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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 10,1997 PSA#1884NCCOSC RDTE Division, Code D214B, 53570 Silvergate Avenue, Bldg. A33,
San Diego, CA 92152-5113 A -- MICROELECTRONICS, OPTO-ELECTRONICS AND/OR PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY
SOL N66001-97-X-6900 DUE 063098 POC Contract Specialist, Ms. Maureen
Battern, Code D212, (619)553-4489. Contracting Officer, Mr. Ed Brown,
(619)553-5725. BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA): The Naval Command,
Control and Ocean Surveillance Center (NCCOSC), RDT&E Division (NRaD)
in support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is
seeking proposals (technical and cost) for research and development of
microelectronics, opto-electronics and/or photonics technology. The
proposed efforts should offer potential for significant impact on the
current technology and the national defense. Proposed efforts are being
sought which are aligned with the Electronics Technology Office (ETO)
of DARPA focus on electronics technology to produce smaller, lighter,
and more mobile information systems, or other Government Agencies.
Information on the programs within ETO is available at
http://www.darpa/organization.html. This notice constitutes NRaD's
Broad Agency Announcement as contemplated in FAR 6.102(d)(2). This
announcement will be open through June 30, 1997. Proposals may be
submitted any time during this period. Contract awards may be made at
any time throughout this period. Such awards will depend upon
evaluations described below and availability of funds. The Government
further reserves the right to issue grants, cooperative agreements or
other transactions. Award decisions will be based on a competitive
selection of proposals resulting from a peer and/or scientific review.
Evaluations will be conducted using the following evaluation criteria:
(1) Overall scientific or technical merits of the proposal; (2)
potential transition to Department of Defense Systems; (3) the
Offeror's capabilities, related experience, plan of execution, past
performance, and facilities; (4) realism of the proposed cost; (5)
availability of funds; (6) the extent to which the cost effectiveness
of the proposed research is diminished by expenditures for unproductive
administrative and other overhead expenses; (7) Past performance. To
save preparation costs and effort, offerors are invited to submit an
initial five page synopsis of their proposal with technical description
of theeffort, a preliminary schedule, identification of risks, and a
rough cost estimate. The synopsis will be evaluated as to potential,
and the offeror notified as to possible interest by the government. At
the government's notification of interest, the proposer may then
submit a complete proposal consisting of two separate volumes in
accordance with the following: The technical volume of the proposal is
limited to 50 pages (Eight and one-half by eleven inches), excluding
resumes, and management/facilities information. The technical volume
should also include a separate section of specific task/subtask
statements of the proposed work so that these could be incorporated
into a Government contract Statement of Work (SOW). Technical proposal
shall also provide complete technical details, a contractor statement
of work, a schedule, discussions of risks, and discussions of value
and purpose. The schedule should include the milestones and
deliverables, both reports and hardware. The technical volume should
also clearly illustrate any technical data or computer software which
will be supplied to the government with other than unlimited rights.
The cost volume should: 1) be a separate document which clearly shows
the costs of each proposed task separately; and 2) provide a Standard
Form 1411, Contract Pricing Proposal Cover Sheet, supported by adequate
breakout of cost elements and rates by month for the purpose of
cost/price analysis. Each task should be separately costed. **Proposed
subcontractor costs should be proposed in a similar detail. Cost
proposals should be valid for a period of six (6) months after the date
of submission. An original plus four copies of the technical volume,
plus three copies of the cost volume should be submitted to NCCOSC
RDT&E Division, Attn: Mr. Ed Brown, Contracting Officer, Code 212,
53560 Hull St., San Diego, CA 92152-5001. Any other administrative
questions may be addressed to Ms. Maureen Battern at (619)553-4489,
battern@nosc.mil. Questions of a technical nature may be submitted by
email only to Dr. Cindy Hanson, email chanson@nosc.mil. Proposals may
be submitted anytime during the open period of this announcement and
should be unclassified. The Government reserves the right to select for
award, all, some, or none of the proposals received in response to this
announcement. The Government may also only select specific tasks within
a proposal for award. This notice constitutes a BAA as contemplated in
FAR 6.102(d)(2). No additional written information is available, nor
will a formal request for proposal (RFP) or other solicitation
regarding this announcement be issued. Interested parties are invited
to respond to this synopsis. All responsible parties' responses will be
considered. NO FORMAL DOC. ISSUED. (0189) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0003 19970710\A-0003.SOL)
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