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BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT BAA-RV-10-01

Air Force Research Laboratory/Space Vehicles Directorate

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT (CALL) 019

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT TITLE: Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate, Battlespace Environment Division

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: BAA-RV-10-01

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUCEMENT (CALL) TITLE: Topic 1 (Space Weather):

Spacecraft Particle Environment and Sensors (SPartEnS)

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT (CALL) NUMBER: 019

TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT: Technical point of contact for this CALL is:

Stephen Quigley, Research Physicist; AFRL/RVBXR, Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB), NM; (505)853-3506; E-mail: stephen.quigley@kirtland.af.mil

CONTRACTING POINTS OF CONTACT: Contracting points of contact for this CALL:

Contract Specialist: Ms. Victoria Baca, Det 8 AFRL/RVKVB, Phone (505) 846-0946, E-mail: victoria.baca@kirtland.af.mil

Contracting Officer: Mr. Francis M. Eggert, Det 8 AFRL/RVKVB, Phone (505) 846-7603, E-mail:francis.eggert@kirtland.af.mil

A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

1. SPACECRAFT PARTICLE ENVIRONMENT AND SENSORS (SPartEnS) SCOPE:

The Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicle Directorate (AFRL/RVB) maintains several labs with unique research capabilities. The topics are both fundamental and applied research. The research areas covered include, but are not limited to spacecraft and communications interactions with the space environment, spacecraft sensor development, and space environment theory and modeling. The AFRL/RVB is interested in proposals that provide innovative research related to the capabilities of the four programs listed paragraph 3 (Requirements). It is expected that the research will be carried out on-site at AFRL at Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB), NM.

2. ADMINISTRATIVE DATA APPLICABLE TO ALL TOPIC AREA OBJECTIVES:

AFRL/RVBX’s Battlespace Environment Laboratory (BEL) on KAFB in Albuquerque, NM will be made available to all offerors. The Government will provide access to buildings and equipment as appropriate. Equipment available in the lab will be provided to the successful offeror by the government as Government Furnished Property (GFP). If procurement of Contractor Acquired Property (CAP), materials and/or equipment directly related to the accomplishment of the Spacecraft Sensor Development research projects addressed herein is necessary, it should be clearly identified in the Offeror’s cost proposal and will be considered for funding on the contract. Such material/equipment mailto:stephen.quigley@kirtland.af.mil mailto:victoria.baca@kirtland.af.mil%09 mailto:francis.eggert@kirtland.af.mil

BAA-RV-10-01 CALL 019 Page 2 would remain the property of the AFRL upon completion of the contract. The contractor shall be expected to provide any additional property to perform the contract per FAR

45.102. Applicable experimental and developmental components available in the BEL are listed in Attachment 6.

Compliance documents listed in Exhibit 1 of this document are applicable to each of the following topic areas and will be attached to the anticipated contract. Reference documents listed in Exhibit 2 of this document are to be applied to an offeror’s proposal.

Offerors shall comply with and reference the latest version of Exhibits 1 and 2.

3. OBJECTIVES

Topic 1 A: Spacecraft Charging Instrumentation and Calibration (SCICL) Overview: The SCICL performs basic and applied research and development for a) spacecraft charging, b) energetic particle effects on spacecraft and materials, c) measurements of the physical properties of materials used in space vehicles relevant to the space environment, d) plasma interactions with magnetic fields and associated spacecraft observations, e) space environmental sensor calibrations. Key environments are produced with a variety of particle and wave emitters in a variety of vacuum chambers, and measurements are made using a variety of sensors/techniques.

Objective expectations: Proposals submitted in response to this topic area should include innovative approaches to data acquisition, data analysis, experimental set-up, operation and trouble-shooting of the instruments including vacuum chambers, as well as design and implementation of future upgrades. Additionally, offerors should clearly communicate innovative methods to design and implement an innovative research plan incorporating a) research effort, b) the incidental trouble-shooting and development of equipment required for the research and c) participation in incidental compliance activities (tool control, ITE and equipment accountability, maintenance and calibration scheduling, quality assurance for electro-static discharge (ESD), stock planning). Research areas of interest covered under this topic are:

Develop and implement simulated space environment energetic particle, plasma, and electric/magnetic field experiments, to include data analysis.

Develop, modify and conduct vacuum chamber tests and calibrations of spacecraft materials, components, and sensors, to include data analysis.

