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A -- GPS SYSTEM LEVEL ARCHITECTURE SOL PRDA 96-34 DUE 060696 POC Technical Contact Point: Major Norah Hill, (310)363-5761, Contracting Officer: Ms. C.C. Coleman, (310)363-6360. 7. PART 2 (CONT) D-PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS: (1) General Instructions: Potential 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 contained in their proposals. Technical/Management and cost proposals, submitted in separate volumes, are required and shall be valid for a minimum of 90 days. Proposals must reference the above PRDA number. Proposals shall be submitted in an original (clearly identified as such) and five copies. All responsible sources may submit a proposal (with the exception cited in B(3) above) 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) Technical/Management Proposal: The technical/management proposal shall include a discussion of the nature and scope of the research, the technical approach, and associated challenges and risks. Additional information on prior work in relevant areas, to include most recent 5 relevant contracts regardless of outcome, descriptions and availability of proposed equipment, data, facilities, and technical skills mix (including resumes of key personnel who will be participating in this effort). Offerors must also identify the nature and extent of work to be subcontracted, if any. Specifically, the technical/management proposal shall include (a) a Statement of Work (SOW) detailing the technical tasks to be accomplished under the proposed effort and suitable for contract incorporation, (b) an Integrated Management Plan (IMP) to define how the SOW will be implemented under the proposed effort (reference instructions in the Offerors Library). The IMP should be less than 10 pages, addressing events, significant accomplishments, and accomplishment criteria, and including a systems engineering narrative) and suitable for contract incorporation, (c) a set of prevention options that should be available to theater commanders and national command authorities, (d) possible methods of implementing prevention options, (e) technical, tactical, and political limitations of prevention options, (f) proposed protection options ranging from non-material techniques to major retrofit of user equipment, (f) technical and tactical limitations of protection options, (g) implications of prevention techniques on protection requirements and vice-versa, and (h) technologies and techniques that the contractor expects to clarify over the course of the study. (3) Cost Proposal: Since adequate price competition is expected, the cost information will not be considered cost or pricing data and thus certification is not required in accordance with FAR 15.804-4. In accordance with FAR 15.804-5 and 15.805- 6, information other than cost or pricing data is required to support price reasonableness or cost realism. Such information shall be submitted using SF 1448. Information submitted on the SF 1488 shall be prepared following the instructions in FAR 15.804-6, Table 15-3. The government will perform an analysis to ensure the proposed prices are reasonable. If after receipt of proposals the Contracting Officer determines that there is insufficient information available to determine price reasonableness and none of the exceptions in FAR 15.804-3 apply, the Offeror shall be required to submit cost or pricing data. The cost proposal shall be submitted with supporting schedules, and shall contain a person-hour breakdown by task. (4) Page Limitations: There are no page limits for the technical/management and cost proposals, but a goal of 100 pages (12 pitch or larger type), double-spaced, single-sided, 8.5 by 11 inches, is suggested. Classified portions of the proposal shall be submitted in a separate annex. (5) Preparation Cost: 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 NAVWAR contract or any other contract. However, it may be an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect cost 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 offerors response (both technical/management and cost aspects) to determine the overall merit of the proposal in response to the announcement. The government may request offerors to present oral presentations after receipt of proposals. The technical/management aspect, which is ranked as the first order of priority, will be evaluated based on the following criteria which are of equal importance: (a) Breadth of Experience: The number of relevant areas in which the offeror has expertise. Relevant experience includes, but may not be limited to: GPS in general, aircraft integration and the integration of GPS into aircraft, ship and ground vehicles, GPS receiver design and manufacture, satellite development and operations (in particular, knowledge in satellite operations at the Consolidated Space Operations Center), tactical systems, battle plan management, software development, production capability, logistics support, electronic warfare to include Electronic Counter Measures (ECM) and Electronic Counter-Counter Measures (ECCM), prevention, the development of operations and tactics, Differential GPS, National/International AirSpace requirements, Inertial Navigation Systems, Pseudolite technology. (b) Depth of Experience: The extensiveness of the offerors experience (number of programs, number of facets of the technology, number of types of experience (i.e. study, demonstration, development, production, modification) in each of those areas. (c) Analysis of the Problem: Evidence that the offeror understands the complexities, risks, and interrelationships inherent in the process of modifying the GPS system architecture to meet evolving NAVWAR requirements. (d) Soundness of Study Plan: The validity of the offerors approach to Systems Engineering. The completeness of the SOW and the IMP, the likelihood that the SOW and IMP will result in the offeror meeting the study objectives. The availability and assignment of relevant resources with the right skills mix. (e) Past Perfomance: Past and present perfomance, although not an evaluation factor, will be a general consideration and is ranked equal with the technical/management criteria listed above. Cost, while ranked as the second order of priority, is a significant factor in the award decision, and will be evaluated for realism, reasonableness, and completeness. The technical/management and cost information will be evaluated at the same time. The government reserves the right to award to a Small Business (SB), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), or to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)/Minority Institutions of Higher Learning (MI), if after evaluations, the capability to perform is determined. If proposals are received of equal caliber, preference will be given to SB, SDB, and/or HBCU/MI. Offerors are advised that employees of the Aerospace Corporation, ARINC, PRC, and AMCOMP may assist the Government, as advisors, in performing technical evaluations of proposals submitted under this announcement. These advisors will be authorized access to only those portions of the proposal data and discussions that are necessary to enable them to provide specific technical advice on specialized matters, or on particular problems. Advisors will be expressly prohibited from participating in any cost or pricing evaluations/negotiations, nor will they be allowed access to such data. The resulting contract(s) will incorporate a special contract requirement to allow these advisors to review, evaluate and analyze documents generated during contract performance. Potential offerors having objections to non-government personnel evaluating their proposals and/or documents generated during contract performance should contact the Contracting Officer prior to submitting their proposals. In order to facilitate subcontracting/teaming arrangements, a current list of prospective offerors, will be available on the World Wide Web and if requested in writing, will be mailed. This list will be updated on the World Wide Web until the proposal receipt date of 6 Jun 96. F--POINTS OF CONTACT: (1) Technical Contact Point: Maj Norah Hill, (310) 363-5761. (2) Contracting Point of Contact: Contracting Officer, Ms CC Coleman, (310) 363-6360, Contract Negotiator, Capt Julie Wittkoff, (310) 363-2758. Mailing address for all contacts herein is 2435 Vela Way, Suite 1613, Los Angeles AFB, CA 90245-5500. (0109)

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