SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Architecture Enhance SBR On-Board Processor (AESOP)
- Notice Date
- 3/20/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL - Rome Research Site, AFRL/Information Directorate 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, NY, 13441-4514
- ZIP Code
- 13441-4514
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-PRDA-03-03-IFKA
- Point of Contact
- Arnold Kloven, Contracting Officer, Phone (315) 330-4767, Fax (315) 330-8082,
- E-Mail Address
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klovenj@rl.af.mil
- Description
- POC: James S. Perretta, AFRL/SNRT Program Manager, 315-330-2632, (James.Perretta@rl.af.mil); John Rooks, AFRL/IFTC Project Engineer, 315 330-2618, (john.rooks@rl.af.mil); Contracting POC: AFRL/IFKA, Arnold J. Kloven, Contracting Officer, 26 Electronic Parkway, NY 13441-4514, telephone: (315) 330-4767, email: Arnold.Kloven@rl.af.mil. The AFRL Sensors and Information Directorates at the Rome Research Site, Rome NY, in collaboration with Air Force Space & Missile Center (SMC) Los Angeles CA, are soliciting proposals for innovative approaches towards an enhanced architecture for On-Board Processing (OBP) of Space-Based Radar (SBR) for Ground Moving Target Indication (GMTI), Synthetic Aperture Radars (SAR), and Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED) modes. This is a four-year open-ended Program Research and Development Announcement (PRDA) to solicit Research and Development (R & D) proposals for the Space-Based Radar technology development project, in an effort to allow us to reach Transition Readiness Level 5 (TRL-5) by Fiscal Year 2006. The goal of SBR operation for GMTI, SAR, and DTED detection of tactical targets from space promises great advantages to the warfighter. However, the technical challenges in achieving this goal are substantial. This is especially true for reliable, cost-effective, real-time OBP in a space environment; where OBP is defined here as: digital beamforming, adaptive jammer and clutter cancellation, image formation processing, target detection, and data formatting for transmission over tactical data links. In order to reduce risk on ongoing SBR programs, be technically achievable, affordable and reliable, the Air Force needs to reduce technical risk by developing severable hardware and software architectures that are proven from the perspectives of performance, schedule, cost and on-orbit maintainability. The following areas of research and development have been identified as important risk factors for developing an extensible open architecture SBR OBP: 1. A multi-processor architecture that combines power efficiency, real-time performance, fault-tolerance, reliability, and cost-effective programming. 2. A radiation tolerant/hard design suitable for development, testing, and qualification in a representative space radiation environment, to include detection of single event upsets and minimizing their impact on operational performance. 3. The ability to migrate to new technologies so that the contracted R&D efforts can be efficiently and cost-effectively transitioned to future space surveillance systems, and updated with the latest technology before integration into an operational system. 4. An open interface, as demonstrated by integration with existing SBR ESA/OBP contractors under the Space & Missile Command (SMC) PRDA (Reference YS03-01). 5. The design, development, validation and implementation of GMTI, SAR, and DTED real time processing algorithms, including the interrelation of the algorithms, processing and the tactical datalink. 6. The verification of techniques for Space Time Adaptive Processing (STAP) to the extent necessary to reduce the effects of clutter and electromagnetic interference, on the efficient detection of fixed and moving tactical targets. There should be no proprietary Rights claimed for the computer architecture, hardware, software, algorithms or associated supporting infrastructure. Government purpose license rights or other rights that allow unrestricted Government and Government Contractor access to the design information are required for the hardware and software. This includes any hardware description language such as VHDL or Verilog and all software used in or to support this development. Integrated Circuit (IC) layouts may be based on proprietary cell libraries. (They are considered less valuable due to the limited life expectancy of a given IC layout.) THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ENTIRE SOLICITATION. Offerors are required to submit five (5) copies of a seventy-five (75) page (maximum) technical proposal and a cost proposal (no page limitation) with a cover letter . The technical proposal will be formatted as follows: Section A: Title, Period of Performance, Cost of Task, Name of Company; Section B: Task Objective; Section C: Technical Summary, Section D: Technical Description. Offerors must mark their proposals with the restrictive language stated in FAR 15.609. All technical and cost proposals submitted in responses to this PRDA must be addressed to ATTN: James S. Perretta, Reference PRDA 03-03-IFKA, AFRL/SNRT, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, NY 13441-4514. Proposals should be submitted both on paper and in electronic format (Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat Read format). Offerors are requested to provide their Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) number with their submission as well as a fax number, and an e-mail address. Proposals may be submitted at either the unclassified or SECRET level. Proposals will not be accepted at levels above SECRET. Prospective offerors are encouraged to submitted proposals within thirty (30) days of the date of publication of this notice. Proposals submitted will be evaluated as they are received. Individual proposal evaluations will be based on acceptability or non-acceptability without regard to other proposals submitted under the announcement. It is recommended that proposals be received by the following dates to maximize the possibility of award; FY03 ? see above; FY04 - 30Jun03; FY05 ? 