SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- University and Non-profit Scientific and Engineering Research
- Notice Date
- 1/6/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- N00178 17320 Dahlgren Road Dahlgren, VA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- N0017805Q3010
- Response Due
- 9/30/2005
- Archive Date
- 12/30/2005
- Description
- This synopsis is being posted to both the Federal Business Opportunities(FBO) page located at http://www.eps.gov and the Navy Electronic Commerce on Line(NECO) site located at http://www.neco.navy.mil. While it is understood that FBO is the single point of entry for posting of synopsis and solicitations to the internet, NECO is the alternative in case FBO is unavailable. Please feel free to use either site to access information posted by the Navy Sea Systems Command." The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), through the Dahlgren Laboratory at Dahlgren, VA; the Coastal Systems Station at Panama City, FL; and the Combat Direction Systems Activity at Dam Neck; VA, is soliciting scientific and engineering research "white papers" to identify capabilities of University and Non-Profit Institutions to conduct basic research, applied research, and advanced research projects in a wide variety of scientific and engineering disciplines. PLEASE NOTE: We are NOT seeking specific research proposals at this time ? we are requesting submission of capability statements only. Specific research proposals may be returned to the submitting institution with a request to submit a capability statement. N00178-04-Q-3002 white papers will be considered as candidate sources until 30 Sept 2006. N00178-03-Q-3002 white papers will be considered as candidate sources until 30 Sept 2005. White papers submitted under BAA N00178-02-Q-3002 are no longer being considered. Research projects are expected to require a high level of technical expertise, primarily involving PhD level personnel; personnel requirements include, but are not limited to, the following categories: distinguished postdoctoral, senior postdoctoral, postdoctoral, professors, and graduate students. Awards under this BAA are expected to take the form of grants, cooperative agreements, other transactions, or contracts. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541710 -- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences. Representative research areas requiring scientific and engineering research expertise for which "white papers" (capability statements) are solicited include: All white papers received will be maintained for a period not to exceed three years and will be considered as candidate sources for research projects during that period. Offerors may replace, update, or withdraw white paper submissions at any time. All white papers submitted for topics may be considered for research efforts at the Dahlgren Laboratory, the Coastal Systems Station, or the Combat Direction Systems Activity. The Coastal Systems Station, the Combat Direction Systems Activity, and the Dahlgren Laboratory anticipate making multiple awards of grants, cooperative agreements, other transactions, or contracts. When appropriate, research grants will be the preferred award method. All white papers received that indicate interest in a particular research area will be reviewed for potential research projects in that area. Please identify the area in which your research is to be considered. Selection of a source for each separate research project will be based primarily on "best match" of technical merit (offeror?s interest, expertise, and capability) and potential for contribution to accomplishment of Navy/DOD missions, as presented in the white papers and considering other relevant information available to the evaluator. Anticipated cost will be considered in the selection, but cost will not be the primary determining factor. The selected source for each project will b! e requested to submit a detailed proposal. Submission of a white paper or a detailed proposal does not assure the offeror of a subsequent award. White papers should be submitted as a MS Word file either (1) as an email attachment to xds13@nswc.navy.mil OR (2) on CD or ZIP disk to Grants Officer (N00178-05-Q-3010), NSWCDD (Code XDS13), 17320 Dahlgren Road, Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100. Hard copy submissions (other than the grant certification package) are neither required nor desired. White papers should be formatted as follows: A. Cover Page (one page) - identify offeror by name and address, include point of contact (Office of Sponsored Programs, etc.) with telephone number and email address, include date of submission, indicate that submission is in response to this BAA; B. Overview (one page) - provide overview of offeror?s capabilities (physical plant and equipment as well as human resources); C. Costing (one page) - provide representative salary costs (hourly rates) for the following labor categories: distinguished postdoctoral, senior postdoctoral, postdoctoral, professors, and graduate students. In addition, identify and provide all applicable indirect (facility and administration) rates that would be charged on each research project; provide name, address, and point of contact, including telephone number, of applicable government auditor and government Administrative Grants Officer/Administrative Contracting Officer; D. Specific Research Area Information [one page for each research area (listed above) in which you have interest/capability to conduct research projects] ? provide specific capability information applicable to the research area to supplement information provided in the overview; identify/discuss specific human resources expertise, specific facilities or equipment relevant to the research area, offeror?s prior participation in related research projects, and any other relevant information. DO NOT submit a specific research proposal unless requested. Please identify the topic area applicable to your white paper submission. Topic a. Development of new technologies in the area of High Frequency (HF) Over-the-Horizon (OTH) radar. Consideration will be given to technologies for improved sky-wave and surface wave radar detection and tracking of 30-120 ft. low cross-section maritime targets of interest. Specific areas include but are not limited to: 1. Traveling Ionospheric Disturbance (TID) mitigation 2. Methods to improve range and cross-range positional