ORCA_Call_Announcement_(FINAL).pdf

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT

BAA-10-RD-01

Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Directed Energy Directorate

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT (CALL) 0011

Broad Agency Announcement Title: SUPER Novel Optically diVerse Applications (SuperNOVA)

Broad Agency Announcement Number: BAA-10-RD-01

Proposal CALL Number: 0011

Proposal CALL Title: Optical Research and Critical Applications (ORCA)

1. APPLICABILITY OF BASELINE BAA: All requirements of BAA-10-RD-01 apply unless specifically amended and addressed in this CALL. For complete information regarding BAA-10-RD-01, refer to the initial Closed BAA with CALLs (Baseline BAA Announcement) as amended at http://www.fbo.gov. It contains information applicable to all CALLs issued under the BAA and provides information on the overall program, proposal preparation and submission requirements, proposal review and evaluation criteria, award administration, agency contacts, etc. Direct questions specifically related to this CALL to the points of contact identified below.

2. CALL 0011, TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT:

Dr. Kim Luu, Program Manager AFRL/RDSM, Kihei, HI Commercial Telephone: 808-891-7788 Email: khanh.luu.1@us.af.mil **email is preferred method of contact

3. CALL 0011, CONTRACTING POINTS OF CONTACT:

Mr. Bill Sherrod, Contract Specialist (Primary Contact) AFRL Det 8/RVKDB, Kirtland AFB, NM Commercial Telephone: 505-846-9822 Email: billy.sherrod@us.af.mil

Ms. Susan L. Alley, Contracting Officer AFRL Det 8/RVKDB Kirtland AFB, NM Commercial Telephone: 505-846-6877 Email: susan.alley@us.af.mil

4. REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION: The specific technical topic associated with CALL 0011 is Topic Area 4 (Space Situational Awareness, SSA) of the Baseline Broad Agency announcement BAA-10-RD-

01. The goal of this effort is to develop advanced technologies to further exploit current and future Electro-Optical (EO) Space Situational Awareness (SSA) systems. The anticipated research effort will include theoretical and/or experimental research, technology development, prototype system development and engineering, software development and use, system testing, and validation in the EO SSA technology areas associated with the five overarching SSA topic areas: Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination. Offerors must demonstrate technical capabilities and an understanding across all of the overarching SSA topic areas.

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This research effort will involve working with the Space Electro-Optical Division of the AFRL Directed Energy Directorate (AFRL/RDS) and other government agencies. It is anticipated that the research work will predominantly be performed on-site at the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing (AMOS) site located in Maui, HI.

An indefinitely-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract structure is contemplated for this effort.

An overarching Statement of Objectives (SOO) is provided as (Attachment 1a). In addition, SOOs are provided for the following contemplated task orders along with specific technical contact information and estimated values:

Task Order 0001: “System Development and Component Integration” (Attachment 1b) Technical POC: Dr. Kim Luu, AFRL/RDSM, (808) 891-7788 Alternate PCO: Capt Evan Carlson, AFRL/RDSM, (808) 891-7753 Estimated Value: $18.0M

Task Order 0002: “High Performance Computing Applications for SSA” (Attachment 1c) Technical POC: Dr. Chris Sabol, AFRL/RDSM, (808) 891-7784 Alternate PCO: Dr. Paul Schumacher, AFRL/RDSM, (808) 891-7708 Estimated Value: $5.0M

Task Order 0003: “Satellite Custody & Characterization Technologies” (Attachment 1d) Technical POC: Ms. Virginia Wright, AFRL/RDSM, (808) 891-7743 Alternate PCO: Mr. Paul Kervin, AFRL/RDSM, (808) 891-7762 Estimated Value: $10.0M

5. ANTICIPATED FUNDING: The anticipated total funding for this CALL (not per contract award) is $40M, and an approximate per fiscal year breakout is provided below:

Anticipated Funding FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 Est. Total

Customer (External Funds) $3M $3M $3M $3M $2M $14M

CORE S&T 6.1 $0.5M $0.5M $0M $0M $0M $1M

CORE S&T 6.2 $2.5M $2.5M $3M $3M $2M $13M

CORE S&T 6.3 $3M $3M $2M $2M $2M $12M

Total Funds $9M $9M $8M $8M $6M $40M

This funding profile is an estimate only and will not be a contractual obligation for funding. All funding is subject to change due to government discretion and availability.

6. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The anticipated period of performance is 63 months which is inclusive of: 60 months technical performance and 3 months final report preparation. The period of performance is to be proposed in the following format, “includes 60 months for technical effort and 3 months for Final Report preparation.”

7. PROPOSAL DUE DATE AND TIME: The due date for proposals submitted in response to this CALL is no later than 12:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) on 1 May 2015. Proposals for any other technology area identified in the Baseline BAA will not be accepted at this time unless a CALL for proposals in that specific area is open. Proposals received after the due dates and times shall be governed by the provisions of FAR 52.215-1(c)(3).

8. CALL AMENDMENTS: Offerors should monitor FedBizOps (http://www.fbo.gov) for any additional notices to this CALL that may permit extensions to the proposal submission date or otherwise modify this announcement.

9. COMMUNICATIONS:

a. Potential offerors are requested to advise the contracting point of contact if they intend to submit a proposal in response to this CALL. Such notification is merely a courtesy and is not a commitment by the offeror to submit a proposal.

b. Prospective offerors are encouraged to contact the technical point of contact to verify interest in the effort to be proposed PRIOR to committing any resources for the preparation of any proposals in response to this announcement.

c. Dialogue between prospective offerors and Government representatives is encouraged until submission of proposals. Discussions with any of the points of contact shall not constitute a commitment by the Government to subsequently fund or award any proposed effort. Only Contracting Officers are legally authorized to commit the Government.

10. PROPOSAL REVIEW AND EVALUATION PROCEDURES: The Government reserves the right to select for award to responsible offerors/contractors any, all, part, or none of the proposals received in response to this announcement, subject to the availability of funds. You may be ineligible for award if all requirements of this CALL are not met by the proposal due date and time. At a minimum, incomplete proposals may be given a lower priority and, although technically acceptable, not awarded due to funding limitations.

11. EVALUATION CRITERIA: The selection of one or more sources for award will be based on an evaluation of each offeror’s proposal to determine the overall merit of the proposal in response to this CALL 0011 announcement. Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 35.016. The proposals will be evaluated utilizing a peer or scientific review process and shall be evaluated based on the following criteria that are listed in descending order of importance:

Overall scientific and technical merits of the proposal;

Importance to AFRL/RD program requirements;

Fund availability/affordability

Fund availability is the project’s budget or available financial resources to perform the research.

Affordability links the proposed effort’s price to the funds available to perform the research effort. Once selected for award, price will be evaluated for realism and reasonableness. No further evaluation criteria will be used.

12. REVIEW AND SELECTION PROCESS: The technical and cost proposals will be evaluated and categorized as follows:

a. CATEGORY I: Well-conceived scientifically and technically sound proposals important to program goals and objectives. Proposals in Category I are recommended for acceptance subject to funding constraints.

b. CATEGORY II: Scientifically or technically sound proposals that may require further development and may be recommended for acceptance, but are at a lower priority than Category I proposals and are not always funded.

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c. CATEGORY III: Proposals not technically sound or do not meet agency needs and may be recommended for rejection.

13. PROPOSAL PREPARATION: NOTE: A statement that submitted proposal(s) are valid for 160 days from the due date is required for all submissions.

a. Award of this CALL is anticipated to be awarded on an “All or None” basis. In order to receive a contract award as a result of this CALL, offerors must submit an acceptable proposal which addresses both the Basic (Overarching) IDIQ contract and ALL three (3) of the Task Orders and their respective Statements of Objectives. Proposals which address only portions of the research objectives but not all, will not be considered for award.

Offerors are requested to provide a single, comprehensive proposal which addresses the Basic IDIQ (Overarching) contract and the three (3) Task Orders rather than separate proposals for each. Although a single, comprehensive proposal is requested, offerors must still clearly delineate information pertaining to the Basic IDIQ (Overarching) contract and the three Task Orders. To accomplish this, it is recommended that offerors structure the proposal by including a separate and distinct section for each item below:

1. Section I – Basic IDIQ (Overarching) SOO / Effort

2. Section II – Task Order 0001 SOO / Effort

3. Section III – Task Order 0002 SOO / Effort

4. Section IV – Task Order 0003 SOO / Effort

Offerors shall utilize a consistent structure across both the Technical and Cost/Business proposal volumes.

