SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- DARPA Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) 03-06 Advanced Technologies: Section II (Steps 1 and 2)
- Notice Date
- 12/31/2002
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Contracts Management Office, 3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA, 22203-1714
- ZIP Code
- 22203-1714
- Solicitation Number
- BAA03-06_Section_II_(Steps_1_and_2)
- Archive Date
- 1/15/2004
- Point of Contact
- Anthony Cicala, Contracting Officer, Phone (571) 218-4639, Fax (703) 696-2208,
- E-Mail Address
-
acicala@darpa.mil
- Description
- SECTION II: PROPOSER INFORMATION (Steps 1 and 2) ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES SOL: BAA03-06, DUE 31 December 2003 POC: DARPA/ATO FAX: (703) 696-9780 WEB: http://www.darpa.mil/ E-MAIL: BAA03-06@darpa.mil PROGRAM OBJECTIVES AND DESCRIPTION DARPA?s Advanced Technology Office (ATO) is soliciting ideas for innovative concepts and technologies relating to advances in Robust Networking and Communications, Intelligence Preparation of the Battlesphere (IPB), Information Assurance (IA), Biological technologies, Maritime, Special Operations, and technologies that provide unconventional advantages over adversaries or potential adversaries. The objective of this search is to enable revolutionary advances in warfighting capability. To achieve this objective, offerors should emphasize radical concepts that may contain high technical risk but if enabled would have commensurate high military payoff. The Government is not interested in extensions to existing DARPA programs or minor improvements to operational capability. Rather, DARPA is seeking concepts that will provide either an entirely new military capability or will enhance existing capability by orders of magnitude (based on demonstrable relevant metrics). Offerors should initially be prepared to support the technical feasibility of their concept or idea, then be prepared to demonstrate and discuss successive phases leading toward technology development. As such, offerors successfully concluding the steps of Executive Summary, and Proposal Abstract, described herein, should be prepared to propose a base effort supporting the technical feasibility of their concept or idea, then be prepared to propose pre-priced options or subsequent phases that further lead toward technology development. It is envisioned that the base effort proposed will not exceed 12 months, and each successive phase or option proposed will not exceed 12 months. Offerors should not propose total efforts exceeding 60 months. Any such proposal doing so maybe disregarded. Multiple awards during CY 2003 are anticipated. This notice, in conjunction with the BAA03-06 Proposer Information Pamphlet, constitutes the total BAA. Updates to this BAA, including additional technical topic areas of specific interest, and other changes as necessary, may be posted throughout the year at the FedBizOpps website: http://www.fedbizopps.gov, and World Wide Web (WWW) at URL http://www.darpa.mil/ato/solicit.htm. In the event of any discrepancy between the information delineated at http://www.fedbizopps.gov and http://www.darpa.mil/ato/solicit.htm, the http://www.fedbizopps.gov site takes precedence. TECHNICAL TOPIC AREAS Any technical area that falls within the scope of the topics listed in the Program Objectives described herein are considered acceptable. The following, but not limited to, areas are of specific interest. Concepts for: (1) trustworthy computing in mobile environments, (2) defenses against large-scale malicious code attacks, (3) improvements to and acceleration of Battle Damage Assessment, with a particular interest in opportunities to provide real-time quantitative functional damage assessments from within the small radius of the target aimpoint, (4) ultra-maneuverable, supersonic munitions for air/land/sea engagements, (5) earth-penetrating payload carriers capable of holding buried and hardened targets at risk (6) flight controls & Human Machine Interface to minimize pilot training time, (7) multi-mode dynamic waveforms, (8) dynamic wireless topology control for bursty channels with highly directional antenna, (9) hybrid router for dynamic links/channels with dual physical layers (radio frequency/optical), (10), hybrid radio frequency/free space optical aperture concepts, (11) common radio frequency/optical backend, (12) high data rate underwater communication, (13) sensor development, for unambiguous determination of multiple chemical species, (14) identification and geolocation of threats to mobile U. S. forces, (15)all optical networks, (16) novel approaches to the development, implementation and control of networked weapons systems, (17) enabling technologies for littoral warfare. Additional technical areas and proposal instructions may be added through an amendment to this BAA throughout CY 2003. INFORMATION EVALUATION AND DETERMINATION OF ACCEPTABLE SOURCES In order to reduce the administrative burden on proposers and the Government, and in an attempt to mitigate unnecessary costs associated with the generation of proposals that are not of interest to DARPA/ATO, described herein is the Government?s process for submittal of information for evaluation. Any responsible offeror is encouraged to respond. STEP 1: Executive Summary - Initial offeror submissions to the Government should be a One Page Executive Summary ONLY. The purpose of the executive summary is to give the proposer the opportunity to solicit early feedback from the Government as to whether or not the research proposed will be of interest to