Commander, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Acquisition Center, Aviation & Missile RDEC Directorate, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5275

A -- ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT BOARD MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT CENTER SOL DAAH01-98-R-RB01 DUE 041798 POC (RDPC) Deidra Barnes, Contract Specialist, AMSAM-AC-RD-BA, 205-876- 3139, Harold Smith, Contracting Officer, 205-876-0908, Synopsis Number R013-98 continued. (PART 3 OF 3) 1. Technical: Background and experience in the area of PCB/electronics manufacturing technology as reflected in previous contracts and personnel background, including relevant qualifications and time commitment of essential technical and managerial personnel. Previous experiences and understanding of the technical intricacies and innovative approaches to PCB/electronics manufacturing. Demonstration of knowledge of and insight into PCB/electronics manufacturing technology and trends shall be shown. Background and corporate expertise in the area of related education, training, and technology deployment as reflected in previous activities and personnel backgrounds, including relevant qualifications, experience, and time commitment of key technical and managerial personnel. Innovative mechanisms for technology transfer to industry and entities. Proposed process for involving industry, government, and academia in identifying and executing the technical program agenda and deploying the resulting technologies. 2. Management: Understanding of the goals and mission of the Center and reflection of this understanding in the proposed resources, management structure, organization, technical approach and work emphasis, use of subcontracting, and leveraging of government funds. Innovative methods for cost sharing and earlier progress towards the Center's self-sufficiency. Location of the Center's facilities in Northern Alabama. Adequacy and availability of the facilities and equipment, both available and proposed, for program execution. Include lead-time from initiation until any proposed capital equipment and other purchases would be in place and available to support the Center. Collaboration with Historic Black Colleges or Universities (HCBUs)/Minority Institutions (MIs) on research, education, training efforts and/or other aspects of the Center. Proposed development of relationships -- both regionally and nationally, i.e., linkages to other consortia, professional organizations, universities, regional, state, and local economic development and extension organizations, and state and local education and training organizations focused on PCB manufacturing technologies. Adequacy of the proposed Center's organizational and operational structure. Adequacy of policies on intellectual property, proprietary rights, patent restrictions, and foreign activities, governments, and students. Extent of involvement of Army/DOD PCB suppliers in the Center. 3. Cost: Reasonable cost to the government, including cost sharing by industry, other government, and other participants in the form of matching funding, equipment, facilities, or other "in-kind" resources. Costs will be evaluated on the basis of cost realism. This pertains to the offeror's ability to project costs which are realistic and reasonable and which indicates whether the offeror understands the nature and scope of the work to be performed. Cost sharing will be evaluated using the guidelines found in OMB Circulars A-110, A-112 and A-133. The commitment of up-front dollars/man-power rather than in-kind cost sharing. If in-kind cost sharing is proposed it should show a commitment to developing and incorporating PCB technology. ADMINISTRATIVE: Ten copies of the proposal shall be submitted. The proposal shall consist of two parts, technical and management (Part I) and cost (Part II). Part I should not exceed 50 pages (12-point text), excluding resumes and exhibits. Resumes and exhibits should not exceed 40 pages. The proposal shall contain a one-page abstract summarizing the proposed effort that is releasable to the public. All pages of the proposal, except the abstract page, will be marked with "Official Use Only: Source Selection Information: See FAR 3.104", and any proprietary pages should be marked accordingly. Part I shall include: 1. proposer's cover page: with title, technical point(s) of contact, administrative point(s) of contact, pertinent phone numbers, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses, 2. summary page(s) of organizations participating in the proposal: with title, technical point(s) of contact, administrative point(s) of contact, pertinent phone numbers, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses, 3. locator matrix or index, identifying where specific announcement requirements and criteria are addressed in the proposal, 4. overall technical plan: with specifics on the Center's transition, project and/or thrust areas for the first two years of operation, and general information on an additional three years (projects and/or thrust areas identified by Army sources may supplement or replace those submitted in the technical proposal), 5. five year milestone plan for completing each effort, 6. summary of related experience in electronics and PCB manufacturing, 7. a listing and description of facilities and equipment, 8. organization and management plan, including subcontracting, 9. statement regarding existence of, or intention to obtain, facility and personnel clearances, 10. type of support, if any, the offeror requests, e.g. facilities, equipment, materials, manpower, R&D resources, 11. proposed statement of work. Part II shall contain (1) a one to-two page cost summary and (2) supporting pages, which shall include a detailed breakdown of labor categories, equipment, travel costs, and any other direct and indirect costs. The Army will accept proposals for a period of 45 calendar days after the date of this announcement, the Army will not accept proposals after this period. The Army reserves the right to select for award any, all, part, or none of the responses received and intends to incrementally fund any resultant agreement. A cooperative agreement shall be the instrument for this contract action. The offerors may be required to have or obtain security clearances up to and allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect cost as specified in FAR 31.205-18. Note that only the contracting officer has authorization to award government agreements pursuant to this BAA. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which shall receive consideration by the Army. The Army reserves the right to award to other than the lowest offeror. The Army intends to enter into a multiple year agreement for the Center. The government plans to fund this effort for an initial period of 3 years with an additional 2 year option at a level of effort in the range of $2-4.9 million per year (depending of the availability of funds). The first year funding would be approximately $2.0 million. Submit all correspondence and proposals for the operation of the Center to: U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command, Attn: AMSAM-AC-RD-BA (Attn: D. Barnes), Bldg. 5400, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5270. Proposals/presentations submitted via facsimile machine will not be considered. There will be no formal request for proposal or any further solicitation document issued in regard to this BAA. After review of the written proposal, an offeror may be requested to provide a comprehensive, oral presentation of the proposed methodology. For additional information and to ask questions concerning this solicitation please access the AMCOM ManTech web site. URL:http://ippd.redstone.army.mil/mst_AMCOM/ (0063)

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