BAA-RVKD-2014-0001_Call_0007_SIFT.pdf

BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 Call 0007

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Air Force Research Laboratory

Directed Energy Directorate

BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 Call 0007

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT TITLE: Laser Simulation, Analysis and Research

(LSAR)

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: BAA-RVKD-2014-0001

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT TITLE: System Integration and Field Testing

(SIFT)

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: 0007

1.0 TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT (TPOC): The Technical Point of Contact for this Call is:

Dr. John McCord

AFRL/RDLA

Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773 Phone: 505-846-4106 E-mail: john.mccord.2@us.af.mil

2.0 CONTRACTING POINTS OF CONTACT: The Contracting Points of Contact for this Call are:

Ms. Sara Chesser Contract Specialist (Primary) AFRL Det 8/RVK Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773 Phone: 505-846-7612 E-mail: sara.chesser.2@us.af.mil

Ms. Luisa-Martinez-Medina Contracting Officer (Alternate) AFRL Det 8/RVK Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773 Phone: 505-846-6865 E-mail: luisa.martinez-medina@us.af.mil

3.0 PROPOSAL DUE DATE AND TIME: PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED

AGAINST THIS CALL. Proposals are due no later than (NLT) 12:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST) on 31 JULY 2018. Proposals received after the due date and time shall be governed by the provisions of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.215-1(c)(3) Instructions to Offerors – Competitive Acquisitions (JAN 2017).

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4.0 APPLICABILITY OF BASELINE BAA: All requirements of Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 (herein referred to as the “baseline BAA”), apply unless specifically amended and addressed in this Call. The baseline BAA contains information applicable to all Calls issued under the BAA. The baseline BAA provides information on the overall program, proposal preparation and submission requirements, proposal review and evaluation criteria, award administration, agency contacts, etc. Offerors are advised to review the baseline BAA thoroughly when preparing proposals in response to this Call. For complete information regarding the baseline BAA, refer to BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 on FedBizOpps (FBO) at http://www.fbo.gov.

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

6.0 TYPE OF CONTRACT: The Air Force reserves the right to award the appropriate contract type under the FAR best suited to the nature of research proposed. It is anticipated that any award(s) made as a result of this Call will generally be a Cost Plus Fixed Fee Completion type contract. Cost reimbursement type contracts require successful offerors to have an accounting system considered adequate for tracking costs applicable to the contract. No opportunities for Assistance Instruments or Grants exist under this Call.

7.0 ANTICIPATED NUMBER OF AWARDS: The Air Force anticipates awarding a minimum of one contract. However, the Air Force reserves the right to make multiple awards or no awards pursuant to this Call. The Air Force also reserves the right to award only a part of a proposal.

8.0 INTENT TO PROPOSE: Potential offerors are requested to advise the primary contracting point of contact if they intend to submit a proposal in response to the Call. Such notification is merely a courtesy and is not a commitment by the offeror to submit a proposal.

9.0 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION:

This Call is issued under Technical Areas #11 and #5 of the baseline BAA, BAA-RVKD-2014- 0001. Proposals for any other technical area identified in the baseline BAA will not be accepted at this time.

Technical Area #11: Laser System Integration and Testing:

The objective of this Technical Area encompasses end-to-end development and testing of a high power laser system utilizing, where feasible, Government owned assets. There are three primary subareas of importance to address.

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• Beam Control Development and Laser Integration. Efforts to develop and integrate multiple beam combining transmission capabilities using high power near-IR lasers on an existing Government platform (i.e. MOJAVE, MDOS). It is anticipated that the laser source(s) will be Government furnished asset(s) resulting from separate research or acquisition efforts. However, any required beam control systems to integrate these laser sources into Government provided telescope platforms and control their output will have to be designed, fabricated, integrated and tested. The contractor will need to develop test requirements, develop error budgets, develop performance allocations, assess risk, and maintain interface and configuration control. Beam control development may include the modification or upgrade of current Government optical systems. Extensive characterization of beam control system effectiveness and beam quality characterization will be an integral part of these efforts prior to field testing.

• Acquisition, Tracking and Pointing. Efforts to improve and/or develop advancements in acquisition, tracking and pointing (ATP) utilizing a variety of Government optical systems are sought. Potential Government optical systems include, but are not limited to:

Denali, Pacific Sail Demonstration System, MDOS, MOJAVE and MATS systems as well as future follow on tracking systems. Early emphasis will be on the MDOS system.

