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A -- MICROELECTRONICS, OPTO-ELECTRONICS AND/OR PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY SOL N66001-97-X-6902 DUE 063098 POC Contract Specialist, Ms. Maureen Battern, Code D212, (619)553-4489. Contracting Officer, Ms. Faye Esaias, (619)553-4537. BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA): This announcement replaces canceled BAA N66001-97-X-6900. The Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Center (NCCOSC), RDT&E Division (NRaD) in support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking proposals (technical and cost) for research and development of microelectronics, opto-electronics and/or photonics technology. The proposed efforts should offer potential for significant impact on the current technology and the national defense. Proposed efforts are being sought which are aligned with the Electronics Technology Office (ETO) of DARPA, or other Government Agencies. The current focus of ETO is with research of engineered microsystems to perceive and control the physical world. ETO's missions and thrusts are: sense and action amplifiers for the warfighter, battlespace information channels and connectivity, large-scale integration of multi- technology systems, exploratory device and fabrication technologies . Additional informationon the programs within ETO is available at http://www.darpa.mil.. This notice constitutes NRaD's Broad Agency Announcement as contemplated in FAR 6.102(d)(2). This announcement will be open through June 30, 1998 . Proposals may be submitted any time during this period. Contract awards may be made at any time throughout this period. Such awards will depend upon evaluations described below and availability of funds. Award decisions will be based on a competitive selection of proposals resulting from a peer and/or scientific review. Evaluations will be conducted using the following evaluation criteria: (1) Overall scientific or technical merits of the proposal; (2) potential transition to Department of Defense Systems; (3) the Offeror's capabilities, related experience, plan of execution, past performance, and facilities; (4) realism of the proposed cost; (5) availability of funds; (6) the extent to which the cost effectiveness of the proposed research is diminished by expenditures for unproductive administrative and other overhead expenses; (7) Past performance. To save preparation costs and effort, Offerors are invited to submit an initial five page synopsis of their proposal with technical description of the effort, a preliminary schedule, identification of risks, and a rough cost estimate. The synopsis will be evaluated as to potential, and the Offeror notified as to possible interest by the government. At the government's notification of interest, the proposer may then submit a complete proposal consisting of two separate volumes in accordance with the following: The technical volume of the proposal is limited to 50 pages (Eight and one-half by eleven inches), excluding resumes, and management/facilities information. The technical volume should also include a separate section of specific task/subtask statements of the proposed work so that these could be incorporated into a Government contract Statement of Work (SOW). Technical proposal shall also provide complete technical details, a contractor statement of work, a schedule, discussions of risks, and discussions of value and purpose. The schedule should include the milestones and deliverables, both reports and hardware. The technical volume should also clearly illustrate any technical data or computer software which will be supplied to the government with other than unlimited rights. The cost volume should: 1) be a separate document which clearly shows the costs of each proposed task separately; and 2) provide a Standard Form 1411, Contract Pricing Proposal Cover Sheet, supported by adequate breakout of cost elements and rates by month for the purpose of cost/price analysis. Each task should be separately costed. **Proposed subcontractor costs should be proposed in a similar detail. Cost proposals should be valid for a period of six (6) months after the date of submission. An original plus four copies of the technical volume, plus three copies of the cost volume should be submitted to NCCOSC RDT&E Division, Attn: Ms. Faye Esaias, Contracting Officer, Code D212, 53560 Hull St., San Diego, CA 92152-5001. Any other administrative questions may be addressed to Ms. Maureen Battern at (619)553-4489, battern@nosc.mil. Questions of a technical nature may be submitted by email only to Dr. Cynthia Hanson, email chanson@nosc.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. This notice constitutes a BAA as contemplated in FAR 6.102(d)(2). No additional written information is available, nor will a formal request for proposal (RFP) or other solicitation regarding this announcement be issued. Interested parties are invited to respond to this synopsis. All responsible parties' responses will be considered. (0190)

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