b. Submit with a cover letter: an original and one (1) electronic copy of each technical proposal and the cost/business proposal. The technical and cost/business proposals must be in separate volumes. The electronic copy must be submitted on a compact disk (CD-R) in a PC compatible file format and must be readable by Microsoft Office. The electronic copy of the cost proposal worksheets must be in Microsoft Office Excel 2003 or later version and must contain all cell formulas.

c. The cover letter should identify the BAA number, CALL number, and technology area under which the proposal is submitted, provide technical and contracting points of contact, CAGE code, and include statement indicating if the firm is a small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, 8(a), or women-owned small business concern. The proposal must be signed and dated by an authorized official of the organization.

d. Proposals should be submitted to the address as listed below. Proposals sent to any inappropriate address are ineligible for award. Proposals sent via facsimile or electronic means will not be accepted.

AFRL Det 8/RVKDB Attn: Bill Sherrod 3550 Aberdeen, Bldg 499 Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-8773

14. TECHNICAL PROPOSAL PAGE LIMITATIONS: The technical proposal(s) for this CALL 0011 shall be page-limited as set forth in the following table. The technical proposal, not including the five items identified below, shall be limited to 35 pages, single-spaced, single-sided, on 8.5 by 11 inch pages. Select an easy to read font no small than 12 pitch fixed or proportional font size 10 or larger.

Smaller fonts may be used in figures and tables as long as they are legible. The page limitations are inclusive of all text, tables, graphics, photos and attachments. A page is defined as each face of a sheet of paper containing information. When both sides of a sheet contain printed proposal material, it shall be counted as two pages. Page size shall be 8.5 x 11 inches, not including foldouts. Foldouts up to 11 x 17 are allowed but will count as two pages for each printed side. Blank pages, title pages, tables of contents, lists, tabs, resumes, and cover sheets are not included in the page count limitations.

Number pages sequentially throughout the technical proposal.

NOTE: The Government will check the proposal and C-SOW for conformation to the stated requirements. Any pages in excess of the stated page limitations will not be considered.

Technical Proposal Organization and Page Limitations

BAA or CALL 0011 Reference

Section Title Page

Limits Comments

BAA Cover Letter * Not included in page count

BAA Executive Summary 2

BAA Program Description 10

BAA Program Plan 10

BAA C-SOW * Not included in page count

BAA Milestone Chart (Part of C-SOW) * Not included in page count

BAA Facilities and Equipment 3

BAA Relevant prior work * Not included in page count

BAA Resumes of Key Individuals * Not included in page count

BAA Management Plan 10

Total Page Count 35

15. TECHNICAL PROPOSAL COMPONENTS:

i. Executive Summary: Describe the proposed program, objectives, and approach. A description of the innovation and benefits of the proposed approach and relationship to previous efforts should be discussed. It should summarize the technical issues addressed by the offeror’s proposal without repeating the requirements. This should provide a vision of what will ultimately be achieved and what solution this effort will produce.

ii. Program Description: Describe the techniques, methods, materials, or ideas that will be addressed in this proposal, their innovativeness, and to what degree they advance the state-of-the-art.

iii. Program Plan: Describe in detail the planned approach and how the plan will be executed. This section should include all technical aspects of the approach. Provide technical detail and analysis necessary to support the technical approach proposed.

Clearly identify the core of the intended approach. The “new and creative” solution to the problem(s) should be developed and analyzed in this section. Include a risk assessment of key technical, schedule or cost areas and their potential impact on the program. Identify why proposed subcontractors were selected and what tasks they are to perform.

iv. Contractor’s Statement of Work (CSOW): Offerors are requested to provide a CSOW in response to the Basic IDIQ Statement of Objective (Attachment 1a) along with separate CSOWs for each of the three Task Order Statements of Objective (Attachments 1b – 1d). Each CSOW provided shall be considered a stand-alone document and must fully describe the respective research effort, detailing the technical approach and the task description. Do not include any proprietary information in the provided CSOWs as contract award documents may potentially be requested under the Freedom of Information Act.

v. Milestone Chart: A Milestone Chart should indicate when specific objectives are expected to be met in the overall program schedule and should identify the specific accomplishments necessary to proceed to the next task. Provide a schedule of when the deliverable items identified in the CALL are to be delivered.

vi. Facilities and Equipment description: Describe the facilities that can be used to achieve the goals of the program, in terms of manufacturing capability, testing facilities, and/or any relevant specialized equipment.

vii. Description of Relevant Prior Work: Provide a list of related previous or current

Government, commercial, or internally funded work performed during the past five years.

