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A -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT - BOMB DAMAGE ASSESSMENT (BDA) AND INFORMATION WARFARE SOL BAA 94-08 PART II POC Joetta Bernhard, CONTRACTING OFFICER, A/C 315, 330-2308; TANDI PAUGH. LABORATORY Program MANAGER, A/C 315, 330-4518. REANNOUNCEMENT of BAA 94-08, which was originally published on 28 Feb 1994. Part II of II - INSTRUCTIONS - Deliverables for BOMB DAMAGE ASSESSMENT (BDA) AND INFORMATION WARFARE will be technical reports and, when appropriate, demonstrations. The total funding on this BAA has been increased by $1.5 million from $4.5 million to $6.0 million. This reannouncement is published for industry convenience. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION. DO NOT SUBMIT PROPOSALS AT THIS TIME. Offerors are required to submit five copies of a seven page or less White Paper with a cover letter indicating whether the offeror is a large, small, women-owned, small or small disadvantaged business, or Historically Black College, University, or Minority Institution. The White Paper will be formatted as follows: Section A: Title, Period of Performance, Cost of Task, Name of Company, Section B: Task Objective, and Section C: Technical Summary. All responses to this announcement must be addressed to the appropriate technical point of contact. Also, send one copy of the cover letter only, by FIRST CLASS MAIL, (DO NOT SEND CLASSIFIED) to ATTN: Janis Norelli, Rome Laboratory/BC, reference Rome Laboratory-BAA 94-08 (PKPX), 26 Electronic Parkway, Griffiss AFB NY 13441-4514. Multiple White Papers within the purview of this announcement may be submitted by each offeror. The purpose of the White Paper is to preclude unwarranted effort on the part of an offeror whose proposed work is not of interest to the Government. Those White Papers found to be consistent with the intent of this BAA may be invited to submit a technical and cost proposal. Such invitation does not assure that the submitting organization will be awarded a contract. Complete instructions for proposal preparation will be forwarded with the invitation for proposal submission. Proposals submitted will be evaluated as they are received. Individual proposal evaluations will be based on acceptability or unacceptability without regard to other proposals submitted under this announcement. Options are discouraged and unpriced options will not be considered for award. The work to be performed may require a SECRET/NOFORN facility clearance and safeguarding capability, therefore, personnel identified for assignment to a classified effort must be cleared for access to SECRET/NOFORN information at time of award. Foreign participation at the prime contractor level is excluded. Data subject to export control constraints may be involved and only firms on the Certified Contractor Access List (CCAL) will be allowed access to such data. Principle funding of this BAA and the anticipated award of contracts will start approximately FY94. Individual awards will not normally exceed twelve to twenty (12-20) months in duration, with dollar amounts normally ranging from $500K to $1000K. Total funding for this BAA is $6,000,000. Ten percent (10%) of this BAA will be reserved for Historically Black Colleges, Universities, and Minority Institutions. In the event sufficient acceptable proposals are not reeceived to fulfill the reserved portion, that portion may be awarded to offerors of other acceptable proposals. The cost of preparing proposals in response to this announcement is not an allowable direct charge to any resultant contract or any other contract, but may be an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect cost in FAR 31.205-18. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear significant concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. Routine questions, such as clarifications, are not considered to be ''significant concerns'' and should be communicated directly to the Contracting Officer, Joetta A. Bernhard, A/C 315, 330-2308. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the Contracting Officer or Program Manager, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. The Ombudsman for this acquisition is Vincent Palmiero, Chief, Policy and Management Division, at A/C 315, 330-7746. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. An informational briefing is not planned. Cut-off date for submission of White Papers is 28 Aug 1995. This BAA is open and efffective until 28 Oct 1995. To receive a copy of the Rome Laboratory ''PRDA and BAA: A Guide for Industry,'' July 1993, write to ATTN: Lucille Argenzia, Rome Laboratory/PKR, 26 Electronic Parkway, Griffiss AFB NY 13441-4514. All responsible firms may submit a White Paper, which shall be considered. Respondents are asked to provide their Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code with their submission and reference Rome Laboratory-BAA 94-08 (PKPX). Only Contracting Officers are legally authorized to commit the Government. This is the end of Part II. (0174)

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