SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- BATTLEFIELD HELICOPTER EMULATOR (BHE) PROGRAM
- Notice Date
- 1/30/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Contracts Management Office, 3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA, 22203-1714, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- BAA07-05
- Response Due
- 1/29/2008
- Archive Date
- 1/30/2008
- Description
- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) 07-05: Battlefield Helicopter Emulator (BHE) Program. CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Contracts Management Office, 3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA, 22203-1714 DESCRIPTION: The Tactical Technology Office (TTO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative proposals for the Battlefield Helicopter Emulator (BHE) program. The focus of the program will be development of innovative acoustic and infrared emulation technologies that can be integrated onto a surrogate, small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform. In addition to this BAA, and before submitting proposals, prospective Offerors must refer to the BHE Proposer Information Pamphlet (PIP) located at the DARPA web site, http://www.darpa.mil/baa for further information. The BHE PIP contains additional details regarding the program objectives, anticipated schedule, technical milestone criteria, and proposal preparation and submittal information. This Announcement, together with the PIP, constitutes BAA 07-05. This BAA shall remain open for one (1) year from the date of publication on www.fedbizopps.gov and www.fedgrants.gov. Although the Government may select proposals for award at any time during this period, it is anticipated that the majority of funding for this program will be committed during the first round of selections. In order to be considered during the initial round, full proposals must be received no later than 12:00 pm (noon) EST on March 15, 2007. OVERALL PROGRAM GOAL AND VISION: The goal of the BHE program is to develop small scale technologies that can effectively emulate the acoustic and infrared signatures of a wide variety of helicopters, from small scout to large utility helicopters. The technologies developed in the program will be integrated onto a surrogate, small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to produce a low cost, expendable battlefield decoy. This capability would aid in special operations, provide anti-helicopter mine location and engagement, and draw fire from enemy ground locations. DARPA may fund one or more contractor teams for Phase I. This phase will involve development and demonstration of scaleable technologies to emulate the acoustic and infrared signature of helicopters. At the end of Phase 1, this system must be demonstrated at a Government specified test range and under Government specified evaluation criteria. Offerors are directed to the PIP for further information. The Offeror is expected to provide a realistic technical and cost proposal for best achieving the program objectives. The Government reserves the right to select all, some, or none of the proposals received in response to this solicitation and fund portions of proposals if warranted. The cost of preparing proposals in response to this announcement is not considered an allowable direct charge to any resulting contract or any other contract. Offerors are warned that only Contracting Officers are legally authorized to commit the Government. The Government encourages responses to this BAA by non-traditional defense contractors, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, small businesses, small disadvantaged business concerns, Historically-Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), Minority Institutions (MI), large businesses and Government laboratories. Teaming arrangements between and among these groups are encouraged. However, no portion of this BAA will be set aside for organizations of a specific business classification due to the impracticality of preserving discrete or severable areas of research in the technologies sought. Government/National laboratory proposals may be subject to applicable direct competition limitations, though certain Federally Funded Research and Development Centers are excepted per PL 103-337 Sec. 217 and PL 105-261 Sec. 3136. Any responsible and otherwise qualified Offeror is encouraged to respond. AWARD INSTRUMENT AND EVALUATION APPROACH: This BAA affords Offerors the choice of submitting proposals for the award of a Grant, Cooperative Agreement, Contract, Technology Investment Agreement, and other Transaction for Prototype Agreement, or such other appropriate award instrument. The type of procurement or assistance vehicle is subject to negotiation. The Government reserves the right to award without discussion. The Government reserves the right to select for award all, some, or none of the proposals received in response to this BAA. The Government may select for negotiation all, or portions, of a given proposal. The Government may incrementally fund any award issued under this BAA. Proposals submitted in response to this BAA will be evaluated against the following criteria, in descending order of importance: 1) Technical Approach, 2) Management Approach, 3) Potential Contribution and Relevance to the DARPA Mission, 4) Relevant Experience in Developing Military Systems, and 5) Cost Reasonableness and Realism. Since no common work statement exists, each proposal will be evaluated on its own merit as it relates to the program, rather than against other proposals for research in the same general area. Intellectual property restrictions on the objective system may be viewed unfavorably to the extent that they affect the Government's ability to transition the system. SUBMISSION INFORMATION: All proposals shall be submitted to the Technical-Financial Information Management System (T-FIMS) Proposal Submission System. In addition, Offerors must submit Two (2) paper copies of the full proposal, accompanied by a transmittal letter signed by an official who is authorized to commit the Offeror. Responses shall be submitted as detailed in the PIP. All material submitted through T-FIMS must be UNCLASSIFIED. Offerors that intend to include classified, or potentially classified information or data as part of their proposals shall submit an UNCLASSIFIED PROPOSAL referring to a classified annex. Content of proposal submissions made through T-FIMS must be UNCLASSIFIED. Web site http://www.tfims.darpa.mil/ provides information regarding the T-FIMS system and web site https://www.tfims.darpa.mil/baa/proposer_instructions.pdf contains guidance for proposal submission. Organizations must register at: http://www.tfims.darpa.mil/baa to submit a proposal. Only the lead or prime organization should register. One registration per proposal should be submitted. Organizations wishing to submit multiple proposals should complete a single registration for each proposal. By registering, the Offeror has made no commitment to submit. ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST: Awards made under this BAA are subject to the provisions of the FAR Subpart 9.5, Organizational Conflict of Interest. All Offerors and proposed subcontractors must affirmatively state whether they are supporting any DARPA technical office(s) through either: 1) an active DARPA contract or subcontract; or 2) an active contract or subcontract administered on DARPA's behalf by another Government agent. All affirmations must state which office(s) the Offeror supports and identify the prime contract number. Affirmations shall be furnished at the time of proposed submission, and the existence or potential existence of organizational conflicts of interest, as that term is defined in FAR 9.501, must be disclosed. This disclosure shall include a description of the action the Offeror has taken, or proposes to take, to avoid, neutralize or mitigate such conflict. If the Offeror believes that no such conflict exists, then the Offeror shall so state in the affirmation. TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT: The Government intends to use support contractors, plus other independent experts to assist in processing and administering proposals, and to provide advice relative to specific technical areas. These personnel are restricted by their contract from disclosing information contained in any proposal for any purpose to anyone outside of the Source Selection for this effort. Moreover, all personnel used in this capacity are required to enter into separate Conflict of Interest/Non Disclosure Agreements to this effect. By submission of its proposal, a team agrees that proposals may be disclosed to these personnel for the purpose of providing this assistance. Only Government personnel will evaluate proposals submitted to this BAA. NOTE: All questions should be sent to BAA 07-05@darpa.mil. TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT: Dr. Sheldon Meth, Program Manager, DARPA/TTO, Phone: 703-696-2369, Email: Sheldon.meth@darpa.mil. CONTRACTUAL POINT OF CONTACT: Christopher Glista, Contracting Officer, DARPA/CMO, Email; christopher.glista@darpa.mil
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