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A -- CREDIT CARD AVIONICS - PART 2 OF 2 SOL PRDA 96-05-AAK DUE 011696 POC Steve Willis, Contract Negotiator, 513-255-6908. (5) GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY (GFP)/BASE SUPPORT: None contemplated. (6) SIZE STATUS: For the purpose of this acquisition, the size standard is 500 employees (SIC 8731). (7) PUBLIC LAW 98-94: Since Public Law 98-94 is applicable to this effort, offerors must submit an approved DD Form 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement, with their proposal. F-- PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS: (1) GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Offerors should apply the restrictive notice prescribed in the provision of FAR 52.215-12, Restriction on Disclosure and Use of Data, to trade secrets or privileged commercial and financial information contained in their proposals. The offeror shall submit technical and cost proposal(s) in separate volumes, with the above PRDA number referenced on all proposal volumes. The offeror's proposal shall be valid for a period of 180 days. The offeror shall submit one original plus three copies of each proposal. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered against the criteria set forth herein. Offerors should consider instructions contained in the ''WL PRDA and BAA Guide for Industry'' referenced in Section A of this announcement. Further questions regarding proposal preparation should be directed to one of the points of contact specified below. Offerors are advised that only contracting officers are legally authorized to contractually bind or otherwise commit the government. (2) COST PROPOSAL: The accompanying cost proposal/price breakdown shall be supplied on a Standard Form 1411, together with supporting schedules, and shall provide a person-hour breakdown per task and by calendar year. The offeror may obtain copies of the above-referenced forms from the contracting office cited below. (3) TECHNICAL PROPOSAL: Technical proposal shall include a discussion of the nature and scope of the research and the technical approach. The offeror shall include, as attachments (not included as a part of the page limit) to the technical proposal, the following information: (a) significant results and accomplishments of past work in the technical areas proposed, (b) descriptions of available equipment, computer, data, and facilities, (c) resumes of key personnel who will be participating in the proposed effort, (d) the offeror's management approach to insure that the proposed effort will be completed, as scheduled, on time, and within available budgeted funds/person-hours proposed, and (e) the proposed Description/Specifications (D/S) detailing the technical tasks proposed to be accomplished under the proposed effort and suitable for contract incorporation. Offerors should refer to the WL Industry Guide referenced in Section A to assist in D/S preparation. The offeror shall refer any questions concerning D/S preparation to the Technical Point of Contact cited in this announcement. (4) PAGE LIMITATIONS: The offeror shall limit the technical proposal to a maximum of 50 pages (12 point or larger type), double-spaced, single-sided, 8.5'' x 11''. This page limitation applies only to the ''Understanding of the Problem'' and ''Technical Approach'' sections of the technical proposal. If the offeror exceeds the specified page limit or provides pages not meeting the type-size restriction, the Government will not read or consider the non-compliant pages. There are no page limitations for the cost proposal, however, it is requested that offerors keep cost proposals to fifty (50) pages as a goal. (5) PROPOSAL ON DISK: It is requested, but not required, that the offeror also submit the technical proposal on Macintosh or DOS 3 1/2'' floppy disk(s) in Microsoft Word 6.0 format. (6) PREPARATION COST: This announcement does not commit the Government to pay for any response preparation cost. The cost of preparing proposals in response to this PRDA is not considered an allowable direct charge to any resulting or any other contract. The cost may be, however, an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect cost as specified in FAR 31.205-18. G-- BASIS FOR AWARD: The selection of one or more sources for award will be based on an evaluation of an offeror's response (both technical and cost aspects) to determine the overall merit of the proposal in response to this announcement. The technical aspect, which is ranked as the first order of priority, shall be evaluated based upon the following criteria which are of equal importance: (a) new and creative solutions, (b) understanding of the scope of the technical effort, (c) soundness of offeror's technical approach, (d) corporate experience, facilities, and the availability of qualified, experienced technical personnel, including experiene with avionics architectures, avionics processors, avionics software and their integration (the Government reserves the right to visit an offeror, if necessary, to assess facility capabilities). Cost, which includes consideration of proposed budgets and funding profiles, is ranked as the second order of priority. No other evaluation criteria will be used. The offeror shall identify technical data or computer software to be delivered with other than unlimited rights. In accordance with DFARS 227.403-71(b)(2), limitations on the government's ability to use or disclose such technical data or computer software will be included as a cost consideration. Accordingly, the offeror shall submit a price for which it would provide proprietary technical data to the government with Government Purpose License Rights and provide proprietary computer software to the government with the following restricted rights: rights to use, duplicate, release or disclose in whole or in part, in any manner and for government purposes only. The technical and cost information will be evaluated simultaneously. The Air Force reserves the right to select for award of a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement any, all, part or none of the proposal(s) received. Award of a grant or cooperative agreement in lieu of a contract will be considered and will be subject to the mutual agreement of the parties. H--POINTS OF CONTACT: (1) TECHNICAL CONTACT POINT: Questions on technical issues may be referred to the Project Engineer, Al Scarpelli, WL/AAAT, Bldg 635, 2185 Avionics Circle, Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7301, (513) 255-4594 (FAX 513-476- 4302), email: scarpeaj@aa.wpafb.af.mil. (2) CONTRACTING/COST CONTACT POINT: Questions related to contract/cost issues should be directed to the R&D Contracting Directorate, Attn: Steven L. Willis, WL/AAKR, Bldg 7, Area B, 2530 C Street, Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7607, (513) 255-5311 (FAX 513-255-3985). End of Part 2. (0331)

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