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A -- PART 2 OF 3, PRDA 95-04, MULTICOLOR INFRARED ARRAYS (MIRA) - PROGRAM RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENT (PRDA) NUMBER 95-04 SOL PRDA 95-04 (B) POC Technical Point of Contact, Dr Paul LeVan, 505/846-9959, Contracting Point of Contact, Ms Gail Hamblet, 505/846-4987. D--PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS: (1) General Instructions: Technical and cost proposals, submitted in separate volumes, are required and must be valid for one year. Proposals must reference PRDA number 95-04. Offerors should consider instructions contained in the ''Proprietary Information'' and ''When and How to Submit'' sections of the AFMC Unsolicited Proposal Guide, AFMC Pamphlet 64-101. The AFMC Form 190, Policy Agreement mentioned in the pamphlet is not required for this effort. Proposals shall be submitted in an original and three copies. (2) Cost Proposal: The accompanying cost proposal shall contain a complete price breakdown. The cost proposal shall be prepared in accordance with FAR 15.804-6. An SF Form 1411 shall be provided, along with all supporting cost/pricing data to allow for a complete review by the government. The cost data breakdown shall be separated between the basic effort and option and shall include all costs expected to be incurred under the contract. The cost breakdown shall coincide with the offeror's accounting periods as related to the specific proposed period of performance. The cost proposal shall include all supporting information including, but not limited to, breakdown of labor hours and rates by category and bases of estimates, materials (consolidated priced summary and the basis for pricing, i.e., vendor quotes, invoice prices, engineering estimates, etc.), travel, other direct costs, and indirect costs. Copies of the above referenced forms may be obtained from the contracting office cited below. All responsible sources may submit a timely proposal, which will be considered against the criteria set forth herein. (3) Technical Proposal: The technical proposal shall include a discussion of the nature and scope of the research and of the technical approach, and a list of proposed deliverable data items. The technical proposal shall include a Statement of Work detailing the technical tasks to be accomplished under the proposed effort and items identified in Nte Number 25 in the CBD. Statement of Work guidance is available in MIL-HDBK 245C dated 10 Sep 91. This handbook is available as shown in FAR Clause 52.210-2. The Statement of Work shall divide the total task into a basic effort for the design and an option for the development, fabrication and delivery of the focal plane arrays. The contractor's proposal (or any part thereof) may be incorporated into the resultant contract by reference. (4) Page Limitations: The technical proposal, including all information, indexes, foldouts, photographs, appendices, and attachments shall not exceed 50 pages, (10 pitch) single-sided/double-spaced 8 1/2'' x 11.'' Pages in excess of this limitation will not be considered by the government. Cost proposals have no limitation, however, offerors are requested to keep cost proposals to a goal of 15 pages (single-spaced) maximum. The technical proposal shall include the following: executive summary, proposal text, references, statement of work, resumes, the work breakdown structure, schedule, facilities and equipment descriptions, deliverables, and past performance. The executive summary, resumes, facilities/equipment descriptions, and past performance are not included in the page limitation. (5) Preparation Costs: This PRDA 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 considered an allowable direct charge to any resulting contract or any other government contract, but may be an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect cost as specified in FAR 31.205-18. (6) The past performance description is to be limited to ten (10) pages. (7) If a subcontract(s) with a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) is proposed, offerors are reminded of the limitations in their use (see FAR 35.017) and must provide documentation in the proposal that the work is not otherwise available from the private sector. E--BASIS FOR AWARD: Proposals which comply with the requirements identified in this announcement will be competitively evaluated in accordance with AFMC FAR Supplement 5335.016(92) and 5335.90. Specifically, any proposals received will be evaluated and classified into one of the following three categories: (1) Category 1 - Well-conceived, scientifically, and technically sound proposals pertinent to program goals and objectives, and offered by aresponsible contractor with the competent scientific and technical staff and supporting sources needed to ensure satisfactory program results. Proposals in Category I are recommended for acceptance and normally will be displaced only by other Category I proposals. Proposals in this category are funded subject to the availability of funds. (2) Category II - Scientifically or technically sound proposals that may require further development and can be recommended for acceptance, but are at a lower priority than Category I. Proposals in this category are not always funded. (3) Category III - Proposals which are recommended for rejection for the particular announcement under consideration. This includes proposals for research in an area for which there are not sufficient funds to support the proposed effort and/or proposals for research which is similar to work currently underway or previously completed. Discussions will be conducted with only those offerors selected for funding in accordance with AFMC FAR Sup 5335.016(92)&(93). Technical considerations are more important than cost. The technical proposals will be evaluated using the following criteria listed in descending order of importance: (a) overall scientific and/or technical merits of the proposal and its relevancy to current DoD needs, (b) new and creative solutions to design and develop infrared focal plane arrays with two or more simultaneous wavebands, (c) offeror's understanding of the scope of the technical effort, (d) offeror's understanding of the problems involved in attaining the desired product and of the current ''state-of-the-art'' in the area of simultaneous two waveband focal plane arrays, (e) offeror's ability to adhere to the schedule, (f) manufacturing risk and ease of use in integrated systems, (g) offeror's capabilities, related experience, and qualifications of proposed personnel, facilities, techniques, or unique combinations of these, and, (h) offeror's record of past and present performance with single or multiband infrared focal plane arrays. No other non-cost evaluation criteria will be used. The technical and cost proposals will be evaluated simultaneously. The following cost evaluation shall be considered: The reasonableness and realism of proposed costs and the availability of funds. The Air Force reserves the right to select for award any part of, all, or none of the proposals received in response to this anouncement. OFFERORS ARE CAUTIONED THAT ONLY CONTRACTING OFFICERS ARE LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO COMMIT THE GOVERNMENT. (0338)

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