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A -- UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVE PROGRAM FOR COMBAT READINESS SOL N00014- POC Dr. Donald E. Polk, ONR 353, (703)696-0558. BAA 97-006. The Office of Naval Research (ONR), serving as executive agent for the Department of Defense (DOD), is seeking proposals to accelerate, within the university community, certain research activities affecting combat readiness. As part of DOD's University Research Initiative program, proposals are sought from qualified institutions of higher education (IHE) with strong capabilities in the following six areas of research related to combat readiness: chemical and biological warfare, target acquisition and identification, anti-submarine warfare, combat medicine, biodeterioration, and command, control, and communications. While identifying projects which offer potential advancement and improvement in combat readiness, proposals must stipulate the specific savings in research or other federal expenditures that will accrue from accelerated research covered in the proposed projects. It is anticipated that one or more awards (grant(s) and/or cooperative agreement(s) will result from this solicitation,not to exceed about $9.7 Million in total federal funding. The performance period for the proposed effort should not exceed 5 years with a start date of 30 June 1997. The awardee(s) will be required to contribute at least three times the amount provided in federal funds as cost sharing or matching (refer to OMB Circular A-110 for definition of cost sharing or matching). This is a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) as contemplated in the Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.102(d)(2). Before preparing proposals, qualified IHEs may contact the ONR POC. Proposals submitted in response to this announcement must be sent to Office of Naval Research, ONR 353 (BAA-Combat Readiness), Room 804-15, 800 N. Quincy Street, Arlington, Virginia 22217-5660 and must be received at ONR no later than 4:00 p.m. local time on 18 February 1997. Offerors MUST state in their proposal that it is submitted in response to this specific BAA. All proposals should be accompanied by a completed certification package which can be accessed through the ONR Home Page (http://www.ONR.NAVY.MIL) at "How To Submit a Proposal." For grant or cooperative agreement proposals the certification package is entitled "Certification Document." The selection decision will be based on scientific and peer review utilizing the following criteria: (1) overall scientific and technical merit of the proposed research, including demonstration of the savings in federal funds that will accrue from acceptance of the proposal, (2) potential contribution to combat readiness, (3) offeror's demonstrated capabilities, related experience, and facilities which relate to these 6 identified areas of interest in combat readiness research, (4) qualifications, capabilities, and experience of the proposed key personnel and team leader, and (5) realism of the proposed costs and benefit to DOD of the proposed cost sharing or matching. (0341)

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