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A -- ADVANCED AIRBREATHING DUAL RANGE MISSILE (AADRM) PROGRAM SOL MNK-97-0002 POC Contact Lt John A. Hillman, Contracting Specialist, at (904) 882-4294, extension 3423, or Lorna Tedder, Contracting Officer, at (904) 882- 4296, extension 3399. INTRODUCTION: Advanced Airbreathing Dual Range Missile (AADRM) Program: This Announcement is in two parts. This is part 2 of 2 PRDA No. MNK 97-0002. E--PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS: (1) General: Offerors should consider instructions contained in the ''Proprietary Information'' and ''When and How to Submit'' sections of the AFMC Pamphlet 64-101, ''Unsolicited Proposal Guide'', copies of which are available by writing to: AFDTC/BC, 205 West D Avenue, Ste 449, Eglin AFB, FL 32542-6863, or telephone (904) 882-2843. AFMC Form 190, Policy Agreements, does not apply to Program Research and Development Announcements. Additional proposal questions should be directed to one of the points of contact listed elsewhere herein. Technical and cost proposals, submitted in separate volumes, are required and must reference the above PRDA number. Volume 1 should provide the technical proposal and Volume 2 should address the price/cost portions of the proposal. Volume 1 shall be limited to a total of 75 pages, including resumes, past and present performance information, charts, figures, tables, tables of content, tables of figures, etc. Pages in excess of the specified 75 pages will be removed and returned to the offeror before evaluation begins. Volume 2 should be limited to a total of 25 pages, including charts, figures, tables, tables of content, tables of figures, etc. A page is defined as one side of an 8.5 x 11 inch piece of paper with information on it. Information on the page will be double-spaced. Minimum print size is 10 point type, or 12 pitch. Proposals shall be submitted in an original and 4 copies. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered against the criteria set forth herein. Copies of the proposals may be forwarded, if the offeror authorizes in writing, to other interested government agencies for funding consideration. Authorization for limited reproduction and dissemination within Government Agencies and National Laboratories is requested. Offerors are advised that only the Contracting Officer is legally authorized to contractually bind or otherwise obligate the Government. (2) Cost Proposal: The accompanying cost proposal/price breakdown shall include a person-hour breakdown by the phases identified in this announcement, a cost breakdown by fiscal year, a cost element summary (labor, overhead, travel, G&A, etc.), and an SF1411, if applicable. Estimated costs for tests or historical data for similar efforts are requested for program office budgetary estimation and value estimation. The cost of preparing proposals in response to this announcement is not considered an allowable direct charge to any resulting contract, or any other contract. It is, however, an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect costs as specified in FAR 31.205-18. (3) Technical Proposal: The technical proposal shall include a detailed technical approach for performing the objectives of each phase as described in section C. F--PROPOSAL EVALUATION: The selection of one or more sources for contract award shall be based on scientific and engineering evaluation of the proposals in response to this PRDA. Proposals will be evaluated as received using the factors given below. No further evaluation criteria will be used in selecting the proposals. The factors, listed in descending order of importance, are: (1) The overall scientific/technical merits of the proposal. (a) The likelihood that the proposed approach will satisfy the technical goals and objectives of the program. (b) The level of understanding of the system-level issues and technical challenges in developing/employing an AADRM conceptual weapon system. (2) The offeror's capabilities, demonstrated experience with air-to-air missile systems, related experience, facilities, techniques or unique combinations of these which are integral factors for achieving the proposal objectives. (3) The qualifications, capabilities and experience of the principal investigator, team leader and other key personnel who are critical to achieving the proposal objectives. (4) The offeror's record of past and present performance. (5) Reasonableness and realism of proposed cost: an evaluation is made of all proposed costs to ensure the offeror has a proper understanding of the effort. It is the policy of WL to treat all proposals as privileged information prior to award, and to disclose the contents only for purposes of evaluation. The offeror must indicate on the appropriate form any limitation to be placed on disclosure of information contained in the proposal. Offerors are encouraged to propose risk/cost sharing arrangements to accelerate this effort. The technical and cost information will be evaluated at the same time. The U.S. Air Force reserves the right to select for award of a contract, grant or cooperative agreement, any, all, part, or none of the proposals received in response to this announcement. Award of a grant to universities or nonprofit institutions or cooperative agreement, in lieu of a contract, will be considered and will be subject to the mutual agreement of the parties. ''This is to notify potential proposers that are institutions of higher education that they will be asked to accept the following article in any grants or cooperative agreements awarded under this announcement'': ''As a condition for receipt of funds available to the Department of Defense (DOD) under this award, the recipient 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 student 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 103-37 (1994), to be such an institution during the period of performance of this agreement, and therefore to be in breach of this article, 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 agreement unilaterally for material failure to comply with the terms and conditions of award.'' If your institution has been identified under the procedures established by the Secretary of Defense to implement section 558, then: (1) no funds available to DOD may be provided to your institution through any grant, including any existing grant, (2) as a matter of policy, this restriction also applies to any cooperative agreement, and (3) your institution is not eligible to receive a grant or cooperative agreement in response to this solicitation.'' Offerors may contact the individuals or sections listed herein to obtain generally available clarification of technical/contractual issues and cost proposal format or pricing information. G--POINTS OF CONTACT: (1) Contracting/Cost: Lt Hillman, Contract Negotiator, (904) 882-4294, ext. 3423, or email (hillmanj@eglin.af.mil), at WL/MNK, 101 W Eglin Blvd, Ste 337, Eglin AFB, FL 32542-6810. The fax number is (904) 882-9599. (2) Technical Issues: Capt Rhett Jefferies, (904) 882-8876, ext 3332, or email (jefferie@ eglin.af.mil), at WL/MNAV, 101 W Eglin Blvd, Ste 329, Eglin AFB, FL, 32542-6810. The fax number is (904) 882-2201. An Ombudsman has been established for this acquisition. The only purpose of the Ombudsman is to receive and communicate serious concerns from potential offerors when an offeror prefers not to use established channels to communicate his concern during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. All potential offerors should use established channels to request information, pose questions, and voice concerns before resorting to use of the Ombudsman. Potential offerors are invited to contact ASC Eglin's Ombudsman, Colonel Timothy R. Kinney (904) 882-9051 with serious concerns only. Direct all requests for information and routine communication concerning this acquisition to Ms Lorna Tedder, Contracting Officer, at (904) 882-4294, ext 3399. Additional information may be available at http://eglinpk.eglin.af.mil/. (See Part 1 of 2) (0309)

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