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A -- AVIONICS APPLICATIONS OF REINFORCEMENT LEARNING SYSTEMS. PART 2 OF 3 SOL BAA 95-03-AAK DUE 050495 POC Dawn M. Ross, Contract Negotiator, 513-255-6908. C--DATA AND OTHER DELIVERABLES: (1) DATA: The contractor shall prepare and deliver the following data (The term ''/T'' means tailored.): (a) Status Report, DI-MGMT-80368/T (monthly), (b) Funds and Man-Hour Expenditure Report, DI-FNCL-80331/T (monthly), (c) Contract Funds Status Report (CFSR), DI-F-6004B/T (quarterly), (d) Scientific and Technical Reports - Contractor's Billing Voucher, DI-MISC-80711/T (monthly), (e) Scientific and Technical Reports - Interim Report, DI-MISC-80711/T, (f) Scientific and Technical Reports - Final Report, DI-MISC-80711/T (Draft and Camera Ready Copy), (g) Test Plans/Procedures: Validation Plan, DI-NDTI-80808/T, (h) Technical Report - Study/Services: Software Engineering Methodology, DI-MISC-80508/T, (i) Presentation Material, DI-ADMN-81373/T (ASREQ), (j) Computer Software Product End Items: Benchmarks, Algorithms, Tools, Simulation Models, DI-MCCR-80700/T. (2) REVIEWS: Quarterly technical reviews shall be conducted at the contractor's facility or at Wright-Patterson AFB. The first review shall be the Kickoff Meeting to be held at Wright-Patterson AFB within two weeks of contract award. A System Requirements Review (SRR) shall discuss the Requirements and the Technology Assessment. The SRR shall substitute for one of the quarterly reviews. The offeror shall propose a baseline set of milestones that incrementally exhibit program progress, this set may be further refined during the contract. A final demonstration shall verify the performance of the learning algorithm(s) on the avionic problem, highlighting the payoffs versus current capabilities. D--SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: (1) INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS RESTRICTIONS (ITAR): ITAR requirements apply to this effort. (2) SECURITY REQUIREMENTS: Access to classified information is required to review avionic real-time applications in order to determine scheduling requirements. A Contract Security Classification Specification (DD Form 254) will be included in the contract. E--ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: (1) ANTICIPATED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The total length of the technical effort is 36 months. The contract shall also provide for an additional 4 months for processing/completion of the final report, for a total contract duration of 40 months. (2) EXPECTED AWARD DATE: Sep 95. (3) GOVERNMENT ESTIMATE: The Government anticipates a single award funding profile of $1,000 in FY95, $400,000 in FY96, $300,000 in FY97, and $300,000 in FY98 for a total award of $1,001,000. This funding profile is an estimate only and not a promise for funding, as all funding is subject to change due to Government discretion and availability. (4) TYPE OF CONTRACT: Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) completion or Cost (no fee). Any grants or cooperative agreements awarded will be cost (no fee). (5) GOVERNMENT FURNISHED INFORMATION (GFI)/BASE SUPPORT: None contemplated. (6) SIZE STATUS: For the purpose of this acquisition, the size standard is 500 employees (SIC 8731). (7) NOTICE TO FOREIGN-OWNED FIRMS: Foreign firms are precluded from receiving awards on this solicitation. Foreign sources are not prohibited in pursuing subcontracting opportunities. Any subcontracting arrangements will be handled in accordance with ITAR. (8) PUBLIC LAW 98-94: Since Public Law 98-94 is applicable to this effort, offerors must prepare a DD Form 2345, Military Critical Technologies Data Agreement, and forward it to: Commander, Defense Logistics Service Center, Attn: DLSC-FBA, Federal Center, Battle Creek MI 49017-3084, the offeror shall provide a copy of the certification with the proposal. If certification is already on file, offeror must submit evidence of approved certification with the proposal. F--PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS: (1) GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Offerors should apply the restrictive notice prescribed in the provision of FAR 52.215-12, Restriction on Disclosure and Use of Data, to trade secrets or privileged commercial and financial information contained in their proposals. The offeror shall submit technical and cost proposal(s) in separate volumes, with the above BAA number referenced on all proposal volumes. The offeror's proposal shall be valid for a period of 180 days. The offeror shall submit one original plus six copies of each proposal. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered against the criteria set forth herein. Offerors should consider instructions contained in the ''WL PRDA and BAA Guide for Industry'' referenced in Section A of this announcement. Offerors may obtain copies of papers related to Advantage Updating needed to propose properly/fully by calling the technical Point of Contact as shown below. Offerors are advised that only contracting officers are legally authorized to contractually bind or otherwise commit the government. (2) COST PROPOSAL: The accompanying cost proposal/price breakdown shall be supplied on a Standard Form 1411, together with supporting schedules, and shall provide a person-hour breakdown per task. The offeror may obtain copies of the above-referenced forms from the contracting office cited below. (3) TECHNICAL PROPOSAL: Technical proposal shall include a discussion of the nature and scope of the research and the technical approach. The offeror shall include, as attachments (not included as a part of the page limit) to the technical proposal, the following information: (a) significant results and accomplishments of past work in the technical areas proposed, (b) descriptions of available equipment, computer, data, and facilities, (c) resumes of key personnel who will be participating in the proposed effort, (d) the offeror's management approach to insure that the proposed effort will be completed, as scheduled, on time, and within available budgeted funds/person-hours proposed, and (e) the proposed Description/Specification (D/S) detailing the technical tasks proposed to be accomplished under the proposed effort and suitable for contract incorporation. Offerors should refer to the WL Industry Guide referenced in Section A to assist in D/S preparation. The offeror shall refer any questions concerning D/S preparation to the Technical Point of Contact cited in this announcement. (4) PAGE LIMITATIONS: The offeror shall limit the technical proposal to a maximum of fifty (50) double-spaced, single-sided, 8.5'' x 11'' pages. If the offeror exceeds the specified page limit or provides pages not meeting the type-size restriction, the Government will not read or consider the non-compliant pages. There are no page limitations for the cost proposal, however, it is requested that offerors keep cost proposals to fifty (50) pages as a goal. (5) PREPARATION COST: This announcement does not commit the Government to pay for any response preparation cost. The cost of preparing proposals in response to this BAA is not considered an allowable direct charge to any resulting or any other contract. The cost may be, however, an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect cost as specified in FAR 31.205-18. End of Part 2. (0075)

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