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A -- DRAFT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENT-NIMA PRODUCTION SERVICES DEVELOPMENTAL CONTRACT SOL NMA301-00-RA-001 POC Brian Wolfe, Contracting Officer, WolfeB@nima.mil; John Simon, Technical PoC, SimonJ@nima.mil WEB: DRAFT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENT-NIMA PRODUCTION, http://164.214.2.59/poc/contracts/contracts.html. E-MAIL: Brian Wolfe, Contracting Officer, WolfeB@nima.mil. DRAFT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENT-NIMA PRODUCTION SERVICES DEVELOPMENTAL CONTRACT -- This draft is submitted to solicit industry comment. Comments should be submitted prior to 15 Feb 00. There is no commitment to publish a firm solicitation. The National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) is soliciting proposals for developmental services to facilitate production under existing NIMA production contracts. I. Background. Prior to the current NIMA Omnibus contracts for geospatial production services, NIMA solicited various types of contracts to develop an industrial base that was able to support the outsourcing of geospatial production based upon NTM imagery. These contracts were awarded on a cost-type basis due to the risk inherent in developmental projects. Similarly, the need to develop an industrial base capable of supporting geospatial production based upon commercial and other non-NTM sources is also required, as well as the ability to advance current NTM-based production services as newtechnologies become available. Experience with the NIMA Omnibus Contracts has demonstrated that the award criteria for those production vehicles are less desirable for developmental requirements to enhance production under Omnibus due to the associated cost risk and a lack of developmental-related award criteria. The Omnibus contracts have QBS production-based award criteria such as performance-based production and current production capacity and are awarded on a firm fixed price basis consistent with mature production processes. Efforts of a more developmental nature such as initial and/or related production services such as first article testing, prototyping, production benchmarking, technical studies, or advancing the state of the art of production tools and processes typically include unknowns which placed an inordinate cost risk upon the contractor. This solicitation is intended to augment NIMA's current geospatial production service contracts to provide developmental capabilities; and is not intended as a replacement for the current Omnibus production contracts. Production services for non-developmental requirements will continue to be procured utilizing existing Omnibus production service contracts. Resulting tools and technologies shall subsequently be made available to the NIMA production contracts, resulting in a more robust overall geospatial production program. Therefore, any products resulting from these developmental task orders must provide rights to use those products by either NIMA or NIMA production contractors (in the performance of NIMA contracts), whether by negotiated licenses or other negotiated contract/agreement provisions. The minimum value of any contract/agreement resulting from this solicitation shall be the value of the first task issued under the applicable contract/agreement and the maximum value shall be $10,000,000.00. This solicitation is not related to the NIMA Technical Support Contract solicitation where more generic R&D tools will be developed. A pre-solicitation (for the final BAA) conference shall be held (TBD days after release of this BAA into the public domain) at [location TBD], [time TBD), [date TBD) and [location TBD]. II. Requirements. A. General Requirement (Scope). This requirements is soliciting proposals for task order vehicles to: (1) develop software tools/systems to support geospatial and intelligence gathering and exploitation requirements; (2) provide support to Omnibus vendors regarding source ingestion and exploitation of newly emerging NTM sources, the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), and commercial imagery; (3) create production prototypes for geospatial and intelligence data and NIMA-specific products. benchmark geospatial/intelligence production processes utilizing new NTM sources, SRTM, and newly emerging commercial sources (products may include but is no limited to CIB, FFD, DTED, DPPDB, Geopositioning, TLM, Aero, and Airfields); (4) prepare studies relating to production processes for NIMA-specific products; (5) maintain data bases/associated data base tools; (6) establish collaborative computing tools; (7) develop processes for moving imagery files, geospatial files, and intelligence files among different geographic locations; (8) provide technical support ongoing geospatial and intelligence gathering requirements; and (9) develop change detection applications for imagery intelligence utilizing commercial imagery. B. Source Materials. This announcement is intended to support current and future geospatial and intelligence developmental production service requirements for the exploitation of: (1) NTM Imagery; (2) other DoD imagery; (3) commercial Imagery; (4) SRTM data (Interferometric Height Elevation Data); (5) Geospatial and Intelligence Information; and (6) any other source deemed necessary to support both geospatial and intelligence requirements. C. Near Term Requirements. Several products require near term solutions with regards to the new commercial imagery and SRTM. These include: (1) hyperspectral, multispectral and geospatial applications utilizing NTM, commercial imagery, and/or SRTM; (2) digital terrain elevation software application tools and prototypes derived from both commercial imagery and SRTM; (3) controlled image base (CIB) and/or orthorectified image prototypes derived from both commercial imagery and SRTM; (4) DPPDB (Digital Point Positioning Data Bases) or precisely controlled stereographic image prototypes from commercial imagery; (5) Foundation Feature Data prototypes and studies utilizing commercial imagery; (6) City Image prototypes utilizing commercial imagery; (7) Topographic Line Map prototypes utilizing commercial imagery; and (8) Airfield Vertical Obstruction Data capture techniques utilizing commercial imagery and SRTM. III. Proposal Requirements This BAA is soliciting two types