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A -- DUAL USE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM (DUS&T) SOL BAA 99-007 DUE 050499 POC Helen B. Paul, ONR Code 253, (703) 696-8556 E-MAIL: click here, paulh@onr.navy.mil. The Department of Defense (DOD) announces a program in the area of Dual Use Science and Technology (DUS&T). This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) is being conducted jointly with the Army, the Air Force and the Navy. DOD seeks projects to create and/or develop new products or process technologies on a 50/50 cost share basis. The DUS&T program requires that the proposed technology have both military relevance and potential benefit (cost, performance or sustainability of defense systems) and sufficient potential commercial (non-defense) applications to support a viable production base. The contractor must bear at least 50% of the cost of the effort and at least 50% of this cost share must be high quality (i.e. cash, labor or consumable materials). The projects must result in the development of a technology, not the application of a technology. The proposer must be a for-profit company or have at least one for-profit firm on its team. Due to limited funding, the Government reserves the right to limit awards under any topic, and only proposals considered to be of superior quality will be funded. Readers should note that this is an announcement to declare DOD's intent to competitively fund dual-use technology projects and that no request for proposals, solicitation or other announcement of this opportunity will be made. Small businesses and historically black colleges and universities and minority institutions are encouraged to participate. Teaming arrangements, especially with academia, are encouraged when the result is a technically stronger proposal. Awards will be made using a class of nonprocurement instruments called Technology Investment Agreements (Cooperative Agreements and Other Transactions). These assistance instruments are not subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation but instead are governed by the DOD Grants and Agreement Regulations (DODGARS). The DODGARS and a description of Technology Investment Agreements may be found at http://alpha.lmi.org/dodgars/. The DOD will host an industry day to support this BAA on 25 March 1999 in Chicago, IL. The conference will provide an overview of the DUS&T Program and include Service Representatives who will brief each of the topic areas. See the DUS&T web site: www.dtic.mil/dust for additional details. The DUS&T proposal guidelines, submission instructions and the Navy, Air Force and Army topic areas under consideration are found at the DUS&T web site: www.dtic.mil/dust/baa.htm. Full proposals are due by 1400 EDT 4 May 1999 at the address identified in each Service topic area. This BAA, however, shall remain open for one year from the date of publication or until replaced by successor BAA, and proposals received after 1400 EDT 4 May 1999 shall be considered only to the extent that funding remains available beyond the initial selection. White paper synopsis of the planned DUS&T proposal including a rough cost estimate are encouraged from any interested company or consortium prior to the submission of the full proposal. The proposals will be evaluated using the following evaluation criteria, which are of equal importance: (1) Technical Merit and Management Approach -- including impact on the cost or performance of current and/or future defense systems; (2) Military Benefit -- including potential defense relevance and contributions of the effort to the agency's specific mission; (3) Commercial Viability of Technology and (4) Quality and Amount of Cost Share (the proposer must bear at least 50% of project costs and at least 50% of the cost share must be high quality. All technical questions should be directed to the point of contact identified under the specific topic area. General questions can be addressed to Cathy Nodgaard, (703) 696-0289, nodgaac@onr.navy.mil. Posted 02/03/99 (W-SN294014). (0034)

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