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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JUNE 26, 2003 FBO #0574
SOLICITATION NOTICE

A -- Directed Energy Beam Control Engineering & Analysis (DEBCEA)

Notice Date

2/13/2003
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

Contracting Office

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL - PL
 

ZIP Code

87117
 

Solicitation Number

BAA03-DE-02
 

Response Due

3/31/2003
 

Point of Contact

Dorothy Black, Contract Specialist, Phone 505/846-2037, Fax 505 843 3398, - Steve Young, Contracting Officer, Phone 505 846 4624, Fax 505 853 3398,
 

E-Mail Address

dorothy.black@kirtland.af.mil, Steven.Young@kirtland.af.mil
 

Description

Directed Energy Beam Control Engineering and Analysis (DEBCEA) Dated: 13 Feb 2003 General Information Document Type: Presolicitation Notice: PRDA No. 02-DE-04 Solicitation Number: Reference-Number: BAA No. 03-DE-02 Posted Date: Archive Date: Original Response Date: Current Response Date: Classification Code: A ? Research & Development Contracting Office Address Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, Det 8 AFRL/PKDP, Directorate of Contracting, 2251 Maxwell Ave. SE, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773 Description A. INTRODUCTION. The Starfire Optical Range (SOR) Division of Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy Directorate (AFRL/DES) is located at Kirtland AFB. The Government is interested in receiving proposals in the advanced technology development and research into optical beam control in the presence of the Earth?s turbulent atmosphere. The total program hours budgeted for these efforts is 122,880 hours over five years (FY03: 7,680 hours, FY04: 24,960 hours, FY05: 24,960 hours, FY06: 24,960 hours, FY07: 24,960 hours, FY08: 15,360 hours. Award to a single offeror is anticipated. This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), 03-DE-02, will remain open 45 days after date of publication. Proposals are solicited for solutions to the problems of optical acquisition/tracking, the sensing of turbulence-induced optical wave front distortions, and real-time mechanical correction of said distortions with adaptive optics techniques. SOR has investigated and will continue to investigate application of these technologies towards: 1) high-resolution imaging of space objects; and 2) enabling of low and potentially high energy laser propagation systems that can realistically be expected to operate in the presence of the Earth?s turbulent atmosphere. The contractor should consider innovative techniques for exploring technologies, concepts and applications in these areas. Utilizing existing range assets and Air Force S&T and customer funding, the SOR seeks to explore and develop advanced techniques that will expand the current ?state of the art? of optical atmospheric compensation. SOR is equally interested in demonstrating the defense-related capabilities and payoffs of this technology. Contractors contributing to these efforts will be part of a large, dynamic, integrated team including military personnel, Department of Air Force civilians, and other contractor personnel. The contractor should address each of the following concepts to insure the Contractor Statement of Work (CSOW) submitted is inclusive. 1. Field testing of beam control technologies. SOR is interested in the planning, design and engineering of experiment concepts investigating and demonstrating beam control technologies. The particular interest is in such technologies as interfaced with large astronomical telescopes, in particular, the assets located at the SOR site. The interest areas include both imaging and beam projection experimentation. Innovative techniques and designs utilizing both specially developed technology and commercially available components are desired. The vision driving all such experiments is the improvement of the Strehl ratio of overall telescope-atmosphere ?system?, and to measure, account for, and mitigate any factors that reduce the Strehl ratio. To this end, we desire to investigate novel methods for both implementing adaptive optics concepts and measuring the performance of resultant systems. SOR is especially interested in advanced, real-time Data Acquisition System (DAS) concepts for advanced electro-optical systems, as well as near-real-time processing, data basing, and storage of relevant assessment data. 2. Analysis, modeling, and simulation. Assessment of the relative merits of proposed and actual beam control technologies requires knowledge and a demonstrated ability to carry out detailed numerical, analytical and Monte-Carlo simulations of the propagation of light through turbulence. The simulation of the interaction of light with real and proposed electro-optical and adaptive optical systems is also critical to expanding the state-of-the-art of this area. Therefore, simulations of the ideas discussed in Area 1 are of interest. Additionally, the SOR is interested in innovative approaches to analyzing the large volumes of data that would be collected from experiments in Area 1. It is especially important that the relevance of the experiments to areas of DOD interest can be meaningfully extracted from such data and reported to interested parties throughout the DOD and government. Unique algorithms and processes that are written in common computer languages and data visualization scripting languages are desired. It is envisioned that these codes would be flexible, adaptable and user-friendly to the extent that they could serve the entire team of SOR scientists and analysts. 3. Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD) Program Status. The engineering and analysis mentioned above works with the Ground-Based Laser (GBL) Advanced Technology Demonstration. The effort will include contract coverage to SOR on current DEBCEA research effort (which includes the GBL ATD) including cost, schedule, and performance. It is envisioned that contractor personnel will occasionally represent the SOR to other AFRL directorates and other DOD agencies. They shall attend various program management meetings, project reviews, technical interchange meetings, etc., presenting and preparing materials describing SOR capabilities, activities, and ongoing projects. External agencies include but are not limited to: government and non-government laboratories, academic institutions, all DOD services and government agencies. B. GENERAL INFORMATION: Work performed under any resulting contract may be classified up to the Top Secret Level. The contractor who is selected for an award under this BAA will be required to obtain a Top Secret facility clearance. Open communication with the Technical POC is encouraged until proposals are received. AFRL evaluators may contact an offeror to clarify a point of information before completing the evaluation. A site visit is scheduled for 28 Feb 2003. Interested parties must fax a signed DD Form 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement, and a Visit Request with clearance information for each visiting employee to the Project Officer, Major Allan Arb, AFRL/DES, FAX: (505) 846-2213 no later than 21 Feb 2003. Contractors must be U.S. citizens and will not be allowed to bring in portable computers, cameras, etc. The Project Officer will conduct surveillance of the visit. No more than two people per firm will be allowed to attend the site visit. The Government reserves the right to award a procurement instrument best suited to the nature of research proposed. A Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) Level of Effort (LOE) term contract is expected. In the event the Government is unable to conclude negotiations with the apparent successful offeror, it reserves the right to conduct negotiations with another offeror. If the offeror is a large business, any resultant contract will include a subcontracting plan, which will be submitted prior to award. In addition, AFMC 5352.209-9002, Organizational Conflict of Interest Clause, will be applicable, with probable inclusion of Alternates III and VI. The successful awardee will be required to enter into a non-disclosure agreement with the AFRL/DES support contractor to permit administrative access to proposal data. 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), or logon to http://www.dlis.dla.mil/CCAL for further information on certification and the approval process. All DOE Federally Funded Research & Development Centers (FFRDCs) and DOD FFRDCs C3I Lab, Lincoln Laboratory or Software Engineering Institute may submit proposals in response to this solicitation. Other FFRDCs or contractors that propose using FFRDCs not discussed herein shall provide rationale in the proposal that research is within the purpose, mission, general scope of effort or special competency of the FFRDC and that the 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 52.215-1(e). The contract award is anticipated to be unclassified. For the purposes of this BAA the business size standard is 1000 employees, NAICS 541710. The acquisition is unrestricted, full and open competition. 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, a minority institution, a veteran-owned small business or a service-disabled veteran owned small business. C. BASIS FOR AWARD: Proposals will be evaluated using the following factors in descending order of importance based on scientific peer review: (a) capabilities and related experience, techniques or unique combinations of these which are an integral factor for achieving proposal objectives (b) overall technical approach and/or scientific merit of the proposed effort and its relevancy to current and future AFRL/DE needs, and (c) affordability. No further evaluation criteria will be used in selecting the successful proposal other than price realism and reasonableness will be evaluated and negotiated on the proposal selected for award. Price overall is a substantial consideration in selecting a proposal for award but it is secondary to technical considerations. When requested, a debriefing will be provided IAW FAR 15.505 and 15.506. D. PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS: This BAA, along with cost proposal instructions will be posted at www.eps.gov, BAA No. 03-DE-02. Proposals shall be due no later than 3:00 p.m., local time (Mountain Standard Time), 46 days from the date of publication, which is 13 February 2003. Proposals are due 31 Mar 2003. (1) TECHNICAL PROPOSAL: The following information describes items that should be addressed in the technical proposal. Section (a) Executive Summary: Describe the proposed program, objectives, and approach. The information should be innovative, fielding new ideas that advance the state-of-the-art. Section (b): Technical proposal on the CSOW. Technical proposal 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 reporting requirements. Section (c): Cost proposal on the CSOW is not part of the technical proposal. Section (d): CSOW detailing the technical tasks shall be accomplished under the entire scope of the proposed effort (to be suitable for contract incorporation) and must include the Information Technology Security, Attachment 1 of this announcement (2 pages). The CSOW should contain a tasking approach to estimate and track expenditures of LOE hours, LOE dollars and Other Direct Costs (ODCs) for anticipated tasks/experiments. The proposed approaches should describe how tasking will be accomplished under the resultant contract {e.g. scope, technical requirements, deliverables and schedule shall be incorporated into the successful offerors monthly Status report (or other more appropriate Contract Data Requirement List (CDRL) at award}. Section (e) Description of Relevant Prior Work: Include a list of both in-house efforts funded by internal research funds and contracts funded by others within the last 5 years. For each such effort, 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 (f) 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 25 pages. The page limitation only applies to sections (a), (b) and (e) combined, and includes all information, i.e., indices, photographs, foldouts, appendices, attachments, etc. Both sides of paper may be used. Each printed side of an 8? x 11? sheet counts as a page. Blank pages, title pages, table of contents, lists of figures, lists of tables, table, 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. The proposal needs to be legible. If not, the proposal will not be evaluated. The BAA Guide is available at http://www.afrl.af.mil/policy-guides.htm. (2) COST PROPOSAL: There is no page limitation for the cost proposal. Cost proposals should be prepared in accordance with instructions located at the FedBizOpps website: http://www.eps.gov under this BAA. The cost information, other than cost or pricing data, requested therein for the CSOW is necessary for the government to perform cost realism analysis prior to award. The total program hours budgeted for these efforts shall be in the cost proposal is 122,880 hours over five years (FY03: 7,680 hours, FY04: 24,960 hours, FY05: 24,960 hours, FY06: 24,960 hours, FY07: 24,960 hours, FY08: 15,360 hours. AFRL envisions the following labor categories for Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) over a five year period: Program Manager (one each), Senior Scientist/Engineer (three each), Associate Senior Scientist/Engineer (four each), Scientist/Engineer (four each). These FTE quantities and categories are not all inclusive but are AFRL?s approximate labor mix for future effort under the contemplated contract. They are provided to assist potential offerors in developing their proposals to meet AFRL requirements. However if an offeror?s proposal deviates from them, a justification must be provided supporting the deviation. For example, an offeror?s labor categories may not match exactly to what AFRL contemplates or an offeror may decide to reallocate hours among categories to realize efficiencies. The following is the government?s desired qualifications for each labor category: Program Manager, minimum of an MS in physics or engineering disciplines and 10-15 years of experience in scientific/engineering; Senior Scientists/Engineers, PhD in physics or engineering disciplines and approximately 15 years experience; Associate Senior Scientist/Engineer, minimum of an MS in physics or engineering disciplines (PhD desired) and a minimum of 10 years experience; Scientist/Engineers, MS in physics/engineering (PhD a plus) and a minimum of 6 years experience. (3) GENERAL: Proposed data deliverables are on the Contract Data Requirements List (CDRLs) see CDRLs attachments. Status reports should provide the government with sufficient information to ascertain the effectiveness of the offeror?s performance. Technical reports should delineate the designs studied, their application, and their effectiveness and should include lessons learned and suggested areas for future study. Proposals shall be submitted to the Contracting Office address above in original and three copies with the original being clearly marked in such a manner as to distinguish it from the copies. 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 Sections (a), (b) and (e) in one volume, and Sections (c), (d) and (f) each in separate volumes (a total of four volumes). Proposals shall be valid for a period of not less than 180 days after the due date. Proposals must reference the above BAA 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 BAA 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. See Note 26 at FedBizOpps website. Points of Contact The Technical POC is Major Allan Arb, (505) 846-5605. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (13-FEB-2003). IT ACTUALLY FIRST APPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 24-JUN-2003. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
 

Web Link

Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.eps.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/AFRLPLDED/BAA03-DE-02/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: AFRL, Starfire Optical Range(SOR), Kirtland Air Force Base, New Nexico

Zip Code: 87117

Country: Bernalillo
 

Record

SN00356196-F 20030626/030624221616 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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