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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF OCTOBER 16,1996 PSA#1701Defense Mapping Agency, PCA MS D-88, 4600 Sangamore, Road, Bethesda, MD
20816-5003 A -- AFORTY FIVE DAY EXTENSION FROM 30 SEPTEMBER 1006 TO 15 NOVEMBER
1996 FOR THE GLOBAL GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION AND SERVICES (GGI&S) AND
MAPPING, CHARTING, AND GEODESY (MC&G) BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT DUE
111596 POC Point of Contact: Technical, Dr. Phillip Q. Hwang, ATS,
(301)227-3334, Contract Specialist, (301) 227-, Contracting
Officer,Robert L. Ferguson (301) 227-4244, Fax (301) 227-2218 or
227-5573 17. This is a forty-five (45) day extention from 30 September
to 15 November 1996 to the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)
(previously the Defense Mapping Agency) 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 NIMA mission
activities, to enrich the talent pool from which NIMA 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. Value is
anticipated to be less than $100,000. 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 15
November 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 National
Imagery and Mapping Agency, Attn: Mr. Robert L. Ferguson, MS D-88, 4600
Sangamore Road, Bethesda, MD 20816-5003 or faxed to (301)227-2218.
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