BAA-AFRL-RQKS-2015-0009.pdf

1-Step Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

BAA-AFRL-RQKS-2015-0009

Mission Systems Open Architecture Science and Technology (MOAST)

Overview Information NAICS Code: 541712

Federal Agency Name: Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL/RYW, Sensors Directorate

Broad Agency Announcement Title: Mission Systems Open Architecture Science and

Technology (MOAST)

Broad Agency Announcement Type: This is the Initial Announcement.

Broad Agency Announcement Number: BAA-AFRL-RQKS-2015-0009

Proposal Due Date and Time: Wednesday, 02 MARCH 2016, at 2:00p.m. local time. NOTE: Proposal receipt after the due date and time shall be governed by the provisions of FAR 52.215-1(c)(3). It should be noted that this installation observes strict security procedures to enter the facility. These security procedures are NOT considered an interruption of normal Government processes, and proposals received after the above stated date and time as a result of security delays will be considered “late”.

Furthermore, note that if offerors utilize commercial carriers in the delivery of proposals, they may not honor time-of-day delivery guarantees on military installations.

Be advised, if the U.S. Postal Service is used, this building only receives U.S. Postal Mail twice a week and delivery by that means may not meet the proposal due date and time established herein. Early proposal submission is encouraged.

NOTE: Intent to Propose: Offerors that anticipate submitting a proposal are requested to submit an e-mail to Ella Himes, at ella.himes@us.af.mil, to Dawn Dalhamer, at dawn.dalhamer@us.af.mil, AND to Charles Satterthwaite, at charles.satterthwaite@us.af.mil containing the name of the contractor, the POC, and the contractor’s intent to submit a proposal. This “Intent to Propose” is requested NLT Wednesday, 24 February 2016, 2:00 p.m. local time.

Solicitation Request: Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL/RYW, Sensors Directorate, Wright Research Site is soliciting technical and cost proposals on the research effort described below. Proposals should be addressed/sent to the appropriate Point of Contacts (POC) stated in the Full Text Announcement (refer to Section VII.2.). This is an unrestricted solicitation. Small businesses are encouraged to propose on this solicitation. The NAICS Code for this acquisition is 541712, and the small business size standard is 500 employees. Proposals submitted shall be in accordance with this announcement. There will be no other solicitation issued in regard to this requirement. Offerors should be alert for any BAA amendments that may permit extensions to the proposal submission date.

System for Award Management (SAM) Registration: FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management (SAM) (JUL 2013), and DFARS 252.204-7004, Alternate A - System for

Award Management (SAM) (Feb 2014), are included by reference. SAM is the primary Government repository for prospective federal awardee information and the centralized

Government system for certain contracting, grants, and other assistance related processes.

It replaces CCR/FedReg, On-line Representations and Certifications (ORCA) and the

Excluded Parties Lists System (EPLS). By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges mailto:ella.himes@us.af.mil mailto:dawn.dalhamer@us.af.mil mailto:charles.satterthwaite@us.af.mil the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the SAM database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation. Contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the SAM accessed through https://www.acquisition.gov or by calling 866-606-8220.

Type of Contract/Instrument: The Air Force reserves the right to award the instrument best suited to the nature of the research proposed. Accordingly, the Government may award any appropriate contract type under the FAR. It is anticipated that awards under this BAA will be Fair Opportunity Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contracts with Cost Plus Fixed Fee completion task orders. Cost reimbursement contracts require successful offerors to have an accounting system considered adequate for tracking costs applicable to the contract.

Estimated Program Cost: $48,000,000

Anticipated Number of Awards: The Air Force anticipates awarding two (2) Basic IDIQ contracts with one (1) task order (TO) each for this announcement. However, the Air Force reserves the right to award zero, one, or more contracts for all, some, or none of the solicited effort based on the offeror’s ability to perform desired work and available funding.

Brief Program Summary: The objective of the MOAST program is to conduct applied and advanced Research and Development (R&D) as well as Advanced Component Development and Prototypes in order to evolve and expand emerging open architecture standards and approaches for current and next-generation Air Force weapon systems. Specific R&D areas of interest include Evolution of Open system Architecture Standards; Cyber Resiliency of Open System Architectures; Open System Architecture Emerging Concepts and

Technologies; Open System Architecture Risk Reduction Studies and Experimentation; and Open System Architecture Advanced Technology Demonstrations.

Communication Between Prospective Offerors and Government Representatives:

The acquisition team intends to manage communications in a manner best designed to facilitate the submittal of optimal proposals while not providing any unfair competitive advantages. Technical communications will be managed by the Program Manager.

Technical questions may be addressed before and after BAA release. Questions determined to provide a competitive advantage will be answered via FedBizOpps. 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.

Address technical questions to: Technical POC, Charles Satterthwaite, Program Manager, AFRL/RYWA, 2241 Avionics Circle, Bldg 620, WPAFB OH 45433-7304, Charles.satterthwaite@us.af.mil, (937) 938-4300.

