SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- SENSOR INTEGRATION AND TESTBED TECHNOLOGIES
- Notice Date
- 7/2/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Pax River, Building 441 21983 Bundy Road Unit 7, Patuxent River, MD, 20670
- ZIP Code
- 20670
- Solicitation Number
- N00421-03-R-0125
- Response Due
- 7/1/2004
- Archive Date
- 7/16/2004
- Point of Contact
- Sue Wainwright, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-757-9746, Fax 301-757-0200, - Vicki Fuhrmann, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 757-9707, Fax 301-757-9760,
- E-Mail Address
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wainwrightsr@navair.navy.mil, fuhrmannvd@navair.navy.mil
- Description
- POC: Sue R. Wainwright, Contract Specialist, (301) 757-9746, or EMAIL: wainwrightsr@navair.navy.mil Vicki Fuhrmann, Contracting Officer, (301) 757-9707 TECHNICAL POC: Charles Caposell Email: caposellcd@navair.navy.mil This notice constitutes a BAA as contemplated by FAR 6.102(d)(2). The BAA (Steps I and II) with evaluation criteria is listed at http://www.navair.navy.mil/business/ecommerce/index.cfm (Business Opportunities/Open Solicitations). I. INTRODUCTION. NAVAIR is soliciting proposals for research and development (R&D) concepts in sensor integration and communication technologies. Concepts proposed may represent novel dedicated technologies and/or dual use of new emerging commercial technology. II. BACKGROUND. NAVAIR is working with various sponsoring agencies to advance the science and technology of sensor integration and testbed technologies. Future weapon systems will increasingly rely on the merging of sophisticated datasets collected from a myriad of collection sources. The promise of combining sensor data into a single integrated picture of the battlespace depends on key advances in sensor data networking and integration architecture. Developmental and operational testbed activities focused on these systems architectures systems must be adaptable to accommodate the most recent technological advances in both sensors and weapons systems. The overall program objectives are: (A) to explore new concepts in both sensor integration and testbed design and applications architectures, (B) invest in key technologies and create adaptations to better suit the needs of the war-fighting community, (C) certify the sustainability and safety of candidate systems, and (D) promote those systems through the procurement process. The size, weight, and cost of the sensor system or sensor network are of particular concern. Historically, awards have been in the area of one-to-two million dollars; however, this does not preclude awards of a lower or higher dollar value. III. SPECIFIC AREAS OF INTEREST. Proposals are being solicited in three areas: A. New Operational Concepts for integration of sensors with aircraft and weapons, both unmanned and manned. New approaches and applications for integrated sensors. New testbed architectures for supporting advanced weapon system concepts. Concepts should address possible ways to deploy and operate systems from Naval Aircraft or from sea-based platforms. Examples of the type of concepts that could be proposed are: 1. Sensor integration concepts such as reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition (RSTA) cloud concepts with multiple, smart, or computational sensors operating collaboratively to create seamless view of the battle space. 2. Real-time sensor data networking concepts involving high-speed nodes and an instantaneous view of critical battle space information. 3. Concepts involving rapidly deployable sensor networks. 4. New command and control (C2) concepts for managing sensor, and time sensitive, multi-INT data sources for operators and platforms on the move. 5. Concepts involving new approaches to conducting integrated testing of future weapons systems utilizing advanced sensor inputs. 6. Large area concepts where low-power, deeply deployed sensors communicate over large areas or relay data to an airborne, shipboard control station, or land-based hub. 7. Virtual test range concepts employing sensors integrated with simulated activities to provide realistic environmental data. 8. Sensor networking or testbed concepts that have dual use applications including counter terrorism, homeland security, force protection, and humanitarian and disaster relief. B. Technologies that advance the state-of-the-art in performance and suitability of theatre-wide or tactical sensor networks. 1. Multi-mode integrated electronics technologies that combine distributed sensor components to form a combined data output. 2. Advanced communications and networking component technologies that offer significant improvement beyond the state-of-the-art either for aircraft platforms or C2 links. 3. Advanced weapons technologies with sophisticated on-board processing for complex or alternative forms of sensor data input. 4. Innovative tools, encryption devices, and networking algorithms for instantaneous remote sensor integration. 