Aviation Applied Technology Directorate, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Attn: AMSAM-AR-TC, Building 401, Lee Blvd, Room 117, Fort Eustis, VA 23604-5577

A -- HELICOPTER FUEL CONTROL SYSTEM SOL DAAH10-99-2-0005 DUE 070299 POC Lauren L. Sebring, Contracting Officer, (757)878-4828 WEB: NA, NA. E-MAIL: NA, NA. The Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD) is soliciting technical and cost proposals for conduct of 6.2 Research & Development (R&D) as described below. Proposals are required to be submitted in accordance with the guidelines set forth herein. This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) constitutes the total solicitation. There will be no formal request for proposals or other solicitation requests. INTRODUCTION: Tremendous technology advances have occurred within the past five years within the electronics and fuel control industries. This technology has not adequately transferred into Army turboshaft fuel controls. Engine performance has the potential to be significantly improved via innovative model- based control schemes. Fuzzy logic and neural network techniques show great promise towards improving the accuracy of diagnostics-greatly affecting Operation & Support(O&S) costs and paving the way towards true engine prognostic capability. Current technology trends allow for potential integration options never possible before. In flight "real-time" diagnostics could be developed due to current progress in the technology. Advances in Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), double-sided surface mount board techniques, rapid prototyping/manufacturing, high speed/density Multi-Chip Microcircuits (MCMs), PEMs, novel Integrated Circuit (IC) packaging/cooling techniques and unique fuel pumping/metering methodologies now make it possible to develop significant improvements for engine performance and cost. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT: The purpose of this program is to develop and leverage the best concepts and technology within the electronics and fuel controls industry and apply those that make sense, towards a helicopter fuel control system. Goals for this program are improved: 1) Engine performance & diagnostics, 2) Affordability and 3) Obsolescence /upgrade control. Baseline for this effort will be a current fielded military helicopter turboshaft engine. The technology developed in this program will be applicable towards current fielded engines and be transferable to future Army engines. The testing portion of this effort will provide means for verification of the program goals. Component design life is 5000 hours (minimum). ANTICIPATED AMOUNT OF ALL RESULTING AWARD (S) is estimated to be approximately $800-$900K for the Government share of this technology investment agreement. ANTICIPATED PERFORMANCE PERIOD: Not to exceed 42 months for completion of technical effort and an additional 3 months for data submittal. However, since the Government reserves the right to award only part of a given proposal, a shorter period of performance may be appropriate. APPLICABLE SECURITY DETERMINATION: A determination has been made that performance will require access to and/or generate technical data which is restricted by the Arms Export Control Act (Title 22, U.S.C., Sec. 2751 et seq.) or Executive Order 12470. Prior to award, the successful firm(s) will be required to provide an "Export-Controlled DoD Technical Data Agreement" certification number issued in accordance with DoD Directive 5230.25. This certification may be requested from the Defense Logistics Services Center, Attn: DLSC-FBA Federal Ctr, Battle Creek, MI 49017-3084, Telephone 1-800-352-3572. This announcement is open only to U.S. and Canadian Firms. REQUIRED DATA: Quarterly cost and technical performance report, draft and reproducible final report, and test plan(s) (if applicable). EVALUATION CRITERIA: The selection of one or more sources for agreement award will be based on a scientific and/or engineering evaluation of proposals (both technical and cost as it relates to technical effort) in accordance with the criteria set forth in this section. Proposals will be evaluated on their own merit without regard to other proposals submitted under this announcement. These evaluations will result in narrative ratings which will be used to develop an order of merit listing for proposals submitted under this topic. Proposed cost will be evaluated, as appropriate, for realism and reasonableness. The evaluation criteria are (1) The extent to which the proposed work satisfies an Army research need by use of innovative, efficient, affordable and suitable approaches to the technical problem. (2) The merit of the offeror's proposed approach to accomplish the scientific and technical objectives. (3) The experience and qualifications of scientists, engineers, technicians and other proposed personnel. (4) The suitability and availability of proposed facilities. (5) Cost and risk to the Government. GENERAL INFORMATION: Proposals submitted must consist of a clear statement of objectives, a technical section which should include, but not be limited to, background experience, concepts and ideas, methodology, expected contribution of the research to the Army mission, a Statement of Work (SOW) which includes the following tasks and associated milestons: Task I. Software Development. Task II Hardware/Fuel Delivery System Development and Task III Bench Testing; a technical plan; a biographical section describing key personnel; a funding profile; a cost proposal; and a program management section. The cost proposal must include cost breakdown providing man-hours by task, all pricing rates used, and equipment and materials listings, if applicable. Use of separate volumes for technical and cost data is acceptable but not required. Subrecipient/subcontract proposals, if applicable, including pricing rate details, should be provided concurrent with the prime's submission. This BAA topic will remain open until 4:15 p.m., eastern time July 2, 1999. Awards under this announcement are anticipated to be made by September 30, 1999. However, unless the offeror specifies a different expiration time, proposals will be considered valid for Government acceptance through 31 December 1999. The Government reserves the right to select for award any, all, part or none of the proposals received. Further, the Government reserves the right to select for award only a portion of an offeror's proposal (i.e., certain tasks vs total program). Multiple proposals from the same offeror that address different solutions or that address only part of the problem under the topic will be accepted and evaluated independently. Agreements with a desired cost participation by the Recipient of 50% are anticipated. Cost participation may be in the form of cash or in-kind contributions. Cost sharing and matching requirement of Attachment E of OMB Circular A-110 (7/30/76) apply except that Recipients may use their independent research and development (IR&D) funds as cost sharing or matching. Any IR&D contribution must meet all criteria other than paragraph 3b(5) in Attachment E of OMB Circular A-110. Use of IR&D as cost sharing is permitted, whether or not the Government decides at a later date to reimburse any of the IR&D as allowable indirect costs under the commercial cost principles in 48 CFR 31. Real property or nonexpendable personal property purchased with recipient's funds may be included as recipient's cost sharing or matching if recipient notifies grants officer in advance, that such property is being included. To be included, the property must meet the general requirement for recipient's contributions they may count as cost sharing or matching to the extent that they are used for authorized purposes of the agreement, consistent with applicable cost principles. Cost share will be calculated as follows: contractor cash plus in-kind contribution divided by project value. Any resulting agreement value will exclude recipient's "sunk" costs of prior research as cost match. Only additional resources that will be provided by the recipient to carry out the current project will be counted. In the case of intellectual property (IP), value of the statutorily protected IP will be based on reasonable use (e.g. license, royalties) charges. These reasonable use costs will be included as cost contribution to the project. The announcement is an expression of interest only and does not commit the Government to pay any response preparation cost. No pre-proposal conference is to be held. Proposals must be submitted in original and four (4) copies. Proposals, excluding the cost section, shall not exceed 30 pages. Proposals should be marked with the above solicitation number and addressed to the Aviation Applied Technology Directorate, AMCOM, and ATTN: AMSAM-AR-T-C (L. Sebring), building 401, Lee Boulevard, Fort Eustis, VA 23604-5577. Offerors desiring an explanation or interpretation of this announcement must request it in writing at the above address (Datafax (757)878-0008)or lsebring@aatd.eustis.army.mil. Oral explanations or instructions given before the award of any agreement will not be binding. Any information given to a prospective offeror concerning this announcement which is necessary in submitting offers or the lack of which would be prejudicial to any other prospective offeror(s) will be published as an amendment to this announcement. A copy of any cited reference/clause is available from the issuing office (L. Sebring, (757)878-4828). Posted 05/11/99 (W-SN329931). (0131)

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