Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Contract Management Directorate (CMD), 3701 N. Fairfax Dr., Arlington, VA 22203-1714

A -- APPLIED MICRO ADAPTIVE FLOW CONTROL SOL BAA 00-13 DUE 020900 POC Dr. Richard Wlezien, DARPA/TTO, Fax: (703) 696-8401 WEB: http://www.darpa.mil/baa, http://www.darpa.mil/baa. E-MAIL: baa00-13@darpa.mil, baa00-13@darpa.mil. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES AND DESCRIPTION: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Tactical Technology Office is soliciting proposals for development and demonstration of Micro Adaptive Flow Control (MAFC). DARPA defines MAFC to be the control of large-scale flow fields by exploiting the natural amplification of disturbances triggered by small-scale actuators. MAFC offers the potential to achieve radical aerodynamic and hydrodynamic benefits in military systems by adaptively controlling performance-limiting physical phenomena such as flow separation, vortex dynamics, and turbulence. This BAA and its accompanying Proposer Information Pamphlet (PIP) constitute the entire solicitation for this effort. No other solicitation documentation is available; nor will this announcement be followed by any requests for proposals. This PIP may be obtained from the World Wide Web (WWW), or by fax, electronic mail, or by mail request to one of the administrative addresses listed below. AREAS OF INTEREST: Application areas of interest include: aircraft, propulsion, munitions, hydrodynamic applications and space launch vehicles. Specific examples of applications include (but are not limited to) innovative flight controls, high power-density gas turbine engines, precision control of projectiles, highly agile missiles and air vehicles, cavitation control, combustion control, compact and efficient engine inlets and diffusers, range augmentation for weapons, and reduction of acoustic emissions. Preferred applications are those which enable radical performance gains by affordable and realizeable MAFC technologies, or where MAFC enables an entire new class of vehicle. Demonstration of MAFC must satisfy system-level performance, reliability, affordability, maintainability, and produceability. DARPA encourages the development of flow-control actuators having adequate bandwidth, force, and energy-density. While micro- and meso-scale fabrication techniques may be an asset to actuator development, offerors are encouraged to consider a much broader range of actuation technologies having appropriate scale, power density, bandwidth, and output. The development of innovative control strategies is encouraged. The development of robust distributed flow and state-sensing systems is encouraged, with ruggedized, embedded sensor networks to provide necessary feedback information. The development of design tools to promote the implementation of MAFC in full-scale systems is also encouraged. Offerors should note, however, that DARPA is soliciting proposals for the development and demonstration of closed-loop, feedback control of flow instabilities through localized actuation, sensing, and control. Offerors are discouraged from proposing open-loop and/or steady flow actuation. DARPA also discourages proposals for technologies that produce incremental performance improvements, or fixes to existing systems. Moreover, proposal submissions should be sharply focused, and limited to a single application area of MAFC technology. PROGRAM SCOPE: Long-term program goals include the development and validation of enabling MAFC technologies, and the integration of MAFC technologies into full-scale, high pay-off systems-level demonstrations. Funded efforts pursuant to source selection under this BAA will be undertaken in two phases. Phase I will be dedicated to initial studies of technology options; Phase II will be dedicated to demonstrating an MAFC application. Multiple awards in a total amount of $4 million, FY 2000, for Phase I studies are estimated. Total funding for MAFC technology development and validation is estimated at $22 million, FY 2000 through FY 2003. TEAMING: DARPA encourages the formation of teams among offerors. To this end, DARPA invites all interested offerors of whatever size or capacity to provide capability statements that may be re-transmitted to other interested offerors. Offerors that accept this invitation should submit these capability statements to the DARPA administrative point-of-contact for this BAA within ten days after the publication of this BAA in the CBD. The form and format for this statement is described in the PIP for this BAA, along with other submission requirements. These statements should contain, neither proprietary information, nor any proscriptions on their further re-transmission. At a minimum, these capability statements will be made available to all offerors that submit such statements. While DARPA encourages teaming among potential offerors, teaming is not a prerequisite for consideration for award. COST SHARING: Cost sharing is encouraged; however, cost sharing is not a prerequisite for an award under this BAA. GENERAL INFORMATION: Before submitting, either a white paper, or a proposal, offerors must refer to the PIP for this BAA, which provides further information on areas of interest, white paper formats, proposal formats, and other general information. Offerors are advised that white papers or proposals that do comply with the format requirements set forth in this PIP may not be reviewed or evaluated. White Papers: Offerors are encouraged to submit white papers; however, the submission of a white paper is not a prerequisite for consideration for an award under this BAA. The form and format for a white paper, along with other submission requirements, are described in the PIP for this BAA. For offerors