Commander, Naval Air Systems Command (Code 2.4), 47123 Buse Road, Building 2272, Patuxent River, MD 20670-1547

A -- RANGELESS TRAINING SYSTEM TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) N00019-9BAA-1403 POC Contact, Bethany Germann, Phone (301) 757-6724, FAX 301-757-6753 Rangeless Training Systems Technical Investigation -- Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) N00019-9BAA-1403. This notice constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) as contemplated by FAR 6.102(d)(2). This technical investigation was previously in the Commerce Business Daily Net on March 5, 1999 under submission No. 305326, and published on March 9, 1999 in the CBD. Unless otherwise stated herein, no additional written information is available, and no formal RFP or other solicitation regarding this announcement will 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 receipt of proposals from the date this notice is published until the proposal due date of 14:00 EDT, 26 April 1999. Supporting documents, proposal instructions, and evaluation criteria for this BAA Notice are to be found at WWW.NAVAIR.NAVY.MIL/AIR20/AIR214/ CONTHOME.HTM (Business Opportunities/Open Solicitations) under solicitation N00019-9BAA-1403 by not later than close of business (17:00 EDT) 5 April 1999. I. INTRODUCTION. The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) as the lead service, in conjunction with the United States Air Force's Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) (deputy service) is announcing this BAA as an unclassified solicitation to investigate, analyze, demonstrate, and evaluate current technologies that could be used to meet, or demonstrate the ability to be evolved to meet, the requirements defined in the Joint Tactical Combat Training System (JTCTS) Operational Requirements Document (ORD). NAVAIR has been developing a system to meet these requirements and, prior to entering production, has been directed to perform a technical evaluation to ensure that the Department of Defense has identified the best technical solution to meet its rangeless training needs which minimizes technical risk at the lowest life cycle costs. This analysis is to be based on performance of real equipmentin a realistic environment to the maximum extent possible. II. GENERAL INFORMATION. Through this BAA competition, NAVAIR expects to make awards that address the following technical and cost efforts: (1) A demonstration of the proposed technology using actual equipment, primarily intended to focus on the adaptive communication system, to establish its current capabilities and potential for growth; (2) Preparation of a concept development plan describing how the demonstrated technology could be evolved into a system meeting the full requirements of the JTCTS ORD; and (3) Preparation of a life cycle cost assessment identifying the expected cost of using the demonstrated technology to fulfill the requirements of the JTCTS ORD. These awards are subject to the availability of appropriations. It is estimated that the value of any one award under this announcement will be between $250K to $2.5M. All awards will be based on merit competition. III. AREAS OF INTEREST. The following items are brought to your attention:1) NAVAIR is formally notifying all interested parties that it intends to use non-Government personnel from Booz, Allen and Hamilton, Mitre, SVERDRUP, and Tecolote, and others in support of the government's BAA proposal analysis and the government led effort associated with the demonstration and technical investigation. During the technical and cost proposal evaluation phase these individuals will have access to the offeror's proposals. NAVAIR is requesting the offeror's provide written concurrence to the disclosure of proprietary information to all non-Government participants supporting in the proposal analysis. All offeror's proposals will be safeguarded in accordance with the terms and conditions of FAR part 3.104-5. Names of non-Government participants will be provided upon request. Each offeror is notified that they must have an executed associate contractor agreement from the date of the proposal receipt date to 10 Aug 1999 with Booz, Allen and Hamilton prior to receipt of proposals, in accordance withFAR 9.505-4. If said agreement is not included with the proposal, it will be deemed non-responsive and returned. In addition, each offeror is notified that they must have executed associated contractor agreements within one week after contract award with the following government support contractors; Mitre, SVERDRUP, and Tecolote, specific points of contacts will be posted separately under the web site. These agreements must be effective till 10 Aug 1999. If said agreements are not in place and on file with the PCO within one week of contract award NAVAIR reserves the right to terminate for default the awarded contract in accordance with FAR Clause . Offerors are required to provide a copy of their proposed associate contractor agreement that they plan on using with the named support contractors as part of their proposal submission; 2) The detailed technical and cost effort required in support of the requested demonstration and technical investigation is provided under a document titled "Statement of Objectives" found under the