SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Notice of Intent
- Notice Date
- 11/6/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- 1301 Clay Street Oakland, CA 94612-5208
- ZIP Code
- 94612-5208
- Solicitation Number
- DE-PS03-03SF22698
- Point of Contact
- Georgia McClelland, Contracting Officer, 510-637-1896, georgia.mcclelland@oak.doe.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Under a solicitation to be released at a later date, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) will be jointly soliciting proposals for research and development to improve national capabilities to detect, locate, and identify nuclear explosions. It is anticipated that this solicitation will be released on or about November 30, 2002. The anticipated period of performance for awards from this solicitation will be 1-3 years. The objective of the solicitation will be to advance the state-of-the-art in nuclear explosion monitoring in the field of seismic methods. This will be achieved through basic and applied research that enhances understanding of the underlying phenomena, proposes new methods of tackling monitoring problems, or develops new data of use in nuclear explosion monitoring. Research products under this solicitation shall support Air Force requirements in improving the nation?s capabilities to monitor nuclear explosion monitoring. Information about the NNSA Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Research & Engineering Program integration of research products into operational form for the Air Force can be found online at http://www.nemre.nn.doe.gov under Knowledge Base. After the solicitation is released, proposals must be submitted for either a contract or a financial assistance award. However, NNSA and AFRL will reserve the right to determine which procurement instrument shall be used. The instrument shall be appropriate to the scope of work. NNSA may issue contracts or financial assistance awards, or both. The Air Force will issue contracts only. If a contract is issued, acquisition regulations apply per 48 CFR, and a cost reimbursement contract is anticipated. If a financial assistance award is used, 10 CFR 600 applies, and a cooperative agreement is anticipated. The use of FFRDC?s as team members must be consistent with the FFRDC?s authority under its award. Links to websites which contain the full text of these regulations are provided in this Industry Interactive Procurement System (IIPS) Information announcement. A Proposer may submit more than one proposal, but each proposal should cover one topic area as described in the solicitation. Responses will be requested from all responsible organizations (foreign and domestic) including industry, academic institutions, research institutions, and non-profit organizations. Federal agencies may submit proposals as prime/lead contractors subject to appropriations language but may not partner with Federal Funded Research Development Centers (FFRDCs). Federal Funded Research and Development Center?s (FFRDCs) including NNSA national laboratories, cannot directly respond to this solicitation as prime/lead contractors. FFRDC?s, including NNSA national laboratories, may participate in this solicitation as team members. The FFRDC effort in aggregate, shall not exceed 50% of the total effort of the project, including the applicant?s and the FFRDC contractor?s portions of the effort. Information will be provided in the solicitation on how to include FFRDC?s and NNSA national laboratories in this solicitation as team members NNSA and AFRL reserve the right to fund, in whole or in part, any, all or none of the proposals and to award without discussions. If teaming arrangements are proposed, technical approach, deliverables and costs must be clearly separable for individual team members as the Government reserves the right to award to the team or to individual team members, as awards are subject to the availability of funds.
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- Record
- SN00200671-W 20021108/021106213220 (fbodaily.com)
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