BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT -- SMART SQUADRON Broad Agency Announcement: Smart Squadron (Announcement No: N00019-99-BAA-SMSQ) I. Introduction SMART SQUADRON Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) N00019-99-BAA-SMSQ: This BAA is open for 1 year from the publication date of this notice. Phase I Proposal Abstracts may be submitted until 31 Jan 1998. This BAA is also listed at www.navair.navy.mil (Business Opportunities/Open Solicitations). The Naval Air Systems Command is announcing this BAA as an unclassified solicitation to obtain policy and technology proposals in support of the Smart Squadron Program objectives and goals. II. General Information The Navy is working jointly with the Marine Corps to solicit abstracts of ideas and enabling technologies from all areas of industry, academia, government, and the Fleet to accomplish the Project/Program goals. Through this BAA, abstracts submitted will address technologies that reduce Operations and Support costs and aggressively function as force multipliers to enhance the squadron's primary mission warfighting. For more information on the Smart Squadron Program and its goals and objectives, please visit Smart Squadron website located at http://www.hq.navy.mil/Airwarfare/Smart_Squadron/default.htm. Information concerning the Project/Program mission, scope, policy, challenges, process and concept are detailed on the website. IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE CONTRACTORS: Registration in the DoD Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database will be a prerequisite for receiving an award from this Broad Agency Announcement. For more information on the CCR, contact the CCR Assistance Center at 1-888-227-2423. III. Areas of Interest Work is being solicited to develop a strategy and process for identifying, capturing and implementing technologies to reduce Operations and Support costs. Initiatives will focus on the integration of functionality and operational efforts and the reduction of administrative and maintenance tasks. Follow-on efforts will expand and encompass business and operational practices in support of the squadron to include: the Carrier Air Wing, the Marine Air Group, and the supporting infrastructure. IV. Contract/Agreement Type The Smart Squadron Project/Program is a new initiative with limited current funding. There is currently no funding available in FY 99 for awards to be made from this BAA. However, additional funding may be authorized for projects that demonstrate significant Operations and Support cost reductions. If funding becomes available, the Contracting Officer may request full proposals on proposed topics or technologies which enhance the program objectives. The proposal format and requirements will be defined at that time. V. Proposal Requirements Abstracts shall be in MS Word (Office 95 or 97) format. Length is limited to five pages including charts, drawings, etc. and font size shall be either 10 or 12 point. All abstracts shall be submitted electronically to both of the following e-mail addresses: LtCol Gregory J. Vaughan, Project Manager, at vaughan.gregory@hq.navy.mil and Vicki Fuhrmann, Contracting Officer, at fuhrmannvd@navair.navy.mil. Abstracts may be submitted until 20 November 1999. This notice constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement 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 a period of one year from the date of initial publication of this announcement. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for this BAA is 8731 with the small business size of 1,500 employees. No portion of this BAA has been set aside for historically black colleges and universities or minority institute 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. If a full cost proposal is requested by the contracting officer, and the total exceeds $500,000, any large business is required to include a Small, Small Disadvantaged, and Woman Owned Subcontracting Plan with its proposal package in accordance with FAR 52.219-9. Abstracts/proposals will not be evaluated against each other since each is a unique technology with no common work statement. There is no commitment by the NAVY to make any awards, to make a specific number of awards, or to be responsible for any monies expended by the proposer before award of a contract/agreement. Information provided herein is subject to amendment and in no way binds the Government to award of a contract/agreement. WEB: List of Solicitations, http://www.navair.navy.mil/air20/air214/index.cfm. Posted 11/17/98 (W-SN271993).

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