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 4 OF 5) SOL DAAE0797QBAA2 POC POC: Jean Paul Marcoux (810) 574-6793 By a steering group chaired by the usd(A&T) and composed of service acquisition executives, the director defense research and engineering (DDR&E) and the deputy under secretary of defense for international and commercial programs. Evaluations will be conducted using the following criteria (each criteria is of equal importance): (I) overall scientific and technical merits of the proposal the technical approach of the offeror should address all criterial aspects of the effort. The nature and sequence of tasks of tasks outlined by the offeror will be evaluated. The estimated technical risk (Chance for success) will also be evaluated. This evaluation factor will include: feasibility, practicality, thoroughness, and clarity of the proposed work. A proposal will score well in this area, if it has clear objectives and a technical approach with definite decision points and endpoints. Project risks and plans for dealing with them must be clearly laid out. A proposal will score well if the project team includes all the resources needed to successfully develop the technology. In addition, the proposal must provide a clear path (need and timing for planned system or upgrade) for the technology of be incorporated into future defense systems. A strong team (industry and government participants) will demonstrate a collective synergy between partners and be organized in a way that permits efficient and effective execution of the project; (II) impact on national defense: projects should focus on Technologies that will have a major impact on the cost or performance of future defense ground vehicle systems especially contributions to ground vehicles which will improve components or systems of ground vehicles by developing or utilizing new Technologies. Technologies being pursued under this initiative should lead T oclear improvements on affordability and/or warfighting capabilities. In general Technologies that will have the greatest impact on the nation's defense will be rated higher as well as those that will be pervasive across a range of defense systems; (III) commercial viability of technology: it is essential V that potential commercial applications be sufficient to support a production base for the technology that would be capable of meeting future defense requirements. A technology that would be incapable of sustaining an economically viable production base without significant military buys should be avoided. The objective is to obtain the economies of scale and accelerated developments available in commercial markets for future defense procurements. Projects that can demonstrate this potential will be rated high; (IV) quality of cost share: (the proposer must Bear at least 50% of the project cost) industry cost share will be broken into the following two categories: (A) high quality -- this basically means industry spending cash to pay for people, materials, equipment, and subcontractors used to Carry out the project and the cost to restock inventoried parts and material consumed. Higher quality cost share can include government-reimbursed research and development funds; (B) low quality. This includes: in kind, non-financial resources used on the project, such as WEAR-AND-TEAR on Capital assets, value of space being used, foregone fees or profits, value of intellectual propoerty used on the project, costs occurring before the start of the project, or resources or activities not dedicated to or spend directly on the direct control of the project management. Proposals. (0062)

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