U.S. ARMY SPACE COMMAND, ATTN: MOSC-SC, 1670 N. NEWPORT ROAD, STE 211, COLO. SPRINGS, CO 80916-2749

A -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ARMY EXPLOITATION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM (ASEDP), U.S. ARMY SPACE COMMAND EXECUTABLE INITIATIVES - REFER TO PROJECT CODE BAA 96-01 SOL 96BAA0-0000-0000 POC CONTRACTING OFFICER DARYLL L. NOTTINGHAM (719) 554-8820 FAX (719) 554-8820 E-MAIL NOTTINGHAD@SPACECMD-EMH2.ARMY.MIL (Site Code W81EUD) This announcement will be open continuously through 31 May 1997. Concept Papers may be submitted at any time during this period. Schedules and fiscal constraints have dictated acceleration of the initial submission date for Concept Papers to 26 August 1996. Typically, this organization would ask that Concept Papers be submitted (initially) within 30 calendar days from release of a BAA. Follow-up announcements will be published approximately quarterly. POC Daryll L. Nottingham, Contracting Officer (719) 554-8820, facsimile (719) 554-8838, e-mail NOTTINGHAD@SPACECMD-EMH2.ARMY.MIL., Technical POC Chris Olmedo-MOSC-OPI, (719) 554-8715, facsimile (719) 554-8703, e-mail OLMEDOC@SPACECMD-EMH@.ARMY.MIL">OLMEDOC@SPACECMD-EMH@.ARMY.MIL. E-mail is the preferred method of correspondence. Information in this announcement is not complete. Prospective offerors MUST request a copy of the Concept Paper submission instructions and requirements. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES: The U.S. Army Space Command (USARSPACE) in accordance with the objectives of the Army Space Exploitation Demonstration Program (ASEDP) is seeking Concept Papers/Proposals to fulfill USARSPACE's requirements for scientific study, development, and experimentation which will permit the exploitation of space related technologies, capabilities and/or products to increase the combat effectiveness of the warfighter. Evaluation of submissions under the BAA will be a two phased approach. The Government intends to first evaluate Concept Papers (two pages of a prescribed format) to preclude unwarranted effort on the part of an offeror whose proposed technology/capability or product is not of interest to the Government. Those Concept Papers found to be consistent with the intent of this BAA and of interest to the Government will be invited to submit a Technical and Cost Proposal (phase two). Such invitation does not assure that the submitting organization will be awarded a contract. Complete instructions for proposal preparation will be forwarded with the invitation for proposal submission. The BAA solicits innovative approaches to the following Topical Areas and Specific Areas of Interest. Concept Papers are solicited for technologies, capabilities or products ready for: soldier use in a field environment within 12 months from date of submission of concept paper/proposal; soldier use in a controlled field environment within 3 years from date of submission of concept paper/proposal; and/or study of feasibility for a future demonstration. This BAA will support the Army Space Command portion of ASEDP for the period of Aug 1996 through May 1997. Contracts awarded hereunder will not exceed $500,000.00 (per individual project). Offerors may submit Concept Papers in any or all of the Technology Areas/Special Interest Areas, however, only one Technology Areas/Special Interest Area may be addressed in each Concept Paper. The Topical Areas/Specific Interest Areas for consideration under this BAA are as follows: (1) Reconnaissance, Intelligence, Surveillance & Target Acquisition / Automated Target Recognition/battlefield visualization applications (Enhanced IPB); (2) Communications / Robust Communications On-The-Move (including antennas, and very small aperture terminals); (3) Early Warning & Defense / Early Warning Early Warning via Satellite-Based Hand-held Devices; and (4) Secondary Payloads / Use of Existing or Proposed Satellite Constellations to Address Topic Areas Described Above by Adding New Secondary Payloads or Exploiting Existing Payloads in an Innovative Fashion. EVALUATION AND AWARD: Evaluation of concept papers and proposals will be performed by a peer review board using the following criteria. The evaluation criteria, shown by area and factors within an area, are listed in descending order of importance by area and factors within the area Concept Papers will be evaluated to determine whether they are consistent with the intent of the BAA and are of interest to the Government. Proposals submitted will be evaluated as they are received. Individual proposal evaluations will be based on merit against the evaluation criteria without regard to other proposals submitted under this BAA. The cost of preparing proposals in response to this announcement is not an allowable direct charge to any resulting contract or any other contract, but may be an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect cost in accordance with FAR 31.205-18. BASIS FOR AWARD: The following critical elements will be