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A -- AGENT DEFEAT WARHEAD DEMONSTRATION SOL PRDA No. MNK 99-0001 DUE 042999 POC Judith Gibson, Contract Specialist, (850) 882-4294, ext. 3419 E-MAIL: Judith Gibson, Contract Specialist, gibsonj@eglin.af.mil. Continuation: (Part 2 of 2) (7) Meetings and Reviews: The contractor will be expected to conduct various meetings throughout the program, including but not limited to a kickoff Program Review at the beginning of each phase, and a wrap-up Program Review at the end of each phase. Kickoff Program Reviews will be held not more than two weeks after performance begins for each phase. Wrap-up Program Reviews will be held within the last four weeks of each phase, at a time agreeable to both parties. Additional Program Reviews will be held at times coinciding with key program milestones or decision points as deemed appropriate by the contractor. The contractor will also be expected to conduct periodic progress meetings for technical and programmatic interchange throughout the program. In no event shall the period between successive Program Reviews or the intermediate progress meetings exceed 3 months. The contractor is expected to host half of the reviews and meetings, and the Government will host half. Each Program Review shall specifically address any patents or inventions identified and/or pending as well as any proprietary issues. In addition, the contractor shall support and participate in Government agency safety and test meetings as appropriate. The contractor may also propose to conduct or participate in other meetings with subcontractors, Government agencies, or other third parties, as deemed appropriate to the program. (8) Long Lead Items: Timely execution of Phase II of the ADW Program may require the purchase of long lead materials and /or hardware prior to the formal approval of Phase II. Therefore, the contractor shall identify his Long Lead Item requirements to the sponsor in a timely manner. C -- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: (1) Anticipated Period of Performance: 42 Months total, consisting of 18 months of Phase I tasks, and 24 additional months for the optional Phase II tasks. The offeror may propose an alternate duration for each of the two phases. However, the proposed duration of the individual phases and overall effort must be commensurate with the Government funding profile for the ADW program as defined in Paragraph C(3) of this PRDA. (2) Award Date: The estimated Phase I award date is 15 July 1999, with an effective start date of not later than 15 September 1999. (3) Government Estimate and Type of Contract: The Government anticipates awarding a single cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF) contract for Phase I, with a CPFF option for Phase II. The total contract cost (in then -year dollars) to execute both phases, plus the additional cost (in then year dollars) of all test support (e.g., sled tests, targets, range support, etc.) provided by the Government must not exceed $6.397M. (Ref. Paragraph D(3) of this announcement). The offeror is expected to balance the scope of his proposed contracted effort, and the scope of his proposed Government test effort, such that the combined cost does not exceed $6.397M. (NOTE -- The Government anticipates that the ADWD program then-year-dollars funding profile inclusive of all funds available for both the ADWD contract and Government test effort, will be as follows: FY99 -- $0.075M, FY00 -- $1.526M, FY01 -- $1.400M, FY02 -- $1.700M, and FY03 -- $1.696M. However, this statement shall not be interpreted as an obligation on the part of the Government to fund the ADW program at the stated annual levels.) It is the offeror's responsibility to identify any Government owned equipment, facilities, and support required for the execution of the ADW program. Except as noted below, it is also the offeror's responsibility to generate or otherwise obtain estimates for all the associated costs incurred by the government in providing the equipment, facilities and support necessary to meet the contractor's testing requirements. The exception to this requirement is that standard inventory fuzes, standard inventory submunitions, and standard inventory empty bomb cases will be treated as cost free items if they are provided as Government Furnished Equipment (Ref. ParagraphC(4) of this PRDA). When the use of reusable Government owned targets is proposed for the testing of the ADW, the offeror's estimate of Government test costs must include the cost associated with the intermediate and final refurbishment of the target structures used. (4) Government Furnished Property, Facilities and Test Support: It is the offeror's responsibility to identify all resources (i.e., hardware, equipment, facilities and support) needed to execute the contract in a timely and cost effective manner, whether the resources are contractor-owned and furnished or Government-owned and furnished. The Government will assist in providing Government-owned property or facilities