DARPA/ATO. It is thus in the submitter?s best interest to clearly articulate the innovative concept and technology development needed with respect to demonstrable metrics. The submission of the executive summary is intended to avoid unnecessary expense in proposal generation for ideas that will not be selected within this BAA. DARPA/ATO will endeavor to respond to executive summaries in an expeditious and timely manner. If DARPA/ATO does not have interest in your Executive Summary you will be notified by both email and a formal letter (if a valid company address is provided) and the process will end at this point. If DARPA/ATO is interested in receiving more information on your submission, you will be notified by both email and a formal letter (if a valid company address is provided) informing you of the Program Manager (PM) to whom your Executive Summary has been assigned. Offerors should then expect to proceed to Step 2, Proposal Abstract, (see below). Executive Summary Format & Submittal Information The executive summary should be clearly marked "EXECUTIVE SUMMARY" and the total length shall not exceed one (1) page. All pages should be able to be printed on normal-weight 8-1/2 by 11 inch paper with type not smaller than 12 point. The page limitation for executive summaries includes all point of contact information, figures, tables, and charts. Do not submit additional copies of the same executive summary for different technical topic areas. If an executive summary applies to more than one area, simply indicate that fact. Proposers must submit their One Page Executive Summary as an attachment to an email addressed to the email administrative point of contact delineated in this BAA. The attachment must be capable of being readable by Microsoft Word 97 or higher. The subject line of the email should include the following: ?Executive Summary submitted under BAA03-06 by: [INSERT NAME OF COMPANY] for [INSERT IDEA/CONCEPT PROPOSED]. Facsimile or hard copy submissions will be disregarded. Final Submission Date for Executive Summary?s: This BAA shall be open from 1 January 2003 through 31 December 2003. While the government may choose to review Executive Summary?s up to 31 December 2003, for practicality purposes, offerors choosing to submit ideas under this BAA are strongly encouraged and advised to submit Executive Summary?s no later than 1600, Eastern Standard Time, Friday, 17 October 2003. STEP 2: Proposal Abstract - Discussion with a DARPA/ATO PM and submission of a Proposal Abstract. Discussions at this step with the DARPA/ATO PM are intended to further explore the concepts, ideas, and other areas of interest presented in the Executive Summary. Offerors will be able to further discuss the technical merits of their concept with a DARPA/ATO Program Manager. The purpose of the Proposal Abstract is to permit the submitter to present a more detailed explanation of the idea/concept, its technical merit and military relevance. The submitter should articulate the innovative concept and technology development needed with respect to demonstrable metrics. The submission of the Proposal Abstract should be used by the offeror to avoid unnecessary expense in proposal generation for ideas that may not be selected within this BAA. Offerors should explain in the Proposal Abstract the feasibility of idea/concept transition to the military, other government agencies or organizations, or other interested users, as applicable. Additionally, offerors should clearly specify the intended demonstrable improvements over current systems, explain transition paths, specify tentative schedules, and provide a rough estimate of cost. DARPA/ATO will endeavor to respond to proposal abstracts in an expeditious and timely manner. If DARPA/ATO does not have any interest in your Proposal Abstract you will be notified by both email and a formal letter (if a valid company address is provided). If DARPA/ATO is interested in your Proposal Abstract, you will be encouraged by both email and a formal letter (if a valid company address is provided) to submit a full proposal. Offerors should then expect to proceed to Step 3 delineated below. Proposal Abstract Format & Submittal Information The Proposal Abstract should be clearly marked "PROPOSAL ABSTRACT" and the total length shall not exceed six (6) pages. Proposal abstracts must contain: Section I of Volume I described under Proposal Format (see below); four (4) page summary of Section II, III, IV; one (1) page summary of Volume II. All pages should be able to be printed on normal-weight 8-1/2 by 11 inch paper with type not smaller than 12 point. Do not add card-stock or protective covers. The page limitation for proposal abstracts includes all figures, tables, and charts. Three-hole punch each set and bind the original and each copy in the upper left corner only. No formal transmittal letter is required. Offerors must submit an original paper copy and one (1) electronic copy readable by Microsoft Word 97 or higher. Do not submit additional copies of the same abstract for different technical topic areas. If an abstract applies to more than one area, simply indicate that fact. Final Submission Date for Proposal Abstracts: This BAA shall be open from 1 January 2003 through 31 December 2003. While the Government may choose to review proposal abstracts up to 31 December 2003, for practicality purposes, offerors choosing to submit ideas under this BAA are strongly encouraged and advised to submit Proposal Abstracts no later than 1600, Eastern Standard Time, Friday, 31 October 2003.
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