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A -- DEMONSTRATION OF ADVANCED SOLID STATE LADAR (DASSL), PART 2 OF 2 SOL PRDA NO. MNK 96-0008 POC Beverly Shaffer at (904) 882-4294, Ext 3207. CONTINUATION OF PRDA FOR Demonstration of Advanced Solid State LADAR (DASSL) PART 2 OF 2. C--ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: (1) Anticipated Period of Performance: 40 Months. (2) Expected award date: 1996 June - August. (3) Government Estimate: The Government funding profile for all contractual efforts is estimated to be as follows: FY-96 - $600K, FY-97 - $3524K, FY-98 - $3716K, FY-99 - $2723K, FY-00 - $681K. This is an estimate only, not a promise of funding availability. (4) Type of Contract: Cost plus fixed fee is anticipated. Multiple awards are anticipated for the phase one effort with a down select to one or more contractor(s) for phases two through four. Each phase will be a priced option under the contract. (5) Government Furnished Property: It is the offeror's responsibility to identify any equipment, algorithms, simulations, models, etc. to be used whether contractor-owned and furnished or Government-owned and furnished. The Government will assist in providing Government-owned property as appropriate if possible. (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 cited below upon deciding to respond to this announcement. Foreign contractors should be aware that restrictions may apply which could preclude their participation in this acquisition. (8) An Associate Contractor Agreement (ACA) is anticipated between this PRDA and the WL/MNA Miniaturized Munition Technology (MMT) demonstration program prime contractor to accomplish information exchange on the MMT baseline munitions. (9) The offeror shall identify any proprietary data issues that will arise as a result of the proposed effort. D--PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS: (1) General: Offerors should apply the restrictive notice prescribed in 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 proposals. Offerors should consider instructions contained in the ''Proprietary Information'' and ''When and How to Submit'' sections of 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 shall be submitted in an original and seven copies. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will 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. Copies of the proposals may be forwarded, if the offeror authorizes in writing, to other interested government agencies for funding consideration. Authorization for limited reproduction and dissemination within Government Agencies and National Laboratories is requested. (2) Cost Proposal: The accompanying cost proposal/price breakdown shall include a person-hour breakdown by task, a cost element summary (labor, overhead, travel, G&A, etc.), and an SF1411. (3) Technical Proposal: The technical proposal shall include, as a minimum, a detailed technical approach, proposed component descriptions and a proposed integrated master schedule. 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. The technical proposal shall include a Program Plan and Statement of Work (SOW) detailing the technical tasks to be accomplished under the proposed effort and suitable for contract incorporation. 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 offeror's technical proposal shall be limited to 100 pages (12 pitch or larger type), double spaced, single sided, 8.5 by 11 inches. The page limitation includes all information, i.e. indexes, photographs, foldouts, appendices, attachments, etc. Additional information on prior work in this area, descriptions of available equipment, data and facilities, and 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. Cost proposals have no limitations, however, offerors are requested to keep cost proposals to 75 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 considered an allowable direct charge to any resulting contract, 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 OF AWARD: The selection of one or more sources for contract award will be based on a scientific and/or engineering evaluation of the offeror's 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 technical aspect, which is ranked as the first order of priority, will be evaluated based on the following criteria which are listed in descending order of importance: (1) The offeror's understanding of the problem and soundness of technical approach, (2) the offeror's Program Plan and Integrated Master Schedule, (3) the offeror's capabilities, related experience, facilities, techniques, or combinations of these which are integral factors for achieving the proposal objectives, (4) the qualifications, capabilities and experience of the principal investigator, team leader, and other key personnel who are critical to achieving the proposal objectives, (5) new and creative solutions, and (6) the offeror's record of past and present performance. Cost, which includes consideration of proposed budgets and funding profiles, is ranked as the second order of priority. No other evaluation criteria will be used. The technical and cost information will be evaluated at the same time. The downselect after phase one will be based on the following factors listed in descending order of importance: (1) the overall technical merit (including performance potential and low cost production potential of the two form factored seeker designs), (2) proposed component technology development options, timelines and cost of development, (3) adequacy of proposed mission planning and autonomous target acquisition approaches, (4) the overall technical merit of the seven seeker designs, (5) the demonstrated potential for component commonality among the seven seeker designs, (6) cost performance of the contractor(s) during the phase one effort, (7) cost as proposed on initial proposal for remaining phases. F--POINTS OF CONTACT: (1) Contracting/Cost: Beverly Shaffer, (904) 882-4294, ext 3207, (FAX (904) 882-9599) at WL/MNK, 101 W Eglin Blvd, Ste 337, Eglin AFB, FL 32542-6810. (2) Technical Issues: Lt Kent Broome, (904) 882-9443, ext 1259, (FAX (904) 882-4034) at WL/MNGS, 101 W Eglin Blvd, Ste 144, Eglin, AFB, FL 32542-6810 (0053)

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