U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, 400 7th St., SW, MAR-380, Rm. 7310, Washington, DC 20590

A -- BAA FOR MARITIME INDUSTRIES INNOVATIVE R&D SOL BAA95-01 POC Contact Point, Tracey L. Ford, (202)366-1744, Contracting Officer, Tracey L. Ford, (202)366-1744 As part of the President's initiative for revitalizing the U.S. commercial shipbuilding industry, the Maritime Administration's Office of Shipyard Revitalization (MARAD) is soliciting proposals for cooperative, cost-shared projects to assist the U.S. shipbuilding, ship repair and supplier base industries with the development of technologies, processes and products to become internationally competitive. With major efforts being made to reduce the federal budget deficit, it is currently unclear how much, if any, research & development funds will be available. Specifically, funds may be reduced or eliminated from the Agency's budget. In the event that funds becomes available however, the intent of the Agency and hence this solicitation, is to rapidly initiate projects of interest to the industry. This BAA solicits proposals for projects with near-term benefit and is restricted to U.S. Shipyards, U.S. Ship Repair Facilities, and U.S. Marine Supply Industries and the associated Trade Associations. This restriction is to assure that the proposed project is industry led and will be of direct and immediate benefit to the offeror and the industry in general. The project manager will be a representative of the industry, although elements of the proposed effort can be subcontracted. In order to preclude unwarrented effort on the part of an offeror in preparing a full proposal, offerors are strongly encouraged to submit an abstract of their proposed work in no more than five (5) pages including the title page. The abstracts shall be submitted in the following format: 8.5 X 11 inches, double spaced in at least 12 point type. The title page will clearly state ''Proposal Abstract,'' including this BAA number, proposal title and offeror's administrative and technical point of contact with telephone and fax numbers, and signed by an authorized officer. Any offeror whose abstract is found to be consistent with the intent of this BAA and of interest to the Program will be invited to submit a full technical and cost proposal. Such an invitation does not assure subsequent contract award. The abstract will include the objective, background, a description of the proposal effort, the benefits to be derived, schedules and costs and who will perform the work. Offerors should submit abstracts (original and two copies) to: Maritime Administration, Att. Tracey L. Ford, Office of Acquisition MAR-380, Rm. 7310, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590. No fax or e-mail abstracts will be accepted. To be considered, the abstracts should be submitted no later than October 15, 1995. MARAD will respond to abstracts by November 15, 1995. Evaluation of abstracts will be based on the following factors: (a) the potential significance of the proposed effort to enhance the international competitimveness of the U.S. commercial shipbuilding/ship repair/supplier base industries, (b) will be of demonstrated near-term benefit, (c) the qualifications, capabilities and experience of the organizations that are key to the program success. Multiple, cost sharing agreements (minimum 50% recipient contribution, maximum 50% government contribution), are expected to be awarded as a result of this BAA. Proposers may submit a multi-phased proposal. Awards will be based on proposal merit and funding availability. MARAD anticipates that cooperative agreements will be made during FY1996. It is the policy of MARAD to treat all proposals as competitive information and to disclose the contents only for purposes of evaluation. Point of contact: questions of a contractual nature relating to this BAA shall be directed to Att: Tracey L. Ford, Maritime Administration Office of Acquisition MAR-380, Rm. 7310, 400 7th St., SW, Washington, DC 20590, phone (202)366-1744. This announcement constitues a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) as contemplated in FAR 6.102 (d)(2)(i). The Government reserves the right to select for award all, some, or none, of the proposals received in response to this announcement. (0234)

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