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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 4,1996 PSA#1714COMMANDING OFFICER, ATTN NAVFAC CONTRACTS OFFICE CODE 27, NCBC 1000
23RD AVE, PORT HUENEME CA 93043-4301 A -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT.COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT AERIAL DELIVERY
TECHNOLOGY, RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR URBAN
WARRIOR AND EXPEDITIONARY CARGO PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY SOL
N47408-97-R-1803 DUE 120296 POC Contract Specialist, CAROLYN M.
CONTRERAS, 805-982-5195 This announcement constitutes the Broad Agency
Announcement (BAA) for the Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center
(NFESC) under FAR 6.102 (d)(2) to solicit proposals for basic and
applied research for new and innovative technology solutions to
problems in the areas of COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT AERIAL DELIVERY
TECHNOLOGIES, RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) TECHNOLOGIES FOR
URBAN WARRIOR, AND EXPEDITIONARY CARGO PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY (ECPT).
Part of the proposed areas listed in this BAA are being considered 100%
set-aside for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) or
Minority Institutions (MIs) as defined by the clause at 252.226-7000 of
the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement. Interested HBCUs
and MIs should provide the contracting office as early as possible, but
not later than 15 days after this notice, evidence of their capability
to perform the contract, and a positive statement of their eligibility
as an HBCU or MIs. If adequate response is not received from HBCUs/MIs
then institutions, non-profit organizations, and private industry
proposal abstracts will be evaluated. The effective period of BAA is
one year from the publication date. Awards may be made at any time
throughout the effective period of the BAA. Initial submittals to this
BAA will be in abstract form describing the merits and objectives of
what the contractor is offering and shall be no longer than five pages.
The abstract should concisely describe what the contractor has to offer
the Navy with sections discussing but not limited to: (1) Overall
scientific or technical merits of the proposal; (2) The potential
contribution of the effort to the mission of the requiring activity;
(3) The offeror's capabilities, related experience, facilities,
techniques, or unique combination 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; Proposals when requested, shall will be evaluated
using the four criteria listed above a well as the following: (5) The
reasonableness and realism of proposed costs and availability of
funds. Based on the abstract submittal, vendors with technology or
methodology found to have merits will be requested to submit a full
technical and cost proposal for contract award consideration. If
requested, the cost portion of the proposal should contain a cost
estimate sufficiently detailed by element of cost for meaningful
evaluation. Persons wishing to submit the requirements in response to
this BAA should submit an abstract to: Commanding Officer, Naval
Facilities Contracting Office, Code 2722-4, Bldg.41, Naval Construction
Battalion Center, 1000 23rd Avenue, Port Hueneme, CA 93043-4301, Attn:
Carol Contreras, (805)982-5195. Questions regarding these BAAs may be
faxed to (805)982-9054. All abstracts regarding these three BAA topics
should be submitted in duplicate to the address noted above. Abstracts
are to be submitted no later than 2 Dec 96. However, abstracts
submitted after the cut off date will be considered throughout the
effective period of the BAA. Abstracts may not be submitted by fax. Any
abstract sent by fax will be disregarded. Contact with the NFESC
Engineers identified for each of these topics in this announcement is
encouraged to determine the extent of interest in a specific research
project. Abstracts/Proposals will not be evaluated against each other
since each is a unique technology with no common work statement.
Proposals identified for funding may result in a contract, however,
there is no commitment by the Navy to make any awards, to make a
specific number of awards or to be responsible for any monies expended
by the proposer before award of a contract. Any award will be subject
to the availability of funds. The target date for submission of Phase
II proposals is August 1997. Based on the evaluations, Phase II awards
will be considered. The following is a description of the research
required for these three BAAs. TOPIC NO. BAA 97-001 - COMBAT SERVICE
SUPPORT AERIAL DELIVERY TECHNOLOGIES. The objective is for the
development of a prototype aerial delivery system to deliver critical
re- supply/support to widely dispursed units throughout the battlefield
in a covert manner. The intent is to create a Combat Service Support
(CSS) system that is flexible, responsive and requires no footprints
ashore. Emphasis has been placed on using unmanned vehicles for
logistic support. Additionally, the logistics system should be
deployable and returnable to a seabase platform. The following is a
list of preliminary features/attributes which should be addressed in
the proposals: (1) achievable flight speed; (2) payload capacity for
the company level; (3)low signature; (4) point re-supply, multiple
point re-supply, and programmed flight profiles; (5)preferably
unmanned; (6) relatively low cost. The proposal should address
subsystems such as propulsion, aerodynamics, avionics, and payload
center of gravity issues. The contractor is encouraged to identify
milestones such as wind tunnel testing, flight testing, and design.
