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A -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WORKFORCE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY (STW-21) SOL Reference-Number-RFI-01-AFRL DUE 032000 POC Michael Grove, Procurement Analyst, Phone (937)255-5648, Email Michael.Grove2@wpafb.af.mil -- Steven Mozes, Program Manager, Phone (937)656-9767, Email Steven.Mozes@wpafb.af.mil WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=R&ProjID=Reference-Num ber-RFI-01-AFRL&LocID=904. E-MAIL: Michael Grove, Michael.Grove2@wpafb.af.mil. Air Force Research Laboratory's mission is to discover, develop, integrate, and deliver affordable technologies for improved warfighting capabilities -- by leading a team of government, industry, and academia -- to keep our Air Force the best in the world. AFRL Technology Directorates are: Air Vehicles, Directed Energy, Human Effectiveness, Information, Materials and Manufacturing, Munitions, Propulsion, Sensors, Space Vehicles, and AFOSR. See www.afrl.af.mil for more information on AFRL. AFRL is seeking ideas on innovative approaches for its government workforce to collaborate with industry, academia, not-for profit organizations, and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC) in the context of an organizational model called Government Operated, Collaborator Assisted (GOCA). The GOCA model is characterized by a permanent government workforce component teamed with a more agile non-permanent workforce component that, working together, provide synergistic benefits that neither component can effectively provide by itself. More specifically, the "GO" component is a cadre of exceptional career Civil Servants and military personnel providing leadership, corporate knowledge, priorities, fiduciary responsibility and continuity, while the non-permanent "CA" component brings agility, connectivity, refreshment, depth, and focused expertise to the organization. The "CA" component could be composed of a mix of National Research Council (NRC) postdocs, term/temporary federal appointments, Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) appointments, and non-government S&T organizations of high national standing and world class reputation. These organizations could include industry, universities, not for profit organizations, and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs). Again, it is in this context that AFRL wishes to identify and explore collaborative schemes between the "government-owned" portion of the workforce and S&T organizations which could, in whole or part, constitute an element of the "collaborator assisted" workforce portion. Through a workforce with both government and non-government components, AFRL hopes to be more agile and responsive to a dynamic environment of both technical challenges and resource fluctuations. Close cooperation between the AFRL organic workforce and collaborators could include, but not be limited to, mutual sharing of resources and expertise, personnel rotation, and co-location. Potential collaborators are invited to submit suggested collaboration approaches that AFRL may consider. Responses should include: technical areas and AFRL Technology Directorates with whom the submitter is interested in collaborating, submitter's areas of world-class technology expertise, recommended or required business terms and conditions that would be needed for the submitter to establish an on-site research presence and enable personnel exchanges, and any potential impediments you envision to this endeavor along with recommended strategies for overcoming these impediments. Multiple/alternative approaches that meet the objectives are welcome and encouraged. This announcement is an expression of interest only and does not obligate the government in any way. This is not a formal request for proposal. Response to this request is on a voluntary basis and failure to respond will not impact any future acquisitions. Questions may be submitted to Mr. Steven Mozes, STW-21 Program Manager, (937) 656-9767, Mr. Michael Grove, Procurement Analyst, (937) 255-5648, or via e-mail: STW21@afrl.af.mil. Questions and answers will be posted on the STW-21 website at http://extra.afrl.af.mil/stw21. Please respond by close of business 20 March 2000. Responses should be submitted to Mr. Steven Mozes, AFRL/CD, 1864 Fourth Street, Suite 1, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7131. Responses are to be limited to 30 pages; 20 individual electronic copies by CD-ROM or floppy disk in Microsoft Word 97 are preferred. AFRL/CD will distribute responses to AFRL Technology Directorates as appropriate. An informational briefing to potential collaborators will be held on 14 February 2000 at David H. Ponitz Sinclair Center, Dayton OH. See the STW-21 website at http://extra.afrl.af.mil/stw21 for more information on the attendance, time, location, and directions. Posted 01/27/00 (D-SN419359). (0027)

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