For each such effort, provide the principal investigator, title of effort, contract number, brief summary of results, dollar value, and a technical and contracting point of contact (including phone numbers), for the funding organizations.

viii. Management Plan: Offerors should provide an approach that demonstrates the ability to effectively and efficiently manage and administer the research program to a successful conclusion.

ix. Key Personnel and Qualifications: The proposal shall include a list of key personnel and their qualifications for executing the technical and programmatic requirements to achieve the ORCA research objectives. As a minimum, the key personnel (or equivalent thereof) identified shall include:

Program Manager

Principal Investigator(s) / Developer(s)

Technical Team Leaders

The proposal shall indicate the percentage of time expected to be devoted by each person that is identified as key personnel for the ORCA effort. Qualifications of key personnel shall be provided in the form of descriptive resumes, which shall highlight education and experiences with direct relevance to the technical and programmatic requirements.

16. ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL: Proposal Review and Evaluation Procedures listed in the Baseline BAA shall be applicable to this CALL 0011. (See Section 8 of the Baseline BAA)

a. The proposals submitted in response to this CALL 0011 shall be unclassified.

b. Do not include proprietary information in the C-SOWs provided, as they will be incorporated into the applicable contract documents.

17. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE COST/BUSINESS PROPOSAL:

a. Cost Section. Prepare the cost proposal in accordance with the attached Cost Proposal Instructions (Attachment 3). Offerors shall submit separate worksheets for each of the three

(3) Task Orders in addition to providing a summary worksheet of the total proposed costs for the entire effort (Basic IDIQ contract and ALL three (3) Task Orders). Cost Proposal submissions for all offerors at both the prime and subcontract levels must include a FULLY-DISCLOSED electronic copy of the cost proposal worksheets on a compact disk in a PC compatible file format in Microsoft Office Excel 2003 or later version. The file must contain all cell formulas.

Offerors shall include a separate rate table spreadsheet for all direct and indirect rates that feed into the Table 1 Summaries described under the attached cost proposal instructions. Cost proposals have no page limitations but offerors are requested to keep cost proposals to 75 pages as a goal (cost proposal document only, not inclusive of the accompanying cost spreadsheets).

Adequate price competition is determined NOT to exist for this CALL.

The Government WILL require certified cost or pricing data from the offeror whose proposal exceeds the threshold listed at FAR 15.403-4.

b. Business Section. The business section should contain all business aspects to the proposed contractual arrangement, such as type of contract/instrument, any unique terms and conditions, any exceptions to terms and conditions of this announcement, and any information not technically related. Offeror must provide rationale for exceptions. As a goal, offerors are requested to keep the business section to 20 pages. This section should include the following items as appropriate:

i. Completed Proposal Content Checklist: Failure to provide a complete proposal may result in a determination that the proposal is non-responsive and may be eliminated from consideration for award. Include the completed Proposal Content Checklist (Attachment 2) as a part of the Business section.

ii. Representations & Certification: Offerors shall complete the attached Representations and Certifications document (Attachment 4) and provide a copy as a part of the Business section. Prospective offerors are reminded of the additional requirement to submit annual representations and certifications via the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA).

iii. List of Technical Data to Be Furnished with Restrictions: IAW DFARS 252.227- 7017, offerors shall complete the document (Attachment 9) and provide a copy as a part of the Business section of the proposal.

18. ANTICIPATED NUMBER OF AWARDS: The Government anticipates awarding one Indefinite- Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract. Award of this CALL is anticipated to be awarded on an “All or None” basis. However, the Government does reserve the right to make multiple awards or no awards pursuant to this CALL.

19. ANTICIPATED TYPE OF CONTRACTS/INSTRUMENTS: It is anticipated that any contract(s) awarded as a result of this CALL will be Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) Completion Type Contract(s) (IAW FAR 16.306)(d)(1); however, the Government reserves the right to award the instrument best suited to the nature of research proposed. Additionally, it is contemplated that any resultant contract(s) will be structured as an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) type contract IAW FAR 16.504. A Basic IDIQ (Overarching) Statement of Objectives (SOO) is provided as (Attachment 1a) along with separate SOOs for three (3) potential task orders (Attachments 1b-1d).

