National Reconnaissance Office, 14675 Lee Road, Chantilly, VA 20151-1715

A -- NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE FY 2000 DIRECTOR'S INNOVATION INITIATIVE PROGRAM SOL NRO 000-99-R-0176 DUE 111799 POC Contracting POC -- P. Williams (703) 808-1581, Technical POC -- Dr. William Harter, (703) 808-4882 WEB: Click here to download the Broad Agency Announcement., http://151.200.109.45. E-MAIL: Click here to send e-mail to the DII Program office., dii@nro.mil. The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is interested in receiving proposals for research and development for the Director's Innovation Initiative (DII) program focusing on the areas of Information Superiority, New Design Paradigms, and Space Based Intelligence. This notice constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) as contemplated in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2) for private industry and educational institutions. Submission of proposals against this BAA is open to private industry and educational institutions, with no restrictions as to the size of the business. Other Government Agencies and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers may not respond directly against this BAA, but may submit proposals to be considered for establishing a Memorandum of Agreement between their agency and the NRO DII program via a separate Government Sources Sought Announcement. Readers should note that this is an announcement to declare the NRO's intent to competitively fund research and development for innovative technologies that meet the focus areas set forth in the BAA. The BAA can be found on the DII Home Page accessible through the World Wide Web at http://151.200.109.45 on or around 4 Oct 1999. No other Request for Proposal, solicitation, or other announcement will be made. Readers must download all applicable information necessary to submit a proposal from the web page. Awards shall take the form of contracts only. Before preparing a proposal, potential offerors should read the information provided in the BAA for details regarding the problem areas of interest, proposal format, proposal submission, and proposal evaluation. To be eligible for consideration, readers wishing to respond to this announcement must submit a proposal, including a signed original copy, four additional copies, and one media copy on a 3-1/2" diskette or CDROM (Word for Windows NT document on a Windows NT formatted diskette or CDROM), referencing this BAA to NRO, ATTN: DII Program Contracting Officer, P. Williams, Rm WF14B16E,14675 Lee Road, Chantilly, VA 20151-1715. Proposals sent via facsimile or electronic mail will be rejected. Proposals must be received at the address listed above, no later than 4:00 PM local time on 17 November 1999. Potential offerors are cautioned that only limited funding is available for the DII program. It is expected that multiple awards will result from proposals received at a funding level of approximately $350,000 with nine (9) month periods of performance. Proposals will be evaluated against the following factors, in descending order of importance: 1) potential contribution to the DII program objectives; 2) technical merit and credibility; 3) management and offeror's capabilities; 4) cost reasonableness (PASS/FAIL only); and 5) security aspects of personnel and facilities, and the security management plan (PASS/FAIL only). Proposals will not be returned after evaluation. Except as otherwise stated herein, no additional written information is available regarding this announcement. 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. P. WILLIAMS, CONTRACTING OFFICER Posted 09/30/99 (W-SN386653). (0273)

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