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A -- A-MARITECH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION SOL BAA96-05 DUE 112996 POC Mr. Robert Schaffran, ARPA/TTO, Fax (703)696-2204. This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)is issued as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) MARITECH Program to help develop a U.S shipbuilding industry capable of competitive commercial ship constuction and affordable Naval shipbuilding . This is the second MARITECH BAA issued in FY96. The first, BAA 96-01, was released on November 7, 1995 and solicited near-term technology application proposals. Purpose: This BAA solicits project ideas for advanced technology development projects that will dramatically improve the practices and processes used for the design and construction of ships in the United States. Scope: The following two technology thrust areas are the focus of this BAA: 1. Advanced Business Practices: This area addresses market analysis, supplier relations and material procurement, human resource management, customer relations and marketing, and cost estimating and financial management systems. The objective of this area is to develop, and demonstrate innovative application of new technologies and processes that would vastly improve a shipyard(s)' capabilities in these areas and its interoperations among suppliers, customers, and other shipyards. These could include improved communication technologies, electronic commerce technologies, improved employee training concepts, advanced management technologies, and technologies that would integrate some or all of these areas. 2. Total Process Systems: This thrust area addresses development and demonstration of system-wide, integrated, design and production technologies. ARPA is not interested in individual technologies for specific processes. The emphasis is on revolutionary advances in enterprise-wide systems for the shipbuilding industry that would help dramatically reduce the total time and cost of the design and construction process in U.S. yards. Technologies could include but are not limited to total process simulation/modeling, product to process decomposition, material tracking, advanced CAD/CAM/CIM, yard layout, and integration of these with one another and with management systems technologies. Proposal Requirements: Offerors may proposein one or both areas. Demonstration of the developed technologies is a required end product. Commercialization of the enabling technologies should be stressed. Proposals shall be submitted by teams that include, as a minimum, breakthrough technology developer(s) and shipyard(s). Teams should also include suppliers, owner/operators, designers, etc. if it would improve the overall project. Team members are those who are contributing (investing) in the project and who will only receive benefit if the project is successfully commercialized. MARITECH requires that proposals be cost-shared. ARPA can only invest a maximum of 50% of the total project cost. Proposal Format: Proposals shall consist of two separately bound volumes: Volume I shall provide the technical proposal and the management approach, and Volume II shall address cost. The proposal shall be prepared in the following format: (a) Page format: 8.5 x 11 inches, one-sided printing, numbered pages, (b) Margins: Not less than one inch (exclusive of page numbers), (c) Line spacing: space and one-half or double spaced, (d) Type size: At least eleven point type. Only one proposal from a particular consortium will be accepted and shall address one subject area. Technical proposals will be a maximum of forty (40) pages long. Cover: Each proposal must bear a cover sheet with the following information: This BAA Number, Title of Proposal, Name and Address of Primary Sponsoring Organization and Consortium Members, Name, telephone number, and FAX number of Administrative Point of Contact and Technical Point of Contact, Signature of Authorized Officer. Volume I - Technical: Volume I shall have the following four sections: 1 - Executive Summary: Not more than five (5) pages, summarizing the entire technical proposal. 2 - Body of Proposal: Include (a) a technical approach section that describes the technology(ies) that will be developed and demonstrated, (b) a management plan that identifies the consortium members (those project investors who are at financial risk) and describes their roles and responsibilities, (c) a personnel and corporate experience and facilities section, (d) a business plan for commercializing the developed technology - the business plan should address how the new technology will be implemented such that commercial competitive advantage will be derived by U.S. shipyard(s), and (e) a commercial benefits section that addresses antiipated commercial benefits to the U.S. shipbuilding industry that will result from the project, including how the developed technology can be applied to both commercial or Navy ship construction. 3 - Statement of Work: Supply a brief Statement of Work that discusses the specific tasks to be carried out, including a schedule of significant events and measurable milestones. 