Address contracting questions to: Contracting POC, Ella Himes, Contract Specialist, AFRL/RQKSE, 2130 8th Street, Bldg 45, WPAFB OH 45433-7541, ella.himes@us.af.mil,

(937) 713-9971 or Dawn Dalhamer, Contracting Officer, AFRL/RQKSE, 2130 8th Street, Bldg 45, WPAFB OH 45433-7541, dawn.dalhamer@us.af.mil, (937) 713-9968.

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Full Text Announcement

I. Program Description: Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL/RYW is soliciting technical and cost proposals on the following research effort:

1. Statement of Objective/Needs:

a. Basic IDIQ: Mission Systems Open Architecture Science and Technology

(MOAST)

(1) The objective of the MOAST program is to conduct applied and advanced

Research and Development (R&D) as well as Advanced Component Development and Prototypes in order to evolve and expand emerging open architecture standards and approaches for current and next-generation Air Force weapon systems. Specific R&D areas of interest include Evolution of Open System Architecture Standards, Cyber

Resiliency of Open System Architectures, Open System Architecture Emerging Concepts and Technologies, Open System Architecture Risk

Reduction Studies and Experimentation, and Open System Architecture Advanced Technology Demonstrations.

(2) See Attachment 1 – Statement of Objectives (SOO) – Basic IDIQ

b. Task Order 0001 (TO1): Open Architecture Data Transfer Characterization

(1) The objective of TO1 is to develop methods, tools, and techniques to characterize the performance of Open Architecture data interconnection methods for representative mission system applications.

(2) See Attachment 2 – Statement of Objectives (SOO) – Task Order 0001

c. Task Order 0002 (TO2): Cyber Security Countermeasures for Open System Architectures

(1) The objective of TO2 is to develop and demonstrate cybersecurity countermeasures to detect and mitigate cyber attacks against open architecture based mission systems and ensure continued mission operations. This task order is principally interested in cybersecurity techniques that augment traditional cybersecurity controls and those currently defined within the Open Mission System and UCI standards.

(2) See Attachment 3 – Statement of Objectives (SOO) – Task Order 0002

2. Deliverable Items:

a. Data Items: See Attached CDRLs (Attachment 4) and applicable SOO for Basic

IDIQ (Attachment 1), TO1 (Attachment 2) and TO2 (Attachment 3).

b. Hardware: See applicable SOO for Basic IDIQ, TO1 and TO2.

c. Software: See applicable SOO for Basic IDIQ, TO1 and TO2.

d. Other: See applicable SOO for Basic IDIQ, TO1 and TO2.

3. Within Scope Modifications: Potential offerors are advised that due to the inherent uncertainty of research and development efforts, awards resulting from this announcement may be modified during performance to make within scope changes.

4. Schedule:

a. Overall effort:

(1) Basic IDIQ – 84 months with 60 month ordering period

(2) TO1 – 39 months (36 technical months with 3 months for final reporting)

(3) TO2 – 36 months (33 technical months with 3 months for final reporting)

b. Data Items: Specified on individual CDRL(s)

c. Hardware: To be determined (TBD) on individual TO, if applicable.

d. Software: TBD on individual TO, if applicable.

5. Other Requirements:

a. This announcement incorporates FAR and supplemental provisions and clauses by reference. The full text of provisions and clauses can be found at http://farsite.hill.af.mil.

b. Program security classification/information: This effort requires a TOP SECRET

(TS) facility clearance and TOP SECRET safeguarding capability. It is anticipated that the security requirements will be TS/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI)/Special Access Program (SAP) on the Basic IDIQ, Task Order

0001, and Task Order 0002. Solicitation-ready Draft DD254 is included as Attachment 5 and should be considered applicable to the Basic IDIQ, TO1, and

TO2. Offerors must verify their Cognizant Security Office information is current with Defense Security Service (DSS) at www.dss.mil.

c. General Security: See attached SOOs for Security/OPSEC Guidance.

d. Export Control: Information involved in this research effort will be subject to Export Control (International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR) 22 CFR 120-130 or Export Administration Regulations (EAR) 15 CFR 710-774). A Certified DD

Form 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement, will be required to be submitted with proposal.

e. Export-Controlled Items: As prescribed by DFARS 225-7901-4, DFARS

252.225-7048, “Export-Controlled Item (JUN 2013)”, is contained in this solicitation. This clause shall be contained in ALL resulting contracts.

f. Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI): In order to mitigate any potential OCI (per FAR Subpart 9.5), AFFARS provisional clause 5352.209-9001 is incorporated below and AFFARS clause 5352.209-9000 will be added to any resultant contract(s). If an OCI is anticipated, contractor should provide appropriate mitigation plan for Government review as part of the IDIQ

Business Proposal.

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5352.209-9001 Potential Organizational Conflict of Interest (Oct 2010)

(a) There is potential organizational conflict of interest (see FAR Subpart 9.5, Organizational and Consultant Conflicts of Interest) due to the potential of the contractor to gain access to another contractor’s proprietary information during contract performance. Accordingly:

(1) Restrictions are needed to protect the proprietary information and prevent the contractor from an unfair competitive advantage in concurrent or future acquisitions.

The applicable time period for this restriction is during contract performance.

(2) As a part of the proposal, the offeror shall provide the Contracting Officer with complete information of previous or ongoing work that is in any way associated with the contemplated acquisition.

