Air FORCE WRIGHT LABORATORY ARMAMENT DIRECTORATE CONTRACTING DIVISION WL/MNK, 101 WEST EGLIN Blvd, STE 337, EGLIN AFB, FL 32542-6810

A -- MINIATURIZED MUNITION TECHNOLOGY (PART 2 OF 2) SOL PRDA NO MNK 95-0003 POC Contact CAPTAIN CHARLES MORTON, CONTRACTING OFFICER, (904) 882-4294, Ext 3402. CONTINUATION OF PREVIOUS SYNOPSIS for Miniaturized Munition Technology: C--ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: (1) Anticipated Period of Performance: 18 months. (2) Expected award date: June 1995. (3) Government Estimate: The Government expects to fund at a level up to $6.0 million for the entire 18 month effort. This is an estimate only, not a promise of funding availability. (4) Type of Contract: Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) is anticipated. (5) Government Furnished Property: It is the offeror's responsibility to identify any equipment to be used whether contractor-owned and furnished or Government-owned and furnished. The Government will assist in providing Government-owned property as appropriate if available. (6) Size Status: For the purpose of this acquisition, the size standard is 500 employees (SIC 8731) (7) Notice to Foreign-Owned Firms: Such firms are asked to immediately notify the Air Force technical point of contact cited below upon deciding to respond to this announcement. Foreign contractors should be aware that restrictions may apply which could preclude their participation in this acquisition. D--PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS: (1) General: Offerors should apply the restrictive notice prescribed in the provision at FAR 52.215-12, Restriction on Disclosure and Use of Data, to trade secrets or privileged commercial and financial information contained in their proposals. Offerors must submit approved DD Form 2345, Export-Controlled DOD Technical Data Agreement, with their proposal. Offerors should state whether they are a large business, small business, small disadvantage business, nonprofit, educational, or historically black college or minority institution. Offerors should consider instructions contained in the ''Proprietary Information'' and ''When and How to Submit'' sections of the AFMC Pamphlet 64-101, ''Unsolicited Proposal Guide,'' copies of which are available by writing to: AFDTC/BC, 205 West D Avenue, Ste 449, Eglin AFB, FL 32542-6863 or telephone (904) 882-2843. AFMC Form 190, Policy Agreements, does not apply to Program Research and Development Announcements. Additional proposal questions should be directed to one of the points of contact listed elsewhere herein. A technical and cost proposal submitted in separate volumes, is required and must reference the above PRDA number. Volume 1 should provide the technical proposal and Volume 2 should address the price/cost portions of the proposal. Volume 1 should be limited to a total of 100 pages, including resumes, charts, figures, tables, etc. Pages in excess of the specified 100 pages will be removed and returned to the offeror before evaluation starts. Cost proposals have no limitations, however, offerors are requested to keep cost proposals to 75 pages as a goal. Contractor proposals shall identify candidate components for the guidance/control section and associated dimensions of each component. Also included in the description of these components shall be a brief notification of the level of development and acceptance testing each component has been through, keeping in mind that proven off-the-shelf components are desired to minimize risk and schedule delays to the demonstration program. A page is defined to be one side of an 8.5 x 11 inch piece of paper with information on it. Minimum print size is equivalent to Times New Roman 12 point. Proposals shall be submitted in an original and 15 copies. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered against the criteria set forth herein. Copies of the proposals may be forwarded, if the offeror authorizes in writing, to other interested government agencies for funding consideration. Authorization for limited reproduction and dissemination within Government Agencies and National Laboratories is requested. Offerors are advised that only the Contracting Officer is legally authorized to contractually bind or otherwise obligate the Government. (2) Cost Proposal: The accompanying cost proposal/price breakdown shall include a person-hour breakdown by task, a cost element summary (labor, overhead, travel, G&A, etc.), and an SF1411, if applicable. Estimated costs for tests or historical data for similar efforts are requested for program office budgetary estimation and value estimation. 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. It is, however, an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect cost specified in FAR 31.205-18. (3) Technical Proposal: The technical proposal shall include as a minimum : (a) detailed technical approach, (b) proposed component description (c) proposed program schedule. E--PROPOSAL EVALUATION: The selection of one or more sources for contract award shall be based on scientific and engineering evaluation of the proposals in response to this PRDA. Proposals will be evaluated as received using the factors given below. No further evaluation criteria will be used in selecting the proposals. The factors, listed in descending order of importance, are: (1) The overall technical merits of the proposal. (2) The offeror's capabilities, related experience, facilities, techniques, or unique combinations of these which are integral factors for achieving the proposal objectives. (3) The qualifications, capabilities, and experience of the proposed principal investigator, team leader, and other key personnel who are critical to achieving the proposal objectives. (4) The offeror's record of past and present performance. (5) Reasonableness and realism of proposed cost: An evaluation is made of all proposed costs to ensure the offeror has a proper understanding of the effort. It is the policy of WL/MN to treat all proposals as privileged information prior to award, and to disclose the contents only for the purposes of evaluation. The offeror must indicate on the appropriate form any limitation to be placed on disclosure of information contained in the proposal. Offerors are encouraged to propose risk/cost sharing arrangements to accelerate this effort. The technical and cost information will be evaluated at the same time. The U.S. Air Force reserves the right to select for award one, several, or none of the proposals received in response to this announcement. Offerors may contact the individuals or sections listed herein to obtain generally available clarification of technical/contractual issues and cost proposal format or pricing information. F--POINTS OF CONTACT: (1) Contracting/Cost: Capt Charles E. Morton, Contracting Officer, (904) 882-4294, ext 3402, at WL/MNK, 101 W Eglin Blvd, Ste 337, Eglin AFB, FL 32542-6810, or e-mail to morton@eglin.af.mil. The telefax number is (904) 882-9599. (2) Technical Issues: Capt Stefan Dosedel, (904) 882-2141, ext 2227, (FAX (904) 882-9790) at WL/MNMW, 101 W Eglin Blvd, Ste 244, Eglin AFB, FL 32542, or e-mail to dosedel@eglin.af.mil. This announcement and other general information is available via the World Wide Web at http://www.wlmn.eglin.af.mil. (0089)

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