CONTRACT ORDERING AMOUNTS:

Minimum Ordering Amount: $100,000 (Entire IDIQ Contract, not per task order) Maximum Ordering Amount: $40,000,000 (Entire IDIQ Contract, not per task order)

The ordering period for any potential future task order awards will be limited to five (5) years from contract award. The period of performance will be determined by each Task Order.

A model contract may be provided to each apparent successful offeror for review and comment as part of the BAA solicitation and award process, if necessary.

20. ANTICIPATED AWARD DATE: 1 Nov 2015

21. AWARD NOTICES: Offerors will be notified in writing whether or not their proposal is recommended for award. An award recommendation is not to be construed to mean the award of a contract is assured, as availability of funds and successful negotiations are prerequisites to any award.

22. DEBRIEFINGS: When requested, a debriefing will be provided. The debriefing process will follow the time guidelines set out in 10 USC 2305(b)(5).

23. DELIVERABLES ITEMS: The following Contract Data Requirements List is representative of data requirements that may be required by each respective contract. The full text CDRLs are included (Attachment 5, Entitled Exhibit A).

A001 – Program Plan A002 – Presentation Material A003 – Status Report A004 – Scientific and Technical (S&T) Report and Checklist (Final Report)

A005 – Computer Software End Items A006 – Technical Report, Contractor Acquired Property (CAP)

24. OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION:

a. NAICS CODE DETERMINATION: The applicable NAICS code for this announcement is 541712 with a size standard of 500.

b. EXPORT CONTROLLED: This research effort requires access to export-controlled technical data or may result in the generation of such technical data and as such will be subject to U.S.

Export Control Laws. Offerors are required to be certified and registered with the Defense Logistics Information Service (DLIS) in order to access and handle export controlled data. More information can be found at: http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp

c. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: The security classification for this CALL is TOP SECRET. A DD Form 254 is applicable since the resultant contract(s) may involve up to a Top Secret http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp classification. Successful offeror(s) must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance. A DoD Contract Security Classification Specification, DD Form 254 is provided as (Attachment 6).

d. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY (GFP): The Government will furnish the GFP items identified in the GFP Listing (Attachment 7) for performance on this research effort. Any additional GFP needed for this requirement which is not identified in the attached GFP listing shall be specified in the proposal. All property is to be furnished in an “as-is” condition unless specified otherwise. The offeror is responsible for all costs related to making the property available for use, such as payment of all transportation cost, installation or rehabilitation costs.

AFRL/RDSM will provide contractor badge facility access (clearance required) to the AMOS site, which and includes access to the 1.6m telescope and sensors; Maui Space Surveillance System (MSSS) data (clearance required); 3.6m telescope and sensors including adaptive optics system; RME facility; and Raven telescopes. Successful offerors must be able to obtain and maintain appropriate security clearances (See Attachment 6) to gain access to classified facilities and data.

e. CONTRACTOR ACQUIRED PROPERTY (CAP): IAW FAR 45.402, title vests in the Government for all property acquired or fabricated under any resultant contract(s) in accordance with the financing provisions or other specific requirements for passage of title in the contract(s).

All property acquired or fabricated in the performance of the resultant contract(s) shall be delivered to the Government and subject to reimbursement by the Government.

f. BASE SUPPORT: The Government does not anticipate providing Base Support for this effort.

g. ASSISTANCE INSTRUMENTS: There are no opportunities for assistance instruments (i.e.

grants, cooperative agreements, etc.) under this CALL.

h. FOREIGN PARTICIPATION: Foreign owned firms are NOT permitted to participate on this effort.

i. ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST (OCI): A potential for organizational conflicts of interest exists with this effort. To address this potential, offerors are advised that the following restrictions are applicable to this effort:

AFFARS 5352.209-9000, ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST (OCT 2010)

(Tailored), Alternates I, III, IV (if IDIQ) and V:

(a) The following definitions apply to prevent conflicting roles which may bias the Contractor's judgment or objectivity, or to preclude the Contractor from obtaining an unfair competitive advantage in concurrent or future acquisitions.

(1) Descriptions or definitions:

"Contractor" means the business entity receiving the award of this contract, its parents, affiliates, divisions and subsidiaries.

"Development" means all efforts towards solution of broadly-defined problems. This may encompass research, evaluating technical feasibility, proof of design and test, or engineering of programs not yet approved for acquisition or operation.