that elect to submit white papers, white papers must be received by DARPA on or before 4:00 p.m., local time, 22 December 1999. White papers received after this time and date will not be reviewed. DARPA will provide feedback on the responsiveness of a white paper within fifteen (15) days after its submission. White papers must be submitted in hard copy; e-mail and fax submissions are not acceptable. Proposals: The form and format for a proposal, along with other submission requirements, are described in the PIP for this BAA. Proposals must be received by DARPA on or before 4:00 p.m., local time, 9 February 2000. Proposals received after this time will be returned. Proposals must be submitted in hard copy; e-mail and faxsubmissions are not acceptable. Awards: Awards resulting from this solicitation and source selection may take the form of procurement contracts, cooperative agreements, grants, or agreements entered into under the authority of 10 USC 2371, or Section 845, Public Law 103-160, as amended (commonly referred to as "technology investment agreements" or "other transaction agreements for prototypes."). Offerors who may require additional information relative to the use of these "other transaction" authorities should contact the administrative point-of-contact for this BAA. Awards are estimated to occur in May 2000. EVALUATION AND AWARD: Proposals shall be evaluated using the following criteria in descending order of importance: 1) overall scientific merit relative to the soundness and innovation of the technical approach, 2) potential utility, practicality, benefits, and effectiveness of the proposed technology for systems-level applications, 3) offeror's ability to implement the proposed program as demonstrated byavailability of qualified personnel, equipment and facilities, and by the overall project management plan, 4) the degree to which the offeror commits to granting the Government intellectual property rights in independently-developed technical data, computer software, and other intellectual property necessary to understand and further develop the offeror's proposed application; and 5) cost realism (i.e., whether the cost to completion has been significantly under or overestimated.) Awards shall be made to responsible offerors on the basis of evaluations against these criteria, and on DARPA's determination of which awards will provide optimum program balance, and Best Value to the Government. Awards shall be subject to the availability of Government funds; awards may be incrementally-funded. OTHER NOTICES: Not all proposals evaluated as eligible for award will be funded. The Government reserves the right to select for award all, some, or none of the proposals received. The Government also reserves right to fund all, or any part of any proposal that is evaluated as eligible for award. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and Minority Institutions (MIs) are encouraged to submit proposals, and join others in submitting proposals. However, no portion of this BAA is set aside for HBCU and MI participation because of the impracticality of reserving discrete or severable areas of research in MAFC technologies. All administrative correspondence and questions relative to this solicitation (this BAA and its accompanying PIP) should be directed to one of the administrative point-of- contact; e-mail is preferred. DARPA intends to use e-mail and fax for correspondence. CONFLICT OF INTEREST: Awards made under this BAA are subject to the provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 9.5, Organizational Conflict of Interest. All offerors and proposed subcontractors must affirmatively state whether they are supporting any DARPA technical office(s) through an active contract or subcontract. All affirmations must state which office(s) the offeror supports, and identify the prime contract number. Affirmations should be furnished at the time of proposal submission. All facts relevant to the existence or potential existence of organizational conflicts of interest, as that term is defined in the FAR 9.501, must be disclosed. The disclosure shall include a description of the action the offeror has taken, or proposes to take, to avoid, neutralize or mitigate such conflict. NON-GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL: All white papers and all proposals shall be handled as "source selection information" and their contents shall be disclosed only to personnel with a need-to-know, and only for the purpose of evaluation. The Government intends to use employees from a non-Government source (SRS Technologies, Inc., of Arlington, Virginia) to assist as technical advisors, and in administering the evaluation of white papers and proposals. By its submission of a white paper or a proposal, an offeror agrees that its submission may be disclosed to relevant employees of SRS Technologies for this limited purpose. Offerors should note that these personnel have entered into enforceable non-disclosure agreements. Only Government evaluators, however, will make evaluations under this BAA. ADDRESSES: This BAA and its PIP may be obtained by accessing the World Wide Web at URL http://www.darpa.mil/baa. The Micro Adaptive Flow Control program may be found under the Tactical Technology Office (TTO) solicitations page. The administrative addresses for BAA 00-13 are: Fax: (703) 528-4715 (Attn: SRS Technologies, BAA 00-13); Mail: DARPA/TTO, Attn: BAA 00-13, 3701 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 -- 1714; E-mail: flow.control@wg.srs.com with subject BAA 00-13. All requests for the PIP and administrative correspondence should be directed to one of these administrative addresses. Posted 11/23/99 (W-SN403051). (0327)

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