(b) If award is made to the offeror, the resulting contract may include an organizational conflict of interest limitation applicable to subsequent Government work, at either a prime contract level, at any subcontract tier, or both. During evaluation of proposals, the Government may, after discussions with the offeror and consideration of ways to avoid the conflict of interest, insert a special provision in the resulting contract which shall disqualify the offeror from further consideration for award of future contracts.

(c) The organizational conflict of interest clause included in this solicitation may be modified or deleted during negotiations.

6. Other Information:

a. Government Furnished Property (GFP) is not anticipated to be made available under TO1 and TO2. However, it is TBD whether any will be made available under subsequent TOs. As a result, appropriate clauses are included in the model contract.

b. Base Support/Network access is anticipated to be made available under this contract. If contractor determines use of available base support to be in their best interest, it must be included as such in the proposal.

Use of available base support will not be assumed during technical evaluation unless proposed.

(1) Available Base Facilities: RY’s MOAST Laboratory: This facility is a state-of-the-art avionics laboratory for Open Architecture research which can be used to verify and validate performance in a realistic avionics system environment.

(2) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP): Wright-Patterson AFB is participating in and is pursuing recognition under the Occupational

Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). VPP is a systems approach to identify, evaluate, prevent, and control occupational hazards to prevent injuries/illnesses by promoting effective worksite safety and health protection. VPP is required for applicable contractors defined as

“contractors working on an Air Force Installation for more than 1,000 hours per quarter to include construction and services contracts”.

Contractors are responsible for managing their own safety and health program (Public Law 91-596). Contractors are advised to become familiar with VPP and how their performance is linked to the installation’s pursuit of VPP recognition at the OSHA website, http:/www.osha.gov/dcsp/vpp/index.html. Applicable contractors are required to submit three years of Total Case Incidence Rate (TCIR)/Day Away, Restricted, and/or Transfer Case Rate (DART) data with their proposal for the government’s evaluation. The TCIR and

DART are the number of recordable injuries and illness cases per 100 full-time employees resulting in days away from work, restricted work activity, and/or job transfer that a site has experienced in a given timeframe. Instructions for computing the TCIR and DART data can be found at the OSHA website. Contractors must also provide a copy of their Safety and Health Plan and corresponding site checklist with their proposal which must be accepted by the installation safety officer prior to contract performance. The contractor’s plan shall include appropriate measures to ensure the contractor reacts promptly to investigate, correct, and track alleged safety and health violations and/or uncontrolled hazards in contractor work areas.

Additionally, installation specific references and policies may be included/attached. The plan shall:

Demonstrate management commitment to employee safety and health;

Identify the application of the safety and health plan to subcontractors;

Identify the roles and responsibilities of the following individuals:

Management, Supervisors, Employees, and Safety Coordinator;

Identify applicable safety rules and regulations;

Include a worksite hazard analysis to include base-line hazard identification and required control measures;

Identify a job site analysis to include hazards of tasks required to control measures;

Identify employee safety and health training requirements and the documentation process;

Include a workplace inspection frequency to include identifying the individual conducting the inspections;

Include employee hazard reporting procedures;

Identify individual(s) responsible for corrective actions hazards;

Identify first aid/injury procedures;

Identify procedures for accident investigation and reporting;

Identify emergency response procedures; and Identify the process for tracking controlled hazards in contractor work areas.

An applicable contractor is responsible for establishing these requirements for all subcontractors who qualify as applicable contractors under the resulting contract. In addition, applicable contractors will be required to submit their TCIR and DART rates and OSHA Form 300A annually to the contracting office for consolidation and submission as part of the installation’s annual VPP Safety and Health Management report. TCIR and

DART rates are due by the 15th of January of each year.

c. Multiple awards subject to Fair Opportunity are anticipated.

d. Data Rights Desired:

(1) Technical Data: Unlimited Rights

(2) Non-Commercial Software (NCS): Unlimited Rights

(3) NCS Documentation: Unlimited Rights

(4) Commercial Computer Software Rights: Customary License

The Air Force Research Laboratory is engaged in the discovery, development, and integration of warfighting technologies for our air, space, and cyberspace forces. As such, rights in technical data and NCS developed or delivered under this contract are of significant concern to the Government. The Government will, therefore, carefully consider any restrictions on the use of technical data, NCS, and NCS documentation which could result in transition difficulty or less-than full and open competition for subsequent development of this technology.

In exchange for paying for development of the data, the Government expects technical data, NCS, and NCS documentation developed entirely at Government expense to be delivered with Unlimited Rights.

Technical data, NCS, and NCS documentation developed with mixed funding are expected to be delivered with at least Government Purpose Rights. Offers that propose delivery of technical data, NCS, or NCS documentation subject to Government Purpose Rights should fully explain how the data was developed at private expense. Specifically, offers must explain what technical data, NCS, or NCS documentation developed with costs charged to indirect cost pools and/or costs not allocated to a Government contract will be incorporated, how the incorporation will benefit the program, and address whether those portions or processes are segregable. The Government expects that delivery of technical data, NCS, and NCS documentation subject to Government Purpose Rights will fully meet program needs.

