U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Acquisition Center (AMSTA-AQ-DS), Warren, MI 48397-5000

A -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT -- DUAL USE APPLICATION PROG (PART 2 OF 5) SOL DAAE0797QBAA2 POC POC: Jean Paul Marcoux (810) 574-6793 Technology for MAN-IN-THE-LOOP ground vehicle systems; and vehicle mobility enhancements. Each topic area will be ranked separately. In order to be placed in the ranking, a proposal must comply with FAR 35.016 and be within the definitions of "basic and applied research" as described in FAR 35.001. Proposals that involve either basic research or final product development beyond the stage of product prototype or feasibility demonstration are outside the scope of the competition and will not be acceptable. Proposal instructions: proposals responding to this announcement shall reference the BAA number DAAE07-97-Q -BAA2. The offeror must inducate if this or a related proposal has been offered to, or is under consideration by, any other government agency. The offeror's cost/ funding proposal must remain valid for a minimum of 180 days from the date of the proposal. Mail proposals to Mr. Jean Paul Marcoux, U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Attn: AMSTA-AQ-MCD (mailstop 274), Warren, MI 48397-5000. All proposal must be submitted by mail. Interested offerors should submit an original plus two copies of each cost/funding and technical proposal. Type must be no smaller than 12 pitch and PR oposals should be marked "cost/funding" or " technical". The technical proposals should not exceed thirty-five typed pages and must include a discussion of the nature and scope of the research and the planned technical approach. Proposals shall not contain any data classified above the secret classification level. The technical proposal shall include a one page executive summary; a section on company history in this technical area; a proposed scope of work (SOW) detailing the technical tasks to be accomplished under the proposed effort together with a one-page task milestone chart which corresponds to the proposed scope of work. The S ow may become the body of any resulting contract and should be identified as "scope of work" in the proposal. Unnecessarily elaborate brochures or presentations beyond that sufficient to present a complete and effective proposal are not desired. Any resultant contract will require two trips to TACOM, Warren, MI during the course of performance. Contract reporting requirements will include quarterly technical reports, monthly financial reports, and a final technical report. The cost/funding proposal has no page limit; however, offerors are asked to submit no more than 20 pages. Work breakdown structures and certified cost or pricing data are neither required nor desired. Cost/funding proposals should be organized to include four sections in the following order: total project cost, cost sharing and in-kind contributions, cost to the government, and off-budget supporting resources. These are described in more detail below. Section 1 -- total prject cost: this section will give a detailed breakdown of costs of the project. Cost should also be broken down on a TASK-BY-TASK basis of each task appearing in the statement of work. This should include all of the proposed cost to the government andcost sharing by the proposer. The following information should be presented in your proposal for the effort: total cost of the particular project phase total proposer cost share; funding requested from the government; and elements of cost (labor, direct materials, travel, other direct costs, equipment, software, patents, royalties, indirect costs, and cost of money). Sufficient information should be provided in supporting documents to allow the government to. (0062)

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