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A -- ACTICE AEROELASTIC WING TECHNOLOGY REASEARCH PROGRAM. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS IN TWO PARTS. THIS IS PART 2 OF 2. SOL PRDA 96-01-FIK POC Mr. Raleigh Haney, Contract Negotiator, (513) 255-5901 Mr. Lawrence W. Kopa, Contracting Officer, (513) 255-5901. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS IN TWO PARTS. THIS IS PART 2 OF 2. 4) Type of Contract: CPFF. (5) Government Furnished Property: GFP: HARV F-18 or NASA F-16, Government Furnished Facilities (GFF): NASA Dryden Integrated Test Facility (ITF) and office space, The following as needed by particular contractor: Wind Tunnels, structure proof load test facility, ground vibration test facility. (6) Size Status: 1,000 (SIC 8731). (7) Foreign-Owned Firms: Such firms are asked to immediately notify the Air Force point cited below upon deciding to respond to this announcement. D. PROPOSAL PREPARATION 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. Proposal questions should be directed to one of the points of contact listed elsewhere herein. Offerors should consider instructions contained in the WL PRDA and BAA Guide for Industry referenced in section A of this announcement. 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 shall be submitted in an original and ten 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 person-hour breakdown per task. Copies of the above referenced forms may be obtained from the contracting office cited. (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. 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. The technical proposal shall include a Statement of Work (SOW) detailing the technical tasks proposed to be accomplished under the proposed effort and suitable for contract incorporation. Offerors should refer to the WL Guide referenced in Section A to assist in SOW preparation. PL 98-94 applies. Offerors must submit approved DD Form 2345, Export-Controlled DOD Technical Data Agreement with their proposal. Any questions concerning the technical proposal or SOW preparation shall be referred to the Technical Point of Contact cited in this announcement. (4) Page Limitations: The technical proposal shall be limited to 50 pages, Courier 10 point or larger type size, double spaced, single-sided, 8.5 by 11 inches. Exclusions from page limitation: Personnel resumes in a separate appendix, facilities capabilities in a separate appendix, and past program histories in separate appendix. Management Volume may be submitted separately. limited to 25 pages, Courier 10 point or larger type size, double spaced, single-sided, 8.5 by 11 inches. Cost Proposal: no limit, however, offerors are requested to work toward a goal of no more than 75 pages. (5) Preparation Costs: 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. 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 response (both technical and cost aspects) 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: The basis for selection of a contractor to perform this flight test investigation is the degree to which the contractor is able to maximize the following list of research goals within the resources made available. These goals are organized into three tiers of importance, with the first tier having the greatest weight of importance in the selection process. (Tier one includes items 1 and 2, where item 1 has multiple sub-items) (1) Degree to which the following aspects of AAW technology can be flight test authenticated by the proposed flight test configuration at cruise, maneuver, and high g conditions over the sub/trans/super sonic Mach range with excursions over high and low flight dynamic pressure conditions: (a) Flexible Wing Characteristics compatible with AAW Technology. (b) Independent Leading Edge Control Surface Segments: 1/ Aeroelastic Loads (including divergence tendencies), 2/ Actuation rates/time histories, 3/ Separation/buffet characteristics/tendencies, 4/ Wing/Control surface hysteresis, (c) Independent Trailing Edge Control Surface Segments: 1/ Aeroelastic Loads (including the maximum aileron reversal capability), 2/ Actuation rates/time histories, 3/ Separation/buffet characteristics/tendencies, 4/ Wing/Control surface hysteresis. (d) Independent and the widest variety of combined actuation of the control surface segments to investigate the full range of deployment of the control surfaces for improved static and dynamic control functions. (e) Engineering data across the entire flight test envelope with respect to aircraft testbed flight response including: 1/ Time-dependent aeroelastic deflections under load. 2/ Control surface frequency response. 3/ Wing and aircraft time dependent load predictions due to control deflections. 4/ Gust responses. 5/ High values of wing angle-of-attack . 6/ Buffet onset. 7/ Buzz onset/magnitude. 8/ Wind tunnel predictions for static/dynamic control responses. (f) Closed inner loop flight control of the AAW test aircraft. (2). Contractor team's previous experience with Active Aeroelastic Wing or Active Flexible Wing Technology. Teaming is highly encouraged. (Tier two includes items 3 through 8): (3) Compatibility with NASA Dryden Flight Research Center flight test operations. (4) Degree to which flight control system can be used to examine different control laws while at a flight test condition. (5) Capability for extension of flight control examination of: (a) loads relief. (b) drag reducing shape control. (c) in-flight FCS reconfiguration due to hypothetical FCS failures. (d) gust suppression. (e) improved smart weapon tracking. (f) flutter suppression. (6) Availability of a flight qualified backup FCS capable of flight to test conditions and to serve as the automatic emergency reversion system without extensive interface modules and complex checkout. (7) The ease with which examination of store carriage and deployment can be added to the flight test program. (8) Ability to provide in-flight wing and control surface deflection measurements. (Tier three is item 9): (9) Ability to examine one-v-one the military utility of AAW compared to conventional roll control. The technical and cost information will be evaluated at the same time. The Air Force reserves the right to select for award of a contract, grant or cooperative agreement any, all, part or none of the proposals received. Award of a grant to universities or nonprofit institutions or cooperative agreement, in lieu of a contract, will be considered and will be subject to the mutual agreement of the parties. F-POINTS OF CONTACT: (1) Technical Point of Contact: Wright Laboratory, Attn: WL/FIBGE Ed Pendleton, Ref: PRDA# 96-01 FIK, WL/FIBGE Bldg 45, 2130 8th Street Suite 1, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433-7542 or phone (513)255-7384. A COPY OF THE SYNOPSIS MUST BE REQUESTED FROM THE TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT NO LATER THAN MARCH 30, 1996. PROPOSALS MUST BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN APRIL 1, 1996. If you have any questions on this PRDA announcement, please contact Mr. Ed Pendleton, (513)255-7384. Requests for a copy of the PRDA Synopsis must be address to:Wright Laboratory, Attn: WL/FIBGE Ed Pendleton, Ref: PRDA# 96-01 FIK, WL/FIBGE Bldg 45, 2130 8th Street Suite 1, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433-7542. (2) Contracting/Cost Point of Contact: Wright Laboratory, R & D Contracting Directorate, WL/FIK Mr. Raleigh Haney, 2530 C Street, Bldg 7, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7607 or phone (513)255-5901. THIS IS THE END OF PART 2. (0045)

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