Offers that propose delivery of technical data, NCS, or NCS documentation subject to Limited Rights, Restricted Rights, or Specifically Negotiated License

Rights will be considered. Proposals should fully explain what technical data, NCS, or NCS documentation developed with costs charged to indirect cost pools and/or costs not allocated to a government contract will be incorporated and how the incorporation will benefit the program and whether those portions or processes are segregable.

Offerors are reminded that the Identification and Assertion of Restrictions on the Government’s Use, Release, or Disclosure of Technical Data or Computer Software (required under DFARS 252.227-7013 and DFARS 252.227-7014) is included in Section K (assertions list) and due at time of proposals. Assertions must be completed with specificity in regard to each item, component, or process listed. Nonconforming assertions lists will be rejected.

Note that DFARS 252.227-7014(d) describes requirements for incorporation of third party computer software (commercial and noncommercial). Any commercial software to be incorporated into a deliverable must be clearly identified in the proposal. Given that many commercial software licenses are not transferrable or may not be acceptable to the Government, commercial software licenses proposed for delivery to the Government must be approved by the Contracting Officer prior to award.

As used in this subparagraph, the terms Unlimited Rights, Government Purpose

Rights, Specifically Negotiated License Rights, and Limited Rights in technical data are as defined in DFARS 252.227-7013. The terms Unlimited Rights, Government Purpose Rights, Specifically Negotiated License Rights, and

Restricted Rights in noncommercial computer software and noncommercial software documentation are as defined in DFARS 252.227-7014. The term

Commercial Computer Software is as defined in DFARS 252.227-7014.

II. Award Information

1. Anticipated Award Date: 12 JUL 2016 (Basic IDIQ(s) and Initial Task Order(s))

2. Anticipated funding ($K)*:

a. Basic IDIQ

FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 Total

$2,150 $5,500 $7,000 $8,500 $8,500 $8,350 $8,000 $48,000

b. Task Order 0001

FY16 FY17 FY18 Total

$1,150 $2,000 $1,850 $5,000

c. Task Order 0002

FY16 FY17 FY18 Total

$1,000 $1,500 $1,500 $4,000

These funding profiles are estimates only and not contractual obligations for funding. All funding is subject to change due to Government discretion and availability. Potential offerors should be aware that due to unanticipated budget fluctuations funding in any or all areas may change with little or no notice.

3. Number of awards anticipated: The Air Force anticipates awarding two (2) IDIQ contracts along with one (1) initial task order per IDIQ. However, the Air Force reserves the right to award zero, one, or more contracts for all, some, or none of the solicited effort based on the offeror’s ability to perform desired work and available funding.

III. Eligibility Information

1. Eligible Offeror: This is an unrestricted solicitation.

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: Cost Sharing is not required.

3. Federally Funded Research and Development Centers: The following guidance is provided for Federally Funded Research and Development Centers

(FFRDCs) contemplating submitting a proposal, as either a prime or subcontractor, against this BAA. FAR 35.017-1(c)(4) prohibits an FFRDC from competing with any non-FFRDC concern in response to a Federal agency request for proposal for other than the operation of an FFRDC (with exceptions stated in DFARS 235.017- 1(c)(4)). There is no regulation prohibiting an FFRDC from responding to a solicitation. However, the FFRDC’s sponsoring agency must first make a determination that the effort being proposed falls within the purpose, mission, general scope of effort, or special competency of the FFRDC; and that determination must be included in the FFRDC’s proposal. In addition, the non-sponsoring agency (in this case AFRL) must make a determination that the work proposed would not place the FFRDC in direct competition with domestic private industry. Only after these determinations are made would a determination be made concerning the FFRDC’s eligibility to receive an award.

4. Government Agencies: If a Government agency is interested in performing work, contact the Program Office identified in the BAA. If those discussions result in a mutual interest to pursue your agency's participation, the effort will be pursued independent of this announcement.

5. Other:

a. Foreign participation: It is the Government’s position that NO foreign participation will be allowed under this BAA. If Foreign Nationals (FNs) are employed by the U.S. Contractor or Sub-Contractor, FNs will be limited to Public Domain Information unless the U.S. Contractor has obtained the proper

Export License or Technical Assistance Agreement through the U. S.

Department of State.

Public Domain Information is defined as information that is releasable to the general public and sometimes referred to as open source material. Examples include (but are not limited to) newspapers, magazines, and information posted on the Internet.

b. This acquisition involves data that is subject to export control laws and regulations. Only contractors who are registered and certified with the Defense Logistics Services Center (DLSC) and have a legitimate business purpose may participate in this solicitation. Contact the Defense Logistics Services Center, 74 Washington Avenue N., Battle Creek, Michigan 49037-3084 (1-800-352- 3572) for further information on the certification process. You must submit a copy of your approved DD Form 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement, with your proposal.

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c. There are no limits to the number of proposals an offeror may submit.

d. Teaming is encouraged to cultivate advanced approaches to the technical effort(s).

e. You may be ineligible for award if all requirements of this solicitation are not met on the proposal due date as identified above.

