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A -- EXPLORATORY RADIO FREQUENCY TECHNOLOGIES (ERFT). THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS IN TWO PARTS. THIS IS PART 2 OF 2. SOL PRDA 97-03-AAK POC Contact Brad Kneisly, Contract Negotiator, (937) 255-2902 or Vicki Fry, Contracting Officer, (937) 255-5201. A--Part 2 OF 2 Parts: EXPLORATORY RADIO FREQUENCY TECHNOLOGIES (ERFT) PRDA 97-03-AAK: (4) Security Requirements: SECRET facility and storage clearance requirements apply. The following Security Classification Guides are applicable to this program: (a) PROJECT 666A REFERENCE AND INFORMATION TRANSMISSION SECURITY CLASSIFICATION GUIDE dated 19 APRIL 1994, (b) ELECTRONIC WARFARE SECURITY CLASSIFICATION GUIDE dated 1 MARCH 1989, and (c) RADAR TECHNOLOGY SECURITY CLASSIFICATION GUIDE dated 1 JANUARY 1996. (5) Other Special Requirements: International Traffic in Arms Regulations apply. C--ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: (1) Anticipated Period of Performance: The ordering period for the total ID/IQ contract is 60 months after contract award. Performance periods will be specified on individual delivery orders. The performance period of orders issued within the ordering period may extend up to 24 months after the end of the ordering period of the basic contract. (2) Anticipated Award Date: April 1997. (3) Government Estimated: The Government funding profile (in $1,000s) for the overall ID/IQ contract is estimated to be as follows: FY97-2192, FY98-4760, FY99-4760, FY00-4760 FY01-4760, FY02-2380, TOTAL-23612. The estimated funding profile for each Candidate Delivery Order is included in the supplemental package. The funding profiles are provided for proposal preparation purposes only and do not constitute a promise that each delivery order will be funded. Funds currently exist for Candidate Delivery Order 03 (AART) only. All funding is subject to change due to Government discretion and availability. The overall ceiling of the contract will be $23,612,000. The ceiling of each contract will be negotiated should multiple awards be made. The total of all contracts awarded shall not exceed 23,612,000. (4) Type of Contract: It is anticipated that the basic contract will be ID/IQ. All delivery orders issued will be Cost Plus Fixed Fee (Completion) or Cost (no fee). Any grants or cooperative agreements awarded will be cost (no fee). (5) Government Furnished Property: Any anticipated GFP for the initial problem statements is specified in the supplemental package. Future delivery orders will specify any GFP. (6) Size Status: For the purpose of this acquisition, the size standard is 500 employees (SIC 8731). (7) Note to Foreign-Owned Firms: Such firms are asked to immediately notify the Air Force point cited below upon deciding to respond to this announcement. Foreign contractors should be aware that foreign participation is excluded at the prime contractor level. Foreign participation at the subcontractor level will be handled in accordance with the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR). D--PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS: (1) General Instructions: Offerors should apply the restrictive notice prescribed in the provision at FAR 52.215-12, Restriction on Disclosure and Use of Data, to trade secrets or privileged commercial and financial information contained in their proposals. Proposal questions should be directed to one of the points of contact listed elsewhere herein. Offerors should consider instructions contained in the ''WL PRDA and BAA Guide for Industry'' referenced in Section A of this announcement. Technical and cost proposals, submitted in separate volumes, are required and must be valid for 180 days. Proposals must reference the above PRDA number. In an effort to move toward paperless contracting, you are encouraged to submit your cost and technical proposals via electronic means on computer disk. Please note that classified information shall NOT be submitted on disk. If proposals are not submitted on computer disk, they shall be submitted in an original and five copies. If proposals will be submitted by electronic means, they shall be submitted in two paper copies and two electronic copies. The disks shall be 3 1/2 inch high-density disks. Any technical and cost (spreadsheet calculations) proposals submitted electronically shall be readable by Microsoft Word 6.0 for Windows, Excel 5.0 for Windows, and/or Powerpoint 4.0 for Windows. Offerors must submit an approved DD Form 2345, Export-Controlled DOD Technical Data Agreement, with their proposal. P.L. 98-94 applies. