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A -- NAVAL AIR AND SURFACE WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM SOL BAA 98-015 DUE 042999 POC Mr. Peter Morrison (703) 696-0553 BAA 98-015 The Office of Naval Research (ONR), Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division (NAWCWPNS), and Naval Surface Warfare Division, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) are interested in industry responses for the Naval Air and Surface Weapons Technology (NASWT) program. The vision of this time-phased, goal-oriented program is to maintain the Naval Air and Surface Weapons Technology edge through the 21st century. The desirable weapons capability attributes are: affordable, precise, mission adaptive, mission responsive, insensitive, safe, higher performance and higher effectiveness. The Naval Air and Surface Weapons Technology (NASWT) program supports four operational Naval mission areas: air superiority, ship-based defense, naval surface fire support, and precision strike. Time-phased technology goals for the 2005, 2010, and 2015 time-frames have been established. The technologies developed and demonstrated to achieve these goals will allow for significant warfighting payoffs in the four mission areas. Proposed technologies which do not require unique processes and materials for manufacturing are of extreme interest. Teaming among various offerors to achieve total mission area success is encouraged. Cost sharing is not required; however, demonstrated commitment to the program through cost sharing is encouraged. Interested offerors should contact the NASWT POC, Mr. Peter Morrison, at (703) 696-0553 for a copy of the NASWT mission area goals. INDUSTRY BRIEFING DAY: Interested offerors are encouraged to attend an industry briefing to be held approximately thirty (30) days after publication of this announcement. Offerors desiring to attend industry day must notify the NASWT POC within fifteen (15) days of the date of this announcement of their interest and the names of up to five (5) representatives who will attend the briefing on their behalf. Offerors attending the briefing will receive a complete set of the current mission area goals and payoffs, and an example of the detailed plan's (identified below) preferred presentation content DETAILED PLANS: These plans, consisting of no more than twenty-five (25) pages, should be submitted within forty-five (45) days of the Industry Briefing and must show the following: (1) identification of which mission area goals will be achieved by the plan; (2) an estimate of the warfighter payoffs from achievement of these goals; (3) the path to achieve these goals, through identification of the technical objectives in the taxonomy areas of weapon system fire control, weapon guidance and control, projectile aeromechanics, ordnance, propulsion, and Naval gun systems and launcher; (4) identification of the technical challenges that must be overcome to meet the objectives; (5) identification of the approach to be taken to overcome the challenges; and (6) identification of the proposed tasks that will overcome the technical challenges and meet the overall objectives to achieve the goals. Any proposed rocket propulsion efforts must be consistent with the goals of the DoD/NASA/Industry Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology (IHPRPT) program and any propulsion turbine engine work shall be consistent with the goals of the Integrated High Performance Turbine Engine Technology (IHPTET) program. Proposed technology demonstrators required to demonstrate the achievement of the goals shall be identified. The plan must also include roadmaps which identify: (1) the proposed tasks, (2) the total funding required by task and by fiscal year to achieve the mission area goals; (3) any known work funded by DoD or other government agencies which can be leveraged to meet the mission area goals (including existing Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contracts, Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs), any current or planned industry IR&D activities, and government-sponsored basic research); and (4) any government or commercial transition opportunities for the developed and demonstrated weapon system technologies. These detailed plans may form the basis for a Naval plan to achieve these goals. These detailed plans may also be used as the basis for identifying potential contracting and CRADA opportunities. Single task proposals and plans that do not address a mission area in total will not be accepted. TECHNICAL ABSTRACTS & PROPOSALS: The Government will review submitted detailed plans and notify the particular offeror of the relative merits of each proposed task. Offerors will then be invited to submit a one-page technical abstract on each of the tasks from their detailed plan. Abstracts will be due within thirty days of request. Based on the Government's evaluation of these abstracts, the offeror may be requested to submit a fifteen page technical and fully detailed cost proposal. Abstracts and proposals not selected for funding will be acknowledged. The detailed plans, abstracts, and proposals will be evaluated based on the following criteria, which are listed in descending order of importance: 1) Responsiveness to mission area goals; 2) Potential payoff of the effort to the warfighter; 3) Overall technical merit; 4) Risk posed by technical challenges and potential to succeed; 5) The qualifications of the proposed offeror, the principal investigator and key personnel; 6) The proposed program milestones and deliverables; 7) System and technology