A -- LONG- RANGE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM

Notice Date

August 23, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research, ONR, CODE ONR-02 800 N. QUINCY ST. Rm 704, Arlington, VA, 22217

ZIP Code

22217

Solicitation Number

02-001

Response Due

August 22, 2002

Point of Contact

Program Office, Program+Office, Phone 703-555-1212, Email progoff@onr.navy.mil -- Program Office, Program+Office, Ph one 703-555-1212, Email progoff@onr.navy.mil

Description

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is interested in receiving proposals for Long-Range Science and Technology (S&T) Pr ojects which offer potential for advancement and improvement of Navy and Marine Corps operations. Readers should note that t his is an announcement to declare ONR's broad role in competitive funding of meritorious research across a spectrum of scien ce and engineering disciplines. This publication constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) as contemplated in FAR 6.102( d)(2). No request for proposal (RFP), solicitation or other announcement of this opportunity will be made. This announcement will remain open until replaced by a successor BAA for approximately one year from the date of publication. Proposals may b e submitted any time during this period. Awards may take the form of contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or other tra nsaction agreements, as appropriate. Proposal submission is not restricted in any way to any particular entity. All interested responsible sources may submit a p roposal. Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Minority Institutions (including Hispanic Serving Institutions and T ribal Colleges and Universities), as well as Small Businesses, HUBZone Small Businesses, Small Disadvantaged Businesses, Vet eran-Owned Small Businesses (including Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses), and Women-Owned Small Businesses ar e encouraged to participate. PROPOSAL PREPARATION Before preparing proposals, potential offerors are strongly encouraged to contact the ONR Program Officer whose program best matches the offeror's field of interest as listed in the Science and Technology section of the ONR Home Page accessible thr ough World Wide Web at http://www.onr.navy.mil/sci_tech/. THE ONR LONG RANGE BAA 02-001 IS A COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION. PROPO SALS SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS SOLICITATION MUST CITE BAA 02-001 ON THE PROPOSAL COVER PAGE. Proposals should also be a ccompanied by a completed certification package which can be accessed on the ONR Home Page at Contract & Grants, ?How to Sub mit a Proposal.? For grant proposals and proposals for cooperative agreements or other transaction agreements (other than fo r prototypes), the certification package is entitled, ?Certifications for Grants and Agreements.? For contract proposals and for other transaction proposals involving prototypes (Section 845 agreements), the certification package is entitled, ?Repr esentations and Certifications for Contracts.? For grant awards, it is anticipated that the selected proposal will be incorporated by reference into the grant award. For contract and agreement awards, it is anticipated that the proposed statement of work (SOW) will be incorporated as an attach ment to the resultant award instrument. To this end, such proposals must include a severable, self-standing SOW without any proprietary restrictions, which can be attached to the contract or agreement award. Successful offerors not already registered in the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) will be required to register in CCR prio r to award of any grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or other transaction agreement. Information on CCR registration is available at http://www.onr.navy.mil/02/contreg.htm. All proposals must be submitted in hard copy. It is requested that offerors also provide an electronic copy of their proposa ls on a 3.5? Diskette, Zip Diskette or CD-ROM, (in Microsoft? Word 97 compatible or .PDF format). Proposals may not be subm itted by fax or e-mail transmission. If it is anticipated that access to classified material will be required during contract performance, the offeror is request ed to clearly identify such need in the technical proposal. WHERE TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS Proposals should be addressed to the attention of the ONR Program Officer whose program best matches the offeror's field of interest as follows: Office of Naval Research Attn: Program Officer:_____________, Code:_____ 800 North Quincy Street Arlington, VA 22217-5660 Pre-proposals or ?White Papers? are frequently desired by ONR Program Officers. Offerors should consult the cognizant ONR P rogram Officer regarding the desirability of ?White Paper? submissions. POINTS OF CONTACT Questions of a technical nature should be submitted to the ONR Program Officer whose program best matches the offeror's fiel d of interest as listed in the Science and Technology section of the ONR Home Page accessible through the World Wide Web at http://www.onr.navy.mil/sci_tech/. