SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Joint Heavy Lift Concept Design Analysis
- Notice Date
- 4/26/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Contracting Office
- Aviation Applied Technology Directorate, ATTN: AMSRD-AMR-AA-C, Building 401, Lee Boulevard, Fort Eustis, VA 23604-5577
- ZIP Code
- 23604-5577
- Solicitation Number
- W911W6-05-R-0004
- Response Due
- 6/27/2005
- Archive Date
- 8/26/2005
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- DESC: Section I. The Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD) is soliciting technical and cost proposals for conduct of Joint Heavy Lift (JHL) Concept Design and Analysis (CDA) described below. Proposals are required to be submitted in accord ance with the guidelines set forth herein. This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) constitutes the total solicitation. There will be no formal Request For Proposals (RFPs), other solicitation requests, or other information regarding these requirements. INTROD UCTION: The JHL is an advanced Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) capable aerial system that is intended to overcome enemy anti-access strategies, execute operational maneuver, leverage sea basing in order to expand Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare capabil ities, conduct mounted and dismounted vertical envelopment; and perform aerial delivery and sustainment operations. The ability to achieve military objectives in future combat environments requires the rapid delivery of Joint-Interagency-Multinational for ces and distributed tailored support packages. A joint force capable of full spectrum dominance must possess unmatched speed and agility in positioning and repositioning tailored forces from widely dispersed locations to achieve operational objectives qui ckly and decisively. With the ongoing transformation of joint forces to be lighter, more lethal, and capable of deploying from multiple dispersed locations worldwide, the need for a JHL solution has been recognized by the services and documented in the form of a draft JHL initial capabilities document (ICD). The JHL Concept Refinement (CR) phase will support a Milestone A decision. The CDA portion of the overall JHL CR shall not exceed 18 months beginning in September 2005. The CDA focus is on the ide ntification and technical substantiation of viable design concepts that not only populate the desired trade space, but have a reasonable chance of achieving a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of 6 by 2012. CDA will identify the program and technical risks , cost, schedule, and critical path technologies. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: The purpose of the JHL CDA is to first and foremost inform the requirements trade process with valid performance and design options that are achievable within the projected time env elope. It will assess the impact of trade parameters affecting total system suitability and affordability and define any technology hurdles requiring dedicated science and technology investments. Lastly it will establish credible cost, schedule and risk estimates for the most probable options within the selected design envelopes. Three design cruise speed bands of 160-200, 200-250 and 250-300+ knots will be addressed by the CDA. A model performance specification has been developed to provide a represen tative example specification that is to be refined and expanded by the JHL CDA contractors to reflect the details of their concept design as its evolves. To the extent that the document contains descriptions of JHL expectations, design criteria, standards , guidelines, allocations, environmental conditions, and definitions, it also serves the purpose of providing an initial, common design reference framework for all the CDA contractors and the Government Design Team. DELIVERABLES: All awards under this soli citation will require delivery of the following data items: (1) Management Plan; (2) Quarterly Technical Progress Report and Update of the Model Performance Specification; (3) Quarterly Baseline Aircraft Description/Capability Data; (4) Quarterly Substanti ation of Baseline Aircraft Capability; (5) Quarterly Design Excursion Data; and (6) Final Report. Submission by electronic means will be required. Portions of the data may be in the format selected by the contractor while other data requirements will be in tables and formats specified by the Government. Additionally, a CDA kick-off meeting, three design reviews, and participation in two operational Map Exercise s are required. Section II. Award Information: ANTICIPATED FUNDING LEVEL AND PERFORMANCE PERIOD: The Government intends to make multiple awards; however no award will be for more than $3.45 million of Government funding. Period of performance shall not exceed 18 months. Proposals must follow the guidelines described in this announcement and the supplemental package. TYPE OF FUNDING INSTRUMENT: The Government seeks to maximize industry participation and anticipates making multiple awards. The Government anticipates awar d of firm fixed price contracts or cost-shared Technology Investment Agreements (TIAs). Due to the commercial application of the preponderance of this technology, the Government considers award of a TIA (Cooperative Agreement under 10 U.S.C 2358) or Othe r Transaction for Research (10 U.S.C. 2371) appropriate and of potential interest. See, http://www.aatd.eustis.army.mil/Business/Divisions/Contracting/docs/tias.doc, for more information. This BAA will remain open until 1:00 p.m. Eastern time June 27, 20 05. Awards under this announcement are anticipated to be made by September 15, 2005. The Government reserves the right to make staggered awards. However, unless the offeror specifies a different expiration time, proposals will be considered valid for Gove rnment acceptance through December 31, 2005. The Government reserves the right to select for award