U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Acquisition Center (AMSTA-AQ-DE), Warren, MI 48397-5000

A -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES AND MINORITY INSTITUTIONS SOL DAAE07-99-Q-BAA2 DUE 022799 POC Mr. John Newton [810] 574-6793 WEB: Click here to visit TACOM-Warren Home Page and download, http://www.tacom.army.mil/acqcen/. E-MAIL: Click here to contact John Newton, the Procurement, newtonj@tacom.army.mil. The U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM)is pursuing better relationships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions (HBCU/MIs). To that end, this notice constitutes a broad agency announcement (BAA) as authorized by 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) which provides for the competitive selection of basic and applied research proposals. Because this BAA is a solicitation, there will be no formal request for proposals or further solicitations regarding this announcement. Potential offerors should monitor the TACOM Acquisition Home Page for potential changes to this announcement. The Government reserves the right to select for award any, all, part or none of the proposals received in response to this announcement. Offerors may submit proposals for any number of topics but only one topic per proposal is permitted. This BAA closes on 27 February 1999 with awards being made up to 31 December 1999. These dates may be accelerated extended, cancelled or withdrawn. TOPICS: The U.S. Army tank-automotive and Armaments Command is soliciting HBCU/MI proposals for innovative technologies for: [1] Damage Studies in Composites, [2] Combat vehicle electronics, embedded systems architecture development, embedded system development tools, simulation, virtual prototype, visualization, robotics, actuator control techniques, perception technologies, and soldier machine interfaces, [3] Physics based modeling methodology and related techniques for the analytical prediction and analysis of reliability characteristics of technologies, components, subsystems and systems, [4] Soil dynamics with emphasis on enhancing tire traction for robotic ground vehicle systems, [5] Investigate advanced Fuels and Lubricants, alternate water supply technologies based on polymeric materials that can be integrated into the soldier's uniform to produce drinking water from all raw water sources, new polymers that could be used to develop new coated fabric materials that can be utilized in the fabrication of water and fuel storage tanks, and research into sensor development that can be used to develop hand held devices for measuring the quality of fuels and oil samples. If an offeror has a topic which he or she believes may be of interest to TACOM related to armaments technology, water and petroleum technologies or combat and tactical vehicle technologies, he or she may submit a proposal on that topic. Offerors who respond based on this topic are advised to provide a one-page abstract of their proposal 20 days prior to submission of a proposal. We will attempt to advise you within 3 working days as to whether or not we have interest in the topic and desire you to submit a full proposal. All correspondence and questions on this BAA should be submitted to the Contract Specialist, John Newton at newtonj@cc.tacom.army.mil or by U.S. Postal Mail to the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-LGC (Building 200/Mailstop 274), Warren, MI 48397-5000. See CBD numbered Note 5. Posted 11/06/98 (W-SN269484). (0310)

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