MDOS will require significant effort to bring it up to baseline functionality after its delivery in a partially integrated condition. This may include completion of various hardware integration tasks such as the mounting of a sidecar acquisition telescope, base mounted IMU, integration of an inertial stabilization system, optical path characterization, control system optimization, and general software debugging and adaptation.

• Field Testing. The resulting laser system(s) will require extensive field testing. The successful offeror will be responsible for the development of test plans and procedures that must be coordinated through AFRL prior to commencement of test operations.

Testing may include site preparation, the development of far-field diagnostics and target boards to assess system performance. To account for potential degradation due to transport, environmental changes, etc., this task includes any required periodic or preventive maintenance to the systems to maintain baseline performance. Field demonstrations of newly developed systems/configurations will be accomplished after baseline performance is established. Minimal maintenance of critical assets and field operations facilities may be needed throughout the duration of the contract to ensure availability of these assets/facilities when required.

There are mandatory milestones associated with these research activities. Milestones will include submittal of an initial program plan, technical interchange meetings, test readiness reviews, quarterly status reports and contract final report.

Technical Area #5: Aircraft Environmental Emulation and Propagation:

The objective of this Technical Area is to advance the state-of-the-art in laser system integration technologies. This Technical Area will develop, acquire, design, upgrade and use computational development and validation and hardware emulation, and characterize issues associated with the integration of subsystems into airborne laser weapon system concepts. The subsystems to be evaluated include, but are not limited to:

• Laser source

• Beam control system

• Laser beam director

• Power generation and management

• Thermal management

• Laser weapon controller

• Platform interface

Additionally, as part of this Technical Area, participating in test planning, execution, data analysis, hardware design, component modification, component development, and reporting to validate simulations (including hardware simulations) using test/experimental data and tools developed.

The specific technical objectives for this effort are provided in the SIFT Statement of Objectives (SOO) included as Attachment 1 to this Call.

10.0 ANTICIPATED FUNDING: The anticipated funding for this effort (not per contract or award) is:

FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 TOTAL

$1.5M $7.5M $11M $11M $11M $42M

The above funding profile is an estimate only and not a contractual obligation for funding. All funding is subject to change due to Government discretion and availability. 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.

11.0 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: It is intended for this effort to be a 57 month technical effort with an additional 3 months allotted for final report preparation and administrative closeout actions.

12.0 DELIVERABLES: The following Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRLs) are representative of the data deliverables required for this effort. Draft CDRLs (A001-A006) are included as Attachment 3 to this Call. The contractor will be required to complete Blocks 17 and 18 on the CDRLs.

CDRL A001: Status Report CDRL A002: Presentation Material

CDRL A003: Technical Report – Study/Services CDRL A004: Test Plan

CDRL A005: Scientific and Technical Report CDRL A006: Contract Acquired Property (CAP) Inventory

13.0 OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION:

13.1 Security Requirements: The program security classification for this effort is SECRET. A Department of Defense (DoD) Contract Security Classification Specification, DD Form 254, will be required during performance of the contract. A DD Form 254 is included as Attachment 4 to this Call.

13.2 Research areas may involve technology that is subject to U.S. Export Control Laws.

Therefore, only offerors who are certified by the Defense Logistics Information Service (DLIS) may submit proposals. For questions, contact DLIS on-line at http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp or at DLIS, US/Canada Joint Certification Center, Federal Center, 74 North Washington, Battle Creek MI 49017-4312, (800) 352-3572. DFARs 252.225-7048, Export Controlled Items (JUN 2013) is incorporated into this solicitation and will be in ALL awards resulting from the Call.

13.3 Due to the nature of this requirement no foreign companies at the prime or subcontractor level will be considered for award.

13.4 Per DFARS 227.7103-1, DoD policy is to acquire only the technical data and the rights in that data, necessary to satisfy Government needs. In exchange for paying for development of the data, the Government expects Technical Data, Non-Commercial Software (NCS), and NCS Documentation developed entirely at Government expense to be delivered with “Unlimited Rights” or a minimum of “Government Purpose Rights” for each contract awarded in response to this announcement. Data rights offered other than “Unlimited Rights,” as defined in DFARS 227.7103-5, should be identified in DFARS clause 252.227-7017 (see Section K – Representations and Certifications included as Attachment 5 to this Call) and included in the Business Section of the proposal.

