Atch F - AdministrativeAccessProvision 15Jun2011.doc

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT

BAA 11-RD-02

HIGH ENERGY LASER – JOINT TECHNOLOGY OFFICE (HEL-JTO)

ATTACHMENT F

Administrative Access to Proprietary Information

1. The Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy (RD) and Space Vehicles (RV) Directorates and the High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office (HEL-JTO) have contracted for various business and staff support services, some of which require contractors to obtain administrative access to proprietary information submitted by other contractors. Administrative access is defined as “handling or having physical control over information for the sole purpose of accomplishing the administrative functions specified in this contract or order, which do not require the review, reading, or comprehension of the content of the information on the part of non-technical professionals assigned to accomplish the specified administrative tasks.”

2. The required administrative access will be granted to non-technical professionals. Examples of the administrative tasks performed include:

a. Assembling and organizing information for R&D case files;

b. Accessing library files for use by government personnel in the RD and RV Directorates and HEL-JTO; and

c. Handling and administration of Small Business Innovation Research proposals, contracts, contract funding and queries.

3. Offerors shall either complete paragraph 4 below or provide written objection to administrative access. Any objection to administrative access:

a. Shall be provided in writing to the contracting officer and

b. Shall include a detailed statement of the basis for the objection. The detailed statement shall identify the specific portions of the proposal the offeror objects to disclosure to non-Government advisors.

c. Any objection shall be submitted within 10 calendar days after BAA issuance.

4. I consent to administrative access, as defined above, by RD and RV and HEL-JTO business and staff support services contractors to any proprietary information submitted under this announcement or delivered under any resulting contract.

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