Develop and implement automation procedures for existing and future experiments, tests, and calibrations.

Develop and verify physics based models for, and perform calculations of space plasma interactions with satellite systems.

Transition experimental and computational results to relevant Air Force programs that will be determined as research progresses.

Successful offeror may travel to, and present results at, two scientific meetings per year, to include the AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting (or equivalent) and the Spacecraft Charging Technologies Conference (or equivalent).

Successful offeror shall publish results in peer-reviewed journals, assuming a twice

BAA-RV-10-01 CALL 019 Page 3 annual frequency, in the IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (or equivalent) and the AIP Physics of Plasmas (or equivalent).

Topic 1 B: Spacecraft Sensor Development (SSensorD) Overview: This research and development effort designs, builds and tests, (or procures and quality assures/tests) sensors or instruments to be used in the observation of space environment and their effects on spacecraft, along with specific additional support for development of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellite sensors.

Objective expectations: Successful offerors shall design and implement an innovative research plan incorporating a) data acquisition and analysis, b) research, c) the incidental trouble-shooting and development of equipment required for the research and d) participation in incidental compliance activities (tool control, ITE and equipment accountability, maintenance and calibration scheduling, quality assurance for electro-static discharge (ESD), stock planning). Research areas of interest covered under this topic are:

Design, build, and test spacecraft instrument components, to include power supplies, printed circuit boards (PCB), analog/digital//Radio Frequency (RF) circuits, telemetry systems, subsystem prototypes, and ground-support equipment.

Design, build, and test spacecraft sensors to include dosimeters, energetic particle telescopes, electro-static analyzers, and magnetometers.

Plan, conduct and support environmental testing (mechanical, thermal, EMI)

Conduct electronics trouble-shooting.

Transition experimental and developmental results to relevant Air Force programs that will be determined as research progresses.

Plan, conduct and support applicable data analysis.

Support AFRL work on Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) particle detectors

Test/calibrate and maintain algorithms for the Special Sensor J5 (SSJ5) sensor.

Identify and diagnose sensor overhauls, upgrades, and repair actions needed for the SSJ5 sensor, via analysis of available sensor data, environmental test results, etc.

Participate in review/analysis of pre-launch and on-orbit data streams

Identify and conduct statistical studies of sensor anomalies, out-of-limit performance, and degradation.

Explore methods for cross-calibrating sensors from different DMSP spacecraft.

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Successful offeror may travel to, and present results at, one scientific meeting per year (specific venue to be determined).

Successful offeror shall publish results in a peer-reviewed journal (specific publication to be determined) annually.

Topic 1 C: Space Environment Analysis, Modeling & Assessment (SEAMA)

Overview: This research and development topic is directed at the processing, analysis, and model-application of particle and plasma observations from various spacecraft, along with validation of applicable space environmental models.

Objective expectations: Offerors should design and implement an innovative research plan incorporating a) research effort, and b) participation in incidental compliance activities (ITE and equipment accountability). Research areas of interest covered under this topic are:

Develop and apply algorithms, methods and model applications as part of a new/improved statistical magnetospheric environment model (follow-on to existing AE9-AP9 model).

Develop and apply models of instrument response to interpret instrument data, to include (but not limited to) existing AE9-AP9 data sources, DSX satellite data, and CEASE-type instrument observations.

Develop software to process instrument data and produce scientifically useable and USAF applications-formatted data.

Provide assessments of applicable instrument operations.

Use the data to analyze and model the inner magnetosphere particle and plasma environment, with various statistical and physical dependencies.

Validate and improve a wide variety of space environmental models for USAF operational use/consideration. This will involve processing and analysis of diverse data sets from space-based and ground-based measurements required as either model inputs or “truth data” for comparison with model predictions.

Quantitatively validate space environment specification and/or forecast models using both scientific and DoD applications-tailored metrics.

Develop and implement improvements to stand-alone or coupled (such as solar-magnetosphere or magnetosphere-ionosphere) specification and/forecast models of the space environment.

Recommend to the Government appropriate validation approaches and metric specifications that appropriately represent the specified performance criteria.

Successful offeror may travel to, and present results at, one scientific (American Geophysical Union or equivalent) meeting annually.

Successful offeror shall publish results in peer reviewed scientific journals (AGU

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Geophysical Letters or the equivalent), assuming a twice per year frequency.

