HSC/PKVBB, 8005 Ninth Street, Brooks AFB, TX 78235-5353

B -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION SOL PKV-BAA-95-001 POC Mr. Steve Kelly, (210) 536-5274. Broad Agency Announcement For Technology Demonstration: A--Introduction: Technology Transfer Division of the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE) is interested in receiving proposals (technical and cost) on the technology demonstration effort described below. This announcement appplies to potential award of contracts. Proposals submitted in response to this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) should be received by HSC/PKV, 8005 9th Street, Brooks AFB, TX 78235-5357, Attn: Mr. Steve Kelly, no later than 30 Jun 95, 3:00 P.M. Central Daylight Time, in order to be considered for the first round of awards. This is an unrestricted solicitation valid for 12 months after the published date. Proposals should be in accordance with this announcement and shall be open for one year after receipt. Proposals submitted after 30 Jun 95 but prior to the expiration date of this BAA, will be reviewed and held for possible action for a period of one year from receipt of proposal. There will be no other solicitation issued for this requirement. Prospective offerors may request a copy of the ''BAA guide for Industry''. This guide is specifically designed to assist offerors in understanding the BAA proposal process, and is available upon written request from Mr. Steve Kelly at the address listed above or by written faxed request to (210) 536-9026. B--Requirements: (1) Technical Description: The purpose of this effort is to field test remedial or pollution control technologies or techniques that save money and time and to aid in the compliance of all air, soil and water regulatory requirements. The purpose of the testing is to field promising technologies and not to test theoretical concepts. Remedial technologies areas of interest include, but are not limited to, vapor capture and treatment, soil vacuum extraction with particular interest in chlorinated sites, bioventing, passive treatment walls, and natural attenuation/assimilation (either individually applied or applied in a treatment train), fate and transport models, and LNAPL and DNAPL removal. Pollution prevention or control techniques of particular interest include, but are not limited to, metal surface treatment recycling for small shop or aircraft maintenance operations, reclamation of heavy metals from conventional dry cell batteries, removal or reclamation of heavy metals form composted materials, herbicide fate and transport models, and non-heavy metal power sources for hand-held equipment. (2) Deliverable Items: The following deliverable items shall be proposed. (a) D1-MGMT-80368. Project Planning (Monthly); (b) DI-MGMT-08227, Contractor Progress, Status and Management Report (Monthly), (c) DI-MISC-80711, Treatment Study Test Design (Draft and Final); (d) DI-MISC-80711, Health and Safety Plan (Asreq); (e) DI-MISC-80711 Analytical Data (Asreq); (f) D1-MISC-80711, Scientific Report (Asreq); (g) D1-MISC-80508, Technical Report-Draft and Final (Asreq); (h) DI-A-3024A, Presentation material (Asreq); (i) D1-Admin-81250, Conference Minutes; (j) DI-FNCL-80331, Funds and Manpower Expenditure Report. C--Additional Information: (I) Anticipated Period of Performance: The total lenth of the technical effort is estimated to be twenty four (24) months. The contractor shall also provide for an additional two (2) months for processing/completion of the final report. Contractor may participate in technology transfer through workshops and/or symposia. (2) Expected Award: Jan through May 96 (3) Government Estimate: Government anticipates multiple awards for this BAA. Individual awards are anticipated to range from $100 thousand to $2 million. (4) Anticipated Types of Contracts: Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF), Cost Sharing (CS), or Cost Reimbursement (CR), Cost Plus Incentive Fee (CPIF), Firm fixed price (FFP), and Time and Material (T&M). (5) Base Support Government Furnished Facilities: The base will provide the Technology Demonstration contractor with existing engineering plans, drawings, diagrams, aerial photographs, and any available site characterization data to facilitate the evaluation of selected sites. The base will arrange for (a) Personnel identification badges, vehicle passes, and/or entry permits. (b) trailer space, and (c) Digging or drilling permits. (6) Size Status: For the purpose of this acquisition, The Standard Industrial Code is 8711, with a small business size standard of $2.5 million in annual receipts. However, a small business set aside is not applicable to this announcement. (7) Notice to Foreign-Owned Firms: Such firms are asked to immediately notify the Air Force 