Multiple Phase I contracts may be awarded, at the $500K level. It is
anticipated a single Phase II effort will be awarded at the $1M level.
The NFESC technical points of contact are Mr. Jim Estes at
(805)982-1309 and Mr. Buck Thomas at (805)982-5190. TOPIC NO. BAA
97-002 - RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) TECHNOLOGIES FOR URBAN
WARRIOR. The objective of this BAA is integration and demonstration of
current commerically available or emerging technologies that would
allow significant advances in RFID technologies. Presently, the Marine
Corps has no deployable automated systems for management of logistics
assets in real time. Lack of state of the art automation results in a
time consuming and labor intensive process to locate and identify
commodities, as evidenced during Desert Storm and other recent
exercises and operations. To facilitate this, RFID technology is needed
to autonomously identify and locate specific items, allowing them to be
expeditiously distributed to requesting units. The active
omni-directional RFID tag systems will locate and discriminate among
multiple vehicles, containers, crates, and pallets to which they are
attached. The technical obstacles to overcome are; (1) the
communication links between collection interrogator networks and an
operations center; (2) range of these tags does not allow the captured
data to be disseminated effectively over long ranges; (3) asset
location via Global Position Systems; (4) communications link bewteen
package tag and interrogator; and (5) command and control integration.
The interrogation range of these tags does not allow the captured data
to be disseminated effectively over long ranges. Emerging wireless
modems technology will allow for data transfer in ranges of 5-15 miles
while cellular modems incorporating satellite communications will
increase this range by an order of magnitude. NFESC proposes to
demonstrate and validate the concept of local-area, wide-area, and
in-transit visibility utilizing various components previously developed
in a United States Marine Corps 6.2 Exploratory Development program
line, a long with existing and emerging RFID technologies. Multiple
Phase I contracts may be awarded, at the $75,000- $125,000 level. The
NFESC technical point of contact is Mr. Ramon Flores, (805)982-6500.
TOPIC NO. BAA 97-003 EXPEDITIONARY CARGO PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY (ECPT)
The objective is to develop, test and evaluate, cargo packaging
materials and container configurations for the USMC. This effort will
focus on improved Combat Services Support (CSS) logistics for (1) light
comany size covert forces and (2) being modular by design to expand and
support a Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) (MEF(F) deployment as
part of Operational Maneuver from the Sea (OMFTS). In the OMFTS
scenario, Marine Corps personnel and supplies will transition through
a Seabase (ship) stationed up to 200 miles offshore to a primary
objective area located up to 100 miles inland. Many traditional USMC
amphibious support vessels will be replaced with airborne support
methods during OMFTS. The selected technologies will be candidate for
inclusion in advanced warfighting experiments initiating in late FY97,
and continuing through experiments in FY98. Proposals may address
troop-size packages (2000-3000 lbs) and also large load configurations.
The main thrust of the ECPT task will involve investigations in the
following technology areas: (1) application of new and existing
materials for innovative packaging and containerization; (2) combat
configured (multiproduct) packaging to facilitate efficient delivery of
supplies; (3) one-way disposable packaging; (4) covert packaging to
support insertion and ''cache'' supplies, (5) rapid blocking and
bracing of packages with multi-product cargo for aerial insertion; and
(6) light weight reusable container technology. Packaging technologies
should address compatibilty and deployablity on a shipboard
environment. The desired capability is for the configuration of
multi-product packages, not rely on CONCUS support. Multiple Phase I
contracts may be awarded, at the $20,000 -$60,000 level. The NFESC
technical point of contact is Mr. Brian Cable at (805)982-1207 or Ms.
Lynn Torres at (805)982-1388.(0305) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0001 19961101\A-0001.SOL)
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