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A -- ADSTOP SOL PRDA-MNK-PRDA-00-0001-PART-II DUE 051500 POC Judith Gibson, Contract Specialist, Phone (850)882-4294 ext. 3419, Fax (850)882-9599, Email gibsonj@eglin.af.mil -- Vicki Keider, Conracting Officer, Phone (850)882-4294 ext. 3404, Fax (850)882-9599, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=PRDA-MNK-PRDA-00-0001-PART-II&LocID=1362. E-MAIL: Judith Gibson, gibsonj@eglin.af.mil. PART II OF II C -- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: (1) Anticipated Period of Performance: 27 Months total, consisting of 18 months of Phase I tasks, and 9 additional months for the optional Phase II tasks. The offeror may propose an alternate duration for each of the two phases. However, the proposed duration of the individual phases and overall effort must be commensurate with the Government funding profile for the ADSTOP program as defined in Paragraph C(4) of this PRDA. (2) Expected Award Date: The estimated Phase I award date is 30 June 2000, with an effective start date of not later than 15 August 2000. (3) Type of Contract: The Government anticipates awarding a single cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF) contract for Phase I, with a CPFF option for Phase II. (4) Government Estimate: The total contract cost (in then -year dollars) to execute both phases (i.e., Phase I and Phase II) must not exceed $3.5M. (Ref. Paragraph D(3) of this announcement). (NOTE -- The Government anticipates that the ADSTOP program then-year-dollars profile for funding available for the ADSTOP contracted effort will be as follows: FY00 -- $0.562M, FY01 -- $1.495M, and FY02 -- $1.443M. However, this statement shall not be interpreted as an obligation on the part of the Government to fund the ADSTOP program at the stated annual levels.) The government has also set aside $0.795M to cover the cost of testing (e.g., sled testing, endurance vibration testing, flight testing, etc.) to be conducted at government test facilities and ranges. Those anticipated government borne test costs by FY are: FY00 -- $0.0M, FY01 -- $0.120M, and FY02 -- $0.675M. To help reduce total costs for this program, the Government may determine that some proposed contract effort could be more economically executed with Government resources and may enter into negotiations to accomplish this objective. Potential areas of effort for such negotiations include hydrocodes analysis and effectiveness analysis. (5) Government Furnished Property (GFP), Facilities and Test Support: Except as otherwise noted in this paragraph, it is the offeror_s responsibility to identify all resources (i.e., hardware, equipment, facilities and support) needed to execute the contract in a timely and cost effective manner, whether the resources are contractor-owned and furnished, or Government-owned and furnished. The only exception to this requirement is the Government will provide WCMD tail kits and WCMD telemetry kits as GFP. The offeror may request that the government provide empty TMD's and fuzes as GFP; or he may propose to provide the TMD's and fuzes as a part of his proposed effort. The Government will also assist in providing other GFP or facilities as appropriate and if available. The offeror_s proposal shall not propose or assume the right to use any Government-owned resource, except as noted in this paragraph, unless he has prior written confirmation from the Government PCO that those resources will be available for his use. Therefore, the offeror should forward a detailedlist of Government resources that he wishes to include in his proposal to the PCO not later than ten (10) days after the date of publication of this PRDA. The Government will determine the availability of the resources and then notify the contractor within five days, as to whether the request has been approved or disapproved. (6) Size Status. This acquisition is full and open competition. However, the appropriate SIC code is 8731 with a small business size standard of 500 employees. (7) Notice to Foreign Owned Firms: A determination has been made for this solicitation, that all foreign participation at the prime contractor level will be prohibited. D -- PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS: (1) General: Proposals submitted in response to this announcement must include Phase I and a priced option for Phase II. A written technical and cost proposal, submitted in separate volumes, is required. Volume 1 should provide the technical proposal addressing both Phase I and Phase II of the program, and Volume 2 shouldaddress the price and cost details of the proposal for both phases of the program. Offerors should apply the restrictive notice prescribed