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A -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR VARIOUS LOGISTICS INFORMATION SYSTEMS SOL N47408-97-R-1879 DUE 110797 POC Contract Specialist, ROSALIE HAMMONDS, 805-982-5097 This announcement constitutes the Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center (NFESC) under FAR 6.102 (d)(2) to solicit proposals for basic and applied research for new and innovative technology solutions to problems in the areas of LOGISTICS INFORMATION SYSTEMS. DARPA and other USMC tasks are working on data management structures, server constructs, and network architectures. The development of these topics will be coordinated with emerging systems in order that naming standards, user management schemes, and data dictionaries will be compatible from the beginning. Compliance with Defense Information Infrastructure and Command Operating Environment and Open Database Connectivity. Part of the proposed areas listed in these BAAs are being considered 100% set-aside for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) or Minority Institutions (MIs) as defined by the clause at 252.226-7000 of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement. Interested HBCUs and MIs should provide the contracting office as early as possible, but not later than 15 days after this notice, evidence of their capability to perform the contract, and a positive statement of their eligibility as an HBUC or MI. If adequate response is not received from HBCUs and MIs, the solicitation will instead be issued, without further notice, as unrestricted, to academic institutions, non-profit organizations, and private industry. The effective period of these BAAs is through October 31, 1998 and awards may be made at any time throughout the year. Award decisions on proposals will be based on a competitive selection of proposals from a peer/scientific review. Evaluations will be conducted using the following evaluation criteria: (1) overall scientific and technical merits of the proposal, (2) potential contributions of the proposed effort to the United States Marine Corps/United States Navy's overall war fighting capabilities, (3) past performance, (4) the realism of the proposed cost and availability of funds, and (5) understanding of the research effort proposed, and experience and qualifications of the principal project personnel and/or institution or corporation submitting the proposal. Persons contemplating submission of a proposal should obtain further information and forms required for submitting a proposal by requesting in writing to the Commanding Officer, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Contracts Office, Code 271, Bldg. 41, Naval Construction Battalion Center, 1000 23rd Avenue, Port Hueneme, CA 93043-4301, Attn: Rosalie Hammonds. All requests for the solicitation package and questions regarding this BAA may be faxed to (805) 982-3015. Contact with the NFESC engineer associated with each BAA identified in this announcement is encouraged. All proposals should be submitted in original and three copies to the address noted above. In addition, all submissions should reference this announcement and should specifically identify the research area the proposal is responding to. Proposals will not be evaluated against each other since each is a unique technology with no common work statement. Proposals identified for funding may result in a contract, however, there is no commitment by the Navy to make any awards, to make a specific number of awards or to be responsible for any monies expended by the proposer before award of a contract. The following is a description of the research required for these three BAAs. TOPIC NO. BAA 97-011, COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT ENGINEERING SURVEY COMMODITY PLANNING TOOL. The Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center (NFESC) is pursuing 6.2 Exploratory Development in the area of military logistics. CSS commodity areas such as engineering survey, maintenance, transportation, supply, services, and health services currently use manual systems in the performance of their missions. This project will focus on developing an Engineering Survey Commodity Planning Tool for the Engineering Survey portion. The Engineering Survey Commodity Planning Tool (ESCPT) will utilize informationtechnologies, capture corporate knowledge, and generate baseline databases to accelerate the information generation process. Connectivity to reach-back engineering expertise for mapping and construction design will be explored using Personnel Digital Assistant (PDA) and wireless communications technologies. Connectivity to Naval Construction Regiments and the Combat Service Support Operations Center (CSSOC), allowing the commander to reach into this system if needed, will be defined. The ESCPT will allow automated and intelligent data manipulation as well as control at the commodity manager level of CSS Engineering Detachments. While the tool will be designed to provide information management to the commodity area manager, it will also allow interface and reach-down capability by the CSS Operations Center developed under a separate task. The technical obstacles to overcome are: the communication links between a data collection PDA platform and an operations center; various sensors which can reside within thePDA to determine existence of hazardous materials, capture digitized data, determine structural integrity of different building materials, and measure distances; information management/processing technologies to compile/analyze/synthesize the captured data at the operations center. The funding level for this BAA will be $150,000. The target date for initial sponsor evaluation of Phase I PROTOTYPE is JUNE 1998. Technical questions regarding this BAA may be submitted to Mr. Dan McCambridge, via telephone at (805) 982-1296 or e-mail at dmccamb@nfesc.navy.mil. TOPIC NO. BAA 97-012, COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT (CSS) OPERTIONS CENTER TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION. An opportunity exists to significantly improve overall logistics operational and tactical capabilities in the areas of data handling, planning, and information displays through the introduction of information technology and the integration of these technologies into CSS business practices. In this demonstration, large volumes of raw logistical data will be converted into useable information. This information will then be merged with information from various other legacy systems into a common platform and made accessible to the entire authorized user community. From this aggregate, plans to provide timely and effective CSS at all echelons can be more efficiently developed, executed, and followed through to mission completeness. Further, various pieces of historical information will have been archived, which can later be analyzed for statistical compilation. Previous 6.2 funded efforts produced a prototype system, which served as a data warehouse. This strategy should be considered a core technology to be incorporated into the work under discussion and developed into a deliverable, DII/COE compliant system. Attention will be given to defining a baseline architecture that supports scalability concerns for the mobile, forward, and rear operation centers as they exist either ashore or afloat, in the field or in garrison. The prototype should be integrated with as much of the fielded infrastructure as possible. The objective is to demonstrate applicable CSS planning and execution tools to the operational MAGTF CSS Elements, specifically at the CSS Detachment level. The technical obstacles to overcome are: 1) researching/developing relational database management system for data compilation, processing, and displays 2) building system interfaces to accept remote sensor data 3) integrating web based technologies 4) integration/interface into the emerging operations center and legacy systems 5) incorporating intelligence into the aggregate databases The funding level for this BAA will be $325,000. The target date for initial sponsor evaluation of Phase I PROTOTYPE is JUNE 1998. The NFESC technical point of contact is Mr. Ramon Flores, (805) 982-6500,e- mail at rflores@nfesc.navy.mil. TOPIC NO. BAA 97-013, COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT (CSS) MAINTENANCE EMBARKATION COMMODITY PLANNING TOOL. The Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center (NFESC) is pursuing 6.3 Technology Demonstrations in the area of military logistics. Engineering commodity areas such as embarkation, deliberate engineering, maintenance, transportation, supply, services, and health services currently use manual systems in the performance of their missions. This project will focus on developing a Maintenance Embarkation Commodity Planning Tool (MECPT). The MECPT will focus on developing a rapid prototype of a maintenance detachment planner for embarkation. Capturing corporate USMC knowledge on maintenance embarkation, to include notional materials and repair parts supply blocks, personnel skill levels, etc, for a given exercise or embarkation, will allow for a more rapid generation of the Unit Deployment List (UDL). It will also generate a system to autonomously capture historical data on the parts used and the personnel required allowing for planning factors to be tailored for future operations. Connectivity will be specified, which will permit the commander as well as other authorized users to reach into this system and extract information from an operations center. The technical obstacles to overcome are: 1) relational database management system for data compilation and processing 2) personnel/equipment/supplies mixture generation using artificial intelligence (neural networks, fuzzy logic, expert systems, constraint based reasoning etc) 3) integration/interface into the emerging operations center and legacy systems. The funding level for this BAA will be $175,000. The target date for initial sponsor evaluation of Phase I PROTOTYPE is JUNE 1998. The NFESC technical point of contact is Mr. Ramon Flores, (805) 982-6500 or e-mail at rflores@nfesc.navy.mil. (0268)

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