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99 -- DLA ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION PROGRAM BAA 97-01 SOL PRDSCR-C7-B-0026 DUE 042897 POC Contact: for copies of RFP/IFB solicitations (available at least 15 days from announcement, FAX request to theres a Richardson 804-279-3715 or write dscr-cga Richmond, VA 23297-5312 for questions contact Sherrill King at 8 04-279-5127. PR-NO: PRDSCRCGB0026 research interest the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) operations support office solicits proposals for its advanced technology integration (ATI) program. This program is dedicated to distribution research and development and is part of DLA's logistics research and development (log R&D) program. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches and techniques that lead to revolutionary advances indistribution STATE-OF-ART. The goal of the ATI program is to improve logistics support to the military by dramatically improving DLA distribution responsiveness quality, and timeliness, while simultaneously reducing operating costs. Special areas of interest include: (1) automatic material receipt, tracking, and manifesting for Defense Distribution depot operations. DLA seeks advances which would ensure all material received, stored, and shipped is accurately accounted for in depot records with minimal reliance on human operators to input information. (2) STATE-OF-ART techniquesto link material safety data sheet information (or references to such information) directly to hazardous material products or packaging and corresponding research to determine the acquisition and logisitics costs/benefits if such techniques are manated in DLA acquisition contracts. (3) automatic stow and pick technology capable of continously processing different material which can Vary in weight from 1 OZ to 50 lbs and cube from 1 CU in to 1 CU Ft. DLA seeks such technology to enable stowing of most material this size in the order it is received. DLA further seeks to automatically retrieve this material from storage and send it to packing or shipping stations at the time the release order is issued, minimizing or eliminating pick batching. (4) order tracking from the depot to the customer to provide shipment custodian, delivery status, and location when queried. DLA seeks to provide customers easy access to in-transit order information such as carrier, last node passed, time between nodes, and an estimate of delivery to customer. Technology enabling linkage to existing shipper in-transist information is desired. (5) real-time milstrip transaction analysis, using artificial intelligence, to identify activity patterns to (A) anticipate and prepare for demand changes, (B) identify excess requisitions, release orders, or issues of the same item for the same customer (to decrease volume of material in shipment pipeline), and (C) to locate inefficiences. Scope proposals for individual efforts should not exceed three years in length. Technologies which have significant impact on key logistics metrics, such as inventory reduction, receipt processing time, issue processing time, denial rates, and locator accuracy, will be given highest priority. Total funding available is expected to be $1.5 to $2.0 million a year for three years. DLA anticipates to award from 1 to 5 contracts per year for various research efforts. Award criteria and evaluation interested offerors must first proposal abstracts, not to exceed 10 pages. Only offerors of those abstracts found to be consistent with the intent of the BAA will be invited to submit formal cost and technical proposals. Invitations to bid will be accompanied by a proposer information package (pip) which provides further information on the submission, evaluation, funding processes, and proposal formats. An invitation does not assure an offeror of a subsequent contract award. One original and three copies of each abstract should be submitted to the administrative mail address for this BAA. Proposals will not be evaluated against each other since they are not submitted in accordance with a common work statement. Evaluation of proposals will be accomplished through a scientific review of each proposal using the following criteria, which are listed in descending order of relative importance: (1) potential contribution and relevance to DLA's mission, including cost savings, (2) overall scientific and technical merit, (3) plans and capability to accomplish technology demonstrations in DLA operational settings, (4) offeror's capabilities and related experience, and (5) proposed cost, cost realism, and availability of funds. NOTE: cost realism will only be significant for proposals which have significantly under or over estimated the cost to complete their effort. General information this BAA will remain open for 12 months. Abstracts received by March 28 1997 will be considered for receipt of initial invitations to bid. Abstracts received subsequent to that date will be considered for invitations to bid at later dates, contingent on availability. This notice, in conjunction with the document BAA 97-01 proposer information package, constitutes the total BAA. A formal RFP or other solicitation regarding this announcement will not be issued. The government reserves the right to select for award all, some, or none of the proposals received. All administrative correspondence and questions on this solicitation must be directed to one of the administrive addresses: FAX: (804)279-3715 email: GPP53300DSCR.DLA. MIL mail: DLA Defense Supply Center Richmond 8000 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Richmond, VA 23297 all responsible sources may submit offer which DGSC shall consider. (0064)

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