Provide support and documentation necessary for the production of operational and public-release versions of the analyses and model applications developed.

Topic 1 D: Solar

Overview: The objectives of this research are to a) support work in the areas of empirical/numerical solar wind, coronal mass ejection (CME), and solar energetic particle (SEP) modeling, b) develop and improve the drivers and/input to such models (e.g., magnetic field, coronagraph observations), c) work with solar and interplanetary observations so they can be used to validation these models, including working with them so they are in a form that makes them most useful for these purposes (e.g., develop and/or make use of existing methods to identifying coronal holes or CME properties) and

d) investigate processes leading to solar flares and CME eruptions, e) develop practical tools useful for forecasting solar and heliospheric phenomena f) research understanding solar space weather sensors and impact of solar data gathering. Along with the research proposal, the topic includes solar data acquisition and analysis (to include pattern recognition, principle component analysis, and regression analysis).

Objective expectations: The Offeror should design and implement an innovative research plan incorporating a) research effort, and b) participation in incidental compliance activities (ITE and equipment accountability). Research areas of interest covered under this topic are:

Use ground and/or space based solar data to analyze spatio-temporal variations of intensities, magnetic fields, and physically identifiable signatures of activity leading to solar eruptions.

Develop, make use of, or refine data driven models of the sun (e.g., photospheric and corona structure), solar processes (EUV emission, solar wind origin, etc.), and eruptive events (flares, CMEs) that can be used in the development of reliable DoD space weather forecasting tools.

Research and develop improvements to coupled (such as solar-magnetosphere or solar-ionosphere) specification and/forecast models of the space environment.

Use and modify existing numerical, statistical, and model tools & techniques to categorize, catalog, and discover subtle processes leading to improved understanding solar eruptive processes, SEP production & propagation.

Validation of empirical and numerical solar and heliospheric models.

Successful offeror may travel to, and present results at, two scientific meetings annually (AGU or AAS or IAU, or equivalent).

Successful offeror shall publish results in peer reviewed solar, astronomy or space weather scientific journals, assuming a twice per year frequency.

Provide support and documentation necessary for the production of operational and public-release versions of the analyses and model applications developed.

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B. GENERAL INFORMATION

1. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

The Contractor shall implement administrative, financial management and task planning functions to ensure the on time, and within budget accomplishment of all required tasks.

The Contractor shall, as appropriate, schedule activities, develop task milestones and task status, present the Contractor’s progress towards the accomplishment of contract objectives, and attend program and project reviews. The Contractor shall track and report technical and financial status as required by the contract. The Contractor shall participate in program reviews of tasks herein, individually or collectively. The Contractor shall travel to various off- site locations, as required and after receiving applicable approval, to accomplish contract designated objectives.

The Contractor shall prepare and deliver a final report summarizing all technical work accomplished per as required by the Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL), see Attachment # 2.

The Contractor shall perform the duties of ITE Custodian and Equipment Custodian, on an as required basis, in accordance with AFI 23-111 Management of Government Property in Possession of the Air Force, AFI 33-112 Computer System Management, PRSI 23-201 Information Technology Equipment Accountability, and AFMCI 23-201 Logistics Material Control Activity Operation Instruction. Hand receipts will be used to track the assignment of such equipment. Location and condition of equipment assets will be verified through periodic Government audits. The Contractor’s signature of a hand receipt shall indicate the Contractor’s acceptance of responsibility for the proper use and care of such equipment. This could include financial responsibility for lost or stolen equipment if Contractor negligence is established. In addition the Contractor shall perform the duties of Logistics Support Stock Monitor, on an as required basis, in accordance with AFMCI 23-201 Logistics Material Control Activity Operating Instruction and AFMCP 23-202 Logistics Material Control Activity Operating Pamphlet. In addition and as required, the Contractor shall comply with AF Tech Order 00-20-14 AF Metrology and Calibration Program, AFI 21-101 Chapter 13 Aerospace Equipment Maintenance Management, and PRS OI 21-101 Tool and Equipment Management. As required, the Contractor shall systematically identify and analyze all safety hazards in the laboratory area, both real and potential, for their elimination or control. As required, the Contractor shall identify and analyze all environmental health in the work area, both real and potential, for their elimination and control.

2. GOVERNMENT DATA SYSTEMS ACCESS

Performance under this effort may require access to unclassified Air Force computer systems (standalone and networked). The Contractor shall comply with local procedures for obtaining approval for employees to access required Air Force computer systems.

