A -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR IMPROVED HYDROGRAPHIC DATA COLLECTION, DATA PROCESSING AND PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES

Notice Date

December 7, 2000

Contracting Office

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, 4301 Pacific Highway, San Diego, CA 92110-3127

ZIP Code

92110-3127

Solicitation Number

N00039-01-X-2217

Response Due

December 31, 2001

Point of Contact

LT John Tencer (619) 524-7185

E-Mail Address

Click here to contact the contract specialist via (tencerj@spawar.navy.mil)

Description

The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) in support of the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO), John C. Stennis Space Center, MS, is soliciting white papers for innovative research and development projects in improving hydrographic data collection, data processing and production techniques. The goal of this research and development (R&D) program is to identify technologies that would significantly reduce the processing time of collected hydrographic data to be used by NAVOCEANO. Techniques are needed to improve and quantify hydrographic data quality on swath systems and insure the accuracy of high resolution products at NAVOCEANO. All Offerors must have an established and widely recognized expertise in the field of hydrography. To save preparation costs and other resources, offerors are strongly encouraged to submit an initial synopsis (commonly referred to as "white paper") not to exceed 10 pages with technical description of the effort, a preliminary schedule, identification of risks, and a rough cost estimate. Offerors must submit seven (7) copies of all synopsis/white papers and must clearly reference this BAA number. The Government reserves the right to request a proposal from any, all, part of, or none of the white papers. Upon favorable notification the Offeror will be invited to submit a complete proposal within 45 calendar days of notification by the Contracting Officer. Such notification will confirm that the offeror's white paper addresses areas of interest and has a reasonable chance for a competitive award based on subsequent evaluation of the offeror's full proposal. No debriefings of white papers will occur. White papers may be submitted at any time prior to the closing date of 31 December 2001. White papers received will be assessed on the basis of funds availability. White papers will be evaluated through a formal procedure encompassing an academic/technical/scientific/cost review process. Proposers are advised that white papers and full proposals may be viewed or evaluated by government and/or non-government personnel, each of whom will have signed both a non-disclosure agreement and an organizational conflict of interest statement. All selected proposals may not be funded due to budgetary or program constraints. Both white papers and invited proposals will be evaluated with respect to the following criteria in descending order of importance: (1) Potential contribution, relevance, and impact to the Naval Oceanographic Office's mission, as it relates to hydrographic studies. The NAVOCEANO mission is posted on the NAVOCEANO web site, www.navo.hpc.mil . -- how the proposed work addresses solutions to the technological problems; -- the scientific basis for the proposed solutions and advanced technology applications; -- understanding of the operational importance of solving the technological problem. (2) Overall scientific and technical merit; -- feasibility of proposed project; -- awareness of challenges; -- awareness of past and on-going research and related applications worldwide; -- potential for advancement of scientific understanding of the problem; -- degree of creativity and innovation. (3) Capabilities, demonstrated production, and experience -- qualifications and experience of the proposed project team; -- sound management plan and experience; -- adequacy of laboratory resources; -- attention to a sound transition plan. (4) Cost and schedule realism -- costs relative to perceived benefits; -- project's plans and schedule; -- appropriate budgets, levels of efforts with reasonable description of details Numerous awards may result from this BAA. The number of proposals funded will depend upon the quality and merit of proposals received and available funding. There will be no formal Request for Proposals or other solicitation with regard to this BAA, nor does the issuance of this BAA obligate the Government to fund any subsequently invited proposals, nor pays any proposal preparation costs. All responsible sources capable of satisfying the Government's needs may submit a proposal, which shall be considered. Although no portion of this announcement is set aside for historically black colleges and universities (HBCU's) or minority institutions (MI's) participation, proposals are invited from all sources. The administrative address for this BAA is: LT John Tencer Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), Code 02-22N 4301 Pacific Highway San Diego, CA 92110-3127 Any administrative questions may be addressed to LT John Tencer at (619) 524-7185, tencerj@spawar.navy.mil . Questions of a technical nature may be submitted, by email only, to Dr. Edward C. Mozley, email mozleye@spawar.navy.mil. Proposals may be submitted anytime during the open period of this announcement and should be unclassified. The Government reserves the right to select for award, all, some, or none of the proposals received in response to this announcement. The Government may also only select specific tasks within a proposal for award. The Government further reserves the right to issue contracts, grants, cooperative agreements or other transactions. This notice constitutes a BAA as contemplated in FAR 6.102(d)(2).

Web Link

Click here to download a copy of the BAA (http://e-commerce.spawar.navy.mil)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001211/ASOL003.HTM (W-342 SN508436)