30 Jun04. Proposals will be accepted at any time, but it is less likely that funding will be available in each fiscal year after the dates cited. Evaluation of proposals will be performed using the following criteria: (1) Innovation of the proposed effort. The degree to which the proposed effort presents a new approach to achieving the SBR goals. This could involve the clever use of existing technology or where necessary, the development of new technologies to control total system cost while maximizing performance. (2) Potential Contributions to SBR. The potential impact of the proposed effort to the SBR mission. (3) Scalability and Adaptability. The ability of the proposed architecture to incorporate changing SBR requirements. As throughput requirements and algorithms changes occur, the proposed design should have the flexibility to incorporate these changes. (4) Cost. The reasonableness and realism of the proposed costs and fees. (5) Other Factors. Consideration of other factors, such as past and present performance on recent Government contracts, related experience in the area of space & radar systems design and the capacity and capability to perform the requirements of the effort. An informational briefing/industry day is not planned. The Government anticipates awarding a single thirty-six (36) month contract in FY 03 for an estimated $5.5M. The cost proposal should be predicated on a cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF/completion) pricing arrangement. Proposed costs shall be identified by element of cost and include the basis of estimate and detailed supporting rationale. Options are discouraged and unpriced options will not be considered for award. Additional contracts may be awarded in FY 04 and beyond as needs are identified, e.g., interface testing, risk reduction, etc.. The cost of preparing proposals in response this announcement is not considered an allowable direct charge to any resulting contract or any other contract. Principal funding of this PRDA and the anticipated award of contracts will start in FY03. FY 03 awards are anticipated to be approximately $5.5 M each. Total funding for this PRDA is approximately $23.0M. Awards of efforts as a result of this PRDA will be in the form of contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or other transactions depending upon the nature of the work proposed. All responsible firms may submit a proposal, which shall be considered. Depending on the work to be performed, the offeror may require a SECRET facility clearance and safeguarding capability; therefore, personnel identified for assignment to a classified effort must be cleared for access to SECRET information at the time of award. In addition, the offeror may be required to have, or have access to, a certified and Government-approved facility to support work under this BAA. Data subject to export control constraints may be involved and only firms on the Certified Contractor Access List (CCAL) will be allowed access to such data. Foreign or foreign-owned offerors are advised that their participation is subject to foreign disclosure review procedures. Foreign or foreign-owned offerors should immediately contact the contracting office focal point, Arnold J. Kloven, Contracting Officer, telephone (315) 330-4767 or e-mail Arnold.Kloven@rl.af.mil for information if they contemplate responding. The e-mail must reference the title and PRDA 03-03-IFKA. Questions, clarification, or concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition should be communicated directly to the IFKA Contracting Officer, Arnold Kloven, telephone (315) 330-4767 or e-mail Arnold.Kloven@rl.af.mil. The email must reference the title and solicitation number of the acquisition. A copy of the Rome "BAA& PRDA: A Guide for Industry," Sep 1996 (Rev), may be accessed at: http://www.if.afrl.af.mil/div/IFK/bp-guide.html. The Air Force Research Laboratory's Information Directorate has contracted for various business and staff support services, some of which require contractors to obtain administrative access to proprietary information submitted by other contractors. Administrative access is defined as "handling or having physical control over information for the sole purpose of accomplishing the administrative functions specified in this contract or order, which do not require the review, reading, or comprehension of the content of the information on the part of non-technical professionals assigned to accomplish the specified administrative tasks." The required administrative access will be granted to non-technical professionals. Examples of the administrative tasks performed include: a. Assembling and organizing information for R&D case files; b. Accessing library files for use by government personnel; and c. Handling and administration of proposals, contracts, contract funding and queries. Any objection to administrative access must be in writing to the contracting officer within 10 days of issuance of this announcement and shall include a detailed statement of the basis for the objection. Prospective offerors are advised that only Contracting Officers are legally authorized to commit the Government. This PRDA is open and effective until September 30, 2006.
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