As a minimum, Contractor personnel using unclassified automated information systems that have access to sensitive information must possess a National Agency Check (NAC) in accordance with DoD 5200.2-R, Personnel Security Program.

Interim access to unclassified Air Force Computer systems may be granted to personnel

BAA-RV-10-01 CALL 019 Page 7 upon initiation of the NAC. Personnel granted interim access would be allowed to perform their work under this effort while their NAC is being processed. Any individual who does not pass the requirements for a NAC shall not be authorized to work on the effort, unless a security assessment is performed by the Government, and prior written authorization is obtained from the appropriate official. Interim access may be rescinded during heightened security threats for protection of Air Force computer systems as determined by the Corporate Information Officer.

The US Government shall provide to the Contractor employees access to US Government data systems necessary to accomplish the assigned workloads. This will include a basic orientation of the systems, computer access codes, retrieval methodology and the nomenclature associated with each system. The Government will not be responsible to provide any training, formal or informal, other than the basic orientation type, as the employees are required to have computer literacy and a working knowledge of the applicable systems at the time of contract award. To access the Government data base the Contractor shall comply with the Air Force IT policies as well as those listed in Exhibit 1.

The Contractor is prohibited from attaching any computer hardware to the Phillips Research Site (PRS) network, or running any computer software unless it 1) is Government furnished equipment, or 2) has been certified and accredited according to current PRS Operating Instructions. Any such requests for reconfiguration, upgrade, or addition of computer hardware or software must be approved by the Phillips Research Site Designated Approval Authority (DAA) Representative via the Contractor's submission of a written request to the COR. Contractor use of computer modems on any machine attached to the PRS network is prohibited unless prior written approval is obtained from the PRS DAA Representative. Use of commercial internet service providers is prohibited unless prior written approval is given by the PRS DAA Representative.

Contractor personnel using any PRS information technology assets shall comply with all PRS computer security requirements. In addition, should Contractor personnel require access to PRS computer networks or databases, they shall inform the COR or Alternate COR, who will arrange for the Contractor personnel to complete the required documentation for a new computer account. The Contractor shall notify the COR or Alternate COR within one workday of any Contractor personnel who no longer require an open account and shall take action to close the computer account with the appropriate PRS office within that same workday.

All Contractor personnel who will be using Command, Control, Communications and Computer (C4) systems belonging to the federal Government to generate, process, store, transfer, or communicate information shall attend mandatory C4 systems security training.

The format for the training may be either the Air Force C4 Systems Security Awareness Training program format or an in-house Contractor program, subject to agreement by the COR. The training must be completed within the first thirty calendar days of the start of the contract or within the first 10 calendar days for contracts that have a duration of 60 days or less. The Contractor shall inform the COR when the training has been completed.

The notice shall include the contract number, names of Contractor personnel who attended, and dates of training.

All Contractor personnel who perform daily network management control or administration

BAA-RV-10-01 CALL 019 Page 8 of information flow responsibilities (i.e., Workgroup Manager or System Administrator) are required to be certified Information Assurance (IA) network professionals. This IA certification is required by Air Force instruction and is obtained by completing Air Force-provided interactive computer-based training (CBT). These IA CBTs are in addition to the mandatory C4 systems security training mentioned above.

The Contractor shall immediately notify the COR of any Government C4 system problems or issues which may impact the Contractor's or the Government's ability to access the systems.

All Contractor personnel who require access to PRS C4 systems are required to obtain a National Agency Check (NAC) consistent with Public Trust Positions (Standard Form 85P or most current form). The Contractor may submit a request to the COR that the Government grant Contractor employee(s) interim access to the PRS C4 network while awaiting the results of a NAC. Interim access to the PRS C4 network will only be granted after the Contractor employees obtain at least a local background files check, and have submitted the appropriate documentation to obtain a NAC. These requests will be processed in accordance with Government information security regulations and policy, and must include PRS Directorate Security Office and DAA Representative approval. These requests may be subject to disapproval. In no case will a Contractor be given access to the network, including a group account, until a favorable NAC has been completed or interim access granted by the DAA Representative. Any interim accesses that may be granted may be rescinded at any time by the contracting officer, COR, PRS Corporate Information Officer (CIO), Directorate Security Office or PRS DAA Representative at the Government’s discretion. Any individual who subsequently does not pass the requirements for a full NAC shall not be authorized to work on this effort.