IV. Proposal and Submission Information

1. Overview: Proposals submitted shall be in accordance with this announcement.

There will be no other solicitation issued in regard to this requirement. The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award some, all, or none of the proposals received without negotiation/discussion; however, the Government reserves the right to negotiate with those offeror(s) whose proposal is selected for funding.

Offerors should be alert for any BAA amendments that may permit extensions to the proposal submission date. For additional information, a copy of the Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Guide for Industry is located at http://www.wpafb.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-150518-026.pdf.

2. Content and Form of Proposal Submission: The paragraphs below identify proposal format and content.

a. General Instructions:

(1) Offerors should apply the restrictive notice prescribed in the provision of FAR 52.215-1(e), Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition.

Offerors should consider proposal instructions contained in the Broad

Agency Announcement (BAA) Guide for Industry which can be accessed online at http://www.wpafb.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-150518-

026.pdf. This guide is specifically designed to assist the offeror in understanding the BAA proposal process.

(2) Technical/management and cost/business proposals shall be submitted in separate volumes and must be valid for 180 days.

(3) Proposals must CLEARLY reference the announcement number:

BAA-AFRL-RQKS-2015-0009.

(4) Offerors must submit one (1) original and five (5) hard copies of all required submittals (See IV.2.b.).

(5) Offerors must include three (3) CDs containing all electronic versions of required submittals (See IV.2.b.). All electronic versions must match the hard copies.

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i. Technical/Management proposals, Business proposals, Statements of Work, and Subcontracting Plan IAW FAR 19.7 (if applicable) must be provided in Microsoft Word.

ii. The cost file(s) spreadsheets must be provided in Microsoft Excel and should include the formulas for calculating cost element bases (i.e., G&A, base, etc.).

iii. The CDs should be labeled with the company name, proposal title, BAA number, classification level, etc.

(6) Offerors are advised that only Contracting Officers are legally authorized to contractually bind or otherwise commit the government.

(7) The cost of preparing proposals in response to this BAA is not considered an allowable direct charge to any resulting or any other contract;

however, it may be an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect cost as specified in FAR 31.205-18.

(8) Classified technical proposals or cost volumes are NOT allowed.

b. Offerors must propose/submit each of the following to be considered for an IDIQ award:

(1) Basic IDIQ

i. Basic IDIQ Proposal – Technical and Management

ii. Basic IDIQ Statement of Work (SOW) in response to applicable Statement of Objectives (SOO)

iii. Basic IDIQ Business Proposal (including Subcontracting Plan, IAW FAR

19.702 and OCI mitigation plan, if applicable)

(2) Task Order (TO) 0001

i. TO1 Proposal – Technical and Management

ii. TO1 SOW in response to applicable SOO

iii. TO1 Cost (task orders only) and Business Proposal

(3) Task Order (TO) 0002

i. TO2 Proposal – Technical and Management

ii. TO2 SOW in response to applicable SOO

iii. TO2 Cost (task orders only) and Business Proposal

c. Technical/Management Proposal (Basic IDIQ, TO1 and TO2):

(1) Page Limitations: The following describes the page limitations on the proposal submittal:

i. The Technical/Management Proposal shall be limited to 35 pages for the Basic IDIQ and the Technical/Management Proposals shall be limited to 35 pages each for Task Orders 0001 and 0002 with the pages prepared and submitted in Microsoft Word format. Signed pages may be submitted in Adobe. Additional guidance is cited below in paragraph vi of this section.

ii. Font shall be standard 10-point business font Arial on all pages including the cover page, headers and footers.

iii. Character spacing must be “normal”, not condensed in any manner.

iv. Pages shall be double-spaced (must use standard double-space function in Microsoft Word), double sided (each side counts as one page), and 8.5 by 11 inches with at least one-inch margins on all four sides.

v. All text, including text in tables and charts, must adhere to all font size and line spacing requirements listed herein. Font and line spacing requirements do not have to be followed for illustrations, flowcharts, drawings, and diagrams. These exceptions shall not be used to circumvent formatting requirements and page count limitations by including lengthy narratives in such items.

vi. Pages shall be numbered starting with the cover page being Page 1 and the last page being no greater than Page 35 for the Basic IDIQ proposals and no greater than Page 35 for TO1 and TO2 proposals.

The page limitation covers all information including indices, photographs, foldouts (counted as 1 page for each 8.5 by 11 portion), tables, charts, appendices, attachments, resumes, etc.

vii. The proposal page limit does not include the offeror’s proposed Statement of Work (SOW); however, the same formatting rules apply to the SOW which is limited to 10 pages for the Basic IDIQ and 10 pages each for TO1 and TO2.

viii. Please note: the Government will check the proposal and SOW for conformance to the stated requirements. Any pages in excess of the stated page limitation after the format check will not be considered.

