U.S. ARMY CONSTR ENGRG RES LAB, ATTN: CONTRACTS OFFICE, P.O. BOX 9005, CHAMPAIGN IL 61826-9005

A -- PROVIDE RESEARCH ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (SERDP) OFFICE FOCUSING ON THE AREA OF CONSERVATION SOL DACA88-98-R-0010 DUE 083198 POC Contract Specialist Joyce Roberts (217) 352-6511, ext. 7568 Contracting Officer Deloras Adamson (217)373-7297 (Site Code DACA88) The United States Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (USACERL) is interested in receiving proposals for research on behalf of the Department of Defense (DoD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) Office focusing on the area of Conservation. This notice constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) as contemplated in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2) for private industry and universities. Federal Laboratories are prohibited from submitting proposals against this BAA. However, a SERDP Program Announcement to the Federal Laboratories will run concurrently. Proposers should state in their proposal that it is submitted in response to this BAA. Readers should note that this is an announcement to declare DoD/SERDP's intent to competitively fund research and development for innovative and new environmental technologies that meet the focus area set forth in the SERDP BAA. The BAA can be found on the USACERL Home Page accessible through the World Wide Web at http://owww.cecer.army.mil/contracts/ on or around 30 June 1998. No other RFP, solicitation or other announcement will be made. Readers must download all applicable information necessary to submit a proposal from the web page. Awards may take the form of contracts, grants or cooperative agreements. Submission of proposals against this BAA is restricted to private sector and universities, but not restricted to small businesses. Before preparing a proposal, potential proposers should read the information provided in the SERDP BAA for details regarding proposal format, proposal submission, the evaluation of proposals, as well as the individual Statement of Need (SON) set forth in the BAA. To be eligible for consideration, readers wishing to respond to this announcement must submit a proposal, including a signed original copy, six additional copies, and one copy on a 3-1/2" diskette (DOS formatted WORD or WordPerfect), referencing this BAA, to Joyce Roberts, USACERL/CT-C, P.O. Box 9005, Champaign, IL 61826-9005 (for fedex: 2902 Newmark, Champaign, IL 61822-1076). Proposals sent via fax or electronic mail will be rejected. Proposals must be received at the address listed above, no later than 2:30 PM CST on 31 August 1998. Multiple awards may be made from proposals pursuant to this SON. It is expected that awards will result from proposals received for approximately $600,000. Proposals will be evaluated against the following factors, listed in descending order of importance: (1) SERDP relevance (PASS/FAIL) -- potential relevance to SERDP environmental requirements, both DoD and Department of Energy (DOE); (2) overall scientific, technical and socio-economic merits of the proposal; (3) the qualifications, capabilities, and experience of the proposed Principal Investigator, team leader or key personnel who are critical in achieving the proposed objectives; (4) potential to execute the proposed work as demonstrated by a comprehensive management plan leading to the completion of the project; (5) potential for transition of the proposed research; (6) availability of other funding sponsors for the effort; and (7) reasonableness of the proposed cost and availability of funds. For awards made as contracts, the socio-economic merits of each proposal will be evaluated based on the commitment to provide meaningful subcontracting opportunities to small business, small disadvantages business, woman-owned small business concerns, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions. The standard industrial classification code is 8731 with the small business size standard of 500 employees. In addition, contract proposals that exceed $500,000 submitted by all but small business concerns must be accompanied by a Small, Small Disadvantaged and Woman-Owned Small Business Subcontracting Plan in accordance with FAR 52.219-9. Posted 06/24/98 (0175)

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