3. GOVERNMENT PROVIDED TRAINING

Contractor employees must attend and complete all training required of Government employees, unless otherwise notified. The Contractor will be notified of the availability of such training by the Government. The Contractor shall be responsible for scheduling the attendance of Contractor personnel at such training, and shall be responsible for minimizing the interruption of necessary Governmental functions. (As an example, the Government will provide Small Computer Training/Security Awareness, Training, and Education [SATE] Training IAW Air Force Instruction 33-204 “Information Protection Security Awareness, Training, and Education [SATE Program].”), and initial OPSEC orientation, annual OPSEC awareness training and participate in continuing awareness training throughout the year.

The Contractor shall ensure Air Force personnel, facilities, equipment, and the public are protected during all activities performed in connection with this contract. This includes maintaining a safety, health and environmental hazard prevention program as required by each facility. The Contractor shall comply with and document that compliance with all applicable State, Federal, Air Force, KAFB, and AFRL safety and environmental standards and regulations.

The Contractor shall be responsibility for ensuring that the Contractor’s employees have appropriate training and capability on the specific software and laboratory equipment used in the research topics. The Government will not be responsible to provide any

BAA-RV-10-01 CALL 019 Page 9 training, formal or informal, other than the basic orientation type, as the employees are required to have computer literacy and a working knowledge of the applicable systems at the time of their hire.

4. MEASUREMENT UNITS: All Measurement Units in all documents presented to the Air Force shall be as proposed by the Contractor.

5. ANTICIPATED FUNDING: Anticipated funding for this CALL and resulting award(s) (not per contract or award) is: FY 14: $665,000; FY 15: $1,050,000; FY 16: $1,375,000;

FY 17: $1,410,000; FY 18: $300,000 Total: $4.8M.

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. Each CALL may contain funding profiles specific to that effort. All potential offerors should be aware that due to unanticipated budget fluctuations, funding in any or all areas may change with little or no notice.

Notice to Offeror(s): Funds are not presently available for this effort. No award will be made under this solicitation until funds are available.

6. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The anticipated period of performance for individual awards resulting from this CALL is 48 months in duration. The period of performance is to be proposed in the format “includes 45 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 01:00 p.m. MDT on 13 Dec 2013. 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/EPS 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. ANTICIPATED TYPE OF CONTRACTS/INSTRUMENTS: The Air Force anticipates CPFF contract type as a result of this CALL but reserves the right to award the instrument best suited to the nature of research proposed. A model contract will be provided to each successful offeror for review and comment as part of the award process.

10. ANTICIPATED NUMBER OF AWARDS: The Air Force anticipates awarding at least one (1) as a result of this CALL. However, the Air Force reserves the right to make multiple awards or no awards pursuant to this CALL.

OFFERORS PROPOSING TO MORE THAN ONE TOPIC AREA SHALL SUBMIT

TECHNICAL / MANAGEMENT AND COST PROPOSALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH

THE DIRECTIONS OUTLINED IN THIS CALL FOR EACH TOPIC AREA.

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A LIMIT OF 1 (ONE) PROPOSAL TO EACH TOPIC AREA MAY BE SUBMITTED BY

AN OFFEROR.

11. ANTICIPATED AWARD DATE: On or before: 31 Mar 2014.

12. INTENT TO PROPOSE: 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.

13. DELIVERABLES ITEMS: Please see Attachment #2 for list of Contract Data

Requirements List (CDRLs)

14. OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION:

A. This effort is UNCLASSIFIED.

B. ITAR, export control: Dependent on the innovative approach proposed by an offeror, research areas may involve technology that is subject to U.S. Export Control Laws. If applicable, DFARS 252.204-7008 as prescribed in DFARS 204.7304 will be incorporated into subsequent contract award.

No foreign nationals are permitted to work on this effort. Additionally, no foreign companies will be considered for any award.

DD Form 2345: For proposals submitted under ITAR-restricted Topics, a copy of the certified DD Form 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement, must be included.

The form, instructions, and FAQs may be found at the United States/Canada Joint Certification Program website, http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp/. Approval of the DD Form 2345 will be verified if proposal is chosen for award.