in the provision at FAR 52.215-1(e), _Instructions to Offerors-Competitive Acquisition_ (Feb 2000), to trade secrets or privileged commercial and financial information contained in their proposals. Offerors should consider instructions contained in the _Proprietary Information_, and _When and How to Submit_ sections of the AFMC Pamphlet 64-101, _Unsolicited Proposal Guide_, which can be found at "http://www.afmc-mil.wpafb.af.mil/pdl/afmc/pam/64series/64_101/64-101. pdf". AFMC Form 190, Policy Agreements does not apply to Program Research and Development Announcements. Additional proposal questions should be directed to one of the points of contact listed in Part F. Potential offeror_s should forward their request for the Annexes 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this PRDA to the Government in strict accordance with the requirements of Paragraph F(5) of this PRDA. (2) Technical Proposal: The Volume 1 technical proposal shall include, as a minimum: a statement of work suitable for contract incorporation; the offeror_s technical approach for the entire program; risk management procedures to be applied to the program; identification of key personnel, resources, and critical subcontractors; hardware and data deliverables; a proposed program schedule including deliveries for the entire program; and a summary of relevant past and present performance of the proposing corporate division only. In his technical proposal the offeror shall propose and elaborate upon a specific ADSTOP warhead Baseline Design. The offeror must provide sufficient technical discussion and technical detail to establish the soundness of the proposed approach; provide an adequate basis for assessing program technical cost and schedule risk; and form a sound basis for the cost proposed in Volume 2. To that end, the proposal shall address all aspects of the Baseline Design including but not limited to, payload component design, payload integration, payload expulsion and dispersal, payload survivability, proposed affordability approach, payload effectiveness, proposed TMD design modifications (if any), comparison of ADSTOP warhead and standard TMD mass properties, and the ability of the ADSTOP warhead to accommodate the structural loads associated with carriage and delivery from the F-16, when employed with a WCMD guidance kit. The proposal shall also identify and discuss the suitability of the various modeling and analysis tools that the contractor proposes to use during the ADSTOP program to accomplish the ADSTOP hardware design and effectiveness trades. Proposals failing to provide adequate technical detail and discussion will be considered technically unresponsive to this PRDA. The technical proposal shall also include an abbreviated overall test plan, with a supporting test matrix and discussion, which identifies all contractor conducted testing proposed for Phases I and II. To facilitate timely completion of the pre-award surveys, offerors are requested to identify their own and subcontractor facilities and personnel, if any, to be involved in handling of explosives and other hazardous materials and the level of explosives/hazardous materials proposed. (3) Cost Proposal: Adequate price competition is anticipated. The Volume 2 cost proposal must include as a minimum a man-hour breakdown by task, a cost element summary including labor, overhead, travel, G&A, etc. for the basic contract, Phase I and data, and the option for Phase II and data, and an expenditure schedule for the entire program. The Phase II option shall be proposed as a contract line item for Fabrication and a separate contract line item for Flight Testing for the most probable quantity of 5 and the prices, with explanation (i.e., pricing curve, cost estimating relationships, etc.), for the variable quantities of 5 through 10. The proposed cost of the contracted effort shall be presented as Volume 2-A. Volume 2-A shall separately identify any costs associated with data rights. Volume 2-A shall also separately identify the total proposed costs associated with implementation of the affordability tasking of Paragraph B(8) of this PRDA. Volume 2-A shall include the proposed cost for fulfillment of the ADSTOP contractor's own responsibilities under the terms of the Associate Contractor Agreement (ACA). It shall not include any proposed costs incurred by Lockheed Martin Co. in fulfilling their responsibilities under the terms of the ACA. It is anticipated that a significant amount of the work performed under the ADSTOP contract will be classified. The offeror should therefore, consider, and reflect in his proposal, the cost impact that security will have on all aspects of his proposed effort. (Note: