SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Electromagnetic Pulse Tolerant Microwave Receiver Front-End
- Notice Date
- 2/9/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- 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
- BAA07-19
- Response Due
- 4/13/2007
- Archive Date
- 2/10/2008
- Description
- PROGRAM OBJECTIVES AND DESCRIPTION The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)is soliciting research proposals in the area of survivability of microwave receiver front-ends from high energy threats. The objective is to create a microwave receiver front-end which can withstand high energy exposure without compromising receiver sensitivity, bandwidth, or dynamic range. The objective of the Electromagnetic Pulse Tolerant Microwave Receiver Front-End program is to develop a novel robust and sensitive microwave receiver front-end capable of surviving high energy electromagnetic attacks. The robust RF front-end technology developed should be scalable to operate within the 0.5-18 GHz frequency band over as large a fractional bandwidth as feasible while maintaining high sensitivity. The program will culminate in a full system performance demonstration leading to military system transition opportunities. DARPA seeks innovative proposals in the following area: Modeling, Design, Fabrication and Testing: Design of the robust and sensitive microwave receiver front-end should be supported by realistic modeling of the effects of high energy attacks. The model should incorporate experimentally derived parameters and should help in understanding the durability of the proposed device concept. The Electromagnetic Pulse Tolerant Microwave Receiver Front-End program will require innovative approaches to realize a microwave receiver front-end which can withstand high energy exposure without compromising receiver sensitivity, bandwidth, or dynamic range. Particularly encouraged are novel ideas to suppress or eliminate arcing, thermal, and electromigration induced damage that accompany a high energy attack. Additional information on these technology areas is provided in the Areas of Interest section of the BAA 07-19 Proposer Information Pamphlet referenced below. PROGRAM SCOPE The Electromagnetic Pulse Tolerant Microwave Receiver Front-End program will be conducted in three phases, each having definite and measurable milestones, the most critical of which will be referred to as Go/No-Go (GNG) metrics, listed in the table below. The final phase will consist of a full system demonstration. That is, an entire RF front-end receiver system satisfying all Phase II GNG performance metrics will be demonstrated. Additional component-level development will also continue in the final phase to strive towards the Phase III (end-of-program) stretch goals. TEAMING ARRANGEMENTS Multiple awards are anticipated. Collaborative efforts/teaming are encouraged. A web site - http://www.davincinetbook.com/teams/ has been established to facilitate formation of teaming arrangements between interested parties. Specific content, communications, networking, and team formation are the sole responsibility of the participants. Neither DARPA nor the Department of Defense (DoD) endorses the destination web site or the information and organizations contained therein, nor does DARPA or the DoD exercise any responsibility at the destination. This web site is provided consistent with the stated purpose of this BAA. Cost sharing is not required and is not an evaluation criterion but is encouraged where there is a reasonable probability of a potential commercial application related to the proposed research and development effort. The technical POC for this effort is Steve Pappert, fax: (703) 696-2206, electronic mail: BAA07-19@darpa.mil. PROPOSER'S QUESTIONS A "Proposer's Questions" website will be posted for BAA 07-19 on the DARPA, Microsystems Technology Office solicitations page (www.darpa.mil/baa/#eto). If you would like to have a question answered and posted on this site, please send your question to the following address: BAA07-19@darpa.mil. GENERAL INFORMATION Proposers must obtain a pamphlet entitled "BAA 07-19, Electromagnetic Pulse Tolerant Microwave Receiver Front-End, Proposer Information Pamphlet" which provides further information on areas of interest, the submission, evaluation, and funding processes, proposal formats, and other general information. This pamphlet may be obtained from the FedBizOpps website: http://www.fedbizopps.gov/, the Grants.gov website: http://www.grants.gov/, World Wide Web (WWW) at URL http://www.darpa.mil/ or by fax, electronic mail, or mail request to the administrative contact address given below. Proposals not meeting the format described in the pamphlet may not be reviewed. Proposers must submit a full proposal to https://www.tfims.darpa.mil/baa, or via grants.gov for Universities wishing to use the "Apply" function, on or before 4:00 p.m., local time, Friday, April 13 , 2007 in order to be considered during the initial round of selections; however, proposals received after this deadline may be received and evaluated up to one year from date of posting on FedBizOpps and Grants.gov. Full proposals submitted after the due date specified in the BAA or due date otherwise specified by DARPA after review of proposal abstracts may be selected contingent upon the availability of funds. This notice, in conjunction with the BAA 07-19, Proposer Information Pamphlet, constitutes the total BAA. No additional information is available, nor will a formal RFP or other solicitation regarding this announcement be issued. Requests for the same will be disregarded. The Government reserves the right to select for award all, some, or none of the proposals received and to award without discussions. All responsible sources capable of satisfying the Government's needs may submit a proposal which shall be considered by DARPA. Input on technical aspects of the proposals may be solicited by DARPA from non-Government consultants /experts who are bound by appropriate non-disclosure requirements. Non-Government technical consultants/experts will not have access to proposals that are labeled by their offerors as "Government Only". Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Minority Institutions (MIs), and Small and Small Disadvantaged Businesses are encouraged to submit proposals and join others in submitting proposals; however, no portion of this BAA will be set aside for these organizations' participation due to the impracticality of reserving discrete or severable areas of research in microwave technology. All administrative correspondence and questions on this solicitation, including requests for information on how to submit a proposal to this BAA, should be directed to one of the administrative addresses below; e-mail or fax is preferred. DARPA intends to use electronic mail and fax for correspondence regarding BAA 07-19. Proposals may not be submitted by fax or e-mail; any so sent will be disregarded. DARPA encourages use of the WWW for retrieving the Proposer Information Pamphlet and any other related information that may subsequently be provided. EVALUATION CRITERIA Evaluation of proposals will be accomplished through a technical review of each proposal using the following criteria, which are listed in descending order of relative importance: (l) Overall scientific and technical merit; (2) Potential contribution and relevance to DARPA mission; (3) Relevance and aggressiveness of intermediate milestones and Go/No Go metrics in an efficient time frame; (4) Plans and capability to accomplish technology transition (5) Offeror's capabilities and related experience; (6) Realism of the proposed schedule; and (7) Cost reasonableness and realism. Cost/price reasonableness will be made prior to the award. The administrative addresses for this BAA are: Fax: (703) 696-2206 (Addressed to: DARPA/MTO, BAA 07-19), Electronic Mail: BAA07-19@darpa.mil This announcement and the Proposer Information Pamphlet may be retrieved via the WWW at URL http://www.darpa.mil/ in the solicitations area.
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