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A -- HARDWARE DESIGN LANGUAGE SOL BAA #96-01-AAK DUE 121595 POC Mark D. Sauls, Contract Negotiator, (513) 255-3379 or Michele L. Dickman, Contracting Officer, (513) 255-2976. (PART 2 OF 2) C--ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: (1) Anticipated Period of Performance: The total length of the technical effort is estimated to be 12 - 36 months. The contractor shall also provide for an additional 4 months for processing/completion of the final report. (2) Expected Award Date: March 96. (3) Air Force Estimate: The Air Force total fund availability is approximately 2 million dollars per year for three years. This funding profile is an estimate only and is not a promise for funding as all funding is subject to change due to Air Force discretion and availability. (4) Type of Instrument: Contract - Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) or Cost (no fee). 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. Any grant(s) awarded will be cost (no fee). Additionally, any cooperative agreement(s) will require cost sharing. (5) Government Furnished Property: None contemplated. (6) Size Status: For the purpose of this acquisition, the size standard is 500 employees (SIC 8731). (7) Notice to Foreign-Owned Firms: Such firms are asked to immediately notify the contracting point of contact 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 should apply the restrictive notice prescribed in the provision at FAR 52.215-12, Restriction on Disclosure and Use of Data, to trade secrets or privileged commercial and financial information contained in their abstracts and proposals. Proposal questions should be directed to one of the points of contact listed below. Offerors should refer to the instructions contained in the WL ''PRDA and BAA Guide for Industry'' referenced in Section A of this announcement. Separate technical and cost proposal volumes are required and must be valid for 180 days. Abstracts and proposals must reference the above BAA number. Abstracts and proposals shall be submitted in an original and three (3) copies. All responsible sources maysubmit a proposal which shall be evaluated against the criteria set forth below in the Section E - Basis of Award. Offerors are advised that only contracting officers are legally authorized to contractually bind or otherwise commit the Air Force. (2) Proposal Abstracts: Proposal abstracts shall provide an overview of the proposed work as well as an introduction to the associated technical and management issues. (3) Technical Proposal: The technical proposal shall include a discussion of the nature and scope of the research and the technical approach. Additional information on prior work in this area, descriptions of available equipment, data and facilities, and resumes of personnel who will be participating in this effort should also be included as attachments to the technical proposal and are not included in the page limit discussed below. The technical proposal shall include a Statement of Work (SOW) detailing the technical tasks / phases proposed to be accomplished under the proposed effort and be suitable for instrument incorporation. Offerors should refer to the WL Guide to assist in SOW preparation. Any questions concerning the technical proposal or SOW preparation should be referred to the technical point of contact. (4) Cost Proposal: The cost proposal / price breakdown shall be submitted on a SF 1411, together with supporting schedules, and shall include a cost and person-hour breakdown by task . Copies of the above- referenced form may be obtained from the contracting point of contact cited below. (5) Page Limitations: The proposal abstracts shall be limited to 10 pages (12 pitch or larger type), double-spaced, single- sided, 8.5 by 11 inches. The technical proposal shall be limited to 75 pages (12 pitch or larger type), double-spaced, single-sided, 8.5 by 11 inches. The page limitations include all information, i.e., indexes, photographs, fold-outs, appendices, attachments, etc. (other than the specific exceptions stated above). Pages in excess of this limitation will be removed from the proposal and will not be evaluated by the Air Force. Cost abstracts and proposals have no page limitation, however, offerors are requested to limit cost abstracts and proposals to 75 pages as a goal. (6) Preparation Cost: This announcement does not commit the Air Force to pay for any proposal preparation cost. The cost of preparing abstracts and proposals in response to this BAA is not an allowabe direct charge to any resulting award, or any other procurement instrument. However, it may be an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect cost as 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) to determine the overall merit of the proposal in response to the announcement. The technical aspect, which is ranked as the first order of priority, shall be evaluated based on the following criteria : (1) impact of project on making Hardware Description Language technology more effective for Air Force applications, (2) previous experience (track record) of offeror in producing commercially accepted Hardware Description Language CAD products, (3) experience of personnel assigned to Hardware Description Language project, (4) Adequacy of facilities for producing proposed Hardware Description Language tools and design environments at acceptable quantities, performance, and cost. Cost is ranked as the second order of priority. No other evaluation criteria will be used. The technical and cost abstracts and proposals will be evaluated at the same time. The Air Force reserves the right to select for award any, all, part, or none of the proposal(s) received. F--POINTS OF CONTACT: (1) Technical Point of Contact: Mr. Darrell Barker, WL/ELED, 2241 Avionics Circle Ste 17, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base OH 45433-7319, (513) 255-8639. (2) Contracting/Cost Point of Contact: Mark Sauls, WL/AAKE, Bldg 7, 2530 C Street, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433-7607, (513) 255-3379. (0332)

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