NAVAIR web site previously shown above; 3) The contractor will propose its timeline to ensure that all proposed efforts will be completed by not later than 10 Aug 1999; 4) Questions and Clarification requests concerning information and material provided under this BAA shall be submitted in writing or preferably via electronic mail to either of the POCs listed at the bottom of this notice. The government reserves the right to either respond or decline to respond to any inquires submitted to this BAA. The deadline for submission of questions or clarification requests concerning this BAA is 16 April 1999. Any questions or clarification requests received on or after 17 April 1999 may be answered at the discretion of the PCO. Offerors providing questions and clarification requests are notified that these inquires will be posted on the NAVAIR web site along with the government response within three working days after receipt; and, 5) Submission of Classified Proposals will not be accepted in response to this BAA. IV. CONTRACT TYPE. For the purposes of this BAA, awards under this announcement will be a Cost Reimbursement plus fixed fee as defined under FAR part 16.306. Provided under the subject web site is the general Contract format terms and conditions for this BAA effort. The offerors are required to review, fill out, where applicable, the provided contract template, and submit an original signed copy of the SF-26 plus the filled out contract along with the offerors technical and cost proposal submission. Proposals shall be valid for a minimum of 30 days after the published closing date for submission of proposals. This contract template is not subject to the terms and conditions of the offerors proposal page count limitations. V. PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS. The proposals, an original with two (2) additional hard copies, plus two electronic copies, must be submitted to the following address on or before 26 April 1999 at 14:00 EDT: Naval Air Systems Command, Code: AIR-2.4.2.3.1, Attn: Bethany Germann, N00019-9BAA-1403, 47123 Buse Road, Unit # IPT, Suite 350, Patuxent River, MD 20670-1547. Proposals received after this date may not be reviewed. After review of the proposals submitted the Navy will provide written feedback to the respective offeror. Full proposals should be submitted in two (2) volumes: Volume I, Technical Proposal, and Volume II, Cost Proposal. Contractors should apply the restrictive notice prescribed in the provision at FAR 52.215-12, "Restriction on Disclosure and Use of Data (APR 1984)", to trade secrets or privileged commercial and financial information contained in their proposals. Proposals will be evaluated by the criteria cited in Section VI. Detailed instructions concerning the content of the technical and cost proposals submission requirements are provided under the NAVAIR web site previously shown above. VI. EVALUATION CRITERIA. Detailed instructions concerning the evaluation criterion concerning the technical and cost proposals are provided under the NAVAIR web site previously shown above. IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE OFFERORS: Registration in the DODs Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database will be a prerequisite for receiving an award resulting from this Broad Agency Announcement. For more information on the CCR, contact the CCR Assistance Center at 1-888-227-2423. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for this BAA is 8711 "Engineering Services (Military and Aerospace Equipment and Military Weapons)" with the small business size standard of $20 million. No portion of this BAA has been set aside for historically black colleges and universities or minority institute participants, though their participation is encouraged. Small, Small Disadvantaged, and Woman Owned businesses offerors are required to identify themselves in their proposal cover letters. In accordance with FAR 52.219-9, all large business whose total proposed costs exceed $500,000.00 are required to submit a signed Small, Small Disadvantaged, and Woman Owned Subcontracting Plan under their proposal. Proposals submitted under this BAA will be evaluated in the order in which they are received and may be accepted at any time within the timeframe cited herein. 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 U.S. Government 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. Awards will be made, if it is deemed in the best interest of the government, between 7 to 11 May 1999. Information provided herein is subject to amendment and in no way binds the Government to award of a contract/agreement. Supporting documents, proposal instructions, and evaluation criteria for this BAA Notice are found at WWW.NAVAIR.NAVY.MIL/AIR20/AIR214/CONTHOME.HTM (Business Opportunities/Open Solicitations) under solicitation N00019-9BAA-1403. Points of Contacts (POC) for this BAA are: Contract Specialists, BethanyGermann, e-mail address germannbj@navair.navy.mil, (301) 757-6724 or Michael Powell-Salas, e-mail address powellsalamr@navair.navy.mil, (301)-757-6727; Contracting Officer, Craig Simpson, e-mail address simpsoncr2@navair.navy.mil (301) 757-6726. Fax Number (301)-757-6752 or 6753 Posted 04/01/99 (W-SN315138). (0091)

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