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 Instructions: Offerors shall give preaward notice of limitations on Government rights as prescribed in DFAR 252.227-7013, Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software. For assistance, refer to the ''Proprietary Information'' and ''When and How to Submit'' sections of the Air Force Material Command(AFMC) Unsolicited Proposal Guide from each activities publication office. The AFMC Form 91 is not applicable to BAA. Proposal questions should be directed to one of the points of contact listed herein. Offerors should consider instructions contained in the ''BAA Guide for Industry'' referenced in Section A of this Announcement. Technical and cost proposals must be submitted in seperate volumes, and must be valid for 365 days. Proposals must reference the above announcement number and be submitted in an original and five copies format. Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with the technical and cost areas of interest. Offerors are advised that only contracting officers are legally authorized to commit the government. (2) Cost Estimate: The accompanying cost proposal/price breakdown shall be supplied, together with supporting schedules, and shall contain a projected expenditure profile. (3) Technical Proposal: The technical proposal shall include a discussion of the nature and scope of the technology and the technical approach. A three page executive summary of offeror's technical proposal is required. Additional information: Prior work in this area, similar work awarded, Bench or Field Test Results, similar submissions to other government agencies, descriptions of available equipment, facilities, and resumes of personnel who will be participating in this effort should also be included as attachments to the technical proposal. The technical proposal should also include a Statement of Work (SOW) (detailing the technical tasks and the schedule proposed) to be accomplished under the proposed effort and be suitable for contract incorporation. Offerors should refer to the Guide reference in Section A to assist in SOW preparation. Any questions concerning the technical proposal or SOW preparation shall be referenced to the technical point of contact cited in this announcement. (4) Page Limitations: The technical proposal shall be limited to 40+3 Executive summary pages(12 pitch or large type), double-spaced, single sided, 8.5 by 11 inches. The page limitation includes all information, i.e., indexes, photographs, foldouts, appendices, attachments, etc. except cost and price data. Pages in excess of this limitation may not be evaluated by the government. Cost estimates have no limitations, however, offerors are requested to keep proposals to 15 pages as a goal. (5) Preparation Cost: This announcement does not commit the government to pay for any proposal preparation cost. The cost of preparing proposals in response to this announcement is not an allowable direct charge to any resulting contract or any other contract, but may be an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect cost specified in FAR 31.205-18. E--Basis for Award: The selection of one or more sources for award will be based on an evaluation of an offeror's proposal (both technical and cost areas) to determine the overal merit of the proposal in response to the announcement. The technical area is considered to be of primary importance and consists of the following factors, each of which are of equal importance: (a) new solution with unique applications, (b) offerors technical approach and ability to perform; and (c) benefit to Air Force which can be translated into the technology's cost effectiveness, potential for Air Force-wide application, and the ease of applying the technology full-scale. Cost is ranked secondary to the above stated technical aspect. No other evaluation criteria will be used in selecting the proposals. The technical and cost information will be evaluated at the same time. The Air Force reserves the right to select for award of a contract any, all, part, or none of the proposals received. Award of a contract to universities and nonprofit institutions will be considered. All awards will also be subject to the availability of funds. F--Points Of Contact: (I) Technical Contact Point: Lt Col Ross Miller or Mr Sam Taffinder, 8001 Arnold Drive, Brooks AFB TX 78235-5357, (210) 536-4331, (2) Pollution Prevention Control Technical Contact: Ms Laura Maxwell, 8106 Chennault Road, Brooks AFB, TX 78235-5318, (210) 536-4218, and (3) Contracting/Cost Point of Contact: Questions related to the contract/cost issues should be directed to the Human Systems Center HSC/PKVBB, 8005 9th Street, Mr. Steve Kelly, Brooks AFB TX 78235-5353, (210) 536-5274. (0132)

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