13.5 Proposal Review and Evaluation:

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

(1) Overall scientific and technical merits of the proposal;

(2) Importance to AFRL/RDL program requirements;

(3) Fund(s) availability

Once selected for possible award, price will be analyzed for Cost Realism and Price Reasonableness. Cost/Price is considered, but not an evaluation criteria.

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Adequate Price Competition (APC) is determined not to exist due to the absence of precise Government specifications and varying technical approaches proposed for R&D efforts. The Government will require certified cost or pricing data in accordance with FAR 15.403-4.

13.6 Review and Selection Process: The technical proposals will be evaluated and categorized as follows:

a) Highly Recommended: Well-conceived scientifically and technically sound proposal pertinent to accomplish program goals and objectives. Proposals are recommended for acceptance (subject to availability of funds) and normally are displaced only by other Highly Recommended proposals.

b) Selectable: Scientifically or technically sound proposals that may require additional development. Proposals are recommended for acceptance if sufficient funding is available, but at a lower priority than Highly Recommended proposals. To ensure a diversity of approaches, a Selectable proposal may be prioritized over a Highly Recommended proposal if the Selectable proposal presents a unique approach unlike any of the Highly Recommended proposals.

c) Not Selectable: Proposal is not technically sound or does not meet agency needs. Even if sufficient funding existed, the proposal should not be funded.

Note: The Government reserves the right to award some, all, or none of the proposals. When the Government elects to award only part of a proposal, the selected part may be categorized as Highly Recommended or Selectable, through the proposal as a whole may not merit such a categorization.

13.7 Government Furnished Property (GFP): Scheduled GFP is not anticipated for this Call.

However, any GFP requested for this effort shall be proposed in accordance with the baseline

BAA.

13.8 Base Support: Base Support (including necessary space and equipment in Buildings 422, 760, and 767) is available for offerors and shall be proposed in accordance with the SIFT Supplemental Requirements included as Attachment 2 to this Call.

13.9 Travel: Some travel is anticipated in support of this effort and shall be proposed and conducted in accordance with the SIFT Supplemental Requirements included as Attachment 2 to this Call.

13.10 Section K – Representations and Certifications: The Section K - Representations and Certifications, provided as Attachment 5 to this Call, shall be completed and submitted as a part of the Business Section of the proposal.

13.11 Organizational Conflict of Interest: In accordance with FAR 9.5, Organizational and Consultant Conflicts of Interest, the Contracting Officer has analyzed the planned acquisition and determined that no known actual or potential Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) situations exist with respect to this Call. Offerors shall perform their own OCI analysis (to include potential OCI situations associated with any teammates or subcontractors). Offerors shall describe the methodology used to identify any actual or potential OCI issues. If the offeror identifies any actual or potential OCIs, the offeror shall provide an OCI mitigation plan. The contractor’s mitigation plan will be determined acceptable solely at the discretion of the Contracting Officer. If the Contracting Officer unilaterally determines any such OCI cannot be satisfactorily avoided or mitigated, the Contracting Officer may affect other remedies deemed necessary.

14.0 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: All proposals shall be submitted in accordance with the baseline BAA, BAA-RVKD-2014-0001. Proposals shall be submitted to the primary contracting point of contact at the address listed below. Hand-delivered proposals, or proposals sent via facsimile or any other electronic means will NOT be accepted.

AFRL Det 8/RVK ATTN: Sara Chesser (Contract Specialist) 3550 Aberdeen Avenue SE Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773

14.1 DO NOT SUBMIT CLASSIFIED INFORMATION IN THE PROPOSAL.

14.2 The Technical Proposal shall not exceed 30 pages and shall be submitted in accordance with the requirements specified in the baseline BAA, BAA-RVKD-2014-0001.

15.0 WORK AUTHORIZATION: Submission of proposal(s) is not an authorization to commence work or to incur any costs to perform the work described above. Work is not to be implemented until appropriate contractual actions are taken. Any work performed or expense incurred prior to that time (including bid and proposal costs) will be at the offeror’s own risk.

16.0 ATTACHMENTS:

Attachment 1: SIFT Statement of Objectives (SOO), dated 29 June 2018 Attachment 2: SIFT Supplemental Requirements, dated 29 June 2018 Attachment 3: SIFT Draft Contract Data Requirements List (CDRLs), DD Form 1423, A001- A006 Attachment 4: SIFT Draft Department of Defense (DoD) Security Classification Specification, DD Form 254, dated 17 November 2017 Attachment 5: Section K - Representations and Certifications Attachment 6: Cost Proposal Instructions, dated 19 October 2016