any, all, part or none of the proposals received. Further, the Government reserves the right to select for award only a portion of an offeror's proposal (i.e ., certain tasks vs. total program). Multiple proposals from the same offeror will be accepted and evaluated independently (See Section V). Section III. Eligibility Informations: This BAA solicits proposals from all interested and qualified sources. For eign participants and/or individuals may participate to the extent allowed under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) statute providing that such participants do not serve in a prime contractor role and such participants and/or individuals comply with such rules, regulations, and laws governing the participation of foreign participants and/or individuals. Due to the complexity and technical considerations of the JHL CDA, this announcement is not set-aside for small businesses although they a re encouraged to propose. Section IV. Submission Information: This BAA is the only solicitation that will be issued. The information contained in this announcement is insufficient to produce a meritorious proposal. Specific submission instructions and e ssential other information are contained in the supplemental package available to qualified sources who have certification via DD Form 2345. GENERAL: The technical proposal shall be limited to 75 content pages except as otherwise stated in the supplemental package. The technical proposal shall contain a statement of work to which the offeror proposes to be bound, program milestones, a description of facilities to be employed in the effort and a program management section. Resumes of key personnel shall be provided. The Cost Proposal should include a funding profile (a cost breakout by month), cost breakdown providing man-hours and monthly costs by task, all pricing rates used, and equipment and materials listings, if applicable. Subcontractor proposals, if applicable, including pricing rate details, should be provided concurrently with the prime contractor's submission. A pre-proposal conference will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 13, 2005, at Pearl Young Theatre, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton , Virginia. The purpose of the conference is to provide a clear description of the role of the JHL Concept Design and Analysis (CDA) efforts within the Concept Refinement activity and to describe the expected interplay between the Government and the CDA c ontractors. The various elements of the BAA Supplemental Package will be described and written questions will be answered to resolve any ambig uities concerning the Government's approach to conduct of the CDA and selection of most meritorious CDA proposals. It is anticipated that the conference will involve disclosing technical data that is subject to export controls under the ITAR. Accordingly, attendees must be U.S. persons as defined in the ITAR at 120.15. The applicable definitions are viewable at this link: http://www.pmdtc.org/consolidated_itar.htm. Attendees must submit a visit authorization request by noon 10 May 2005 to the Aviation A pplied Technology Directorate, ATTN: AMSRD-AMR-AA-MS (Ms. Robin Brooks-Gunzleman), Fort Eustis, VA 23604-5577. The request may be datafaxed to (757)878-5058 or emailed to rbrooks@aatd.eustis.army.mil. The visit authorization request must contain the att endees name, social security number, date of birth, place of birth, citizenship, date of visit, purpose of visit, and the point of contact for the visit. In the event an attendee is not a U.S. citizen, the attendee must explain his U.S. residency status and explain why he is not a foreign person as defined in ITAR 10.16. Any non-US citizen prospective attendee must submit a visit authorization request by noon 5 May 2005. No individual will be admitted to the conference unless the visit authorization requ est is received prior to the conference. Picture identification will be required prior to entry. Written questions should be submitted to Aviation Applied Technology Directorate, ATTN: AMSRD-AMR-AA-C (Pat Hagginbothom), Fort Eustis, VA 23604-5577 by mid night May 10, 2005. All questions must be in writing. Every attempt will be made to answer all questions at the conference. However, those that cannot be answered during the conference will be answered in an addendum to the supplemental package that wil l be issued to all parties to whom the supplemental package was initially provided. Remarks and explanations at the conference shall not qualify the terms of the announcement or the content of the initial supplemental package except by written addendum as discussed above. It is not necessary to attend the preproposal conference to submit a proposal. The Government intends to video-record the conference proceedings and provide via DVD to all parties to whom the supplemental package was initially provided. Proposals must be submitted in original and twenty-five (25) copies (Technical/Management Volume) and ten (10) copies (Appendices). Proposals should be marked with the above announcement number and addressed to the Aviation Applied Technology Directorate , ATTN: AMSRD-AMR-AA-C (Pat Hagginbothom), Building 401, Lee Boulevard, Fort Eustis, VA 23604-5577. Offerors desiring an explanation or interpretation of this announcement must request it in writing. Oral explanations or instructions given before the awar d of any contract/agreement will not be binding. Any information given to a prospective offeror concerning this announcement which is necessary in submitting offers or the lack of which would be prejudicial to any other prospective offeror(s) will be trans mitted to those prospective offerors who request the supplemental package. For purposes of this BAA, late proposals will be treated in accordance with FAR 52.215-1. A copy of any cited reference/clause is available from the issuing office (Pat Hagginboth om), (757) 878-4818 or via link