accuracy 3. Hardware designs and technologies for improved clutter mitigation, system diagnostics, waveform generation, frequency management 4. Signal Processing for improved ocean and ionospheric clutter mitigation, target signal enhancement, noise excision, vessel classification at HF 5. Methods to mitigate hardware noise effects 6. Studies and tests for improved understanding of ocean and ionospheric effects and impacts on system performance. Topic b. Development of new technologies that would allow commercial space-based or conventional aircraft sensors to detect man-made structures hidden beneath heavy (triple canopy) jungle foliage. Consideration will be given to low cost, low footprint concepts that can be prototyped in less than 6 months. Topic c. Development of new or modification of existing technologies that will contribute to long-range detection and tracking of maritime targets. Consideration will be given to concepts with the capability to detect surface craft from 30-120ft LOA and those with low radar cross-sections at ranges out to 600 nm. Specific areas include but are not limited to: 1. novel applications of COTS radar sets (UAV, aerostat, Roll-on/Roll-off payloads for commercial aircraft, etc.) 2. long-range acoustic detection of surface targets 3. long range detection using EO/IR imaging 4. sensor clustering Topic d. Development of new technologies to use commercial satellites or non-DoD government satellites to detect maritime vessels greater than 30 ft LOA Topic e. Provide support for developing and maintaining a cadre of active research scientists who can distill and extend results from worldwide research and apply them to Naval problems, to promote hiring and development of new scientists, and to encourage collaboration with universities, private industry, and other Navy and DON laboratories, in particular the corporate Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). Establish a long-term program to create the next generation of Technologists at Naval R&D Centers; generate and sustain the interest and excitement of adolescents in careers in mathematics, physics, engineering and or other sciences, invigorate the science and math curricula, and enhance science and math training for teachers. Topic f. Stability Operations and Peace-Operations Planning The US government, in general, and the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), in particular, are conducting research and development (R&D) into stability operations and peace-operations planning. Subjects of interest include: information operations (IO), insurrection mitigation, disease control, provisions of basic necessities, infrastructure analysis and restitution, etc. Potential Tasking: Specific R&D capabilities that are of interest to NSWCDD include but are not limited to: 1. Modeling and Simulation (M&S) ? Unique M&S methods, models, strategies, validation and verification (V&V), display and human-systems interaction are sought. 2. Infrastructure Study and Assessment ? Capability to study needs, assess capabilities, plan for reconstruction and mitigate counter-strike are sought. 3. Gaming ? Advanced gaming methods and experience is sought to host or assist in hosting appropriate exercises for governmental and non-governmental agencies. 4. Information Operations ? The capability to identify, analyze and plan IO within the framework of stability operations is sought. 5. Planning ? The capability to compose, analyze, evaluate and provide alternatives for plans to mitigate threats (e.g., disease, hunger, shortage of potable water, insurrection, etc.) to stability operations is sought. Topic g. Human-computer interaction at the individual, team and organizational levels to include advanced engineering tools, human performance and workload modeling and evaluation, decision aiding, remote/distributed team collaboration, advanced training technologies for the complex systems environment, and virtual environments. Applications to unmanned systems (especially missiles, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles) is of particular interest. Topic h. Advanced intelligent agent-based technologies that provide and measure highly reliable agent performance and promote human situational awareness in mission and safety-critical military applications. Topic i. Development of new technologies in detection, protection, filtration, decontamination, and predictive hazard modeling of chemical warfare agents, toxic industrial chemicals and materials, biological warfare agents, and radiological materials. In addition, all offerors should submit (in hard copy to the address shown above) a completed and signed NSWCDD Grant Certification package that can be accessed at the NSWCDD Home Page (http://www.nswc.navy.mil/supply). Each grant or cooperative agreement that may be awarded to an institution of higher education under this announcement must contain the Military Recruiting on Campus clause in DODGARS 22.520(f), which may be accessed at http://web7.whs.osd.mil/html/32106r.htm). Any institution that has been identified under the procedures established by the Secretary of Defense to implement P.L. 103-337, section 558, is not eligible to receive a grant or cooperative agreement in response to this solicitation. Questions regarding this announcement may be submitted to Grants Officer (N00178-05-Q-3010), NSWCDD (Code XDS13), 17320 Dahlgren Road, Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100, to email xds13@nswc.navy.mil, or to facsimile (540) 653-6810. This announcement will remain open and white papers will be accepted through 30 September 2005. Awards may be made at any time after this notification is published, but only those offerors who have submitted white papers will be considered. This notice constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for University and Non-Profit Scientific and Engineering Research for the Dahlgren Laboratory, the Coastal Systems Station, and the Combat Direction Systems Activity of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, and, as such, solicits the participation of all offerors capable of satisfying the Government?s needs. This BAA should not be construed as a commitment or authorization to incur costs in anticipation of a grant, cooperative agreeme! nt, other transaction, or contract; the Government is not bound to make any awards under this announcement.
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