Commander, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Code 210000D, 1 Administration Circle, China Lake, CA 93555-6100

A -- MAN MACHINE INTERFACE (MMI) TECHNOLOGY SOL N68936-99-R-0007 DUE 093099 POC Doreen Paul, Contracting Officer, (760) 939-9665 The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWPNS), China Lake is interested in receiving white papers and proposals for scientific research demonstrating new technologies, both hardware and software based. They should demonstrate the application of PC Windows NT based system and sub-system technologies with direct application to Fleet warfighting systems. The concepts will be in support of the Navy's Information Technology for the 21st Century initiative (IT21) and future Fleet experimentation. The MMI technologies should be applicable to Fleet aviation, surface and subsurface operational platforms. The area of interest includes the full spectrum of issues that will help to develop systems, architectures and connectivity methodologies. These should support the integration and use of existing or developmental Navy and Marine Corps hardware and software for weapon and related systems in the Naval service. The ability to use and support commercial off the shelf (COTS) architectures, products and systems for application to Navy and Marine Corps operational units are of particular interest. White papers are initially sought to preclude unwarranted effort on the part of an offeror in preparing a full proposal. Offerors submitting the most promising white papers will be invited to submit a full technical and cost proposal on all or part of their white paper submission. However, any such invitation does not assure a subsequent award. The white paper process does not preclude an offeror from submitting full technical and cost proposals directly. However, submission of white papers is strongly encouraged. Proposers should submit their security clearance capabilities in their white papers/proposals. While most aspects of this BAA are unclassified, work on some systems may require the contractor to receive, generate, and store material up to the level of SECRET. Offerors are also encouraged to make preliminary inquiries on the need for the effort contemplated before expending the time and effort of preparing a white paper or proposal. Once a white paper or proposal is submitted, all discussions must be conducted with the Contracting Officer assigned to this BAA. WHITE PAPERS: White papers (original + 3 copies) should include the following items and contain no more than 10 pages: (a) Cover page, clearly labeled WHITE PAPER, including BAA title and date, title, administrative and technical points of contact along with telephone and fax numbers, CAGE code, and signed by an authorized officer; (b) Maximum three page summary with an overview of the proposed technologies and/ or concept that includes a technical approach with a description of the results expected from the project; (c) Statement of Work clearly detailing the scope and objectives of this effort; (d) One page containing a list of deliverables associated with the effort and any GFM or Navy provided support or testing if any portion of the effort is predicated upon the use of government owned resources of any type; (e) Estimated cost and schedule broken down by fiscal year; (f) Summary of proprietary claims to results, or technologies developed in or supporting this proposal; and (g) Brief overview of previous qualifications, accomplishments and work closely related to this effort. PROPOSALS: An original plus three copies of formal proposals should be submitted. The following format is provided for proposal submission. This is general guidance only and not necessarily all-inclusive. 1. Basic Information (to appear on cover page) (a) Name, address, CAGE code, and type of entity. (b) Type of business selected among the following categories: large Business, Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, other Small Business, HBCU, MI, Other Educational, or Non Profit. (c) Title and date of proposal. (d) Statement that this proposal is submitted pursuant to (cite appropriate BAA announcement. (e) Government funding requested. (f) Duration of proposed effort (g) Names, telephone numbers, facsimile and e-mail addresses of the technical and business personnel who may be contacted for more information or negotiation purposes. (h) Dates of submission and signature(s) of official(s) authorized to obligate the institution contractually. (i) Identification of any proprietary information to be used for evaluation purposes only. 2. Technical Information (a) Concise abstract of the proposed effort. (b) Discussion of how the proposed research effort will respond to the objectives of NAWCWPNS. (c) Statement of Work written in plain English, outlining the scope of the effort and citing specific tasks to be performed and who will perform them, with approximate time, cost, and other information appropriate to each task. (d) Description (in sufficient detail to evaluate the proposal) of the scientific background, objective, and technical approach for each proposed task; appropriate references to the scientific literature should be cited. (e) Names of and brief biographical information on the key personnel. (f) Rationale for requested support of any facilities available for performing the proposed work. 3. Cost Information (a) Proposed price or total estimated cost. (b) A cost estimate, broken down by fiscal year, for the proposed effort sufficiently detailed for meaningful evaluation; offerors shall provide supporting information on all items listed in the proposal budget. (c) Subcontracting plan for offers over $500,000. The effective period of this BAA is through September 30, 1999 and awards may be made at any time throughout the year. Award decisions will be made on a competitive selection of proposals meeting the NAWCWPNS needs, available funding, and a peer/scientific review. Evaluation and selection of proposals for awards will be made on the basis of the potential benefits accruing to the Government when weighted against the cost of the proposal. Additional primary considerations will include an independent Government assessment of the probability of success of the proposed approach and the availability of funding. Proposals not considered to have sufficient scientific merit relevanceto the Navy's needs, or those in areas for which funds are not expected to be available, may be rejected without further review. Proposals may be reviewed and acted on as they arrive. The government reserves the right to award all, some, or none of the proposals received in response to this announcement. It is the policy of NAWCWPNS to treat all proposals as privileged information before award and to disclose the contents only for the purpose of evaluation. White papers and proposals should be submitted to: Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Attn.: Code 210000D (Doreen Paul), 1 Administration Circle, China Lake, CA 93555-6100 PROPOSAL AND WHITE PAPER EVALUATION: Proposals will not be evaluated against each other since they are not submitted in accordance with a common work statement. Evaluation of white papers and proposals will be accomplished through a technical review of each proposal using the following criteria, which are listed in descending order: (1) the overall scientific and technical meritin the technical concept and approach; (2) potential for transition to Fleet capability; (3) ability to use commercial off the shelf (COTS) products, systems, methods or procedures; (4) the offerors capabilities, related experience, facilities, techniques or unique combinations thereof that are integral factors for achieving the proposed objectives; (5) the experience of the principal investigator and of the team's key personnel who are critical to achievement of the proposal objectives(s); and (6) the reasonableness and realism of proposed costs and the availability of funds. All proposals submitted to NAWCWPNS shall be considered government property. This announcement solicits the participation of all offerors capable of satisfying the government's needs. The government will not cover any costs associated with proposal preparation, nor pay, as a direct expense preparation cost on awarded contracts. This announcement constitutes the technical requirements in full text. No other solicitation or Request for Proposal will be issued. The standard Industrial Classification code is 8731 with the small business standard of 1,000 employees. No portions of this BAA have been set aside for historically black colleges and universities and minority institutions. POINTS OF CONTACT: The contracting officer is Ms. Doreen Paul, (760) 939-9665, e-mail pauldp@navair.navy.mil. Technical questions should be addressed to Mr. Michael Ripley-Lotee, (760) 939-4626, e-mail mike_ripley-lotee@mlngw.chinalake. navy.mil. Posted 10/14/98 (I-SN261922). (0287)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0001 19981016\A-0001.SOL)