BAA Call 10.docx

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BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT

BAA-VS-07-07

Air Force Research Laboratory/Space Vehicles Directorate

CALL ANNOUNCEMENT CALL 0010

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT TITLE: Space-Based Advanced Sensing and Protection Branch 5 Year Broad Agency Announcement.

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: BAA-VS-07-07

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUCEMENT (CALL) TITLE: Space Situation Awareness (SSA) Technology Evaluation, Experimentation, and Development

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT (CALL) NUMBER: 0010

TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT: Mr. Brian Engberg, AFRL/RVSS, Kirtland AFB, NM, Phone: (505) 853-2349, E-mail: brian.engberg@kirtland.af.mil Alternate: Dr. Bill Glass, AFRL/RVSS, Kirtland AFB, NM, Phone: (505) 853-4940, E-mail: william.glass@kirtland.af.mil.

CONTRACTING POINTS OF CONTACT: The contracting points of contact for this CALL are: Contract Specialist: Ms Stephanie Archuleta, AFRL/RVKS, Kirtland AFB, NM, Phone: (505) 846-0048, Fax: (505) 846-6022, Email: stephanie.archuleta@kirtland.af.mil or Contracting Officer: Mr. Joel L. Perrine, AFRL/RVKS, Kirtland AFB, NM, Phone: (505) 853-0982, Fax: (505) 846-6022, Email: joel.perrine@kirtland.af.mil

REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION: AFRL is soliciting proposals under SPACE BASED IMAGING CONCEPTS, Topic 3 of the Broad Agency Announcement VS-07-07, posted on 9 May 2007. Under this call Air Force Research Laboratory is seeking to conduct basic analysis, physics-based modeling and simulation, and experimentation that enable evaluation of space-based phenomenologies or payload technologies that provide innovative detection and sensing for the Space Situational Awareness (SSA) mission area.

Program Description:

In AFRL/RVSS, the Space Situational Awareness Integration Group (SSAIG) provides integrated guidance and systems engineering support to all management levels of the Space Vehicles Directorate (RV), including Technical Area Leads and AFRL Program Managers, for RV R&D efforts related to the SSA Mission. The SSAIG produces SSA phenomenology and technology analyses, employs comparative trade studies between components and system concepts, provides traceability of RV efforts to war-fighter needs, and rapidly incubates new ideas, technologies, and integrated solutions for current and future SSA mission needs.

The above SSAIG objectives are enabled through combined experimentation, modeling, simulation & analysis efforts, such as the MESSA (Multi-Spectral Exploitation for SSA) program. The MESSA Program executes these functions to identify and assess multi-sensor exploitation methods for characterization of space objects. The program validates predictive modeling capabilities using data from known space objects by exploiting multi-sensor space object signatures (both pre- and post-launch) generated for a range of parametric variations. This research also seeks to establish a database of space object signatures, and to define signature relationships to potential space asset threat recognition.

As such, the scope of effort could include but, is not limited to:

1) Systems Engineering analysis of SSA and Space Protection requirements, functional decompositions, technology roadmaps, system concepts and architectures, and results from other government-led studies.

2) Conduct Laboratory and Field Measurements (optical, radiometric, and polarimetric) of satellite and material targets under government-specified environmental conditions; develop hardware and software elements that enhance or expedite experiments.

3) Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis of physical phenomena & signatures, integrated components and system architectures for SSA and Space Protection missions; integrate field measurements into existing models and simulations; verify, validate, and assess limitations of available models and data-taking techniques.

4) Integration and Test of breadboard, prototype, and advanced hardware and software relevant to SSA and Space Protection missions into systems, simulations and experiments; this also includes facility planning and maintenance related to integration & test, and execution of satellite imaging and measurement experiments.

5) Program Management of the technical progress of this effort, and documentation of results and experimental data, as required.

Goals A. Identify high-value, high-impact sensing modalities that contribute to understanding of physical and functional properties of resident space objects and the space environment.

B. Develop components, technologies and system concepts that exploit identified phenomenologies and improve expected mission performance metrics.

C. Advance state-of-the-art models that predict spectral signatures of components and integrated objects in space.

D. Develop new analytical and experimental methods to improve Air Force capability to model, simulate, and evaluate SSA technologies.

SA&P Metrics A. Demonstrated understanding of SSA mission threads, current systems, requirements and architectures, theoretical models & analysis methods, and modeling and simulation tools; demonstrate how these elements may be integrated to achieve the stated goals within resource constraints.

