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A -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA): LONG RANGE SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS POC Point of contact: ONR 353, (703) 696-4111. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is interested in receiving proposals for long-range projects which offer potential for advancement and improvement of naval operations. This notice constitutes ONR's Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) as contemplated in FAR 6.102 (dX2). Readers should note that this is an announcement to declare ONR's broad role in competitively funding meritorious research across a spectrum of scientific disciplines. No request for proposal (RFP), solicitation or other announcement of this opportunity will be made. This announcement will be open for one year from date of publication. Proposals may be submitted any time during this period. Awards may be made at any time throughout the year and may take the form of contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements. Submission of proposals is not restricted in any way to any particular entity. Historically Black Colleges and Universities, minority institutions, and small and disadvantaged businesses are encouraged to participate. Before preparing proposals, potential proposers are encouraged to contact the ONR scientist whose program best matches the proposer's field of interest as listed in the ONR Home Page accessible through FEDIX by computer and modem at 1-800-783-3349 or (301) 258-0953, through Internet (Telnet, FTP or Gopher to ''fedix.fie.com'' and at log-in type ''fedix''), or through WorldWide Web at http://www.onr.navy.mil/. The FEDIX helpline is 301-975-0103. Proposers should state in their proposal that it is submitted in response to this BAA. Award decisions will be based on a competitive selection of proposals resulting from a peer and/or scientific review. Evaluations will be conducted using the following evaluation criteria: (1) Overall scientific technical or socio-economic merits of the proposal, (2) Potential naval relevance and contributions of the effort to the agency's specific mission, (3) The offeror's capabilities, related experience, facilities, techniques or unique combinations of these which are integral factors for achieving the proposal objectives, (4) The qualifications, capabilities and experience of the proposed Principal Investigator, team leader or key personnel who are critical in achieving the proposal objectives, (5) Realism of the proposed cost and availability of funds. For awards made as contracts the socio-economic merits will include the extent of commitment in providing meaningful subcontracting opportunities for small business, small disadvantaged business, woman-owned small business concerns, and historically black colleges and universities. Information regarding areas of interest and points of contact are available without fee through an on-line database service the Federal Information Exchange (FEDIX). This is to notify potential proposers that each grant or cooperative agreement that is awarded under this announcement or solicitation to an institution of higher education must include the following clause: ''As a condition for receipt of funds available to the Department of Defense(DoD) under this award, the recipient agrees that it is not an institution that has a policy of denying, and that it is not an institution that effectively prevents, the Secretary of Defense from obtaining for military recruiting purposes: (A) entry to campuses or access to students on campuses, or (B) access to directory information pertaining to students. If the recipient is determined, using procedures established by the Secretary of Defense to implement section 558 of Public Law 103-337 (1994), to be such an institution during the period of performance of this agreement, and therefore to be in breach of this clause, the Government will cease all payments of DoD funds under this agreement and all other DoD grants and cooperative agreements, and it may suspend or terminate such grants and agreements unilaterally for material failure to comply with the terms and conditions of award''. If your institution has been identified under the procedures established by the Secretary of Defense to implement section 558, then: (1) no funds available to DoD may be provided to your institution through any grant, including any existing grant, (2) as a matter of policy, this restriction also applies to any cooperative agreement, and (3) your institution is not eligible to receive a grant or cooperative agreement in response to this solicitation. (0194)

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