as appropriate and if available. The offeror's proposal shall not propose or assume the right to use any Government-owned resource unless he has prior written confirmation from the Government PCO that those resources will be available for his use. Therefore, the offeror should forward a detailed list of Government resources that he wishes to include in his proposal to the PCO not later than ten (10) days after the date of publication of this PRDA. The Government will determine the availability of the resources and then notify the contractor within five days, as to whether the request has been approved or disapproved. (5) Size Status. This acquisition is full and open competition. However, the appropriate SIC code is 8731 with a small business size standard of 500 employees. (6) Proprietary Items: The Government prefers the proposed ADW design include no parts, materials, or software that are proprietary. It is the offeror's responsibility to identify any proprietary materials, products, software, or processes to be used by the prime contractor or subcontractors in the performance of this program and to address acquisition of data rights or licenses, or expected recoupment of development costs for those proprietary items that will be integral to the ADW. (7) Security Requirements: Portions of this program will be classified up to the SECRET NORFORN level. EMSEC requirements will apply. Generation of classified material for this solicitation is authorized only on equipment approved for classified processing by Air Force EMSEC authorities. An Agent Defeat Warhead Demonstration Security Classification Guide (ADWD SGC) has been drafted for this program, but it has not yet been approved. Once approved, the ADWD SCG shall be used as guidance in all security matters related to the ADWD Program. However, until it is approved it cannot be used for classification guidance. Therefore, the "Agent Defeat Warhead Technology SCG", the "Fuzes and Fuze Components SCG", and the "Slapper Detonator SCG" shall be used in determining the classification of the offeror's proposals submitted in response to this PRDA. Instructions for obtaining copies of the four referenced SCG's can be found on the World Wide Web at "http://eglinpk.eglin.af.mil/OPS/ADWD.htm". (8) Other Special Requirements: International Traffic in Arms Regulations applies. D -- PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS: (1) General: Offerors should apply the restrictive notice prescribed in the provision at FAR 52.215-1(e), "Instructions to Offerors-Competitive Acquisition" (Oct 1997), to trade secrets or privileged commercial and financial information contained in their proposals. Offerors should consider instructions contained in the "Proprietary Information", and "When and How to Submit" sections of the AFMC Pamphlet 64-101, "Unsolicited Proposal Guide", which can be found at "http://afmc.wpafb.af.mil/pdl/afmc/64afmc.htm". AFMC Form 190, Policy Agreements does not apply to Program Research and Development Announcements. Additional proposal questions should be directed to one of the points of contact listed in Part F. A written technical and cost proposal, submitted in separate volumes, is required. Volume 1 should provide the technical proposal addressing both Phase I and Phase II of the program, and Volume 2 should address the price and cost details of the proposal for both phases of the program. Volume 1 should be limited to a total of 75 pages, including resumes, charts, figures, tables, etc.; the proposed SOW and CDRLs may be included as an appendix of not more than 50 pages. The Government reserves the right to remove and return to the offeror any excess pages before evaluation starts. Cost proposals have no page limitations, however, offerors are requested to keep the cost proposal to 50 pages as a goal. A page is defined to be one side of an 8.5x11 inch piece of paper with information on it. Minimum print size is 10 point type, or 12 pitch, with line spacing of not less than one and one half for the typeface used. Proposals shall be submitted in an original and 5 copies. All responsible sources may submit a proposal that shall be considered against the criteria set forth herein. Authorization for limited reproduction and dissemination within Government agencies and National Laboratories is requested. The cost of preparing proposals in response to this announcement is not considered an allowable direct charge to any resulting contract, or any other contract. It is, however, an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect cost specified in FAR 31.205-18. Offerors are advised that only the Contracting Officer is legally authorized to contractually bind or otherwise obligate the Government. The US Air Force reserves the right to award one or none of the proposals received in response to this announcement. If selected for possible award, the offeror will be required to submit a Small, Small Disadvantaged, and Women-Owned Small Business Plan within ten (10) days of notice. (2) Technical Proposal: The Volume 