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

A -- TEN DAY IN TIME FOR GLOBAL GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION AND SERVICES (GGI&S) AND MAPPING, CHARTING, AND GEODESY (MC&G) BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA 96-1) GRANT SET-ASIDE FOR HBCU'S DUE 093096 POC POC Robert L. Ferguson, 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, ATS, (301)227-3110, FAX same This is a TEN (10) day extention to the Defense Mapping Agency s (DMA) desire to receive proposals for research projects which offer potential for advancement and improvement of Global Geospatial Information and Services (GGI&S) and Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy (MC&G) from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) for purposes consistent with DMA mission activities, to enrich the talent pool from which DMA will draw its Geospatial workforce in the near term, and demonstrate the utility of available GGI&S hardware and software suites. Research is needed in the area of system design for the use of GGI&S concepts and data in secondary and college curricula, classrooms, and laboratories. There are two main objectives of this topic area: (1) the design of Commercial-of-the-Shelf (COTS) hardware and software systems for use in the above circumstances; (2) the documentation of the concepts of use of these systems through the demonstration of representative high-end (INIX-like) and low end (MS-DOS-like) systems. Such systems shall have all of the following capabilities: ingest, manipulate, and display text, digital elevation data, remotely sensed raster images, and vector map data to enrich classroom and laboratory environments for environmental sciences, geospatial sciences, and geography. Each of the two configurations' functionalities should include capabilities found in such software packages as ARC/INFO, Erdas IMAGINE, and ARCVIEW. The low-end platform is expected to be used in short, well scripted demonstrations of the technology. The high-end platform is expected to be used in creative and imaginative demonstrations of the technology and in problem solving applications of the technology. The documentation should include an evaluation of the relative high-end and low-end solutions and an evaluation of the utility of available GGI&S and MC&G computer hardware suites in secondary and college curricula, classroom, and laboratory environments. Proposers MUST state in their proposal that it is submitted in response to this BAA. Original and four copies of proposals are requested, which may be submitted any time ending 21 October 1996. All proposals should be accompanied by a completed GRANTS certification package which is available upon request. Also information on How to Submit a Proposal is available upon request. Award decisions will be based on a competitive selection of proposals resulting from a peer and/or scientific review. Evaluations will be conducted using the following evaluation criteria: (1) overall scientific technical or socio-economic merits of the proposal; (2) potential relevance and contributions of the effort to the agency s specific mission; (3) the offeror s capabilities, related experience (including past performance), facilities, techniques or unique combinations of these which are integral factors for achieving the proposal objectives; (4) the qualifications, capabilities and experience of the proposed Principal Investigator, team leader or key personnel who are critical in achieving the proposal objectives; (5) extent of student envolvement; (6) realism of the proposed cost and availablility of funds. Each HBCU responding to this BAA agrees that it is not an institution that has a policy of denying, and that it is not an institution that effectively prevents the Secretary of Defense from obtaining for military recruiting purposes; (a) entry to campuses or access to students on campuses; or (b) access to directory information pertaining to students. If the recipient is determined, using procedures established by the Secretary of Defense to implement section 558 of Public Law 103-337 (1994), to be such an institution during the period of performance of this agreement, and therefore to be in breach of this clause, the Government will cease all payments of DoD funds under this agreement and all other DoD grants and cooperative agreements, and it may suspend or terminate such grants and agreements unilaterally for material failure to comply with the terms and conditions of the 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. Hwang (301) 227-3334, FAX (301) 227-3332 or email to hwangp@dma.gov or to Mr. Rochester Murphy (301) 227-3110, FAX (301) 227-3332 or email to murphyr@dma.gov. All other questions should be forwarded to Defense Mapping Agency, Attn: PCA, Mr. Robert L. Ferguson, MS D-88, 4600 Sangamore Road, Bethesda, MD 20816-5003 or faxed to (301)227-2218. (0263)

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