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered against the criteria set forth herein. Offerors are advised that only contracting officers are legally authorized to contractually bind or otherwise commit the government. Adequate Price Competition is anticipated. Additional proposal preparation instructions are included in the supplemental package to this PRDA. (2) Preparation Cost: If selected for negotiations, qualifying offerors will be required to submit a subcontracting plan. This announcement does not commit the Government to pay for any proposal preparation cost. The cost of preparing proposals in response to this PRDA is not considered an allowable direct charge to any resulting or any other contract. However, it may be an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect cost as specified in FAR 31.205-18. E: BASIS FOR AWARD: The Air Force anticipates awarding one ID/IQ contract to include the award of one or more delivery orders. Only offerors that include proposals for all five Candidate Delivery Orders in their proposal are eligible should the Air Force indeed make only one award. Offerors are encouraged to team to meet the requirements of all ERFT technology domains. The Air Force reserves the right to select for one or more awards of a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement any, all, part, or none of the proposals received. 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. The Air Force, for example, reserves the right to award a one-time contract or grant (both without provisions for issuing subsequent delivery orders) based on a proposal in response to a Candidate Delivery Order. The Air Force, however, anticipates awarding one ID/IQ contract. Award will be based on an evaluation of offerors' responses (both technical and cost area) to determine the overall merit of the proposal in response to the announcement. The technical area is of highest priority. Cost and/or price, is a substantial factor, but is ranked as the lowest order of priority. The technical area will be evaluated through an integrated assessment of the proposals for: (a) the overall technical/management approach to the basic contract in response to Paragraph B(1) above, and (b) the Candidate Delivery Orders. Both (a) and (b) above are equal to each other in importance. The overall contract technical/management approach will be evaluated based on the following criteria: (a) offeror's ability to integrate among and across the four WL/AAM Branch (WL/AAMP, WL/AAMI, WL/AAMW, and WL/AAMR) technology domains, to include technical depth in each technology domain. Each technology domain is described in Paragraph B(1) above, (b) strength of offeror's proposed teaming arrangements and technical/management approach, and (c) strength of offeror's proposed process for minimizing proposal preparation time for future delivery orders. Criteria (a) and (b) are of equal importance and together are of higher importance than Criterion (c). The Candidate Delivery Orders factor shall be evaluated, in an integrated assessment, based on the following criteria: (a) newness and creativity of the proposed solutions, (b) the offeror's understanding of the scope of the problem domain, (c) soundness of offeror's technical approach to solve the problem, (d) the availability of qualified technical personnel and their experience with applicable technologies, (e) the offeror's experience with the applicable technologies, and (f) organization, clarity, and thoroughness of the proposed SOW. Each criterion with the Candidate Delivery Order aspect is of equal importance. Adequate price competition is anticipated. The evaluation of cost and/or price will include consideration of proposed budgets and funding profiles. The Government will evaluate proposed costs and fees, both on a total and on an individual order basis, to ensure they are reasonable, realistic and complete for the effort proposed. No other evaluation criteria will be used. F--POINTS OF CONTACT: (1) Technical Contact Points: Points of Contact for technical issues are listed in the supplemental package to this PRDA. (2) Ombudsman: An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors and potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the Contracting Officer, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel. All potential offerors should use established channels to voice concerns before resorting to use of the Ombudsman. When requested the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the selection decisions. The Ombudsman should be contacted only with issues or problems that could not be resolved at the contracting officer level. These serious concerns only may be directed to the Ombudsman, Mr. Daniel L. Kugel, ASC/SY Bldg 52, 2475 K St, Suite 1, Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7642, E-Mail kugeldl@sy.wpafb.af.mil, phone (937)255-3855. (3) Contracting Point of Contact: Interested parties should direct all routine communication of a contractual nature to Brad Kneisly, Contract Negotiator, WL/AAKR, Bldg 7, 2530 C Street, Wright-Patterson APB OH 45433-7607, telephone (937) 255-2902, fax (937) 255-3985. See Note 26. END OF PART 2 (0327)

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