(2) The Technical/Management proposals for the Basic IDIQ, Task Order 0001 and Task Order 0002 shall include a discussion of the nature and scope of the research and the technical approaches. Additional information on prior work in these areas, descriptions of available equipment, use of base support (if desired), data and facilities, and resumes of personnel who will be participating in these efforts should also be included in the technical proposals. These volumes shall each include a SOW detailing the technical tasks proposed to be accomplished under the proposed efforts and suitable for contract incorporation. Do not include any proprietary information in the SOW. No classified technical proposals or cost volumes are allowed. Offerors must keep all elements of the proposal package unclassified. Refer to the BAA Guide for

Industry referenced below (See IV.2.d.(1)vi.) to assist in SOW preparation. If Government Furnished Property is requested, you are required to submit the following information with your offer:

i. A list or description of all Government property that the offeror or its subcontractors propose to use on a rent-free basis. The list shall identify the accountable contract under which the property is held and the authorization for its use (from the Contracting Officer having cognizance of the property);

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ii. The dates during which the property will be available for use (including the first, last, and all intervening months) and, for any property that will be used concurrently in performing two or more contracts, the amounts of the respective uses in sufficient detail to support prorating the rent;

iii. The amount of rent that would otherwise be charged in accordance with FAR 52.245-9, Use and Charges; and

iv. The voluntary consensus standard or industry leading practices and standards to be used in the management of Government property or existing property management plans, methods, practices or procedures for accounting for property.

(3) Any questions concerning the technical proposal or SOW preparation shall be referred to the Technical POC identified in Section VII.1.

d. Business Proposal (IDIQ) & Cost/Business Proposals (Task Orders):

(1) Submit a Business Proposal only for the Basic IDIQ. For each TO, separate the Cost/Business Proposal into a business section and a cost section. Adequate price competition is anticipated for TO1 and TO2.

i. See Attachment 6 for the Model Contract. Note that the document awarded may include contract line items (CLINs)/clauses in addition to those in the model and/or some of the CLIN/Clauses in the model may be deleted depending on the specific circumstances of the individual award. Any additions and/or deletions will be negotiated with the offeror prior to award.

ii. The business section should contain all business aspects of the proposed contract such as type of contractual instrument, any exceptions to terms and conditions of the announcement including the model contract, any information not technically related, etc. Please provide rationale for exceptions. Also include CAGE Code and DUNS.

This applies to both the Business Proposal under Basic IDIQ and the

Cost/Business Proposals under TO1 and TO2.

iii. Identify any technical data that will be delivered with less than unlimited rights for the Basic IDIQ, TO1 and TO2.

iv. Cost/Business proposals have no page limitations; however, offerors are requested to keep Business Proposal (Basic IDIQ) and

Cost/Business Proposals (TO1 and TO2) to under 100 pages each as a goal.

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v. Cost Element Breakdown: Clear, concise, and accurate cost proposals reflect the offeror's financial plan for accomplishing the effort contained in the technical proposal. As a part of its cost proposal, the offeror shall submit the information outlined below, together with supporting breakdowns. All direct costs (labor, material, travel, computer, etc.) as well as labor and overhead rates should be provided by contractor fiscal year (CFY). Detailed cost element breakdowns by Government

Fiscal Year or calendar year are not required. The supporting schedules may include summary level estimating rationale used to generate the proposed costs. The cost element breakdown(s) should include the following, if applicable.

(a) Direct Labor: Direct labor should be detailed by number of labor hours by category of labor.

(b) Labor and Overhead Rates: Direct labor hours, with their applicable rates, must be broken out and the bases used clearly identified. The source of labor and overhead rates and all pricing factors should be identified. For instance, if a Forward Pricing Rate Agreement (FPRA) is in existence, that should be noted, along with the Administrative Contracting Officer’s (ACO's) name and telephone number. If the rates are based on current experience in your organization, provide the historical base used and clearly identify all escalation, by year, applied to derive the proposed rates. If computer usage is determined by a rate, identify the basis used and rationale used to derive the rate.

(c) Material/Equipment: List all material/equipment items by type and kind with associated costs and advise if the costs are based on vendor quotes, data and/or engineering estimates; provide copies of vendor quotes and/or catalog pricing data.

(d) Subcontractor Costs: Submit all subcontractor proposals and analyses with your cost proposal (See FAR 15.404-3(b)). If the subcontractor will not submit cost and pricing information to the offeror, this information must be submitted directly to the Government for analysis. On all subcontracts and interdivisional transfers, provide the method of selection used to determine the subcontractor and the proposed contract type of each subcontract. An explanation shall be provided if the offeror proposes a different amount than that quoted by the subcontractor. The offeror’s proposal must:

(i) Identify principal items/services to be subcontracted.

(ii) Identify prospective subcontractors and the basis on which they were selected. If non-competitive, provide selected source justification.

(iii) Identify the type of contractual business arrangement contemplated for the subcontract and provide rationale.

(iv) Identify the basis for the subcontract costs (e.g., firm quote or engineering estimate, etc.).

(v) Identify the cost or pricing data submitted by the subcontractor.

(vi) Provide an analysis of the proposed subcontract in accordance with FAR 15.404-3(b). Provide an analysis concerning the reasonableness, realism and completeness of each subcontractor’s proposal. If the analysis is based on comparison with prior prices, identify the basis on which the prior prices were determined to be reasonable. The analysis should include, but not be limited to, an analysis of:

materials, labor, travel, other direct costs and proposed profit or fee rates.