There may be differences between the classification levels for material submitted in the offeror_s proposal in accordance with the interim SCG (i.e., the _Agent Defeat Warhead Technology SCG_), and the level of classification identified for the same material in the draft ADSTOP SCG. In such instances, the ADSTOP SCG shall still be used in determining the proposed security-related costs.) It is the offeror's responsibility to identify any Government owned equipment, facilities, and support required for the execution of the ADSTOP program. Except as noted below, it is the offeror_s responsibility to generate/obtain and include in Volume 2-B estimates for the cost of Government Furnished Property (GFP), and all costs incurred by the government that are associated with providing the equipment, facilities and support necessary to meet the contractor_s testing requirements. All proposed costs should be presented in then-year-dollars. (Note: The exceptions to these requirements are: (a) WCMD guidance kits and WCMD telemetry kits will be treated as cost free GFP; (b) the cost of up to two sled tests at the Eglin AFB Sled Track will be treated as cost free tests, (c) the cost of any endurance vibration tests conducted at a government environmental test facility will be treated as a cost free tests; (d) subject to PCO approval, selected tests conducted at certain AFRL/MN controlled test sites will be treated as cost free; and (e) the Government support necessary for the conduct of the flight test program outline in Annex 4 of this PRDA will be treated as cost free. The term "cost free" as used in the preceding sentence shall be understood to mean that such costs will not be counted when assessing whether or not the offeror's proposal is in compliance with the $3.5M contract limit, as defined in Paragraph C(4) of this PRDA. However, as specified in Paragraph E of this PRDA, such costs will be a consideration in determining the total cost to the Government of offeror's proposed program.) When requesting cost estimates for test support (other than listed above as free) from Government test organizations, the offeror should clearly state that the ADSTOP program_s Government sponsor, AFRL/MNMI, will make payment directly to the supporting Government test organization. The offeror should also ensure that the estimated Government test costs account for projected Government inflation rates over the duration of the program.) (4) Page Limitations: Volume 1 should be limited to a total of 75 pages, including resumes, charts, figures, tables, etc.. The proposed SOW and CDRLs may be included as an appendix of not more than 50 pages. The Government reserves the right to remove and return to the offeror any excess pages before evaluation starts. Cost proposals have no page limitations, however, offerors are requested to keep the cost proposal to 50 pages as a goal. A page is defined to be one side of an 8.5x11 inch piece of paper with information on it. Minimum print size is 10 point type, or 12 pitch, with line spacing of not less than one and one half for the typeface used. Proposals shall be submitted in an original and 5 copies. All responsible sources may submit a proposal that shall be considered against the criteria set forth herein. Authorization for limited reproduction and dissemination within Government agencies and National Laboratories is requested. (5) Preparation Costs: The cost of preparing proposals in response to this announcement is not considered an allowable direct charge to any resulting contract, or any other contract. It is, however, an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect cost specified in FAR 31.205-18. Offerors are advised that only the Contracting Officer is legally authorized to contractually bind or otherwise obligate the Government. The US Air Force reserves the right to award one or none contracts based on the proposals received in response to this announcement. If selected for possible award, the offeror will be required to submit a Small, Small Disadvantaged, and Women-Owned Small Business Plan within ten (10) days of notice. E -- Basis for Award: Award Evaluation Criteria: The selection of none or one source for contract award will be based on evaluation of the proposals in response to this PRDA to determine the best value potential for the entire program. Proposals will be evaluated as received using the following areas and factors. No other evaluation criteria will be used in selecting the best proposal. Technical and Cost Area information will be evaluated at the same time. The Technical Area will be considered of higher priority than the Cost Area. The factors under the Technical Area, listed in decreasing