Defense Mapping Agency PCA, D-88, 4600 Sangamore Road, Bethesda, MD 20816-5003

A -- GLOBAL GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION AND SERVICES (GGI&S) AND MAPPING, CHARTING, & GEODESY (MC&G) BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA 96-1) GRANT SET-ASIDE FOR HBCUS DUE 092096 POC POC Robert L. Ferfuson, PCA, (301)227-4244, FAX (301)227-2218; Technical Point of Contact, Dr. Phillip Q. Hwang, ATS, (301)227-3334, Fax (301)227-3332 or Mr. Rochester Murphy (301)227-3110, FAX (301) 227-3332 The Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) is interested in receivin proposals for research projects which offer potential fo advancement and improvement of Global Geospatial Information an Services (GGI&S) and Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy (MC&G) fro Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) for purpose consistent with DMA mission activities, to enrich the talent poo from which DMA will draw its Geospatial workforce in the near term and demonstrate the utility of available GGI&S hardware an software suites. Research is needed in the area of system desig for the use of GGI&S concepts and data in secondary and colleg curricula, classrooms, and laboratories. There are two mai objectives of this topic area: (1) the design o Commercial-of-the-Shelf (COTS) hardware and software systems fo use in the above circumstances; (2) the documentation of th concepts of use of these systems through the demonstration o representative high-end (INIX-like) and low end (MS-DOS-like systems. Such systems shall have all of the followin capabilities: ingest, manipulate, and display text, digita elevation data, remotely sensed raster images, and vector map dat to enrich classroom and laboratory environments for environmenta sciences, geospatial sciences, and geography. Each of the tw configurations' functionalities should include capabilities foun in such software packages as ARC/INFO, Erdas IMAGINE, and ARCVIEW The low-end platform is expected to be used in short, well scripte demonstrations of the technology. The high-end platform i expected to be used in creative and imaginative demonstrations o the technology and in problem solving applications of th technology. The documentation should include an evaluation of th relative high-end and low-end solutions and an evaluation of th utility of available GGI&S and MC&G computer hardware suites i secondary and college curricula, classroom, and laborator environments. Proposers MUST state in their proposal that it i submitted in response to this BAA. Original and four copies o proposals are requested, which may be submitted any time durin through the period ending 20 September 1996. All proposals shoul be accompanied by a completed GRANTS certification package which i available upon request. Also information on How to Submit Proposal is available upon request. Award decisions will be based on a competitive selection of proposals resulting from a pee and/or scientific review. Evaluations will be conducted using th following evaluation criteria: (1) overall scientific technical o socio-economic merits of the proposal; (2) potential relevance an contributions of the effort to the agency's specific mission; (3 the offeror's capabilities, related experience (including pas performance), facilities, techniques or unique combinations o these which are integral factors for achieving the proposa objectives; (4) the qualifications, capabilities and experience o the proposed Principal Investigator, team leader or key personne who are critical in achieving the proposal objectives; (5) exten of student envolvement; (6) realism of the proposed cost an availablility of funds. Each HBCU responding to this BAA agree that it is not an institution that has a policy of denying, an that it is not an institution that effectively prevents th Secretary of Defense from obtaining for military recruitin purposes; (a) entry to campuses or access to students on campuses or (b) access to directory information pertaining to students. I the recipient is determined, using procedures established by th Secretary of Defense to implement section 558 of Public Law 103-33 (1994), to be such an institution during the period of performanc of this agreement, and therefore to be in breach of this clause the Government will cease all payments of DoD funds under thi agreement and all other DoD grants and cooperative agreements, an it may suspend or terminate such grants and agreements unilaterall for material failure to comply with the terms and conditions of th award. The Government reserves the right to select for award all some or none of the proposals submitted against this BAA Technical questions are to be forwarded to Dr. Phillip Q. Hwan (301) 227-3334, FAX (301) 227-3332 or email to hwangp@dma.gov or t Mr. Rochester Murphy (301) 227-3110, FAX (301) 227-3332 or email t murphyr@dma.gov. All other questions should be forwarded t Defense Mapping Agency, Attn: PCA, Mr. Robert L. Ferguson, MS D-88 4600 Sangamore Road, Bethesda, MD 20816-5003 or faxed t (301)227-2218. (0213)

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