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A -- PART 2 OF 2; UNINHABITED COMBAT AIR VEHICLE (UCAV) -- INTEGRATED TACTICAL AIRCRAFT CONTROL (ITAC) RESEARCH PROGRAM SOL PRDA No. 97-03-FIK DUE 022498 POC Engineering POC: James McDowell, Project Engineer, WL/FIGS-3, 937-255-8464; Contracts POC: Janet Cahill, Contract Negotiator, WL/FIK, 937-255-5901, or Mary Jones, Contracting Officer, WL/FIK, 937-255-4427 E-MAIL: click here to contact the contract negotiator, cahillje@wl.wpafb.af.mil. BASIS FOR AWARD: The selection of a source for award will be based on an evaluation of an offer's response (both technical and cost) to determine the overall merit of the proposal in response to this announcement. The technical aspect, which is ranked as the first order of priority, shall be evaluated based on the following criteria which are of equal importance: (1) The offeror's understanding of the problem, scope of the effort and soundness of approach; (2) The offeror's current and prior experience in intelligent systems and autonomous cooperative control, flight control, and operator-vehicle interface technologies for unmanned vehicles; (3) New and creative solutions, and the degree to which an offeror can meet the stated objectives; (4) The availability of qualified technical personnel and their experience with applications in intelligent systems, autonomous cooperative control, in-flight mission planning, optimization techniques, flight control, operator-vehicle interface technologies, simulation, and test and evaluation; (5) Organization, clarity, and thoroughness of the proposed SOW and program schedule. The SOW and schedule should show products early and at frequent milestones. The SOW should be ready for insertion into a contract without modification. Cost and/or price, which includes consideration of proposed budgets and funding profiles, is a substantial factor, but is ranked as the second order of priority. No other evaluation criteria will be used. The technical and cost information will be evaluated at the same time. The Air Force reserves the right to select for award of a contract, grant or cooperative agreement any, all, part, or none of the proposals received. The government reserves the right to award any resulting contract pursuant to the Research and Development Standard Contract format in DFARS 235.70. See Note 26. F -- POINTS OF CONTACT: (1) Technical: Wright Laboratory, Control Systems Development Branch, Mr. James W McDowell, WL/FIGS-3, WPAFB OH 45433-7521, (937) 255-8464. (2)US Project Officer -- US/France Cooperative Program: Wright Laboratory, Control Systems Development Branch, Mr. James K. Ramage, WL/FIGS, WPAFB OH 45433-7521, (937) 255-3047. (3) An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the program director or Contracting Officer, but to communicate Contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman shall maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the selection decision. Interested parties are invited to contact Mr. Stephen J. Plaisted, ASC/SYI, telephone DSN 785-9095, Commercial (937) 255-9095, E-mail stephen.plaisted@ascsy.wpafb.af.mil. All routine communication concerning this acquisition should be directed to Janet Cahill, Contract Negotiator, telephone (937) 255-5901, E-mail cahillje@wl.wpafb.af.mil. (4) Contracting/Cost: Routine questions related to the contract/cost issues should be directed to the Contract Negotiator identified in part A at (937) 255-5901. (0007)

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