Commander, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Acquisition Center, Research Development and Engineering Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5000

A -- CONTROLLABLE THRUST PROPULSION SOL DAAH01-00-R-RB02 DUE 113099 POC Mr. Fred Glover, (256)876-8762, Contract Specialist, or Ms. Patsy C. Garrison, (256) 842-7406, Contracting Officer, AMSAM-AC-RD-BC THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) DAAH01-00-R-RB02, CONTROLLABLE THRUST PROPULSION. Summary page(s) of organizations participating in the proposal with title, technical POC, administrative POC, pertinent phone numbers, fax numbers, and email addresses. A one page abstract that is unclassified and not competition sensitive describing the proposal. Overall technical plans and analysis to show how the contractor controllable thrust concepts will meet the technical requirements of the announcement. An overall program schedule to include deliverable items. Part II of the proposal shall include: A Cost Summary not to exceed two pages. Supporting pages that include a detailed breakdown of labor, materials, and other costs to include direct and indirect costs. Include a 3.5" Floppy Disk in EXCEL by cost element for each of the three years and summary for the total cost. Part III of the proposal shall include: Submissions of recent and relevant experience for contracts awarded since October 1996. The number of relevant contracts submitted shall be no more than six. Offerors are to submit past performance information and self-evaluation of that performance on their proposals. An experience questionnaire is provided at Attachment 2. The questionnaire will be included as an attachment to the request for proposal to ensure requested information is addressed by the offerers. In order to facilitate the evaluation of past performance, the offeror is required to mail or fax the questionnaire (Attachment 3) and letter (Attachment 4) to each of those organizations listed as references for past performance with instructions for them to respond directly to the government. The questionnaire and letter must be forwarded to all identified POCs not later than 10 days prior to submission of the proposals. The offeror shall include the name of each identified POC with telephone and fax numbers, and the date of the mailing. The government will accept proposals for a period of 30 calendar days after the date ofthis announcement. The government will not accept proposals after this period. The government reserves the right to select for award any, all, part, or none of the responses received and may incrementally fund any resultant contract. Note that only the contracting officer has authorization to award government contracts pursuant to this BAA. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall receive consideration by the government. The government reserves the right to award to other than the lowest offeror. The evaluation will be based on best value to the government and include an assessment of life cycle costs, including disposal. The government may award multiple three-year contracts for this effort for less than $5,000,000 each. The government plans to fund this effort incrementally. Initially, a payment of $30,000 shall be funded upon contract award. This requirement will be issued as a full and open competition contract. A cost plus fixed fee contract is contemplated as a result of this solicitation. Receipt of proposals will be restricted to the United States and its territorial contractors who possess a SECRET security clearance. No foreign participation will be considered. Submit all correspondence and proposals to: U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command AMSAM-AC-RD-BC/Mr. Fred Glover, Building 5400, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5275. Proposals submitted via facsimile machine shall not be considered. There shall be no formal request for proposal or any further solicitation document issued in regard to this BAA. Attachments 1 through 4 will be furnished separately and must be requested by calling Mr. Fred Glover at (256) 876-8762 or e-mail him at: glover-fr@redstone.army.mil. Proposals are due by 30 November 1999 at 2:00 p.m. CST. Posted 10/26/99 (W-SN395223). (0299)

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