DUAL USE APPLICATION PROGRAM This is a Special Notice. The US Army Communications Electronics Command (CECOM) announces a program in the area of Dual Use Science and Technology (S&T). This program is being conducted in cooperation with DOD's Dual Use Application Program (DUAP) managed by the Joint Dual Use Program Office (JDUPO). Information about the DoD's DUAP program can be obtained from the DARPA DUAP homepage http://www.darpa.mil/jdupo/index.html. CECOM seeks projects to create and develop new product or process technologies which have potential for both Army and commercial applications. If successfully developed, the technology will have both Army relevance and sufficient potential commercial applications to support a viable production base. Congressional direction requires that at least 50% of the cost of the project under this initiative be provided by industry. The remaining cost of the project (50%) will be equally shared by the sponsoring service and the DUAP. CECOM's envisioned contribution to the 25% of the cost is approximately $8M. Proposals should include schedules and budgets for a base term not to exceed 24 months. Costed options for an additional period of up to 36 months may be submitted. The Government may fund both base term and options from the present appropriation depending on the content of the proposal, the availability of funds, the fit with other programs and any other considerations necessary to establish and maintain program coherence and balance. The Government may also choose to condition the exercise of options on the availability of future year appropriations or other funding sources. There is no preset dollar range for individual proposals. There is no guarantee that awards will be made in each of the identified topic areas. The Government may award several proposals in a topic area depending in part on the cost of individual proposals and available funding. Topic areas which will be considered in this BAA are: 1. SITUATION/INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; 2. C2 PROTECT FOR INFORMATION OPERATIONS; 3. BATTERY FUEL CELL HYBRID; 4. SMART SENSORS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, MILITARY TARGET ACQUISITION, AND MISSILE SEEKERS; 5. DISTRIBUTED MULTIMEDIA DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; 6. NETWORKING AND PROTOCOL; 7. MODELING AND SIMULATION ANALYSIS OF INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES; 8. PHOTONIC CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PHASE ARRAY ANTENNAS. For a more detailed description of these topic areas, interested parties are encouraged to access Solicitation # DAAB07-97-RD029 on the CECOM Electronic Bulletin Board(EBB). The CECOM EBB is provided for electronic transmittal of Request for Proposals (RFPs), Invitations for Bids (IFBs), and white paper requests from Government to industry. All interested parties wishing to do business are invited to access, operate, send and receive data from the CECOM EBB system. To become a user of the EBB, you will need an identification code and a password in addition to a computer terminal equipped with the necessary hardware and software to interface with the EBB system. A user's identification code and password will be issued upon request along with instructions for downloading the EBB User's Manual. All Requests must include (1) company name, (2) point(s) of contact name(s) and title(s), (3) return address(es), and (4) telephone number(s). Please send your request in writing to EBB System Operator, US Army CECOM, AMSEL-AC-SB-AA, ATTN:EBB, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5000. Fax #:(908) 532-6020; Commercial #:(908) 532-3820. The CECOM EBB supports the receipt of encrypted proposals. Use of this facility is optional and will require offerors to purchase the encryption tool MINOTAUR II from commercial sources and to send your request for keydisk and certification to: HQ, USACECOM, CECOM ACQUISITION CENTER, ATTN:AMSEL-AC-SB-AA (CECOM EBB), FORT MONMOUTH, NJ 07703 sufficiently in advance of the RFPs closing date. For further details, see the General Interest on CECOM's EBB entitled "Use of EBB for Proposal Submission", dated June 6, 1996. This notice can be accessed in its entirety also from the internet by clicking Business Opportunity on the Acquisition Center homepage (internet address at http://www.monmouth.army.mil/cecom/ac.html). 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. Readers should note that this is an announcement to declare CECOM's intent to competitively fund dual use technology projects and that no request for proposals, solicitation or other announcement of this opportunity will be made. This notice constitutes CECOM's BAA as contemplated by FAR 6.102(d)(2). Small businesses and historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and minority institutions (MIs) are encouraged to participate. In any case in which the evaluation shows two or more proposals to be substantially equal, preference for award will be given to those proposals which include small businesses, HBCUs and MIs as participants over those which do not. Teaming arrangements among companies are encouraged when the result is a technically stronger proposal. Teaming with a DOD or national laboratory may also be advantageous in many instances. Due to limited funding, the Government reserves the right to limit awards under any topic, and only proposals considered to be of superior quality will be funded. Awards will be made using non-procurement agreements, e.g., Cooperative Agreements and "Other Transactions". Any interested company or institution is encouraged, but not required, to submit a white paper synopsis of the planned dual use S&T proposal including a rough cost estimate. White papers should address the selection criteria wherever possible and must identify which topic area it is being submitted under. The white paper should not exceed five (5) pages and should be submitted anytime during but no later than 28 Mar 97. The white paper must be delivered to the office identified below. Those submitting white papers are encouraged to continue to work on drafting a full proposal during the white paper evaluation process. Following a CECOM technical review, the CECOM S&T DUAP POC (Robert Sproat), will contact the white paper submitter on or about 9 Apr 97 and provide feedback on the Army's level of interest in the proposed project. Based upon the degree of encouragement received, companies and institutions can better decide whether to continue the preparation of full technical and cost proposals for the described project. Offerors may submit full proposals without going through the white paper process. This announcement for full proposals is open until 12:00 PM EDT 30 April 1997. Any interested offeror should send five (5) copies of its technical and cost proposals and/or white papers to: US Army Communications Electronics Command, ATTN:AMSEL-ACCA-D-AY (Andrew A. Dellomo), CECOM Office Building, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703. To be considered for award, the full proposal must be received by CECOM by the time and date indicated above. E-MAIL: Dual Use Application Program, wisdom@doim6.monmouth.army.mil.

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