summary, (b) Program Description, (c) Program Plan, (d) Statement of Work (SOW) and Milestone Chart, (e) Facilities and Equipment description, (f) Description of Relevant Prior Work, (g) Management Plan (including Work Breakdown Structure), and (h) Resumes of Key Individuals. The following information describes what should be addressed in the technical proposal. Section (a) Executive Summary: Describe the proposed program, objectives, approach, and end product. Proposals should be innovative, offering new ideas for advancing the state-of-the-art, while addressing the objectives of paragraph B above. Provide a requirements correlation matrix that relates requirements (stated or derived) to the Statement of Work, the Work Breakdown Structure, and other sections of the technical proposal. Section (b) Program Description: Describe the ideas which are going to be addressed in this proposal, how these ideas are innovative and to what degree they advance the state-of-the-art, and how this will be beneficial to the Air Force in terms of new and innovative technologies. Section (c) Program Plan: Describe in detail 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 come to a solution. Section (d) Statement of Work and Milestone Chart Description: Include a Statement of Work detailing the technical tasks to be accomplished under the proposed effort that is suitable for contract incorporation (no proprietary legends). Milestones should indicate when specific objectives are expected to be met in the overall schedule of the task and should identify the specific accomplishments necessary to proceed to the next task and the final product to be delivered. Section (e) Facilities and Equipment Description: Describe the facilities which can be used in terms of security classification levels, computational systems, testing facilities, and any specialized equipment. Section (f) 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 technical and contracting point-of-contact, including phone numbers, with the funding organization. Section (g) Management Plan: Include an appropriate level-three Work Breakdown Structure suitable for contract incorporation (no proprietary legends). Address any major areas of risk including schedule, cost, or technical components. Describe the methods or procedures within the organization used to monitor technical progress, cost control, and reassign resources. Section (h) Resumes of Key Individuals: Include brief summaries of resumes of relevant key individuals including any consultants or subcontractors that might be proposed. The technical proposal shall be limited to 75 pages, (12 pitch or larger type), double-spaced, 8.5 by 11 inch pages. The page limitation includes all information; i.e., indices, photographs, foldouts, appendices, attachments, resumes etc. Use at least 1-inch margins on top and bottom and 1 inch side margins. The binding shall not impair legibility. Both sides of paper may be used. Each printed side of an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet counts as a page. Foldouts printed on one side only will be counted as 2 pages. 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 only read and evaluate proposals up to the page limitation. Pages over the page limitation will be removed prior to evaluation. (2) COST PROPOSAL: Cost proposals should be prepared in accordance with instructions attached to this announcement. The cost information, other than cost or pricing data, requested therein is necessary for the government to perform a cost realism analysis. (3) GENERAL: Data deliverables, including status reports and a final report, shall be proposed that will adequately provide the government with sufficient information to ascertain the effectiveness of performance. Proposals shall be submitted in original and three copies with the original being clearly marked in such a manner as to distinguish it from the copies to the Contracting Officer at Det 8, AFRL/PKVI, 2251 Maxwell SE (or via express delivery at 1801 Charlene Drive, Bldg. 592, KAFB NM 87117-5821) KAFB, NM 87117-5773 no later than 1600 (Mountain Daylight Time (MDT)) 45 calendar days after the date this announcement is posted (or the first federal workday thereafter). Due to security considerations, personal delivery of proposals is discouraged. Any offeror desiring to deliver their proposals in person, must make arrangements with the Contracting Office (505.853.0982 or 505.846.6189) no later than 24 hours prior to delivery to assure entrance on to Kirtland Air Force Base. Proposals submitted by fax or e-mail will not be considered for award. Do not send proposals to any other address or they may not be considered for award. Submit Technical and Cost proposals in separate volumes. Proposals shall be valid for a period of not less than 180 days after the due date. Proposals must reference the above PRDA number and include a contractor unique proposal identification number. Unnecessarily elaborate brochures or presentations