MODIFICATION
A -- FORECASTING AND MODELING STUDIES AND SERVICES PROGRAM RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENT (PRDA) PART 2 OF 2
- Notice Date
- 4/15/2003
- Notice Type
- Modification
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, Electronics Systems Center/Battle Management Command and Control Capabilities - Hanscom Air Force Base, ESC/AC, 50 Griffiss St, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731
- ZIP Code
- 01731
- Solicitation Number
- PRDA ESC/ACW-03-01
- Response Due
- 5/29/2003
- Archive Date
- 8/29/2003
- Point of Contact
- Barbara Lawrence, Contracting Officer, ESC/ACK, 50 Griffiss St, Hanscom AFB, MA, 01731. Phone: 781-271-8075, Fax: 781-271-2882, Email: barbara.lawrence@ hanscom.af.mil.
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- Description
- This PRDA is posted in two parts. This second part contains conact information, the basis for award, deliverables, and proposal preparation instructions. The first part, posted separately, contains contact information, background information, the program description, technical goals, and technical approach. CONTACTS: Ms Carol Lundin, ESC/ACW, Program Manager, carol.lundin@hanscom.af.mil, 781-271-8495, Capt Gregory Craff, ESC/ACW, Project Manager, gregory.craff@hanscom.af.mil, 781-271-3437, and Ms Barbara Lawrence, ESC/ACK, Contracting Officer, barbara.lawrence@hanscom.af.mil, 781-271-8075, representing the Air Force Weather Weapon System, Electronic Systems Center, located at Hanscom Air Force Base, are soliciting proposals for new and innovative solutions in weather model algorithms, weather analysis algorithms and meteorological satellite data ingest. This is a single-step, 45-day, Program Research and Development Announcement (PRDA) to solicit research and development proposals for the Forecasting and Modeling program. BASIS FOR AWARD Technical proposals will be evaluated using the following factors of equal importance based on a peer scientific review: a) The overall scientific and/or technical merit and its relevance to current AFWA needs; b) soundness of the technical approach; c) feasibility of accomplishing tasks; and d) capabilities of the offeror such as the qualifications and experience of the proposed principal investigator, team leader, and other key personnel who are critical to the achievement of the proposed objectives. Cost proposals will be evaluated using the factors of completeness, reasonableness and realism. Technical considerations are more important than cost, although cost will be considered a significant factor. No further evaluation criteria will be used in selecting proposals. The Government reserves the right to select for award any, all, part or none of the proposals received. DELIVERABLES WILL INCLUDE a) Monthly status reports, the last of which shall act as a project final report; b) Monthly contract funds status report, the first of which shall be accompanied by a rough spending profile for the period of performance; c) technical reports (if warranted by task); d) program review agendas and minutes (if conducted); e) computer software end-products. PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS Proposals submitted in response to this PRDA should present new and innovative concepts coupled with solid computer science and meteorological principles to produce the advances in weather modeling and data ingest, as cited above. Offerors are required to submit one (1) printed copy of the proposal and one (1) electronic copies on CD-ROM, broken into two sections as follows: Part I, "Technical Proposal"; and Part II, "Cost Proposal". The Technical Proposal shall be limited to no more than fifteen (15) printed pages per task . The Cost Proposal has no page limit, but should be clear, and as concise as possible. The format of the Technical Proposal will be as follows: Section A: "Introduction", which will provide the Title, Cost, Name of Company, Name of Principal Investigator, and a Table of Contents; Section B: "Executive Summary", which will not exceed two (2) printed pages; Section C: "Technical Approach"; Section D: "Statement of Work"; Section E: "Schedule"; and Section F: "Capabilities of the Offeror", which will briefly describe any relevant prior efforts, the personnel who will perform the effort, and a brief description of the facilities, processes and equipment to be used in the effort. In addition, Sections B through F will be delivered in sanitized versions in a separate file(s) for the purpose of source selection, i.e. all proper names, places and institutions removed, replaced with pseudonyms or masked, and all logos and identifying pictures removed. A pseudonym-to-proper name translation appendix will be attached. Neither the sanitized versions of Section B through F nor the pseudonym appendix count against the Technical Proposal page limitation. The printed copy of the proposal does not need to contain the sanitized versions. The Cost Proposal should be valid for no less than 180 days and be broken out by cost element and Government fiscal year. The Government encourages submission of innovative and creative proposals to solve any one, all or a combination of the problems discussed herein. Both parts of the proposal should be sent together with a cover letter which indicates whether the offeror is qualified as a Small Business, HUBZone Small Business, a Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Business, an 8(a) Qualified Business or a Woman-Owned Business. Offerors are requested to provide a name and telephone number of a point of contact. Please submit proposals to Attn: Barbara Lawrence, ESC/ACK, 50 Griffiss Street, Hanscom AFB, MA, 01731. QUESTIONS of a TECHNICAL NATURE may be referred to Capt Gregory Craff, ESC/ACW, Project Manager, gregory.craff@hanscom.af.mil, 781-271-3437. CONTRACTURAL and COST QUESTIONS should be referred to the Contract Specialist, Lt Kristel Osborne, kristel.osborne@hanscom.af.mil, 781-271-6982. Government estimate in total for these contractual efforts is approximately 5 man-years, period of performance not to exceed twelve (12) months for an individual task. Work is anticipated to begin in the May 2003 time frame. The cost of preparing a proposal to a PRDA is not considered an allowable direct charge to the 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. Proposals received in response to this announcement will be deemed in accordance with the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984. Every effort will be made to protect the confidentiality of the proposals. In order that the proposals are afforded proper handling, offerors must mark their proposals with restrictive language stated in FAR 15.609(a). Offerors are cautioned that only Government Contracting Officers are legally authorized to commit the Government. The closing date for submission of proposals is forty-five (45) days from the first posting of this PRDA. In the event this date for receipt of offers falls on either a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal Holiday, the date of receipt of offers is automatically extended to the immediate following Tuesday. The technical evaluation period will be concluded within thirty (30) days after the deadline for submission of proposals. Work is anticipated to begin in May 2003. ORIGINAL POINT OF CONTACT: Kristel Osborne, 2Lt USAF, Contract Specialist, Phone: 781-271-69827, Fax: 781-271-8400, Email: kristel.osborne@hanscom.af.mil
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