"Proprietary Information" means all information designated as proprietary in accordance with law and regulation, and held in confidence or disclosed under restriction to prevent uncontrolled distribution. Examples include limited or restricted data, trade secrets, sensitive financial information, and computer software; and may appear in cost and pricing data or involve classified information.

"System" means the system that is the subject of this contract.

"System Life" means all phases of the system's development, production, or support.

"Systems Engineering" means preparing specifications, identifying and resolving interface problems, developing test requirements, evaluating test data, and supervising design.

"Technical Direction" means developing work statements, determining parameters, directing other Contractors' operations, or resolving technical controversies.

(2) Restrictions: The Contractor shall perform systems engineering and/or technical direction, but will not have overall contractual responsibility for the system's development, integration, assembly and checkout, or production. The parties recognize that the Contractor shall occupy a highly influential and responsible position in determining the system's basic concepts and supervising their execution by other Contractors. The Contractor's judgment and recommendations must be objective, impartial, and independent. To avoid the prospect of the Contractor's judgment or recommendations being influenced by its own products or capabilities, it is agreed that the Contractor is precluded for a period of three (3) years from the end of the current contract, from award of a DoD contract to supply the system or any of its major components, and from acting as a subcontractor or consultant to a DoD supplier for the system or any of its major components.

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(b) Alternate I (OCT 2010) The Contractor shall either prepare or assist in preparing a work statement for use in competitively acquiring systems or technology derived directly from this contract, or provide material leading directly, predictably, and without delay to such a work statement. The Contractor may not supply the system, or major components of a system which utilizes technology derived from this contract for a period of three (3) years, as either the prime or subcontractor unless it becomes the sole source, has participated in the design or development work, or more than one Contractor has participated in preparing the work statement.

(c) Alternate III (OCT 2010) The Contractor may gain access to proprietary information of other companies during contract performance. The Contractor agrees to enter into company-to-company agreements to (1) protect another company's information from unauthorized use or disclosure for as long as it is considered proprietary by the other company; and, (2) to refrain from using the information for any purpose other than that for which it was furnished. For information purposes, the Contractor shall furnish copies of these agreements to the Contracting Officer. These agreements are not intended to protect information which is available to the Government or to the Contractor from other sources and furnished voluntarily without restriction.

(d) Alternate IV (OCT 2010) (If IDIQ Contract Awarded) The Contractor agrees to accept and to complete all issued task orders, and not to contract with Government prime Contractors or first-tier subcontractors in such a way as to create an organizational conflict of interest.

(e) Alternate VI (OCT 2010)

The above restrictions shall be included in all subcontracts, teaming arrangements, and other agreements calling for performance of work which is subject to the organizational conflict of interest restrictions identified in this clause, unless excused in writing by the Contracting Officer.

j. SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING PLANS: Small Business Subcontracting Plans are required under FAR 19.702 for efforts anticipated to exceed $650,000 (Individual Subcontracting Plan Checklist and Review (Attachment No. 5 to the Basic BAA Announcement)). Prospective offerors shall submit applicable subcontracting plans in accordance with the requirements set forth in FAR 19.704 and DFARS 219.704 along with the technical and cost proposals. Small businesses are exempt from this requirement. If a company has a master subcontracting plan, as described in FAR 19.701 or a comprehensive subcontracting plan, as described in DFARS 219.702, a copy of the plan shall be submitted with the proposal. The subcontracting plan is a part of the cost/business section of the proposal and will not be included in the page count.

k. WIDE AREA WORK FLOW NOTICE: Any contract award resulting from this announcement will contain the clause at DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests, which requires electronic submission of all payment requests. Any contract resulting from this announcement will establish a requirement to use WAWF-RA for invoicing and receipt/acceptance, and provide coding instructions applicable to this contract. Offerors are encouraged to take advantage of available training (both web-based and through your cognizant DCMA office), and to register in the WAWF-RA system. Information regarding WAWF-RA, including the web-based training and registration, can be found at https://wawf.eb.mil/ .

l. ASSOCIATE CONTRACTOR AGREEMENTS: Associate Contractor Agreements (ACAs) are agreements between contractors working on government contract projects that specify requirements for them to share information, data, technical knowledge, expertise, or resources.