of proposals, both of which must be submitted by a team in order to be considered for award: a teaming proposal (addressing the collective capabilities to perform developmental projects across the spectrum of the general requirements stated above to serve as the basis for an task order contract), and one or (up to three) technical proposals addressing potential solutions to the near term requirements stated above which may be issued as initial tasks under a task order contract/agreement. A. Teaming Proposal The first type of proposal is a teaming proposal intended to be used to evaluate the ability of the proposed team to execute developmental proposals which address the nine general requirements addressed above. This proposal shall be the basis for negotiations regarding any base task order contract awarded pursuant to this solicitation. Entities with research and development capabilities in the desired areas are encouraged to team either by forming a prime/subcontractor relationship or by forming a consortium to host the broadest possible core capability across the general requirements spectrum stated above. Offers consisting of consortium proposals must include the consortium's Articles of Collaboration. NIMA intends to award as few task order contracts or other business agreements (e.g., other transactions, flexible cooperative agreements, technology investment agreements, cooperative research and development agreements) as possible in order to establish broad geospatial developmental capabilities among a few teams, each of whom collectively meet the above criteria. Technical proposals must, therefore, first of all demonstrate how the team collectively meets the capabilities to perform the breadth of the general requirements delineated in (II)(A) above. Discussion should include a detailed explanation of how the teams propose to manage risk and track earned value. In addition, proposals must reflect proven technical capabilities, collective experience and past performance points of contact regarding recent contracts of a similar nature. Team proposals must include a pricing proposal providing fully burdened rates for labor, applicable fully burdened hourly laboratory/equipment rates or departmental rates, and typical material or other prices likely to be involved in multiple tasks. For each labor category employing a separate rate, provide the job title and typical experience, education, training, certifications, etc. expected for that labor category and rate. All prices and fully burdened rates will be compared to other prices and fully burdened rates employed by similar companies and job descriptions in order to determine price reasonableness. Final negotiated rates for any task order agreements awarded shall be used for negotiating subsequent task orders. Teams may propose rates for up to three option years which may only be changed bilaterally with legal consideration. B. Near Term Task Proposals Teams must also propose fully priced developmental proposals addressing one (or up to three) of the near-term requirements addressed above, which can be awarded as initial task orders under a resulting task order contract/agreement. The price breakout should reflect the number of hours per labor category, the job title. IV Proposal Evaluation Criteria A. Team Base Task Order Agreement Proposal Evaluation Criteria (addressing general requirements). Evaluation criteria of equal value are: (1) Technical understanding as demonstrated by (a) previous relevant developmental experience; (b) knowledge of COTS/GOTS geospatial and intelligence platforms; and (c) past performance on previous production and/or developmental contracts; (2) Reasonableness of proposed fully burdened labor rates; (3) Technical management as indicated by proposed procedures to manage risk and track earned value; and (4) Ability to provide real-time progress reporting via internet, payment via government IMPAC VISA card, and other administration streamlining capabilities. B. Task Order Evaluation Criteria (addressing near term requirements). (1) Ability of the result of a proposed task to be integrated into the existing USIGS architecture and environment. (2) Scientific and technical merits of the proposed task to include (a) the degree to which proposed objectives support the targeted near term requirements and (b) validity of the technical basis for the approach offered; and (3) Relevance and potential contributions of the proposed task to the objectives of the Omnibus or other NIMA production programs. Other evaluation criteria, of lesser importance than (l), (2) and (3) above but equal to each other, are: (1) The proposed justification for proposed labor mix and proposed quantity of labor hours related to the applicable task order (i.e., a brief but sufficient narrative explaining how each of these were calculated in relation to the applicable task) and; (2) The adequacy of current or planned facilities and equipment to accomplish the task objectives; and (3) The realism and reasonableness of prices or any proposed cost sharing. V. Proposal Submission Requirements Proposals shall be submitted electronically via simultaneous e-mail to WolfeB@nima.mil and SimonJ@nima.mil or file transfer protocol to ftp://164.214.2.65/pub/contracts/pco/wolfeb/baa with a simultaneous e-mail notification of the transfer to WolfeB@nima.mil and SimonJ@nima.mil. An e-mail acknowledgement of receipt shall be returned to all proposals received by the due date/time which is 2:00 p.m. on [TBD in Final BAA]. Adjustments shall be made for any submission difficulties resulting from verifiable NIMA network problems on the due date. Notification of selections (or status of evaluation if additional time is required) shall occur via e-mail from the Contracting/Agreements Officer not later than [TBD in final BAA]. Pricing proposals shall be submitted via electronic spreadsheet containing no external cell references and must be readable by Microsoft Excel (Office 97 version). Technical proposals shall be readable by Microsoft Word (Office 97 version). VI. Contract/Agreement Type Offerors may propose any legal contractual vehicle. Examples include a contract subject the Federal Acquisition Regulation and subordinate agency (DoD/NIMA) supplements, a flexible cooperative agreement subject to the DoD Grants and Agreement Regulation, another transaction for prototype