http://farsite.hill.af.mil/. Section V. Application Review Information. EVALUATION CRITERIA/BASIS FOR AWARD: The selection of one or more sources for award will be based on a scientific and/or engineering evaluation of pr oposals (both technical and cost as it relates to technical effort) in accordance with the criteria set forth in this section. The Governments basis for selecting proposals for acceptance will take a two-tiered approach. This two-tiered approach is desi gned to achieve maximum coverage of the tradable design space for potential JHL concepts and to obtain broad industry participation and diversity in the concept refinement of JHL The Government intends to make a minimum of one award in each defined cruise speed band. These selections of proposals for acceptance are considered the first tier. If there is not a meritorious proposal in a given speed band, then t he Government reserves the right to make no award for that speed band. The most meritorious or best value proposals will be determined by applying the following evaluation criteria: (1) is substantially more important than (2) which is more important tha n (3). (1) The scientific, technical, and programmatic ability to satisfy the JHL CDA requirements as specified in the supplemental package. Each of the following criteria, listed in descending order of importance, will be evaluated: (a) Viability of th e aerial concept, the validity of the substantiating data to support performance claims, and the merit of the overall technical approach. (b) The likelihood of the proposed concept to achieve a TRL 6 by 2012. This includes the likelihood of achieving both an appropriately scaled flight demonstration and required demonstrations of individual critical major components. (c) Availability, experience and qualification of the proposed personnel and the suitability and availability of proposed tools and facilitie s to accomplish the effort. (d) Intellectual property restrictions placed on the results of the effort. (e) The offerors proposed cost to the Government and realism of the proposed man-hours, materials, and other costs to accomplish the proposed effort, including whether they reflect a clear understanding of research objectives, and their consistency with the various elements of the offerors technical proposal. (2) The maximum suitability of the concept across the DoD missions and environments identifi ed in the draft ICD. (3) The credibility of and the projected cost for development, acquisition and O&S of the aerial concept. After the most meritorious proposals are chosen from each of the speed bands in the first tier, the Government may select addit ional meritorious proposals. These are the second-tier selections. Second tier selections will be determined through application of the above criteria. However, the Government reserves the right to bypass an otherwise more meritorious proposal when doin g so would significantly improve the Governments understanding of the performance trade space, assess additional operational suitability issues, or provide greater diversity among CDA participants. Furthermore, the Government may accept greater risk in a proposal to meet these objectives. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS: Preaward access to or generation of classified information is not authorized. Some work to be performed under resulting efforts may be classified. Offerors shall address any perceived necessity to access or generate classified information in the proposal. A determination has been made that the supplemental package will contain and performance will require access to and/or generate technical data the export of which may be restricted by the Arms Export Control Act (Title 22, U. S. C., Sec. 2751 et. Seq.). Prior to dispatch of the supplemental package, prospective offerors will be required to provide an Export-Controlled DoD Data Agreement certification number issued in accordance with DoD Directiv e 5230.25. This certification may be requested from the Defense Logistics Services Center, ATTN: DLSC-FBA Federal Ctr., Battle Creek, MI 49017-3084, Telephone 1-800-352-3572. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY: The Government does not anticipate furnishing any Government Furnished Property for performance of the JHL CDA. If Government Furnished Property is necessary, it shall be detailed in the proposal. Certain additional Government Furnished Information currently designated as TBD will be provided and/or upd ated during performance of the JHL CDA. Section VI. Award Administration Information: This announcement is an expression of interest only and does not commit the Government to pay any response preparation cost. Several draft documents are included in the supplemental package to facilitate clear understandings of the requirement. The anticipated reporting requirements are addressed in Section I and in substan tially greater detail in the supplemental package. Section VII. Agency Contacts. OFFERORS DESIRING A COPY OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL PACKAGE, MUST REQUEST IT IN WRITING. REQUEST MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFIED DD FORM 2345 AND DIRECTED TO THE ATTENTION OF P AT HAGGINBOTHOM. Offerors desiring an explanation or interpretation of this announcement must request it in writing at the above address (Datafax (757) 878-0008) to the attention of Pat Hagginbothom (Contract Specialist) and/or Lauren Sebring (Contracting Officer) at phagginbothom@aatd.eustis.army.mil and/or lsebring@aatd.eustis.army.mil. Mrs. Hagginbothom and Mrs. Sebring can be reached by telephone at (757) 878-4818 and (757) 878-4828, respectively.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Aviation Applied Technology Directorate ATTN: AMSRD-AMR-AA-C, Building 401, Lee Boulevard Fort Eustis VA
- Zip Code: 23604-5577
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 23604-5577
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