Additional guidance as well as a list of required ACA contractors can be found under (Attachment 8).

m. ITEM IDENTIFICATION AND VALUATION: Any contract award(s) resulting from this CALL may contain the clause at DFARS 252.211-7003, Item Identification and Valuation, (Apr 2005) which requires unique item identification and valuation of any deliverable item for which the government’s unit acquisition cost is $5,000 or more; subassemblies, components, and parts embedded within an item valued at $5,000 or more; or items for which the government’s unit acquisition cost is less than $5,000 when determined necessary by the requiring activity for serially managed, mission essential, or controlled inventory. Also included are any DoD serially managed subassembly, component, or part embedded within a delivered item and the parent item that contains the embedded subassembly, component, or part. Per DFARS 211.274-3 policy for valuation, it is DoD policy that contractors shall be required to identify the government’s unit acquisition cost for all items delivered, even if none of the criteria for placing a unique item identification mark applies. Therefore, your proposal must clearly break out the unit https://wawf.eb.mil/ acquisition cost for any deliverable items. Per DFARS 211.274-3 policy for valuation, “the government’s unit acquisition cost is the contractor’s estimated fully burdened unit cost at time of delivery to the government for cost type or undefinitized line, subline, or exhibit line items” (per DoD, “fully burdened unit costs” to the government would include all direct, indirect, G&A costs, and an appropriate portion of fee.). If you have questions regarding the unique item identification requirements, please contact the contracting point of contact listed above. For more information, see the following website: http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/pdi/uid/index.html

n. FORWARD PRICING RATES: Offerors who have forward pricing rate agreements (FPRA’s) and forward pricing rate recommendations (FPRR’s) should submit them with their proposal.

o. EXCESSIVE PASS-THROUGH CHARGES: Any contract award(s) resulting from this CALL may contain the clause at DFARS 252.215-7004, Excessive Pass-Through Charges (Apr 2007) which requires the contractor to identify in its proposal the percentage of effort to be performed by the prime contractor and the percentage expected to be performed by each subcontractor. If the contractor intends to subcontract more than 70% of the total cost of work under the contract or task order, then it shall identify the amount of the contractor’s indirect costs and profit applicable to the subcontract work, and a description of the value added by the contractor. If any subcontractor intends to subcontract to a lower tier subcontractor more than 70% of the total cost of its work, then it shall identify the amount of the subcontractor’s indirect costs and profit applicable to the lower tier subcontract work, and a description of the value added by the subcontractor.

p. POST-AWARD SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM REPRESENTATION: As prescribed in FAR 19.308, FAR Clause 52.219-28, “Post-Award Small Business Program Representation (APR 2009),” is incorporated by reference in this solicitation. This clause will be contained in any contract(s) resulting from this solicitation. This clause requires an offeror to represent its size status when certain conditions apply. The clause provides guidance on when the representation must be complete and what an offeror must do when a representation is required.

q. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES: Any contract(s) award resulting from this CALL may contain the clauses at 252.211-7007 Reporting of Government-Furnished Equipment in the DoD Item Unique Identification (IUID) Registry (NOV 2008) as prescribed in 211.274-5(b);

FAR 52.245-1 -- Government Property (August 2010) as prescribed in 45.107 (a); FAR 52.245-2 -- Government Property Installation Operation Services (August 2010) as prescribed in 45.107(b), FAR 52.215-22 – Limitations on Pass-Through Charges—Identification of Subcontract Effort (Oct 2009) as prescribed in 15.408(n)(1); and 52.215-23 – Limitations on Pass-Through Charges (Oct 2009) as prescribed in 15.408(n)(2) and 52.215-23 – Limitations on Pass-Through Charges (Oct 2009) Alternate I (OCT 2009) as prescribed in 15.408(n)(2)(iii).

52.219-1 – Small Business Program Representations as prescribed in 19.309(a)(1).

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25. ATTACHMENTS:

Attachment 1a: Overarching Statement of Objectives (SOO) Attachment 1b: Task Order 0001 SOO Attachment 1c: Task Order 0002 SOO Attachment 1d: Task Order 0003 SOO Attachment 2: Proposal Content Checklist Attachment 3: Cost Proposal Instructions Attachment 4: Representations and Certifications Attachment 5: Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL A001-A006) entitled Exhibit A Attachment 6: Contract Security Classification Specification (DD Form 254, Draft) Attachment 7: Government Furnished Property Listing Attachment 8: Associate Contractor Agreements (ACAs) Attachment 9: List of Technical Data to Be Furnished with Restrictions