Armament Directorate Contracting Division (WL/MNK), Eglin AFB FL 32542-6810

A -- ADVANCED GPS INERTIAL NAVIGATION TECHNOLOGY (AGINT) PART 2 OF 2 SOL PRDA NO. MNK-96-0003 POC Linda Weisz at (904) 882-4294, ext 3206. CONTINUATION OF PRDA FOR Advanced GPS Inertial Navigation Technology (AGINT). PART 2 OF 2. (2) Deliverable Items: The following deliverable items shall be proposed (/T means tailored to contractor's format): (a) Conference Agenda 18 times (DI-ADMIN-81249) (b) Conference Minutes 18 times (DI-ADMIN-81250A) (c) Scientific and Technical Reports (Final Report) (draft and reproducible final) (DI-MISC-80711/T) (d) Funds and Man-Hour Expenditure Report, monthly (DI-FNCL-80912) (e) Presentation Material (for program reviews, charts/photos as required) (DI-ADMIN-81373/T) (f) Scientific and Technical Reports (Interim Report for Phase I) (DI-MISC-80048/T) (g) Test Plans/Procedures (DI-NDTI-80566) (h) Test Reports (DI-NDTI-80909A) (i) Status Report, monthly ((DI-MISC-80368/T) (j) Contract Funds Status Report (CFSR), quarterly (DI-F-6004B) (k) Data Accession List/Internal Data, semiannually (DI-MGMT-81453) (l) Software Development Plan (DI-IPSC-81427) (m) Software Development Specification (DI-IPSC-81433/T) (n) Software Design Document (DI-IPSC-81435/T) (o) Software Test Plan (DI-IPSC-81438/T) (p) Software Test Report (DI-IPSC-81440/T) (q) Computer Software Product End Items (DI-MCCR-80700) (r) System/Segment Specification (DI-CMAN-80534) (s) Drawings/Schematics (DI-DRPR-81002) (t) ATWGS prototype breadboard and (u) ATWGS demonstration brassboard(s). The contractor shall plan, prepare for, and present five quarterly program reviews for Phase I, ten quarterly reviews for Phase II, and two quarterly reviews for Phase III. The Phase I Breadboard Preliminary Design Review, Breadboard Test Readiness review, the Phase II first, third, and sixth quarterly reviews, the Brassboard Final review, and the Phase III quarterly reviews will be held at Eglin AFB. All other meetings will be held at the offeror's or their subcontractor's facilities. A draft of the Final Report shall be submitted within 30 days of the completion of the technical effort. The Final Report shall be submitted within five months of the end of the technical effort. (3) Security Requirements: It is envisioned that the work performed under this contract will generate classified material and the work performedEunder this technical effort may require access to reference material classified up to and including Secret. Offeror should indicate capability to handle/store classified data/equipment. TEMPEST requirements will apply. Generation of classified material for this solicitation effort is authorized only on equipment approved for classified processing by Air Force TEMPEST authorities. The NAVSTAR GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) SECURITY CLASSIFICATION GUIDE shall be the governing document in all cases. (4) Other Special Requirements: PUBLIC LAW 98-94: Since Public Law 98-94 is applicable to this program, offerors must prepare a DD Form 2345, Military Critical Technical Data Agreement, and forward it to: Commander, Defense Logistics Service Center, Attn: DLSC-FBA, Federal Center, Battle Creek, Michigan 49017-3084, a copy of the certification shall accompany the proposal. INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATION (ITARS): ITARs does apply to this effort. C--ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: (1) Anticipated Period of Performance: The total length of the technical effort is estimated to be 51 months. (2) Expected Award Date: The Air Force anticipates a contract start date during the second quarter of FY96. (3) Government Estimate: This activity is estimated to involve approximately 24 man-years of effort. These are only estimates and not promises of funding as all funding is subject to change due to government discretion and availability. (4) Type of Contract: Cost Plus Fixed Fee (Completion) (CPFF). (5) Government Furnished Property: None anticipated. (6) Size Status: This acquisition is full and open competition, however, the appropriate SIC code is 8731 with a small business size standard of 500 employees. (7) Notice to Foreign-Owned Firms: Such firms are asked to immediately notify the Air Force point of contact cited below upon deciding to respond to this announcement. This action is necessary to begin review and clearance procedures. Foreign contractors should be aware that restrictions may apply which could preclude their participation in this acquisition. Such firms may elect to await the determination before incurring costs in proposal preparation. D--PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS: (1) General: 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 contaiEed in their proposals. Offerors should consider instructions contained in the ''Proprietary Information'' and ''When and How to Submit'' sections of the AFMC Pamphlet 64-101, ''Unsolicited Proposal Guide'', copies of which are available by writing to: AFDTC/BC, 205 West D Avenue, Ste 449, Eglin AFB FL 32542-6863 or telephone 904-882-2843, ext 3. Additional proposal questions should be directed to one of the points of contact listed elsewhere herein. Technical and cost proposals, submitted in separate volumes, are required and must be valid for 180 days. Proposals must reference the above PRDA number. Proposals must be submitted in an original plus seven copies. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered against the criteria set forth herein. 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 an SF 1411, together with supporting schedules, and shall contain a man-hour breakdown per task. Copies of the above-referenced form may be obtained from the contracting office cited herein. Costs shall be delineated separately for Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III efforts. (3) Technical Proposal: The technical proposal shall include a discussion of the nature and scope of the GPS AJ receiver research and the technical approach to address the requirements described above. The technical proposal shall include an analysis of the major issues of applying the proposed AJ capability to an integrated ATWGS. This analysis must include a pertinent discussion of antijam GPS receiver performance as well as including the effects of intentional and unintentional interference and platform dynamics. This analysis shall clearly delineate the expected operational benefits and limitations and the cost impact of the ATWGS approach chosen. The technical proposal shall include a Description/Specification (D/S) detailing the technical tasks proposed to be accomplished under the proposed effort and suitable for contract incorporation. Any questions concerning the technical proposal or D/S preparation shall be referred to the Technical Point of Contact cited in this announcement. Descriptions of available equipment, data, and facilities, and resumes of personnel who will be participating in this effort should also be included. (4) PEge Limitation: The offeror's technical proposal shall be limited to fifty (50) (12 pitch or larger type), 8 1/2''x11'', double-spaced, single-sided pages. The page limitation includes all information, i.e., indices, photographs, foldouts, appendices and attachments. Resumes of personnel shall be included as an addendum to the technical proposal and shall not be included in the page limitation. Pages in excess of this limitation will not be considered by the Government. Full cost proposals have no limitations, however, offerors are requested to keep cost proposals to 75 double spaced single sided 8 1/2''x11'' pages as a goal. (5) Preparation Cost: This announcement does not commit the Government to pay for any response preparation costs. The cost of preparing proposals in response to this PRDA is not an allowable direct charge to any resulting contract or any other contract, but, 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 contract award will be based on a scientific and/or engineering evaluation of the offerors' responses (both technical and cost aspects) to determine the overall merit of the offeror's full proposal in response to the announcement. It is of value to explore divergent technical approaches, therefore when determining multiple awardees the Government will consider diversity of approaches. The Government anticipates only awarding one contract but reserves the right to make multiple awards if funding allows. Technical merit, which is ranked as the first order of priority, shall be evaluated based upon the following criteria which are of equal importance: (1) new and creative solutions, (2) the soundness of approach proposed to accomplish the scientific and technical objectives of the contract. This includes: the merit of the ideas or concepts proposed, the proposed use of analysis, simulation, and hardware experiments to fully identify and evaluate the technical and operational value of the GPS interference suppression concepts against multiple broadband Gaussian noise, (3) the degree to which the offeror demonstrates an understanding of the scope of the work. This will be demonstrated by the offeror's analysis of digital beam forming and adaptive nulling antenna methods to enhance antijam performance on existing and future platforms, (4) experience in the deEelopment of adaptive interference cancellation filters and systems, including spatial, temporal, and/or spectral filters and antenna arrays (if applicable), knowledge of and experience with GPS receivers, experience with tactical weapon platform installation and integration, experience in the development, fabrication, and testing of complex electronic systems/components, and experience in those areas pertinent to the proposed ATWGS development, and (5) the competence and availability of experienced engineering, scientific, or other technical personnel in the technical areas of interest. These areas include the development, testing, and analysis of the enhancing technologies to be investigated, the development, testing, and analysis of GPS systems, and experience in the operational characteristics of one or more of the combat systems of interest. Cost, which includes consideration of proposed budgets and funding profiles, is ranked as the second order of priority. No further evaluation criteria will be used in selecting the proposals. The technical and cost information will be evaluated at the same time. F--POINTS OF CONTACT: (1) Contracting/Cost: Linda Weisz, 904-882-9039, ext 3206, at WL/MNK, 101 W Eglin Blvd, Ste 337, Eglin AFB FL 32542-6810 The telefax number is 904-882-9599. (2) Technical: Randy Zachery or Michael Vanden-Heuvel, 904-882-3589 (IC 3357 & 3355 respectively) (FAX: 904-882-2201) at WL/MNAG, 101 W. Eglin Blvd, Ste 339, Eglin AFB 32542. (0335)

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