B. Demonstrated ability and expertise in conducting spectral signature measurements of extended objects (including mono-static and bi-static of coupons and complete satellites or satellite mock-ups).

C. Expertise in generating, improving, verifying, and validating models used for performance evaluation or spectral signature prediction.

D. Degree of knowledge in developing space-based sensor components and systems technologies for space-qualified evaluation and launch into orbit on a satellite bus.

Prospective offerors are encouraged to contact the Technical Point of Contact to verify interest in the effort to be proposed as well as obtain restricted, classified or unclassified goals of the call.

Successful offerors will completely address the perceived necessary work elements for success (initial studies, modeling, test engineering, simulation, metric analysis, risk assessment, etc.) and research areas to provide novel solutions, architecture requirements and recommendations, design, fabrication, packaging, and testing of any proposed components or systems.

ANTICIPATED FUNDING: Anticipated funding for this CALL (not per contract or award) is: FY11 = $500K; FY12 = $1.2M; FY13 = $1.2M; FY14 = $1.2M. 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.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The anticipated period of performance for individual awards resulting from this CALL is 45 months in duration. The period of performance is to be proposed in the format “includes 42 months for technical effort and 3 months for Final Report preparation.”

PROPOSAL DUE DATE AND TIME: The due date for proposals submitted in response to this CALL is no later than 12:00 p.m. MDT on 6 November 2010. 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 date and time shall be governed by the provisions of FAR 52.215-1(c)(3).

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.

ANTICIPATED TYPE OF CONTRACTS/INSTRUMENTS: The Air Force anticipates awarding a Cost Plus Fixed Fee type of Contract as a result of this CALL but reserves the right to award the instrument best suited to the nature of the research proposed. A model contract will be provided to each apparent successful offeror for review and comment as part of the BAA solicitation and award process. No grant or other assistance opportunities will result from this call.

ANTICIPATED NUMBER OF AWARDS: The Air Force anticipates possibly awarding one or more contracts. However, the Air Force reserves the right to make multiple awards or no awards to this CALL.

ANTICIPATED AWARD DATE: 1 May 2011

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.

DELIVERABLES ITEMS: The Government requires the contractor to provide monthly Technical and Financial Status Reports and a Final Technical report in accordance with AFRL ANS-Based Format Guidelines. Regular technical interchange meetings are expected. In addition to the reports, the following data deliverable items are to be delivered: (1) Data: (a) Program Plan with updates as needed; (b) Presentation Material as needed in conjunction with technical interchange meetings; (c) Analysis and/or experiment test results as needed (2) Hardware: as appropriate.

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION:

1. Program security classification for resulting contracts is CLASSIFIED.

2. ITAR/Export Control: Status Reports, Presentation Materials, the Final Technical Report, and the detailed SCA operating reports are subject to ITAR restrictions.

3. Government furnished property, equipment, or facilities needed for this requirement should be specified in the proposal.

4. Other: All information associated with this effort shall be protected as Unclassified/FOUO, or higher, as prescribed by appropriate security guidance documents, as applicable. It is a material condition of this arrangement that the contractor shall not use, or allow to be used, any information concerning this effort for advertisement, publicity, reference, or any other public purpose without specific approval of the Government sponsor. This includes statements in marketing tools, literature, or personal resumes. The contractor must also gain approval from the Government COTR for any technical publications based on the research conducted under this contract.

5. USE OF NON GOVERNMENT ADVISORS: Offerors are advised that data included in the technical and cost/business proposals submitted to the Government in response to this BAA call may be released to Aerospace Corporation advisors for review and analysis. Any Aerospace Corporation advisor will strictly serve in an advisory capacity only to the Government evaluators. Aerospace advisors have appropriate Organizational Conflict of Interest clauses in their contracts with AFRL. It will be the proposer’s responsibility to initiate any required Non-Disclosure Agreements. CONTACT INFORMATION: stephanie.archuleta@kirtland.af.mil. All offerors must clearly indicate in their proposals if they have any objections or concerns regarding the use of Aerospace advisors. Resulting awardees may be required to sign Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) with other government contractors if resulting devices from this effort are chosen for integration into flight demonstration packages.

APPLICABILITY OF BASELINE BAA: All requirements of BAA-VS-07-07 apply unless specifically amended and addressed in this CALL. For complete information regarding BAA-VS-07-07, refer to the initial basic 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.

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