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING PROGRAM The DoD High Performance Computing Program (HPCMP) furnishes the DoD S&T and DT&E communities with use-access to very powerf ul high performance computing systems. Awardees of ONR contracts, grants, and assistance instruments may be eligible to use HPCMP assets in support of their funded activities if ONR Program Officer approval is obtained and if security/screening req uirements are favorably completed. Additional information and an application may be found at http://www.hpcmo.hpc.mil/. EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS Award decisions will be based on a competitive selection of proposals resulting from a scientific/technical review. Evaluati ons will be conducted using the following evaluation criteria: (1) overall scientific and technical merits of the proposal; (2) potential naval relevance and contributions of the effort to the agency's specific mission; (3) the offeror's capabiliti es, related experience, facilities, techniques or unique combinations of these which are integral factors for achieving the proposal objectives; (4) the qualifications, capabilities and experience of the proposed Principal Investigator, team leader and key personnel who are critical in achieving the proposal objectives; and (5) the realism of the proposed cost and avai lability of funds. For contract proposals, the socio-economic merits of the proposal will also be an evaluation criterion. Technical and cost proposals submitted under this BAA will be protected from unauthorized disclosure in accordance with FAR 3.104-5 and 15.207. Government personnel will perform the evaluation of technical and cost proposals. Restrictive notices n otwithstanding, one or more support contractors may be utilized as subject-matter-expert technical consultants. Similarly, s upport contractors may be utilized to evaluate cost proposals. However, proposal selection and award decisions are solely th e responsibility of Government personnel. Each support contractor?s employee having access to technical and cost proposals s ubmitted in response to this BAA will be required to sign a non-disclosure statement prior to receipt of any proposal submis sions. ONR reserves the right to fund all, some or none of the proposals received under this BAA. ONR provides no funding for dire ct reimbursement of proposal development costs. Technical and cost proposals (or any other material) submitted in response t o this BAA will not be returned. USE OF ANIMALS AND HUMAN SUBJECTS IN RESEARCH If animals are to be utilized in the research effort proposed, the offeror must complete a DoD Animal Use Protocol with supp orting documentation (copies of AAALAC accreditation and/or NIH assurance, IACUC approval, research literature database sear ches, and the two most recent USDA inspection reports) prior to award. Similarly, for any proposal that involves the experi mental use of human subjects, the offeror must obtain approval from the offeror's committee for protection of human subjects (normally referred to as an Institutional Review Board, (IRB)). The offeror must also provide NIH (OHRP/DHHS) documentation of a Federalwide Assurance that covers the proposed human subjects study. If the offeror does not have a Federalwide Assur ance, a DoD Single Project Assurance for that work must be completed prior to award. Please see http://www.onr.navy.mil/scr ipts/02/howtosubmit.asp#Special for further information. INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA PARTNERING ONR highly encourages partnering among industry and academia with a view toward speeding the incorporation of new science an d technology into fielded systems. Proposals that utilize industry-academic partnering which enhances the development of nov el S&T advances will be given favorable consideration. SOCIO-ECONOMIC MERIT EVALUATION For awards made as contracts, the socio-economic merits of each proposal will be evaluated based on the commitment to provid e meaningful subcontracting opportunities for Small Businesses, HUBZone Small Businesses, Small Disadvantaged Businesses, Ve teran-Owned Small Businesses, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses, Woman-Owned Small Business Concerns, Historic ally Black Colleges and Universities, Minority Institutions (including Hispanic Serving Institutions and Tribal Colleges and Universities). In addition, successful contract proposals that exceed $500,000, submitted by all but small business concern s, will be required to submit a Small Business Subcontracting Plan in accordance with FAR 52.219-9, prior to award. The Nort h American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this solicitation is 541710 (which corresponds with the standard industrial classification code of 8731) with the small business size standard of 500 employees.

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