SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Network Science Collaborative Technology Alliance (CTA)
- Notice Date
- 8/7/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U. S. Army Materiel Command, RDECOM Acquisition Center - Research Triangle Park, RDECOM Acquisition Center - Research Triangle Park, ATTN: AMSSB-ACR, Research Triangle Park Contracting Division, P.O. Box 12211, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2211
- ZIP Code
- 27709-2211
- Solicitation Number
- W911NF-08-R-0013
- Response Due
- 11/15/2008
- Archive Date
- 1/14/2009
- Point of Contact
- Umetria Thomas, 919-549-4385
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Army RDECOM Acquisition Center, RTP Contracting Division, on behalf of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, is issuing a DRAFT Program Announcement (PA), W911NF-08-R-0013, for the Network Science Collaborative Technology Alliance (NS CTA). The purpose of the United States Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Network Science Collaborative Technology Alliance (NS CTA) Program Announcement (PA) is to solicit offers to establish a new Collaborative Technology Alliance (CTA) in the area of Network Science consisting of four components: a Social/Cognitive Networks Research Center, an Information Networks Research Center, a Communication Networks Research Center, and an Integration Research Center to lead, evaluate and leverage research from the other three Centers as well as other research entities and overall management of the NSCTA. The Army envisions this alliance will bring together government, industrial, and academic institutions to address research and development to enable Network Centric Operations. The DRAFT NS CTA PA has been posted at the NS CTA website: www.arl.army.mil/networkscience.com. This PA will result in the award of two instruments: (1) a cooperative agreement as defined at 31 U.S.C. 6305 for the execution of the Fundamental Research Component; and (2) a procurement contract as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6303 for the execution of the Technology Transition Component. The cooperative agreement for the Fundamental Research Component will be awarded to a Consortium consisting of the four Principal Members of the Research Centers set forth above. This Consortium may also include General Members as necessary and appropriate to fulfill the goals of the NS CTA Program. The Principal Members associated with the Research Centers for Information Networks, Social/Cognitive Networks, and Communications Networks must be academic concerns. Each of the three Research Centers is required to include an HBCU/MI as the Principal or as a General Member. The Principal Member for the Integration Research Center is expected (but not required to be) an industrial concern with academic involvement and will also be considered the Lead of the Consortium. The procurement contract will be awarded to the Lead of the Consortium. Individual tasks will be issued under the procurement contract as transition opportunities are identified from the research results under the cooperative agreement. Under this PA, proposals are sought to select the four Principal Members for the NS CTA. Proposals must address only one of the four research areas described above. Should an offeror desire to propose under more than one of the research areas, a complete separate proposal must be submitted for each area. The cooperative agreement award will be made to a Consortium consisting of four Principal Members selected for award and any General Members included in their proposals. Planned funding levels for the NS CTA are set forth in the PA. Contingent upon available funding, the Army expects to support the Network Science consortium for five years with an option for an additional five years. An Opportunity Conference will be conducted on Wednesday, 27 August 2008, at Sheraton Imperial Hotel in Research Triangle Park, NC. The purpose of the Opportunity Conference is to provide potential offerors with technical and business information concerning the NS CTA and to provide an opportunity for potential offerors to discuss the NS CTA with Government personnel. Details concerning registration and logistics associated with the Opportunity Conference can be found at: http://www.armyuniversityopportunities.com/. All presentations provided at the Opportunity Conference will be posted subsequently on the NS CTA website. In addition, all questions and answers resulting from the conference that do not include proprietary information will be posted on the NS CTA website. Interested offerors are strongly encouraged to thoroughly review the draft PA prior to attending the Opportunity Conference.
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