subject to Section 845 of Public Law 104-201 (a sample can be viewed at http://www.afmc-mil.wpafb.af.mil/organizations/HQ-AFMC/PK/pkt/sampleot .doc) or an other transaction for R&D pursuant to U.S.C. 2371. If an agreement pursuant to U.S.C. 2371is proposed, 50% cost share is required to be incorporated into the proposal, though cost share is not an evaluation criteria. All offers proposing other than a FAR/DFARS-covered contract must document the benefit to NIMA in awarding an alternative business agreement. VII. Mandatory Contractual Requirements: The following requirements shall apply to any contract/agreement resulting from this solicitation: A. Offeror shall ensure and acknowledge in the proposal that all information technology developed under the vehicles or proposed to be developed shall be Year 2000 compliant as defined at FAR 39.002. In addition, the following two clauses shall be included in any resulting contract/agreement: B. NIMA Clause 5552.227-9000 Unauthorized Use of NIMA Name, Seal, and Initials. As provided in 10 U.S.C. 2422, no person may, except with the written permission of the Director, National Imagery and Mapping Agency, knowingly use the words "National Imagery and Mapping Agency" or "Defense Mapping Agency", the initials "NIMA" or "DMA", the seal of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency or the Defense Mapping Agency, or any colorable imitation of such words, initials, or seal in connection with any merchandise, retail product, impersonation, solicitation, or commercial activity in a manner reasonably calculated to convey the impression that such use is approved, endorsed, or authorized by the Director, NIMA. Whenever it appears to the Director, NIMA that any person is engaged or about to engage in an act or practice which constitutes or will constitute conduct prohibited by paragraph (a), the Attorney General may initiate a civil proceeding in a district court of the United States to enjoin such act or practice. Such court shall proceed as soon as practicable to hearing and determination of such action and may, at any time before such final determination, enter such restraining orders or prohibitions, or take such other action as is warranted, to prevent injury to the United States, or to any person or class of persons for whose protection the action is brought. (end of clause). C. DFARS Clause 252.204-7000 Disclosure of Information. (DEC 1991) (a) The Contractor shall not release to anyone outside the Contractor's organization any unclassified information, regardless of medium (e.g., film, tape, document), pertaining to any part of this contract or any program related to this contract, unless-(1) The Contracting Officer has given prior written approval; or (2) The information is otherwise in the public domain before the date of release. (b) Requests for approval shall identify the specific information to be released, the medium to be used, and the purpose for the release. The Contractor shall submit its request to the Contracting Officer at least 45 days before the proposed date for release. (c) The Contractor agrees to include a similar requirement in each subcontract under this contract. Subcontractors shall submit requests for authorization to release through the prime contractor to the Contracting Officer. (End of clause) VIII. Central Contractor Registry IMPORTANT NOTICE: DFARS 252.204-7004 "Required Central Contract Registration" (Mar 1998) applies to all solicitations issued on/after 1 Jun 98. Lack of registration in the CCR database will make a offeror ineligible for award of a contract/agreement. Proposals must reflect compliance or initiation of compliance with this regulation. Call 1-888-227-2423 or access via internet at http://ccr.edi.disa.mil for more information. Offeror's DUNS number (and CAGE code if one has been assigned) must accompany proposal in order to verify CCR registration. Proposals must identify the offeror's taxpayer identification number and the e-mail addresses of the cognizant DCAA offices for each applicable team member. In addition, proposals must identify the e-mail addresses for the offerors' technical and contractual points of contact. IX. Required Proposal Certifications: A. Other Business Agreements: At a minimum the following shall apply to any award made pursuant to this announcement: Executive Order 12549, Debarred/Suspended status; Public Law 100-690, Drug Free Workplace; DoD Directive 5500.11, Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Section 1352, Title 31, USC (Public Law 101-121, Section 319), Limitation on Use of Appropriated Funds to Influence Certain Federal Contracting and Financial Transactions. Offerors proposing alternative business agreements must fax a certification of compliance (referencing NMA301-99-RA-001 and signed by an individual with the authority to bind the offering entity on any resulting contract or agreement) regarding the offeror's status and compliance with these minimum requirements to the Contracting/Agreements Officer, Brian Wolfe, at (301) 227-2536 (primary) or (301) 227-4793 (alternate). B. Offerors proposing a FAR/DFARS-covered contract must download and complete the applicable certifications located on the internet at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/mades/clause/199908sk.htm and fax to the numbers identified above (referencing NMA301-00-RA-001 and signed by an individual with the authority to bind the offering entity on any resulting contract or agreement) regarding the offeror's status and compliance with each delineated certification to the Contracting/Agreements Officer, Brian Wolfe, at (301) 227-2536 (primary) or (301) 227-4793 (alternate). ATTENTION: Facsimiles shall be both required and accepted for certifications only. Facsimiles of the pricing and technical proposals will not be accepted. This announcement represents the totality of available information regarding this acquisition. Requests for hard copies of this CBD announcements will not be honored. Interested parties may stay apprised of this solicitation including revision information and answers to submitted questions by occasionally referring to the NIMA/PC public web site at http://164.214.2.59/poc/contracts/contracts.html. Questions and comments are encouraged regarding this draft solicitation. Posted 01/28/00 (W-SN419749). (0028)

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