1 technical proposal shall include, as a minimum: a statement of work suitable for contract incorporation; the offeror's technical approach for the entire program; risk management procedures to be applied to the program; identification of key personnel, resources, and critical subcontractors; hardware and data deliverables; a proposed program schedule including deliveries for the entire program; and a summary of relevant past and present performance of the proposing corporate division only. In his technical proposal the offeror shall identify and elaborate upon a specific Agent Defeat Warhead Baseline Design concept. The proposal shall address all aspects of the Baseline Design concept including, but not limited to, the warhead case design, payload selection, payload integration, fuzing, warhead and payload impact survivability, payload expulsion and dispersal, and the ability of the warhead to accommodate the structural loads associated with carriage and delivery from the F-15E when the warhead is employed with the GBU-24 A/B guidance kit. The proposal shall clearly indicate the CB target categories (Reference Paragraph B-(2) of this PRDA) against which the offeror claims the Baseline Design warhead will be effective, and those claims shall be supported by effectiveness analysis results for each of those target categories. To substantiate his collateral damage minimization claims, the offeror's proposal shall, as a minimum, provide the following vented agent information for each relevant target: 1) the total mass of agent vented from the target, 2) the percent of vented material considered viable (i.e., not killed or otherwise neutralized), 3) the mass median diameter of the vented biological material or the three sigma size distribution of chemical agent aerosol droplets (i.e., assuming the distribution is log-normal), 4) the total blow down time of the target structure (i.e., the time period over which the structure is venting material), 5) the peak pressure attained within the structure or the maximum jet velocity(s)at the various venting points, and 6)the average temperature of the vented material. Additional information characterizing the venting events(s) should be provided if available. The referenced effectiveness analysis shall be based upon relevant targets selected by the offeror from the ADWD Generic Target Set provided by the Government in conjunction with this PRDA. The offeror may also identify additional warhead concepts that he proposes to evaluate during the trade study to be conducted in Phase I. Potential offeror's should forward their request for the ADWD Generic Target Set to the Government in strict accordance with the requirements of Paragraph F(3) of this PRDA. The Generic Target Set provided to the offerors will specify the relative priority of each target. (Note: The ADWD Generic Target set is primarily intended for use during proposal preparation. The Government may, at its option, identify additional targets for consideration during the performance phase of the ADWD program). The technical proposal shall also include an abbreviated overall test plan, with a supporting test matrix and discussion, which identifies all contractor conducted in-house testing, and all Government conducted/contractor supported testing proposed for Phases I and II. To facilitate timely completion of the pre-award surveys, offerors are requested to identify their own and subcontractor facilitiesand personnel to be involved in handling of explosives and other hazardous materials and the level of explosives/hazardous materials proposed. (3) Cost Proposal: Adequate price competition is anticipated. The Volume 2 cost proposal must include as a minimum a man-hour breakdown by task, a cost element summary including labor, overhead, travel, G&A, etc. for the basic contract, Phase I, and the option for Phase II, and an expenditure schedule for the entire program. Technical and Cost Proposals submitted in response to this announcement must reflect a balance between the costs associated with the contracted ADW development effort, and the additional cost to be incurred/borne by the Government in testing the contractor's warhead. In the interest of achieving that balance, the contractor will be required to propose both the contractor's costs associated with his design, development and test/test support efforts; and the additional cost incurred by Government in accomplishing the Government conducted tests proposed by the contractor in his overall test plan (Ref. Paragraph D-(2) of this PRDA). The total combined cost to execute the contractor's proposed in-house design, development, and test effort (i.e., the cost associated with the basic contract (Phase I) and the cost for the subsequent option for Phase II), and the proposed Government conducted test effort for Phases I and II, must not exceed $6.397M. A proposed ADW concept may be deemed unsatisfactory if, in the Government's opinion, the concept cannot be adequately tested within the budgetary limits of the ADW program in a manner