considered in the evaluation of Concept Papers/Proposals received under this BAA. Offers will be selected depending upon the technical merit, technology advancement/warfighting capability, application to USARSPACE's programs, balanced accomplishment of USARSPACE missions, and availability and source of funds. Not all highly rated proposals will result in a contract award. The Government may elect not to award a contract for every highly rated proposal for each Topical Area/Specific Interest Area, not to award multiple contracts in a given Topical Area/Specific Interest Area, may not to award a contract at all in a given Topical Area/Specific Interest Area. EVALUATION CRITERIA: TECHNICAL/MANAGEMENT AREA: (1) Technical Merit: The offer will be evaluated on the relevance to the Topical Areas/Specific Interest Areas and demonstration candidates listed herein; the overall technical feasibility of the technology/capability/product proposed; feasibility of conducting demonstrations (i.e., is the demonstration feasible given the proposed demonstration environment, can USARSPACE influence or control demonstration participants); connection/use of space systems; and quality of the proposal provided to include quality of the presentation, quality of the personnel/facilities proposed and quality of recent, relevant past performance. (2) Technology Advancement/Warfighting Capability: The offer will be evaluated on its potential to increase combat effectiveness of a Army unit; and, potential for exploiting a space related capability not likely to be executed elsewhere in the Army. COST AREA: (1) Cost Benefit Factor: The proposals will be evaluated to determine overall benefit to the Government. Considerations include industry contribution and fiscal feasibility. Fiscal feasibility includes the of ability to accomplish project within fiscal constraints, and includes requirement for use of other Government contractors to assist in the execution of proposed effort, and use of Government Furnished Equipment/Information/Facilities, etc.. The proposals will be evaluated to determine the extent to which the overall cost to the government is reasonable. (2) Cost Realism Factor: The proposals will be evaluated for cost realism to assess the likelihood that the technical and management approaches can be accomplished at the cost/price proposed. Nongovernment Technical Sources (contractor personnel who provide special expertise) may be used to support this process and evaluation or Concept Papers and Proposals. These contractors are restricted by the ''Organizational Conflict of Interest'' provisions of their respective contracts and will be required to submit Nondisclosure Statements. USARSPACE will maintain control of their findings and/or recommendations. The Government intends to use ARINC Corporation and Information, Technology and Applications Corporation (ITAC) as special resources to assist as technical experts and in the administering the evaluation of the Concept Papers and proposals. Employees of these companies engaged for these purposes are restricted by their contracts from disclosing the Concept Paper/Proposal information and from using proposal information for other than performing administrative and/or advisory tasks. Contractor personnel are required to sign Organizational Conflict of Interest and Nondisclosure Agreements. By submission of your Concept Paper/Proposal, you agree that your proposal information may be disclosed to those selected contractors for the limited purpose stated above. Any information submitted with your proposal that you do not consent to limited release to these contractors must be clearly marked and submitted segregated from other proposal material. Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee contracts are contemplated. For purposes of this BAA, no single contract will be awarded in excess of $500,000.00, to include the basic effort and any negotiated options. Funds are not currently available. Funds must be identified and made available prior to the award of any contract. The period of performance should not exceed 12 months for the basic period and 12 months for any negotiated options and shall include time for development, delivery, field test, field demonstration and reporting required. The presentation of Technical Areas/Specific Areas of Interest in this announcement does not imply an intent by the Army to fund proposals in every Area. The government reserves the right to select for award all, some or none of the proposals received. This BAA will not fund established technology base programs, programs currently being executed by any other Army organization, or Army objective programs, but seeks innovative approaches to addressing Army needs. Industry contribution/cost-sharing is encouraged, but not required. All responsible sources capable of satisfying the Government's needs may submit a Concept Paper which will be considered by the Government.(0227)

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