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A -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR SPACE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SOL BAA-2000/ASD-C3I POC Point of Contact: Charlie L. Williams, telephone: 703/607-1088; fax: 703/607-0658 WEB: DEFENSE SUPPLY SERVICE-WASHINGTON, http://www.hqda.army.mil/dsswweb. E-MAIL: OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (COMMAND,, williamc2@osd.pentagon.mil. This is a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) on behalf of The Office of ASD(C3I) to support the Defense Department's development of a Space Technology Guide. The Congress has requested the Secretary of Defense in Title XVI, Section 1601, of the FY2000 National Defense Authorization Act to develop a space technology planning guide whose goal is to identify the technologies and technology demonstrations needed to support U.S. national security purposes via the use of space. One feature of this guide is discussion of potential cooperative investment activities with private sector entities. The "private sector" is construed to comprise U.S. companies only for this solicitation. Accordingly, the DoD is requesting inputs from industry that address near-through far-term technology concepts, initiatives and applications that may be adapted to space systems or operations, or which may meet U.S. national security space needs. More than one input may be may be submitted by a company or one input (preferred) may address more than one technology area or initiative. All inputs should provide a rough estimate of costs. Inputs may be in hard- or softcopy (softcopy preferred) and should not exceed two pages of normal type (Microsoft Word/Times Roman 12-pt preferred); any illustrations (additional to text limits) should be at least 4 x 5-inch glossy pictures and/or 300 dpi electronic files. All inputs should reference "BAA-2000/ASD-C3I." Inputs should draw upon or adapt the following topics: Corporate interest in space; current technology interests; projected technology concepts and potential applications; opportunities for partnership (with the DoD and/or other government agencies or commercial entities); objectives of space-related technology initiatives; assessment of their direction and potential for success, and of their interaction with the government (as applicable). All inputs should be unclassified and not contain proprietary information. No contract should be anticipated as a result of this request for information and any costs of preparation are not allowable as direct charges to any other existing or subsequent contract. Submissions are required not later than January 15, 2000 to be considered for incorporation in this DoD Space Technology Guide. Offerors will be notified as to whether or not their papers have, or have not been favorably considered. Favorable review of papers does not guarantee selection, and may not be construed as a binding commitment by the Government to fund the proposed effort. Offerors are advised that only Contracting Officers are legally authorized to contractually bind or otherwise commit the Government. No formal RFP or other solicitation regarding this announcement will be issued. The provisions of DFAR 227.7102.2, Rights in Technical Data, will apply to any resulting contract issued under this BAA. The technical evaluation criteria will be provided in a modification to this synopsis, approximately January 4, 2000. Posted 12/27/99 (W-SN411429). (0361)

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