A -- ULTRA-WIDEBAND SOURCES AND ANTENNAS (USA) A -- INTRODUCTION: (PRDA DE00-01 ORIGINALLY POSTED 9 NOV 99 IS HEREBY REPOSTED. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE THIRD AND FINAL SUBMISSION DATE FOR WHITE PAPERS IS 9 JAN 01.) 1. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is interested in receiving White Papers under Program Research and Development Announcement (PRDA) DE00-01 on the research effort entitled _Ultra-wideband Sources and Antennas (USA)_ 2. Points Of Contact (POCs): Contractual/Business issues: Sandra M. Maes, Det 8 AFRL/PKDP (Directorate of Contracting), 2251 Maxwell Ave SE, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773. Phone 505-846-4635, fax 505-853-3398, and e-mail Sandra.Maes@kirtland.af.mil. The Contracting Officer is Steve Young, phone 505-846-4624, fax 505-853-3398, and e-mail Steven.Young@kirtland.af.mil. Technical issues: Robert Torres, Project Officer, AFRL/DEHE, 3550 Aberdeen Ave SE, Bldg 909, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5776. Phone 505-846-0296, fax 505-853-3081, and e-mail Robert.Torres@kirtland.af.mil. B -- INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS: 1. This notice serves as the actual PRDA and request for White Papers; AFRL will not issue a separate solicitation. AFRL is distributing this PRDA electronically through the Electronic Posting System (EPS). See http://eps.gov. To reach the actual site where this PRDA is posted, offerors must drill down from the main EPS site. First, from http://eps.gov, click on _EPS for Vendors_. Then, in the table, click on _USAF Offices_, then click on _Air Force Materiel Command Locations_, then click on _AFRL -- Phillips Research Site Posted Dates_. Finally, scroll down until you see solicitation _DE00-01_ and click on it. 2. This PRDA has three submission dates spanning the next fourteen months. For all three submission dates, offerors shall submit their White Papers to Sandra M. Maes at the following address: (if mailed) Det 8 AFRL/PKDP (Directorate of Contracting), 2251 Maxwell Ave SE, Kirtland AFB NM 87117-5773; or (if hand-carried) Building 499, Room 208, Kirtland AFB NM. The receipt of White Papers is subject to FAR 52.215-1(c)(3)(i), Late Proposals and Revisions. Offerors may view this provision at http://farsite.hill.af.mil. a) FIRST SUBMISSION DATE. Offerors shall submit their White Papers so that they arrive no later than 2:30 P.M. Kirtland AFB local time on 04 January 2000. For planning purposes, the anticipated award date is the middle of April 2000. b) SECOND SUBMISSION DATE. Offerors shall submit their White Papers so that they arrive no later than 2:30 P.M. Kirtland AFB local time on 11 July 2000. c) THIRD SUBMISSION DATE. Offerors shall submit their White Papers so that they arrive no later than 2:30 P.M. Kirtland AFB local time on 09 January 2001. 3. Offerors must mark their proposals with the restrictive language stated in FAR 15.609(a). 4. This is an unrestricted solicitation under SIC code 8731 (size standard is 500 employees). 5. Offerors may obtain a copy of the AFRL Guide entitled _BAA/PRDA GUIDE_, dated 29 Jun 98, from the Internet. This guide will help offerors understand the PRDA process. To see the guide, go to http://extra.afrl.af.mil/policy-guides.htm. From there, click on _BAA Guide_. C -- WORK REQUIREMENTS: 1. The statement of objectives (SOO) is Attachment 1 to this PRDA and is on the EPS web site (see paragraph B.1. above for directions on how to reach the USA PRDA_s web page). 2. Most of the work will be performed at AFRL/DEHE_s facilities. 3. The following deliverable items may be required, depending on the individual task order: (a) Software, hardware, and related user manuals, (b) Monthly Expenditures reports that clearly list the incremental funding and task order expenditures, (c) Technical reports determined by the project officer, (d) Test plans and test reports if experiments are performed, and (e) Final report for each task order. 4. Work performed under any resulting contract will be classified up to the Top Secret level. The contractor shall possess personnel with current Top Secret clearances and facilities with at least a Secret clearance. Also, note that foreign contractors are not permitted to participate as prime contractors in this procurement. D -- AWARD PROCESS: See Attachment 2 to this PRDA in Section J. E -- EVALUATION CRITERIA: See Attachment 2 to this PRDA in Section J. F -- ANTICIPATED CONTRACTUAL FEATURES: 1. AFRL intends to award incrementally funded, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract(s) with cost-plus-fixed-fee task orders. AFRL reserves the right to make no award, a single award, or multiple awards. This includes the possibility of making more than one award within a given topic area. If multiple awards within a topic area do occur, contractors may have to compete with each other for a given task order. If competed, AFRL will evaluate task order proposals on the following criteria, listed in descending order of importance: technical, funds availability, and affordability. AFRL then will evaluate for realism and reasonableness the cost proposal of the contractor selected for negotiation. 2. The estimated total length of the contract is five years, consisting of a technical effort of 57 months and three months of wrap-up/close-out issues. 3. The anticipated total ceiling amount for all contract(s) awarded under this PRDA is $15 million. For each contract, the guaranteed minimum is expected to be one percent of that contract_s ceiling, the minimum order amount is anticipated to be $5,000, and the maximum order amount is anticipated to be that contract_s ceiling. 4. The government funding profile for the USA program is estimated to be as follows for each fiscal year FY00 through FY04 (broken down as source design and development funding, antenna design and development funding, materials physics funding, and advanced concept studies funding): $1.4M, $600K, $600K, and $400K, with a total funding estimate for all years of $15M. Please realize that this funding profile is an estimate only, is not a promise for funding, and is subject to change due to government discretion and availability. G -- OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR AWARD: See Attachment 2 to this PRDA in Section J. H -- WHITE PAPER PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS: See Attachment 2 to this PRDA in Section J. I -- MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: 1. This PRDA does not commit the government to pay for any response preparation costs. The cost of preparing White Papers in response to this PRDA is not considered an allowable direct charge to any resulting contract. However, it may be an allowable expense under the normal bid and proposal indirect cost, as specified in FAR 31.305-18. 2. AFRL has appointed an Ombudsman to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors, primarily during the proposal development phase of this competitive, negotiated acquisition. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the Project Officer or Contracting Officer, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel in the pre-proposal phase of competitive, negotiated acquisitions. Before contacting the Ombudsman, potential offerors should first communicate with the contract specialist, Sandra M. Maes, and then the Contracting Officer, Steve Young. In those instances where offerors cannot obtain resolution from the Contracting Officer, they are invited to contact the Ombudsman at the Phillips Operating Location of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Mr. Eugene DeWall, Director of Contracting, Det 8 AFRL/PK, at 505-846-4979, or at 2251 Maxwell Avenue SE, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals in the PRDA process. 3. See Commerce Business Daily Numbered Note 26. J -- LIST OF ATTACHMENTS: (The attachments are on the EPS web site -- see paragraph B.1. above for directions on how to reach the USA PRDA_s web page.) 1. Attachment 1, Statement of Objectives (two pages) 2. Attachment 2, Additional Instructions to Offerors (three pages). WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=S&ProjID=DE00-01&LocID=1122. E-MAIL: Sandra Maes, Sandra.Maes@kirtland.af.mil. Posted 07/17/00 (D-SN475538).

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