order of importance, are: (a) Soundness of Technical Approach and Compliance with Requirements, (b) Understanding the Problem, and (c) Relevant Past and Present Performance. The Soundness of Technical Approach and Compliance with Requirements factor will consider and evaluate the technical merits and risks as related to design, development and test of the offeror_s proposed ADSTOP warhead. It will also consider the potential of the proposed approach for meeting and/or exceeding the requirements identified in Paragraph B of this PRDA. As a part of determining the best value potential for the entire program, the government will consider both the potential robustness of the ADSTOP Baseline Design, and the degree of payload design maturation the contractor proposes to demonstrate during his test program. Robustness, as used herein, shall be understood to be a measure of the extent for which the proposed ADSTOP Baseline Design has the potential for being effective against the broadest possible spectrum of potential C/B soft targets. Maturation as used herein, shall be understood to include the measure of the extent to which affordability will be addressed and engineered into the proposed ADSTOP Baseline Design. A proposal which is deemed by the Government as meeting performance requirements and having the best potential for successfully flight demonstrating affordable, "near-production-ready" hardware, without exceeding the maximum allowable cost specified in Paragraph C(4) of this PRDA, may be considered as offering higher potential value to the government than a proposal which proposes to accomplish the flight test with less mature designs and hardware. Under the Cost Area, the Cost Proposal will be evaluated for reasonableness and realism. For evaluation purposes only, Phase II Fabrication and Flight tests shall be evaluated based on a most probable quantity of five (5) flight test units and support of four (4) flight test missions. Also, variable quantity prices will be evaluated for consistency. The total cost to be evaluated will include the cost of performing the contract, the cost of Government support, and any other offsets for GFP and/or acquisition of data rights. F -- POINTS OF CONTACT: (1) Contracting and Cost: Ms Vicki Keider, Contracting Officer, (850) 882-4294, ext 3404, or Ms Judith Gibson, Contract Negotiator, (850) 882-4294, ext 3419, at AFRL/MNK, 101 West Eglin Blvd., Suite 337, Eglin AFB FL 32542-6810, or e-mail to keider @eglin.af.mil or gibsonj@eglin.af.mil, respectively. The AFRL/MNK telefax number is (850) 882-9599. (2) Programmatic and Technical Issues: Mr Ken West, (850) 882-2141, ext 2200, at AFRL/MNMI, 101 West Eglin Blvd., Suite 250, Eglin AFB FL 32542-6810, or e-mail to westko@eglin.af.mil. The AFRL/MNMI telefax number is (850) 882-9790. (3) Ombudsman: An Ombudsman has been appointed to address concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the program director or Contracting Officer, but communicates Contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman shall maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Matters of a routine or administrative nature concerning this acquisition should not be addressed to the Ombudsman but rather to the Contracting Officer, Contract Specialist, or the Program Manager identified above. For any other concerns, interested parties may call AFRL/MN_s Ombudsman, Lt Col Mary Quinn, at (850) 882-2872 ext. 3420. (4) General information: This announcement and updated or other general information are available via the World Wide Web at http://www.eps.gov. (Look for Solicitation Number MNK-PRDA-00-0001, Keyword: ADSTOP) (5) Supplemental Documentation: Potential offeror_s should forward their written request for supplemental documentation related to this PRDA (i.e., Annexes1, 2, 3, & 4, and Security Classification Guides) to Ms Judith Gibson, AFRL/MNK, 101 West Eglin Blvd., Suite 337, Eglin AFB FL 32542-6810. The request must include an approved DD Form 2345, Export-Controlled DOD Technical Data Agreement, unless the requestor previously submitted a DD Form 2345 as a prerequisite for attending the ADSTOP Pre-solicitation Conference. The request should also include two sets of self-adhesive mailing labels. The mailing address on the labels must be the approved address for receipt of classified mail. Each set of labels must include one label suitable for use on the outer classified mail wrapper, and a second label suitable for use on the inner wrapper. None of the supplemental documentation will be provided unless requested in strict accordance with these instructions. END OF PART II Posted 03/29/00 (D-SN439095). (0089)

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