5. Ultra-wide-band or other geolocation sensor network technologies. 6. Advanced sensor technology offering improved size, weight, or performance features such as intelligent data collection and conditioning, larger field of regard or instantaneous signal bandwidth. 7. Technologies that enable the fabrication of advanced sensor devices and integrated assemblies. 8. Advanced components and subassemblies that enable significant improvements to naval aviation and other defense systems. 9. Software or intelligent agent constructs that augment sensor data processing for improvements in sensor data accuracy and reporting. 10. Small, ruggedized packaging concepts for processing, routers, data servers, and other components for fiber optic, optical and wireless RF communication and relay nodes. C. Systems Integration and Demonstration Testing 1. Testbed demonstration activities utilizing state-of-the-art sensors in collaborative mode. 2. Networking and data link system demonstrations for transmittal of imagery and multiplexed sensor data. New approaches for high-bandwidth, multiplexed, digital, LPI/LPD links as well as approaches for network management. 3. Fires and targeting demonstrations utilizing sensor networks or relays from a sensor network to transient platform such as UAV, a weapon, or group of loitering munitions. 4. Applications that address issues of autonomous or semi-autonomous, advanced weapons seeker requirements. 5. Test activities for high energy weapons or weapons requiring increased target dwell time and utilizing networked command, control and diagnostic sensing. 6. RSTA demonstrations to provide complete instantaneous awareness of a battlespace and communication of information to battlespace components. 7. Mobile sensors and sensor grid demonstrations that provide real-time sensing and communication of a tactical perimeter. 8. C2 on the move applications including Ship-to-Objective Maneuver demonstrations or those linking sensor integration systems to Expeditionary Strike Group missions. 9. Urban warfare applications utilizing unique deployment, C4I and sensor control schemes. 10. Dual use test and demonstration activities addressing needs for homeland defense, counter terrorism, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. IV. CONTRACT/AGREEMENT TYPE. NAVAIR is willing to consider various types of acquisition vehicles including, but not limited to, traditional FAR/DFARS type contracts and/or non-procurement agreements (e.g. Cooperative Agreements and Other Transactions). Other Transactions will be entered into under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2371 and Section 845, Authority to Carry Out Certain Prototype Projects. Information concerning Other Transactions can be found at http://www.darpa.mil/cmo/pages/other_trans.html and http://www.acq.osd.mil/ddre/research; or, by contacting Sue R. Wainwright at (301) 757-9746, e-mail: wainwrightSR@navair.navy.mil. Final decision on acquisition type (contract/agreement) will be made by the government. NOTE: Typically, research findings result in the need for additional services/supplies, which are not possible to anticipate or project. Contract modifications may be executed to satisfy these requirements; thereby providing for flexibility in technology assessment (with technology transition the ultimate goal). In the event that this is required, it shall be considered to be within the scope of this BAA and the resulting contract, and therefore will have met the requirements of the FAR/DFARS and the Competition In Contracting Act. V. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION. No request for proposal (RFP), solicitation or other announcement of this opportunity will be made. Submit proposals in two (2) STEPS as described below. Offerors are encouraged to submit Contents of Proposal Abstracts electronically (PDF or MS WORD format) to Sue R. Wainwright at wainwrightsr@navair.navy.mil. Confirmation of receipt is recommended for electronic submission. IF PROPOSAL IS GREATER THAN 1 MB, A ZIP FORMAT IS REQUIRED. If selected for further inquiry, the Navy will contact the offeror for additional information and/or request a STEP II ? Proposal (See http://www.navair.navy.mil/business/ecommerce/index.cfm (Business Opportunities/Open Solicitations) for STEP II proposal information); otherwise, it will not be necessary for the offeror to submit a STEP II proposal. A. STEP I - Proposal Abstracts Submit Proposal Abstract, not to exceed fifteen pages, any time during the above stated open period (July 2, 2003 through July 1,2004. All proprietary portions of the abstract shall be clearly identified and will be treated in the strictest confidence. Offerors are hereby notified that non-government participants will have access to the offeror?s proposals, and that submission of an offer shall constitute consent to the disclosure of proprietary information to all non-government