U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Operations Dir, Fort Monmouth Site Contracts Branch, ATTN:AMSRL-OP-FM-PR(LGW) Fort Monmouth, New Jersey 07703-5601

A -- USA ELECTRONICS AND POWER SOURCES DIRECTORATE PART II OF II BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE POWER SOURCES DIVISION'S FY95 BATTERY/FUEL CELL REQUIREMENTS SOL DAAL01-95-BAA-3002 DUE 050195 POC Lisa Walengewicz, Contract Specialist, (908)544-3456 GENERAL INFOMRATION: This announcement is an expression of interest only and does not commit the Government to make any award or to pay for any response preparation costs. Pursuant to the requirements of FAR 52.219-9, if the total amount of the proposal exceeds $500,000, offeror(s) selected for award will be required at that time to submit a Subcontracting Plan for Small Business and Small Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Business concerns. Proposal Instructions, Evaluation Criteria, Other Terms and Conditions, and Representations and Certifications follow. PROPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS: Because both the technical and cost aspects of an offeror's submission will be evaluated at the same time, it is desirable that one volume containing all information be submitted. One original and four copies of the proposal are to be submitted directly to: USARL, Operations Directorate, ATTN: AMSRL-OP-FM-PR(LGW), Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5601. TECHNICAL PROPOSAL: The technical proposal shall include: 1) Table of Contents; 2) A description of the technical and or design approach to meet the topic requirements; 3) A Statement of Work (SOW) detailing the technical tasks proposed to be accomplished under the effort and schedule for performance of those tasks; 4) description of available equipment, data and facilities; 5) methodology, techniques, and approach to technology demonstration and technology transfer for developments under this program; 6) identify any technical data proposed to be delivered with less than unlimited rights in the technical proposal. Unless otherwise stated in the proposal, all data delivered to the Government shall be with unlimited rights; 7) the organization structure and roles/qualifications of each team member and brief resumes of personnel; 8) a breakout of materials including the types and quantities. If subcontracting is anticipated, provide name, qualifications, and level of effort to be subcontracted. COST PROPOSAL: The cost proposal shall be prepared in general accordance with FAR 15.804-6 and shall include a Standard Form 1411, Contracting Pricing Program Cover Sheet with all supporting data in order to allow for a complete review by the Government. When cost of money is being proposed, the offeror is required to complete a DD Form 1861. The breakdown of cost data shall include all costs expected to be incurred under the contract. All details, broken-down by cost element, are to be prepared for each major task along with supporting rationale. All costs details shall be broken down to coincide with the offeror's accounting periods as related to the specific period of performance as indicated in the proposed milestone chart. The cost proposal shall include all supporting information including, but no limited to breakdown of labor hours by category, materials (vendor quotes or method of establishing costs), travel, direct and indirect costs. Prime contractors are responsible for insuring that all proposed subcontracts in excess of $100,000 are supported by an executed SF 1411. EVALUATION CRITERIA: All proposals received will be evaluated in accordance with the following criteria listed in order of importance. A) New and Creative solutions to the technical issue presented in the BAA; B) the feasibility of the approach and technical objectives; C) understanding of the technical matters being presented for consideration; D) ability to implement the proposed approach as demonstrated by adequate detailed analysis and supported by specific accomplishments in the technical field to be studied; E) the availability of qualified personnel with the requisite expertise to accomplish the tasks as proposed; F) record of past performance; G) cost and cost realism and H) the availability of unlimited rights in technical data and/or computer software. The purpose of the evaluation will be to determine the relative merit of the technical approach proposed in response to this BAA. Evaluation and selection of proposal(s) for award will be made to those offerors whose proposal is considered most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered; (i.e., an independent Government assessment of the probability of success of the proposed approach and the availability of funding). Responses must provide new or unique concepts, ideas or approaches in order to qualify for evaluation and consideration for award. The Government reserves the right to select the award any, all, part or none of the responses received. OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Proposals are to address the following business aspects of the program. 1)Plan for how the results of the program will be made available to all DoD contractors involved in the development of the applicable military systems; 2) Plan for establishment of a technology base that will insure affordable, economically secure sourcing of the technology for military applications; 3) Plan for insuring that future application of the R&D results achieved under the program will allow for a globally competitive capability without undue dependence on foreign sources; 4) Plan for technology insertion into military systems and describe the mechanism that will provide for the insertion. Upon completion of negotiations and agreement on contract price, a Certification of Current Cost or Pricing Data pursuant to FAR 15.804-4 shall be submitted by the offeror if required by FAR 15.804-2. If exemption from the cost or pricing data requirements is claimed, an SF 1412 is required to be submitted. In addition, any offeror who is required to submit and certify cost or pricing data shall submit or procure the submission of accurate, current and complete cost or pricing data from his prospective subcontractors in accordance with the requirements of FAR 15.806. The Government anticipates that any contract resulting from this BAA will be funded on an incremental basis as provided for under FAR 52..232-22 ''Limitation of Funds''. In view of this and to allow the Government adequate time for budgetary planning, offerors shall submit a monthly funding Expenditure and Termination Liability Profile covering the total period of performance. The Expenditure and Termination Liability Profile should contain a breakout of projected funding requirements which are commensurate with the proposed level of effort, technical approach and milestone chart. The contractor will be required to submit a revised expenditure profile upon completion of negotiation. RESTRICTIVE MARKINGS ON PROPOSALS: Nothwithstanding Army policy if information contained in the proposal is in the public domain or cannot be protected under law as a trade secret (e.g., a patent application), the Army will trade secret (e.g., a patent application),the Army will not accept liability for failure to safeguard against open disclosure. If a responder wishes to restrict the proposal, the responder offeror should mark the title page with the following legend. This data shall not be disclosed out the Government and shall not be duplicated, used or disclosed in whole or in part for any purpose other than to evaluate the proposal; provided that if a contract is awarded to this BAA responder as a result of or in connection with the submission of this data, the Government shall have the right to duplicate, use or disclose the data to the extent provided in the contract. This restriction does not limit the Government's right to use information contained in the data if it is obtained from another source without restriction. The data subject to this restriction is contained on page __.'' REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS: Offerors are to complete the following required representations and certifications, and submit them as part of the proposal; 52.204-3 Taxpayer Identification (Sep 89); 52.204-4 Contractor Establishment Code (Aug 89); 52.209-5 Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Proposed Debarment, and Other Responsibility Matters (May 89); 52.215-6 Type of Business Organization (Jul 87); 52.215-11 Authorized Negotiators (Apr 84); 52.2.15-20 Place of Performance (Apr 84); 52.219-1 Small Business Concern Representation (Jan 91); 52.219-1 Small Disadvantaged Business Concern Representation (Apr 84). Short Form Research Contract Forms DD 2222, 2222-1 and 2222-2 (May 89) - Offerors eligible to utilize these forms are to submit all information necessary to process an award pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in Subpart 35.70 of the Defense FAR Supplement. Other additional certifications will be required at time of award. (0089)

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