A -- NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE FY2001 DIRECTOR'S INNOVATION INITIATIVE PROGRAM

Notice Date

September 27, 2000

Contracting Office

National Reconnaissance Office, 14675 Lee Road, Chantilly, VA 20151-1715

ZIP Code

20151-1715

Solicitation Number

NRO 000-00-R-0160

Response Due

November 15, 2000

Point of Contact

Contracting POC -- Ms Carol Lewis (703) 808-4675, Technical POC -- LtCol John Comtois (703) 808-1907

E-Mail Address

Click here to send e-mail to the DII Program Office (dii@nro.mil)

Description

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is interested in receiving research and development proposals for the Director's Innovation Initiative (DII) Program focusing on the areas of New Processing Methods, New Business Practices, and New Sources and Sensors. This notice constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) as contemplated in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2) for private industry and educational institutions. This announcement declares the NRO's intent to competitively fund research and development for innovative technologies that meet the focus areas set forth in the BAA. The BAA can be found on the DII Home Page accessible through the World Wide Web at http://ec.westfields.net/dii on or around 2 October 2000. No other Request for Proposal, solicitation, or other announcement will be made. Readers must download from the web page all applicable information necessary to submit a proposal. Submission of proposals against this BAA is open to private industry and educational institutions, with no restrictions as to the size of the business. Awards shall take the form of contracts only. Before preparing a proposal, potential offerors should read the information provided in the BAA for details regarding the problem areas of interest, proposal format, proposal submission, and proposal evaluation. It is expected that multiple awards will result from proposals received, at a maximum funding level of approximately $350,000.00 with nine (9) month maximum period of performance. Proposals will not be returned after evaluation. Except as otherwise stated herein, no additional written information is available regarding this announcement. Requests for the same will be disregarded. The Government reserves the right to select all, some, or none of the proposals received in response to the announcement. C. Lewis, CONTRACTING OFFICER

Web Link

Click here to go to the DII BAA web site (http://ec.westfields.net/dii)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20000929/ASOL005.HTM (W-271 SN501410)