C. Government Furnished Property (GFP) and Contractor Acquired Property (CAP): See attachment #6 for list of GFP, CAP and Government Furnished Information (GFI).

D. Base Support: The Government intends to provide the contractor base support throughout the course of this contractual effort, such as working space, phones, network access, material, equipment, and applicable services to perform the duties of this contract. The contractor will require access to KAFB during the course of the contract.

E. Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI): Organizational Conflicts of Interest may apply to this action but cannot be determined prior to issuance of this CALL. This issue and the need for applicable clauses will be resolved prior to the award of any instrument resulting from an offeror’s proposal.

F. Support Contractors: Only Government employees will evaluate the proposals for selection. The AFRL Space Vehicles (RV) has 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 http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp/

BAA-RV-10-01 CALL 019 Page 11 accomplishing the administrative functions specified in the administrative support contract, 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." These contractors have signed general non-disclosure agreements and organizational conflict of interest statements. The required administrative access will be granted to non-technical professionals. Examples of the administrative tasks performed include: assembling and organizing information for R&D case files; accessing library files for use by Government personnel; and handling and administration of proposals, contracts, contract funding and queries. Any objection to administrative access must be in writing to the Contracting Officer and shall include a detailed statement of the basis for the objection.

G. 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. The clause cites three possible electronic formats through which to submit electronic payment requests.

Effective 01 October 2006, the Department of Defense adopted Wide Area Work Flow- Receipt and Acceptance (WAWF-RA), as the electronic format for submission of electronic 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. Contractors 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/ .

Note: WAWF-RA requirement does not apply to Universities that are audited by an agency other than DCAA.

H. 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.

I. Limitations on Pass-Through Charges. As prescribed in FAR 15.408(n)(1) & 15.408(n)(2), provisions 52.215-22, “Limitations on Pass Through Charges – Identification of Subcontract Effort (Oct 2009),” and 52.215-23, “Limitations on Pass Through Charges (Oct 2009),” are contained in this solicitation. Any contract valued greater than the threshold for cost or pricing data threshold, except fixed price contracts awarded on the basis of adequate price competition, resulting from this solicitation, shall contain the Clause at FAR 52.215-23 (or Alt I).

J. 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. The contracting officer may require ACAs when contractors working on separate Government contracts must cooperate, share resources or otherwise jointly participate in working on contracts or projects. Prime contractor to subcontractor relationships do not constitute ACAs. For each award, the contracting officer will identify associate contractors with whom agreements are required.

K. Post-Award Small Business Program Representation: As prescribed in FAR 19.309(d), FAR Clause 52.219-28, “Post-Award Small Business Program Representation https://wawf.eb.mil/

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(Apr 2009),” is incorporated by reference in this solicitation. This clause will be contained in any contracts resulting from this solicitation. This clause requires a contractor to represent its size status when certain conditions apply. The clause provides detail on when the representation must be complete and what the contractor must do when a representation is required.

L. Subcontracting Plans: Small Business Subcontracting Plans are required under FAR

19.702 for efforts anticipated to exceed $650,000. Prospective offerors shall submit applicable subcontracting plans in accordance with the requirements set forth in FAR 19.704, DFARS 219.704 and AFFARS 5319.704. 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 for review. The subcontracting plan is a part of the cost/business section of the proposal and will not be included in the page count. Additionally, please note, the Government anticipates a certain portion of this effort will be subcontracted to small businesses in order to meet the statutory goals. Non Small Business concerns shall consider, to the highest extent possible, subcontracted opportunities with small businesses. For proposed awards to be made as contracts (that exceed $650,000) to other than small businesses, Subcontracting Plans will be required in accordance with the requirements set forth in FAR 19.704 and DFARS 219.704 as stated above. As such, Subcontracting Plans will be evaluated and negotiated to ensure that submissions are compliant with FAR Subpart 19.7.

Also, for proposed Subcontracting Plans that are below the statutory goals, the offeror will provide additional information which demonstrates how it intends to provide meaningful subcontracting opportunities and rationale to why the goals were not attainable.

Finally, in accordance with FAR 19.702, if the apparent successful offeror fails to negotiate a subcontracting plan acceptable to the contracting officer within the time limit prescribed by the contracting officer, the offeror will be ineligible for award.

