Commander, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Acquisition Center, Research Development and Engineering Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5000

A -- DEVELOP MICRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEM INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT MANUFACTURING AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS TO REDUCE THE COSTS SOL DAAH01-00-R-R007 DUE 041700 POC Monica Williams, Contract Specialist, (256) 876-8341, E-mail: williams-mc@redstone.army.mil ; Harold Smith, Contracting Officer, (256) 876-0908 DESC: THIS IS A CONTINUATION TO SUBMISSION No. 434834 -BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) DAAH01-00-R-R007, DEVELOP MICRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEM INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT MANUFACTURING AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS TO REDUCE COST. 3. Cost -- Reasonable cost to the Government, including cost sharing by industry, other Government, and other participants in the form of matching funding, equipment, facilities, or other "in-kind" resources. Costs will be evaluated on a cost realism basis. This pertains to the offeror's ability to project costs which are realistic and reasonable and which indicates whether the offeror understands the nature and scope of the work to be performed. Costs to the Government will not exceed the amount available for this program. Amount of cost sharing; contractor to government cost sharing greater than 1:1 is encouraged. Cost sharing will be evaluated based on the extent and type of cost share provided. The commitment of up-front dollars/man-power rather than in-kind cost sharing. Innovative management of resources that will optimize program funding. ADMINISTRATIVE -- Eight copies of the proposal shall be submitted. The proposal shall consist of two parts, technical and management (Part I) and cost (Part II). Part I should not exceed 20 pages (12-point text), excluding resumes and exhibits. Resumes and exhibits should not exceed 10 pages. The proposal shall contain a one-page abstract summarizing the proposed effort that is releasable to the public. All pages of the proposal, except the abstract page, will be marked with "Official Use Only: Source Selection Information: See FAR 3.104", and any proprietary pages should be marked accordingly. Part I shall include: 1) proposer's cover page: with title, technical point(s) of contact, administrative point(s) of contact, pertinent phone numbers, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses, 2) summary page(s) of organizations participating in the proposal: with title, technical point(s) of contact, administrative point(s) of contact, pertinent phone numbers,fax numbers, and e-mail addresses, 3) locator matrix or index, identifying where specific announcement requirements and criteria are addressed in the proposal, 4) overall technical plan: with specifics on the transition of the IMU into LCPK and/or Modernized Hellfire missile systems with a four year milestone plan for completing each effort, 5) summary of related experience in MEMS, IMU development and system integration, electronics, software and manufacturing, 6) a listing and description of facilities and equipment, 7) organization and management plan, including subcontracting, 8) statement regarding existence of, or intention to obtain, facility and personnel clearances, 9) type of support, if any, the offeror requests, e.g. facilities, equipment, materials, manpower, R&D resources, 10) program plan with a proposed statement of work, 11) program schedule with milestone chart, 12) resume of key personnel, (not part of the 20 page limitation). All paragraphs containing proprietary information must be clearly marked. Part II shall contain (1) a one to-two page cost summary and (2) supporting pages, which shall include a detailed breakdown of labor categories, equipment, material, travel, management costs, and any other direct and indirect costs by task/sub-task. Offerors shall provide exhibits as necessary to substantiate the cost elements. Proposals are due by 17 April 2000 at 3:00 p.m. CST. The Government will not accept proposals after this date. The Government reserves the right to select for award any, all, part, or none of the responses received and intends to incrementally fund any resultant contract . Note that only the contracting officer has authorization to award contracts pursuant to this BAA. A cost share contract with options that will be incrementally funded is the intended instrument for this action. This requirement is being issued as a full and open competition basis. Receipt of proposals will be restricted to the United States and its territorial contractors. No foreign participation will be considered. The offerors may be required to have or obtain security clearances up to and including the secret level for work contemplated under this announcement. The BAA is an expression of interest only and does not commit the government to pay any proposal preparation costs for responding to this BAA. The government shall not incur any cost for responses submitted. The government shall not consider the cost of preparing proposals in this announcement as an allowable direct charge to any resulting contract. It is, however, an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect cost as specified in FAR 31.205-18.. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which shall receive consideration by the Government. The Government reserves the right to award to other than the lowest offeror. The Government reserves the right to award multiple contracts for this effort. The government plans to fund this effort for an initial period of 1 year with options that may extend an additional 6 months to 3 years. The options will be exercised based on progress and continued relevancy of the efforts at selected milestones. Total program level of effort is in the range of $4.5 million with approximately $2.25 million available for each contract (depending of the availability of funds). The total first year funding available is approximately $750,000.00. Submit all correspondence and proposals to: U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command Attn: AMSAM-AC-RD-BA (Attn: Monica Williams) Bldg. 5400 Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5270 Proposals/presentations submitted via facsimile machine will not be considered. There will be no formal request for proposal or any further solicitation document issued in regard to this BAA. Proposals are due by 17 April 2000 at 3:00 p.m. CST. Posted 03/15/00 (W-SN434842). (0075)

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