affordability; 8) Available funds. For any questions relating to the air superiority and precision strike mission area goals, please contact Mr. Tom Loftus (760) 939-3544, Mr. Frank Markarian (760) 939-3241, or Mr. James Chew at (703) 588-0703. For any questions relating to the ship based defense and naval surface fire support mission area goals, please contact Mr. Robin Staton (540) 653-8901, Mr. Gil Graff (540) 653-4099, or Mr. James Chew at (703) 588-0703. For any questions relating to overall procedures, please contact the NASWT BAA POC, Mr. Peter Morrison, (703) 696-0553. For any questions relating to the preparation of cost proposals please contact Ms. Lee Ann Boyer, (703) 696-4841. Strict confidentiality of proprietary information will be maintained provided the information is properly labeled. All submissions will be protected from unauthorized disclosure in accordance with FAR 15.413, applicable law and agency regulations. The government may use selected support contractors as special resources to review submitted proposals. FUNDING: This announcement provides no funding for white papers, detailed plans, abstracts, technical/cost proposals, or attendance at the industry symposium. No funds have been appropriated for this effort, which is anticipated to be funded with FY99 and later appropriations. It is anticipated that, contracts will be the instruments used for any awards made under this announcement. This notice constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) as contemplated by FAR 6.102(d)(2). Unless otherwise stated herein, no additional written information is available, nor will a formal RFP or other solicitation regarding this announcement be issued. Requests for the same will be disregarded. The Government reserves the right to select all, some, or none of the proposals received in response to this announcement. This BAA shall remain open for one year from the date of publication; however, proposals received outside the designated time frames set forth for herein shall be considered only to the extent that funding remains available beyond the initial selection. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code is 8731 with the small business size of 500 employees. Full cost proposals that exceed $500,000 submitted by, but small businesses, must be accompanied by a Small Disadvantaged and Woman Owned Small Business Subcontracting Plan in accordance with FAR 52.219-9. No portion of this BAA has been set aside for HBCU and MI participants, though their participation is encouraged. For awards made as contracts, evaluation of the socio-economic merits of the proposal shall include the extent of commitment in providing meaningful subcontracting opportunities for small business, small disadvantaged business, woman-owned small business concerns, historically black colleges, universities and minority institutions. BAA 98-015 The Office of Naval Research (ONR), Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division (NAWCWPNS), and Naval Surface Warfare Division, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) are interested in industry responses for the Naval Air and Surface Weapons Technology (NASWT) program. The vision of this time-phased, goal-oriented program is to maintain the Naval Air and Surface Weapons Technology edge through the 21st century. The desirable weapons capability attributes are: affordable, precise, mission adaptive, mission responsive, insensitive, safe, higher performance and higher effectiveness. The Naval Air and Surface Weapons Technology (NASWT) program supports four operational Naval mission areas: air superiority, ship-based defense, naval surface fire support, and precision strike. Time-phased technology goals for the 2005, 2010, and 2015 time-frames have been established. The technologies developed and demonstrated to achieve these goals will allow for significant warfighting payoffs in the four mission areas. Proposed technologies which do not require unique processes and materials for manufacturing are of extreme interest. Teaming among various offerors to achieve total mission area success is encouraged. Cost sharing is not required; however, demonstrated commitment to the program through cost sharing is encouraged. Interested offerors should contact the NASWT POC, Mr. Peter Morrison, at (703) 696-0553 for a copy of the NASWT mission area goals. INDUSTRY BRIEFING DAY: Interested offerors are encouraged to attend an industry briefing to be held approximately thirty (30) days after publication of this announcement. Offerors desiring to attend industry day must notify the NASWT POC within fifteen (15) days of the date of this announcement of their interest and the names of up to five (5) representatives who will attend the briefing on their behalf. Offerors attending the briefing will receive a complete set of the current mission area goals and payoffs, and an example of the detailed plan's (identified below) preferred presentation content DETAILED PLANS: These plans, consisting of no more than twenty-five (25) pages, should be submitted within forty-five (45) days of the Industry Briefing and must show the following: (1) identification of which mission area goals will be achieved by the plan; (2) an estimate of the warfighter payoffs from achievement of these goals; (3) the path to achieve these goals, through identification of the technical objectives in the taxonomy areas of weapon system fire control, weapon guidance and control, projectile aeromechanics, ordnance, propulsion, and Naval gun systems and launcher; (4) identification of the technical challenges that must be