(e) Special Tooling or Test Equipment: When special tooling, and/or test equipment is proposed, attach a brief description of items and indicate if they are solely for the performance of this particular contract or project and if they are or are not already available in the offeror's existing facilities. Indicate quantities, unit prices, whether items are to be purchased or fabricated, whether items are of a severable nature and the basis of the price. These items may be included under Direct Material in the summary format.

(f) Consultants: When consultants are proposed to be used in the performance of the contract, indicate the specific project or area in which such services are to be used. Identify each consultant, number of hours or days to be used and the consultant's rate per hour or day. State the basis of said rate and give your analysis of the acceptability of the consultant's rate.

(g) Travel: Travel costs must be justified and related to the needs of the project. Identify the number of trips, the destination and purpose. Travel costs should be broken out by trip with number of travelers, airfare, per diem, lodging, etc.

(h) Computer Use: Detail the amount and kind of computer usage, the cost, and how the costs were derived.

(i) Facilities Capital Cost of Money: If Facilities Capital Cost of Money is proposed, a properly executed DD Form 1861 is required.

(j) Project Funding Profile: Offerors should include a project funding profile by Government Fiscal Year (GFY) (1 Oct through 30 Sept) for budgetary purposes. This will enable the Government to easily identify program funding needs by GFY.

(k) If an offeror takes exceptions to the requirements called out in the announcement (e.g., base support, Government-furnished property (GFP), CDRLs), the exceptions should be clearly stated in the cost proposal.

(l) Forward Pricing Rate Agreements: Offerors who have forward pricing rate agreements (FPRA’s) and forward pricing rate recommendations (FPRR’s) should submit them with their proposal.

vi. Refer to the BAA Guide for Industry for detailed proposal instructions at http://www.wpafb.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-150518- 026.pdf. The BAA Guide for Industry provides information on the cost element breakdown on pages 23, 24, and 25.

(2) Subcontracting Plans: If applicable, awards exceeding $700,000 shall have a subcontract plan. Reference FAR 19.704, DFARS 219.704, and AFFARS 5319.704(a)(1) for subcontracting plan requirements. Small business concerns are exempt from this requirement. If an IDIQ contract arrangement is anticipated, the basis for the subcontracting plan should reflect the entire ceiling amount. This applies to the Basic IDIQ Business

Proposal ONLY.

(3) OCI Mitigation Plan: If applicable, contractor shall submit appropriate mitigation plan for Government review.

(4) Voluntary Protection Program: If applicable, contractor should submit all appropriate VPP information (See I.6.b.(2)).

(5) Completed Certifications and Representations (Section K) are due with the proposal. This document can be found at Attachment 7. Offerors may also be required to submit updated or supplemental Certifications and Representations based on the specifics of their proposal.

e. Proposal Content Summary: You may be ineligible for award if all requirements of this solicitation are not met on the proposal due date.

Reference Section VIII.11. for a Checklist of the requirements.

3. Intergovernmental Review: None

4. Funding Restrictions: None

5. Proposal Submission Requirements: Proposals must be submitted to

Contracting POC: Ella Himes or Dawn Dalhamer, AFRL/RQKSE, 2130 8th Street, Bldg. 45, WPAFB OH 45433-7541. Proposals received via e-mail are considered non-compliant and, therefore, will NOT be accepted.

Classified submittals are not allowed.

V. Proposal Review Information

1. Evaluation Criteria: The selection of one or more sources for award will be based on an evaluation of each offeror’s proposal (both technical and cost/price aspects) to determine the overall merit of the proposal in response to the announcement as well as on Agency need and funding availability. The technical aspect, which is ranked as the first order of priority, shall be evaluated based on the following criteria. If VPP applies, TCIR and DART data provided will be considered as an element of the risk assessment.

a. Basic IDIQ Technical (Equal Importance to TO1 and TO2): The technical aspect shall be evaluated based on the following criteria that are in descending order of importance:

(1) Unique and innovative approach proposed to accomplish the technical objectives. New and creative solutions and/or advances in knowledge, understanding, technology, and the state of the art.

(2) The offeror’s understanding of the scope of the technical effort.

(3) Soundness of the offeror’s technical approach.

(4) Availability of qualified technical personnel and their experience with applicable technologies which may include effective teaming agreements with small business, large business, academia, non-profits, and other entities to cultivate advanced approaches to the technical effort.

(5) The potential for AFRL to transition the research and development deliverables to future Government needs. Any proposed restriction on technical data or computer software will be considered.

(6) Availability (from any source) of necessary research, test, laboratory, or shop facilities.

b. Task Order 0001 and Task Order 0002 Technical (The Basic IDIQ, Task

Order 0001 and Task Order 0002 are all of Equal Importance): The technical aspect, which is ranked as the first order of priority, shall be evaluated based on the following criteria that are in descending order of importance:

(1) Unique and innovative approach proposed to accomplish the technical objectives. New and creative solutions and/or advances in knowledge, understanding, technology, and the state of the art.

(2) The offeror’s understanding of the scope of the technical effort.

(3) Soundness of the offeror’s technical approach.

(4) Availability of qualified technical personnel and their experience with applicable technologies which may include effective teaming agreements with small business, large business, academia, non-profits, and other entities to cultivate advanced approaches to the technical effort.