which demonstrates achievement of program minimum objectives. The offerors cost proposal should clearly delineate and segregate the costs associated with the contracted effort from the Government test support. The proposed cost of the contracted effort shall be presented as Volume 2-A. If the effort proposed under Phase II includes flight test hardware and flight test related activities, all such associated contractor costs shall be segregated and clearly identified in Volume 2-A. Volume 2-A shall also separately identify any costs associated with data rights. It is anticipated that a significant amount of the work performed under the ADWD contract will be classified. The offeror should therefore consider, and reflect in his proposal, the cost impact that security will have on all aspects of his proposed effort. The offeror shall use the draft ADWD SCG as the basis for determining security-related costs. Volume 2-A shall also identify the cost associated with implementing the program security requirements as derived from the ADWD SCG. The referenced security requirement costs shall be identified for each relevant sub-element of the offeror's proposed Work Breakdown Structure. (Note: There may be differences between the classification levels for material submitted in the offeror's proposal in accordance with the three interim SCG's (i.e., the "Agent Defeat Warhead Technology SCG", the "Fuzes and Fuze Components SCG", and the "Slapper Detonator SCG"), and the level of classification identified for the same material in the draft ADWD SCG. In such instances, the ADWD SCG shall still be used in determining the proposed security-related costs.) The cost of Government test support and Government furnished property (GFP), excluding any GFP that the offeror has been notified in writing by the Contracting Officer will be provide at no cost, shall be presented as Volume 2-B. All proposed costs should be presented in then-year-dollars. (Note: When requesting cost estimates for test support from Government test organizations, the offeror should clearly state that the ADWD program's Government sponsor, AFRL/MNMI, will make payment directly to the supporting Government test organization. The offeror should also ensure that the estimated Government test costs account for projected Government inflation rates over the duration of the program.). E -- PROPOSAL EVALUATION: Award Evaluation Criteria: The selection of none or one source for contract award shall be based on evaluation of the proposals in response to this PRDA to determine the best value potential for the entire program. Proposals will be evaluated as received using the following areas and factors. No other evaluation criteria will be used in selecting the best proposal. Technical and Cost Area information will be evaluated at the same time. The Technical Area will be considered of higher priority than the Cost Area. The factors under the Technical Area, listed in decreasing order of importance, are: (a) Soundness of Technical Approach, (b) Understanding the Problem, and (c) Relevant Past and Present Performance. The Soundness of Technical Approach factor will consider and evaluate the technical merits and risks of the proposal as related to design, development and test of the offeror's proposed Agent Defeat Warhead Baseline Design concept. The Government may determine that the Baseline Design concept which address a target(s) with higher priority, as defined in the ADWD Generic Target Set, presents greater value potential than do Baseline Design concepts which only address a target(s) of lower priority. The Government, however, may also determine that a Baseline Design concept, which addresses a target(s) of lower priority in a very robust fashion, presents greater value potential than do Baseline Design concepts, which address a higher priority target(s) in a less robust fashion. In the event the Government determines that the Baseline Design concepts proposed by various offerors are each acceptably robust for their respective relevant target(s), then the priority of the targets will be a consideration in determining the best value potential. As a part of determining the best value potential for the entire program, the government will consider both the potential robustness of the design, and the degree of design maturation the contractor proposes to demonstrate during his test program. The Government may determine that a proposal for a Baseline Design with high potential robustness and a test program limited only to ground testing, has greater potential value than does a proposal for both ground and flight testing of another Baseline Design with less potential robustness. Conversely, in the event the Baseline Design concepts proposed by offerors are each acceptably robust, the Government may determine that a proposal including flight tests offers greater potential value than one which does not include flight tests. Under the Cost Area, the Co Posted 03/12/99 (W-SN307883). (0071)

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