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A -- FY 01 ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGIES IN SUPPORT OF TRADOC BATTLE LABS (ACT II PROGRAM) BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT AND PREPROPOSAL CONFERENCE SOL DAAD19-00-R-0001 DUE 052300 POC Contact, Kathy Terry (919)549-4337; Contracting Officer, Melissa Fauber (919)549-4267 WEB: Click here for BAA, http://www.aro.ncren.net/arowash/rt/actii.htm. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contract specialist via, terry@aro-emh1.army.mil. P -- Presolicitation Notice. The US Army Research Office (ARO) announces the issuance of the Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the Department of the Army's Advanced Concepts and Technology II (ACT II) Program. The ACT II program encourages application of commercial technologies which are mature or nearing maturity to address immediate Army concerns. This access to the commercial market is intended to shorten the acquisition cycle and to reduce the development cost. The BAA requests proposals for technology demonstrations in areas of interest to the US Army Training and Doctrine Command's (TRADOC) Battle Labs. The solicitation process to be utilized calls for the initial submission of a 2-page concept paper in response to definitive topic areas listed in the BAA. Concept paper submissions are due to the address listed in the BAA at 4:00 pm Eastern Daylight Savings Time on 23 May 2000. The concept papers will be evaluated and, if the technology is judged highly relevant based on criteria set forth in the BAA, the offeror will be invited to submit a complete proposal for evaluation. Complete proposals are due to the address listed in the BAA at 4:00 pm Eastern Daylight Savings Time on 19 July 2000. The release of the BAA is anticipated on or about 15 March 2000 and will only be available at the ARO internet address: http://www.aro.ncren.net/arowash/rt/actii.htm. No printed copies are available. A help line for questions relating to the BAA is available at (919) 549-4375. NO OTHER SOLICITATION NOTICE WILL BE ISSUED IN REGARD TO THIS REQUIREMENT. The ACT II FY 01 Preproposal Conference will be held Monday and Tuesday, 17-18 April 2000 at the Holiday Inn-Hampton, 1815 W. Mercury Blvd., Hampton, VA (tentative location). The conference is hosted by Headquarters, Training and Doctrine Command and the Army Materiel Command. The conference pamphlet and registration form will be available on or about 29 February 2000 at the following internet address: http://battlelabs.monroe.army.mil or can be requested by electronic mail addressed to lyonsr@monroe.army.mil or by fax to (757) 727-3445. You must be registered in order to attend the conference, which is limited to the first 500 respondents. Registration should be completed by 30 March 2000 to take advantage of the special group rate. Registrations after that date will be on a space-available and rate-available basis. No walk-in registration will be accepted. Confirmation of the location and time of the conference, directions to the hotel and information regarding the accommodations and registration fees are posted on the battlelab's internet site referenced above. Posted 02/23/00 (W-SN427904). (0054)

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