BAA_Amend_1_-_V2.pdf

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT

BAA-RVKV-2013-0005

AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY

SPACE VEHICLES DIRECTORATE

Amendment 1 20 Aug 2013

The following changes are hereby made to the above Announcement.

1. BAA, Section I, Program Description, Paragraph B, Program Strategy, Table 2 is revised as follows:

FROM:

Table 2: Planned Program Phases Phase 1 Concept development to the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) milestone Phase 2 System design development to the Critical Design Review (CDR) milestone;

will include laboratory demonstrations for concept / design validation Phase 3 Fabrication, integration, test and delivery of the engineering demonstration unit at a TRL 5+ (delivery of residual hardware to AFRL)

TO:

Table 2: Planned Program Phases Phase 1 Concept development to the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) milestone Phase 2 System design development to the Critical Design Review (CDR) milestone;

will include laboratory demonstrations for concept / design validation Phase 3 Fabrication, integration, test and delivery of the Engineering Design Unit

(EDU) unit at a TRL 5+ (delivery of residual hardware to AFRL)

2. BAA, Section I, Program Description, Paragraph D, Deliverable Items is revised as follows:

2. Hardware: RF Amplifier

2. Hardware: Engineering Design Unit (EDU)

3. BAA, Section IV. Proposal/Application and Submission Information, Paragraph 1. B.

Technical/Management Proposal is revised as follows:

(1) …Pages shall be numbered starting with the cover page being Page 1, and the last page being no greater than Page 75….

(1) …Pages shall be numbered starting with page 1 immediately following the cover page and/or table of contents, and the last page being no greater than Page 75….

4. BAA, Section VII. Other Information, Section D, Communication is revised as follows:

D. Communication: 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.

D. Communication: Dialogue between prospective offerors and Government representatives is encouraged. Submission of questions will be accepted until midnight Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) 24 Aug 2013. When specific information about a proposed contract that would be necessary for the preparation of proposals is disclosed to one or more potential offerors, that information will be made available to all offerors and posted to FedBizOps, as soon as practicable. Any information that is provided to an offeror will be considered for publication to allow for access by all offerors unless such release would reveal another potential offeror’s confidential business or technical strategy. 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.

5. BAA, Attachment A, Model Contract, Part I – The Schedule - Section F – Deliveries or Performance CLIN 0003 is revised as follows:

0003 1 FA9453 FA9453 34 MARO

Noun: HARDWARE

ACRN: U

Descriptive Data:

RF Amplifier

0003 1 FA9453 FA9453 34 MARO

Noun: HARDWARE

ACRN: U

Descriptive Data:

Engineering Design Unit (EDU)

6. BAA, Attachment A, Model Contract, Exhibit A, DD Form 1423 Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) CDRL A007 Block 16 is revised as follows:

Description: The Interface Requirements Specification will be tailored for this program. The Interface

Requirements Specification shall detail the hardware and software interface requirements necessary to integrate a fully flight qualified version of the L-Band Amplifier with the balance of the GPS navigation payload. The document shall also delineate any differences in interface requirements between the deliverable TRL 5+ engineering development unit (EDU) residual hardware L-band amplifier and a fully flight qualified amplifier based upon the EDU design.

Description: The Interface Requirements Specification will be tailored for this program. The Interface Requirements Specification shall detail the hardware and software interface requirements necessary to integrate a fully flight qualified version of the L-Band Amplifier with the balance of the GPS navigation payload. The document shall also delineate any differences in interface requirements between the deliverable TRL 5+ Engineering Design Unit (EDU) residual hardware L-band amplifier and a fully flight qualified amplifier based upon the EDU design.

7. BAA, Attachment C, Det 8 Air Force Research Laboratory AFRL – RVK Cost Proposal Instructions is revised as follows:

B. Provide complete responses to the attached Contractor Information documents for the Prime and each Subcontractor.

TO:

B. Provide complete responses to the attached Contractor Information documents for the Prime and each Subcontractor (excluding suppliers/vendors of commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items.)

8. All other BAA content remains unchanged. Offerors are encouraged to monitor FedBizOpps.gov for postings of amendments.