overcome to meet the objectives; (5) identification of the approach to be taken to overcome the challenges; and (6) identification of the proposed tasks that will overcome the technical challenges and meet the overall objectives to achieve the goals. Any proposed rocket propulsion efforts must be consistent with the goals of the DoD/NASA/Industry Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology (IHPRPT) program and any propulsion turbine engine work shall be consistent with the goals of the Integrated High Performance Turbine Engine Technology (IHPTET) program. Proposed technology demonstrators required to demonstrate the achievement of the goals shall be identified. The plan must also include roadmaps which identify: (1) the proposed tasks, (2) the total funding required by task and by fiscal year to achieve the mission area goals; (3) any known work funded by DoD or other government agencies which can be leveraged to meet the mission area goals (including existing Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contracts, Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs), any current or planned industry IR&D activities, and government-sponsored basic research); and (4) any government or commercial transition opportunities for the developed and demonstrated weapon system technologies. These detailed plans may form the basis for a Naval plan to achieve these goals. These detailed plans may also be used as the basis for identifying potential contracting and CRADA opportunities. Single task proposals and plans that do not address a mission area in total will not be accepted. TECHNICAL ABSTRACTS & PROPOSALS: The Government will review submitted detailed plans and notify the particular offeror of the relative merits of each proposed task. Offerors will then be invited to submit a one-page technical abstract on each of the tasks from their detailed plan. Abstracts will be due within thirty days of request. Based on the Government's evaluation of these abstracts, the offeror may be requested to submit a fifteen page technical and fully detailed cost proposal. Abstracts and proposals not selected for funding will be acknowledged. The detailed plans, abstracts, and proposals will be evaluated based on the following criteria, which are listed in descending order of importance: 9) Responsiveness to mission area goals; 10) Potential payoff of the effort to the warfighter; 11) Overall technical merit; 12) Risk posed by technical challenges and potential to succeed; 13) The qualifications of the proposed offeror, the principal investigator and key personnel; 14) The proposed program milestones and deliverables; 15) System and technology affordability; 16) Available funds. For any questions relating to the air superiority and precision strike mission area goals, please contact Mr. Tom Loftus (760) 939-3544, Mr. Frank Markarian (760) 939-3241, or Mr. James Chew at (703) 588-0703. For any questions relating to the ship based defense and naval surface fire support mission area goals, please contact Mr. Robin Staton (540) 653-8901, Mr. Gil Graff (540) 653-4099, or Mr. James Chew at (703) 588-0703. For any questions relating to overall procedures, please contact the NASWT BAA POC, Mr. Peter Morrison, (703) 696-0553. For any questions relating to the preparation of cost proposals please contact Ms. Lee Ann Boyer, (703) 696-4841. Strict confidentiality of proprietary information will be maintained provided the information is properly labeled. All submissions will be protected from unauthorized disclosure in accordance with FAR 15.413, applicable law and agency regulations. The government may use selected support contractors as special resources to review submitted proposals. FUNDING: This announcement provides no funding for white papers, detailed plans, abstracts, technical/cost proposals, or attendance at the industry symposium. No funds have been appropriated for this effort, which is anticipated to be funded with FY99 and later appropriations. It is anticipated that, contracts will be the instruments used for any awards made under this announcement. This notice constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) as contemplated by FAR 6.102(d)(2). Unless otherwise stated herein, no additional written information is available, nor will a formal RFP or other solicitation regarding this announcement be issued. Requests for the same will be disregarded. The Government reserves the right to select all, some, or none of the proposals received in response to this announcement. This BAA shall remain open for one year from the date of publication; however, proposals received outside the designated time frames set forth for herein shall be considered only to the extent that funding remains available beyond the initial selection. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code is 8731 with the small business size of 500 employees. Full cost proposals that exceed $500,000 submitted by, but small businesses, must be accompanied by a Small Disadvantaged and Woman Owned Small Business Subcontracting Plan in accordance with FAR 52.219-9. No portion of this BAA has been set aside for HBCU and MI participants, though their participation is encouraged. For awards made as contracts, evaluation of the socio-economic merits of the proposal shall include the extent of commitment in providing meaningful subcontracting opportunities for small business, small disadvantaged business, woman-owned small business concerns, historically black colleges, universities and minority institutions. (0117)

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