4 - Address Information: Supply the name of company, address, Point of Contact, telephone and fax number of all consortium members, contractors, and subcontractors. Volume II - Cost: Volume II shall have the following three sections. (1) Total Proposed Cost: This section must give a detailed breakdown of costs on a task-by-task basis for each task appearing in the Statement of Work. Cost breakdowns shall include materials, direct labor, subcontracts, indirect costs and other direct costs such as special equipment or travel. A table summarizing the breakdown of costs per task, per team member, per year is required. Offerors shall provide exhibits as necessary to substantiate cost elements. (2) Cost to the Government: This section must specify the total costs to be supported using MARITECH funds. (3) Fund Matching and In-Kind Contributions: This section shall include: (a) the sources of cash and amounts to be used for matching requirements for each task and (b) the specific in-kind contributions proposed for each task, their value in monetary terms, and the methods by which their values were derived. Evaluations: It is the policy of ARPA to treat all proposals as competitive information and to disclose the contents only for the purposes of evaluation. The Government intends to use selected technical experts from PRC Inc. to read proposals and provide advice on specific technical areas. This contractor is restricted by its contract from disclosing proposal information. Contractor personnel are required to sign non-disclosure statements. By submission of a proposal, the offeror agrees that technical and management proposal information may be disclosed to selected PRC, Inc. technical experts for the limited purpose stated above. Any proposal information for which the offeror does not consent to this limited release must be clearly marked and submitted segregated from other proposal material. Restrictive notices notwithstanding, proposals will be handled for administrative purposes by a support contractor, PRC, Inc. Selections undr this BAA will be made by using the evaluations of government personnel only. Evaluation Criteria: Evaluation of proposals will be based on the following criteria, which are listed in descending order of relative importance: criteria a, b and c are of greatest weight and are equal in weight to each other, criteria d, e and f are of less weight but equal in weight to each other: (a) the potential significance of the proposed effort to enhance U.S. commercial shipbuilding competitiveness by improving business practices and/or reducing ship design and construction time and cost, (b) the innovative aspects and scientific merits of the proposed effort, and the feasibility of the approach and technical objectives, (c) the strength and commitment of the consortium members measured by their cost sharing contributions and the economic risk/exposure associated with this cost sharing, (d) the qualifications, capabilities, and experience of the proposed management team consisting of the principal investigator and personnel who are key to program success - this management team must clearly demonstrate the leadership and vision to carry out the project, (e) defensibility of estimated costs and anticipated results, showing realistic task schedule and hourly rates associated with tasks, and (f) the consortium member capabilities, related experience, facilities, techniques, or unique combinations thereof that are integral factors for achieving the proposed objectives. Funding: Present planning is that up to $20 million may be made available to fund responses to this announcement. Proposers are encouraged to submit multiple-year, multi-phase proposals. The first phase efforts should be for no less than six months. Options may be included in the additional phases of final negotiated agreements. Awards will be based on proposal merit and funding availability. ARPA anticipates that selections will be made during the second quarter fiscal year 1996. If there is money available after the initial selections are made, proposals may be reviewed and accepted as they arrive. General: This solicitation will remain open for 365 days from the date of this announcement. The Government reserves the right to award contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or other agreements under this solicitation. All responsible sources may submit a proposal for consideration. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and Miority Institutions (MI) are encouraged to submit proposals, however, no portion of this BAA will be set aside for HBCU and MI participation due to the impracticality of reserving discrete or severable areas of MARITECH technologies for exclusive competition among these entities. This announcement constitutes 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. Proposal Submittal: Offerors should submit proposals (original, three copies and a 3-1/2-inch floppy disk in WordPerfect 5.1/PC or 2.0/Mac or Microsoft Word 2.0/PC or 4.0/Mac, referencing BAA96-05 to: Advanced Research Projects Agency/TTO, Attn: Mr. R. Schaffran, Tactical Technology Office, MARITECH Program, 3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203-1714. No fax or e-mail proposals will be accepted. Proposals must be received by 4:00 p.m. local time on February 23, 1996. It is the responsibility of the offeror to verify proposal delivery. The Government is not responsible for any costs associated with proposal preparation or submittal. (0333)

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