(5) The potential for AFRL to transition the research and development deliverables to future Government needs. Any proposed restriction on technical data or computer software will be considered.

(6) Availability (from any source) of necessary research, test, laboratory, or shop facilities.

c. Cost/Price (Applies to Task Orders only): Cost/Price includes the reasonableness and realism of the proposed cost and fee and consideration of proposed budgets and funding profiles. Cost/Price is a substantial factor to the TOs but ranked as the second order of priority. (If an offeror proposes the use of GFP and that proposed GFP provides the offeror an unfair competitive advantage, then FAR 45.202 requires rental equivalent be applied to the Cost Factor for evaluation purposes only.)

d. Proposal Risk Assessment (Applies to Basic IDIQ and Task Orders):

Proposal risk for technical, cost (TO1 and TO2 only), and schedule will be assessed as part of the evaluation of the above criteria. Proposal risk relates to the identification and assessment of the risks associated with an offeror's proposed approach as it relates to accomplishing the proposed effort.

Tradeoffs of the assessed risk will be weighed against the potential payoff.

2. Review and Selection Process:

a. Categories: The technical and cost proposals will be evaluated at the same time and categorized as follows:

i. Category I: Demonstrates technical merit; is important to agency programs; and presents relevant experience and access to adequate resources. Risk is acceptable. The cost/price is reasonable and realistic.

Proposals in Category I are recommended for acceptance (subject to availability of funds) and normally are displaced only by other Category I proposals.

ii. Category II: Demonstrates technical merit; is important to agency programs; and presents relevant experience and access to adequate resources; but requires further development. Risk is acceptable. The cost/price is reasonable and realistic. Category II proposals are recommended for acceptance but at a lower priority than Category I.

iii. Category III: Does not demonstrate technical merit; does not meet agency needs; does not present adequate experience or resources; the risk level is unacceptable; or the cost/price is not reasonable or realistic.

b. No other evaluation criteria will be used. The Air Force reserves the right to select for award any, all, part, or none of each proposal received.

VI. Award Administration Information

1. Award Notices: Offerors will be notified whether their proposal is recommended for award, by letter or e-mail, on or about 27 APR 2016. The notification 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.

2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: See Section I.

3. Reporting: Reporting requirements and frequency, refer to attached Contract Data Requirement List (CDRLs), Attachment 4.

VII. Agency Contacts

1. Address technical questions to: Technical POC, Charles Satterthwaite, Program Manager, AFRL/RYWA, 2241 Avionics Circle, Bldg 620, WPAFB OH 45433- 7304, Charles.satterthwaite@us.af.mil, (937) 938-4300.

2. Address contracting questions to: Contracting POC, Ella Himes, Contract Specialist, AFRL/RQKSE, 2130 8th Street, Bldg 45, WPAFB OH 45433-7541, ella.himes@us.af.mil, (937) 713-9971 or Dawn Dalhamer, Contracting Officer, AFRL/RQKSE, 2130 8th Street, Bldg 45, WPAFB OH 45433-7541, dawn.dalhamer@us.af.mil, (937) 713-9968.

VIII. Other Information

1. Acquisition of Commercial Items: Based upon market research, the Government is not using the policies contained in Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, in its solicitation for the described supplies or services.

However, interested persons may identify to the Contracting Officer their interest and capability to satisfy the Government’s requirement with a commercial item within 15 days of this notice.

2. Support contractors: Only Government employees will evaluate proposals for selection. Offerors are advised that employees of commercial firms under contract to the Government may be used to administratively process proposals, monitor contract performance, or perform other administrative duties requiring access to other contractors' proprietary information. These support contracts include nondisclosure agreements prohibiting their contractor employees from disclosing any information submitted by other contractors or using such information for any purpose other than that for which it was furnished.

3. Debriefings: If a debriefing is requested in accordance with the time guidelines set out in FAR 15.505 and 15.506, a debriefing will be provided; but the debriefing content may vary in order to be consistent with the procedures that govern BAAs

(FAR 35.016).

4. Service of Protest: As prescribed by FAR 33.106, FAR 52.233-2, Service of

Protest, is hereby incorporated by reference.

mailto:Charles.satterthwaite@us.af.mil mailto:ella.himes@us.af.mil

5. Item Unique Identification and Valuation. It is DoD policy that contractors shall be required to identify the Government’s unit acquisition cost for all deliverable end items for which Item Unique Identification applies. Therefore, proposals must clearly break out the unit acquisition cost for any deliverable items. See DFARS 211.274-3, Policy for Valuation, for more information. (Per DoD, “fully burdened unit costs” to the Government would include all direct, indirect, G&A costs, and an appropriate portion of fee). For more information, see the following website: http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/pdi/uid/index.html.

6. Forward Pricing Rate Agreements: Offerors who have forward pricing rate agreements (FPRA’s) and/or forward pricing rate recommendations (FPRR’s) should submit them with their proposal.

7. Pre-Award Clearance: Pursuant to FAR 22.805, a pre-award clearance must be obtained from the U.S. Department Of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, Office Of Federal Contract Compliance Program’s (OFCCP) prior to award of a contract (or subcontract) of $10,000,000 or more unless the contractor is listed in OFCCP’s…