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A -- INFRASTRUCTURE COLLECTION, MONITORING, AND DATA EXPLOITATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS AND BATTLE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT (BDA) PROCESS SOL N00178-98-Q-3072 POC Debra Huron, Contract Specialist, (540) 653-7765; Peggy S. Anderson, Contracting Officer WEB: Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, http://www.nswc.navy.mil/supply. E-MAIL: Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, dhuron@nswc.navy.mil. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren Laboratory Procurement Division is implementing Electronic commerce (EC) in the acquisition area, therefore synopsis and resulting solicitations with any applicable amendments will be available on the World Wide Web at http://www.nswc.navy.mil/supply under Procurement Division. After 1 October 1997, solicitations and amendments will only be available at the above Web sites. Hard copies WILL NOT be provided. Vendors should regularly access the NSWCDD Web site to ensure that they have downloaded all amendments. For solicitations issued after 31 March 1998, DOD will no longer award contracts to contractors not registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) data base. Registration may be done by assessing the CCR Web site at http://www.acq.osd.mil/ec. Registration may be done via dial up modem at (614) 692-6788 (User ID: ccrpub; Password: pub2ccri). Any certified value added network (VAN) can be used for registration. A paper registration form may be obtained from the DOD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1 (800)334-3414. POC: Debra Huron, Contract Specialist, Code SD13-11, (540) 653-7765. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), in collaboration with the Joint Warfare Analysis Center (JWAC), is soliciting research and development "white papers" for various scientific studies and experiments to identify innovative approaches to infrastructure data collection, monitoring, and data exploitation for operation analysis and Battle Damage Assessment (BDA). The mission of the JWAC is to assist the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and commanders of unified commands in their preparation and analysis of joint operational plans. Information dominance within dynamic environments is required to execute this mission. Therefore, innovative approaches are being sought to take full advantage of current and future collection capabilities. Data sources and exploitation techniques are sought for network and facility understanding, monitoring, and status assessment during planning cycles and crisis. Research and development proposals addressing these areas from a variety of perspectives are of interest: e.g., sensor collected infrastructure data, infrastructure signature characterization, advanced data exploitation techniques, and sensor fusion. "White papers" shall be submitted in original and three copies of a one-sided, 12-point type, single-spaced, one-inch margin paper with a cover letter. "White papers" should consist of three to five pages summarizing the proposed effort(s) and be formatted as follows: Section A: Title, Period of Performance, Estimated Cost of Effort, Name of Company; Section B: Task Objective; Section C: Technical Summary; Section D: Cost Summary, to the Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Attn: Debra Huron, Code SD13-11, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100. "White papers" and all related correspondence should reference Broad Agency Announcement Number N00178-98-Q-3072. The "white paper" should identify a concise and informative research and development approach; it should be an UNCLASSIFIED document. If desired, multiple "white papers" addressing different areas of research and development may be submitted. The paper may include a separate attachment to address proposed terms and conditions for a contract, cooperative agreement, grant, or other transaction. In the interest of equity, papers exceeding the 5-page limitation, excluding attachment for terms and conditions, will not be reviewed for further consideration. Offerors will be requested to submit in-depth proposal(s) should NSWCDD/JWAC deem the "white paper" of scientific and technical merit. An invitation to submit an in-depth proposal does not assure the offeror of a subsequent award. Complete proposal instructions will be included with the invitation, and will be evaluated using the following criteria in descending order of importance: (1) feasibility within current and future collection systems, (2) applicability of the proposal to operational analysis, (3) overall scientific and technical merits of the proposal, (4) relative experience of offeror's key personnel, (5) necessary facilities, and (6) offeror's record of past and present performance. Criteria (1), (2), and (3) are considered the most important criteria and are rated equally. Criteria (4), (5), and (6) are significantly less important than criteria (1), (2), and (3). In addition to technical assessment, the realism of proposed cost and availability of Government funds will be areas of consideration. The initial period of performance is approximated to be six months to one year. The Government reserves the right to select for award any, all, part, or none of the responses received. Multiple awards are anticipated. Awards may take the form of contracts, cooperative agreements, grants, or other transactions. Certain proposals are not appropriate under this BAA and are not desired, i.e., engineering and technical services proposals, and concepts that have already been developed or proven. Options are discouraged and unpriced options will not be considered. Technical and other questions regarding this announcement may be submitted to Debra Huron, telecopier on (540) 653-6810. This announcement shall be open through 30 October 1998. Cut off for the "white papers" is 30 October 1998 at 2:00 p.m. at the aforementioned NSWCDD address. "White papers" may be submitted at any time during this period, and award(s) may be made at any time through fiscal year 1999. This notice constitutes a BAA for NSWCDD as authorized at FAR 6.102(d)(2) and, as such, solicits the participation of all offerors capable of satisfying the Government's needs. This BAA should not be construed as commitment or authorization to incur cost in anticipation of a contract, cooperative agreement, grant, or other transaction; the Government is not bound to make an award. (0112)

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