participants in the source selection. The non-government participants are employees of commercial firms under contract to the Government, and if they serve as technical advisors they will be authorized access to only those portions of the proposal data and discussions that are necessary to enable them to provide specific technical advice on specialized matters or on particular problems. Abstracts shall identify the following: (1) BAA Number;N00421-03-R-0125; (2) Organization Name; (3) Other Team Members and type of business for each; (4) Technical Points of contact (including phone, fax, and e-mail information); (5) Administrative Point of Contact; (6) Overview of the Proposed Work to include: A summary of proposed concept (including commercial applications), an estimated timeframe for project completion, a brief description of the facilities involved, and a brief resume of the principle investigator(s); and, (7) A rough order of cost magnitude with type of acquisition vehicle (contract/agreement) being proposed, and, if applicable, the anticipated sharing arrangement. BRIEFING: The Government may request the contractor to present a technical briefing on the proposed effort(s) at NAVAIR facilities, Patuxent River, MD. Although discussions with the government are permitted prior to submission of abstracts, these technical briefings are desired following the formal submission of an abstract. The Government is not liable for any costs associated with this brief. The abstract cover letter should discuss the contractor's willingness to provide a technical brief. Submit an original with one additional copy, of the abstract proposal to the following address: Naval Air Systems Command, Code: AIR-2.5.1.4.1, Attn: Sue R. Wainwright -N00421-01-R-0125, BLDG 588, 47253 Whalen Road, Patuxent River, MD 20670-1463. (1) IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE CONTRACTORS: Registration in the DoD?s Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database will be a prerequisite for receiving an award resulting from this BAA. For more information please contact the CCR Assistance Center at 1-888-227-2423; or, www.ccr.gov VI. EVALUATION CRITERIA. The government will evaluate proposals responsive to any or all of the areas of interest discussed herein. Proposals will not be evaluated against each other since each is a unique technology with no common work statement. The primary evaluation criteria are: (A) Scientific and technical merits of the proposed research to include, (1) the degree to which proposed research and development objectives support the targeted technical topic and (2) validity of the technical basis for the approach offered; and (B) Potential contributions to the Sensor Integration and Communication Technologies program to include (1) relevance to the stated technology areas of interest; (2) anticipated operational military (or commercial, if applicable) utility; (3) ability of proposed system/study to be rapidly ready for field-testing; (4) suitability for inclusion in a warfighting experiment (results of a simulation/study may be suitable for inclusion, but a contractor proposing paper vice hardware, needs to specifically address this evaluation factor); and, (5) projected affordability of transitioning the technology to the fleet or a commercial activity (for any developed hardware). Other evaluation criteria, of lesser importance than (A) and (B) but equal to each other, are: (C) The offeror?s capabilities, related experience, past performance on similar efforts, research investigators/personnel, facilities, techniques or unique combination of these which are integral factors for achieving the proposal objectives; and (D) The realism and reasonableness of cost, including proposed cost sharing. III. AWARDS. NAVAIR is planning to make awards within the overall Program Objectives stated above (See para. II). All awards will be based on merit competition. The Government reserves the right to select all, some or none of the proposals received in response to this announcement. Any awards are subject to the availability of appropriations. There is no commitment by the Navy to be responsible for any monies expended by the offeror before award of a contract/agreement. For awards made as contracts, the socio-economic merits of each proposal will be evaluated based on the commitment to provide meaningful subcontracting opportunities with small business, veteran owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, small disadvantaged business, woman-owned small business concerns, HUBZone Small Business, and /MIs. If a full cost proposal is requested by the contracting officer, and the total exceeds $500,000, any large business is required to include a Small, Small Disadvantaged and Women-Owned Subcontracting Plan with its proposal package in accordance with FAR 52.219-9.
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- Country: USA
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