M. Employment Eligibility Verification: As prescribed by FAR 22.1803, FAR Clause 52.222-54 is hereby incorporated by reference in this solicitation. Any contract awarded as a result of this CALL that is above the Simplified Acquisition Threshold, and contains a period of performance greater than 120 days, shall include this clause in its contract. This clause provides the requirement of contractors to enroll as a Federal Contractor in the E- Verify program within 30 days after contract award.

N. Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Sub-contract/Sub-recipient Awards:

As prescribed by FAR 4.1403(a), FAR 52.204-10 is hereby incorporated by reference in this solicitation. Any contract valued at $25,000 or more, excluding classified contracts or contractors with individuals, must contain this clause. Any grant or agreement award resulting from this announcement may contain the award term set forth in 2 CFR, Appendix A to Part 25 found at: http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=c55a4687d6faa13b137a26d0eb436edb&rgn=div5&view=text&node=2:

1.1.1.4.1&idno=2#2:1.1.1.4.1.2.1.1.

O. Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters: Any contract or assistance award that exceeds $10M; and when an offeror checked “has” in http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=c55a4687d6faa13b137a26d0eb436edb&rgn=div5&view=text&node=2%3A1.1.1.4.1&idno=2&2%3A1.1.1.4.1.2.1.1 http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=c55a4687d6faa13b137a26d0eb436edb&rgn=div5&view=text&node=2%3A1.1.1.4.1&idno=2&2%3A1.1.1.4.1.2.1.1 http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=c55a4687d6faa13b137a26d0eb436edb&rgn=div5&view=text&node=2%3A1.1.1.4.1&idno=2&2%3A1.1.1.4.1.2.1.1 http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=c55a4687d6faa13b137a26d0eb436edb&rgn=div5&view=text&node=2%3A1.1.1.4.1&idno=2&2%3A1.1.1.4.1.2.1.1

BAA-RV-10-01 CALL 019 Page 13 paragraph (b) of the provision 52.209-7, shall contain the clause/article, 52.209-9.

P. Contractor Business Systems: DFARS 252.242-7005 is incorporated by reference.

Q. Offerors shall specifically call out elements of the effort proposed to be conducted within the confines of KAFB, and those that are to be performed off-site. Any differences in on-site versus off-site rates shall be specifically annotated.

15. APPLICABILITY OF BASELINE BAA: All requirements of BAA-RV-10-01 apply unless specifically amended and addressed in this CALL. For complete information regarding BAA-RV-10-01, refer to the initial closed BAA as amended. 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 to the points of contact identified above.

16. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION:

A. Prepare your cost proposal in accordance with (IAW) Attachment #1 the Det 8 AFRL/RVK Cost Proposal Instructions for this CALL Announcement pursuant to FAR

15.408 in the Table format outlined in the instructions. Submit Management (Business), Technical, and Cost Proposals IAW the attached proposal instructions. Technical / management and cost volumes should be submitted in separate volumes, and shall be valid for 180 days.

B. An original and two (2) copies of your proposal are requested. In addition, include an electronic copy of your proposal on a compact disk (CD-R), this shall also include a Microsoft Excel 2010 or earlier compatible cost proposal. It is the Offeror’s responsibility to ensure that their proposals arrive by the due date and time, allow enough time to mail handler’s to get through security. Submit your proposal to the following address:

Air Force Research Laboratory Det 8 AFRL/RVKVB ATTN: Francis M. Eggert or Victoria E. Baca 3550 Aberdeen Ave SE Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773

C. Submission of proposal(s) is not an authorization to commence work or to incur any costs to perform the work described above.

17. AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION:

A. Award Notices: Offerors will be notified whether their proposal is recommended for award in writing by letter. The notification of recommendation for award 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.

B. Debriefings: When requested, a debriefing will be provided. The debriefing process will follow the guidelines set out in FAR 15.505 and FAR 15.506.

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18. ATTACHMENTS

1. Det 8 AFRL/RVK Cost Proposal Instructions FAR Requirement (Non-APC) dated 08 APR 2013; 12 pages

2. Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) DD Form 1423-1 dated 30 OCT 2013; 6 pages

3. Section K dated 30 OCT 2013; 20 pages

4. Proposal Content Checklist dated 30 OCT 2013; 1 page

5. Government Furnished Property (GFP), Government Furnished Information (GFI) and anticipated Contractor Acquired Property (CAP) list dated 30 OCT 2013; 2 pages

6. Exhibit 1 Compliance Documents

7. Exhibit 2 Reference Documents