beyond that sufficient to present a complete and effective proposal are not desired. The cost of preparing proposals in response to this PRDA is not considered an allowable direct charge to any resulting contract or to any other contract. However, it may be an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect costs as specified in FAR 31.205-18. The Government reserves the right to award a procurement instrument best suited to the nature of research proposed. The offeror shall include their recommendation and rationale for the type of instrument proposed in the cost proposal. Foreign owned firms are advised to contact the Contracting Officer or Project Manager before submitting a proposal to determine whether there are restrictions on receiving an award. It is anticipated that contractors may have access to or may generate data that is unclassified with limited distribution and/or subject to U.S. Export Control laws. Therefore, in these cases, offerors will need to be certified by the Defense Logistics Information Services (DLIS) prior to submitting offers. Contact US/Canada Joint Certification Office, DLIS, Federal Center, 74 Washington Ave, North, Battle Creek, Michigan 49017-3084 (1 (800) 352-3572) http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp/default.asp for further information on certification and the approval process. The offeror is required to either submit a copy of the DLIS approved DD Form 2345 with its proposal or to the Contracting Officer if access to unclassified, limited distribution data is required to prepare the proposal. All DOE Federally funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) and DOD FFRDC C3I Lab, Lincoln Laboratory or Software Engineering Institute may submit proposals in response to this announcement. Any other FFRDC or contractor proposing an FFRDC not discussed herein shall provide rationale in its proposal that the research is within the purpose, mission, general scope of effort or special competency of the FFRDC and that research to be performed would not place the FFRDC in direct competition with the private sector. Discussions with any of the points of contact shall not constitute a commitment by the Government to subsequently fund or award any proposed effort. Only Contracting Officers are legally authorized to commit the government. Offerors must mark their proposals with the restrictive language stated in FAR 15.609(a). For the purposes of this PRDA the small business size standard is 1000 employees, NAICS 54171. All firms submitting responses must reference this announcement and indicate whether they are, or are not, a small business, a socially and economically disadvantaged business, an 8(a) firm, a woman-owned business, a HUBZone certified small business, a historically black college or university, or a minority institution. D. BASIS FOR AWARD: Evaluation will be in accordance with AFMC FARS 5335.016-90. Technical proposals will be evaluated using the following factors in descending order of importance based on scientific peer review: (a) overall technical and/or scientific merit of the proposed effort and its relevancy to current and future DOD needs; (b) capabilities and related experience, facilities, techniques or unique combinations of these which are an integral factor for achieving proposal objectives; and (c) availability of funds. No further evaluation criteria will be used in selecting proposals for award. Subject to the availability of funds, the Government reserves the right to select for award any, all, part, or none of the proposals received. Multiple awards may be made. When requested, a debriefing will be provided IAW FAR 15.505 and 15.506. A copy of each final report of any resultant contract will be available, subject to national disclosure policy and regulations. E. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This PRDA will be posted at www.eps.gov, USAF, HQ, AFMC, Space Vehicles Directorate (Phillips Research Site). An Ombudsman has been appointed to mediate concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the pre-proposal phase of competitive, negotiated acquisitions. The Ombudsman does not participate in proposal evaluation or contractor selection. The Ombudsman can work with responsible acquisition officials to respond to concerns, but will not detract from the authorities of the Project Manager or Contracting Officer. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain the confidentiality of sources. The Ombudsman at Phillips Research Site is Mr. Eugene C. DeWall, Director of Contracting, Det 8 AFRL/PK, 2251 Maxwell Ave SE, Kirtland AFB NM 87117-5773; (505) 846-4979. Before contacting the Ombudsman, potential offerors should first refer contracting concerns to the Contracting Officer, Ms Shari D. Barnett at (505) 846-6189, or refer technical concerns to the Project Manager, Ms Sandra H. Slivinsky, at (505) 846-7222. (Attachments will be posted separately)
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