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Advanced Research Announcement (ARA), Call 02 Overview Information

NAICS Code: NAICS code for this acquisition is 541715. Small business size is 1,000 employees.

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

ARA Title: Multi-Spectrum Defensive Electronic Warfare (MSDEW)

ARA Number: FA8650-20-S-1119

Call Title: Electro-Optic Sensing Defensive Electronic Warfare (EOS-DEW)

Call Type: Call 02 Announcement

THIS IS A ONE-STEP SOLICITATION FOR CALL 02 ISSUED UNDER MSDEW ARA.

Unless otherwise stated in this call, all requirements listed within the basic ARA announcement are considered applicable. Offerors should monitor the Federal Business Opportunities website at www.sam.gov in the event this announcement is amended.

Proposal Due Date and Time: Tuesday, 04 January 2022, 4:30 PM, Wright- Patterson AFB local time (EST).

NOTE: Any proposal received at the Government office designated in this Call after the exact times specified above is “late” and will not be considered except at the Contracting Officer’s discretion. Offerors may choose to only submit an electronic copy of the proposal. In this case, the Offeror should email the Contract Specialist (CS) at john.dancer@us.af.mil indicating the desire to submit electronically only. The CS will respond with an emailed link to DoD SAFE, a secure Department of Defense website designed for the exchange of sensitive information; the Offeror should then use this link to “drop off” their proposal. Offerors are still required to have emailed the CS and request the DoD SAFE link in enough time to have the proposal uploaded by the proposal due date and time. For hard copy proposal submission, 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. Early proposal submission is encouraged.

Submission: Proposals (UNCLASSIFIED ONLY) must be submitted to the Contracting Point of Contact (POC): John Dancer, Contract Specialist, AFRL/RYKSE, john.dancer@us.af.mil or Sarah Zwiesler, Contracting Officer (CO), AFRL/RYKSE, sarah.zwiesler@us.af.mil, Bldg. 45, 2130 8th St., WPAFB OH 45433-7541.

http://www.sam.gov/

Type of Contract/Instrument: The Air Force reserves the right to award contract(s) and/or Other Transaction(s) pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2373 or 10. U.S.C. 2371(b), based on the instrument deemed most appropriate. It is anticipated that the contract awarded under this call will be a Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) completion type. Cost reimbursement contracts require successful offerors to have an accounting system considered adequate for tracking costs applicable to the contract.

Estimated Call Value: The total estimated call value is $44,400,000 (the AF reserves the right to exceed this amount if determined to be in the best interest of the Government).

Anticipated Number of Awards: The Air Force anticipates awarding one (1) CPFF contract for this call. However, the Air Force reserves the right to award some, all, or none of the proposals.

Brief Call Summary: See attached Statement of Objectives (SOO)

Address technical questions to the Technical POCs:

Donna Hawes, Program Manager, AFRL/RYWW (Primary) 2241 Avionics Circle, WPAFB OH 45433

(937) 713-8159 or donna.hawes@us.af.mil

Daniel Whitman, Technical Lead, AFRL/RYWW (Alternate) 2241 Avionics Circle, WPAFB OH 45433

(937) 713-8815 or daniel.whitman.2@us.af.mil

Address contracting questions to the Contracting POCs:

Sarah Zwiesler, Contracting Officer, AFRL/RYKSE 2130 Eighth Street, Bldg. 45, WPAFB, OH 45433

(937) 450-3620 or sarah.zwiesler@us.af.mil

John Dancer, Contract Specialist, AFRL/RYKSE 2130 Eighth Street, Bldg. 45, WPAFB, OH 45433

(660) 868-2760 or john.dancer@us.af.mil

Full Text Announcement

I. Program Description: Air Force Research Laboratory, Sensors Directorate (AFRL/RYW) is soliciting proposals as detailed below. Unless otherwise stated in this call, all requirements listed within the basic ARA solicitation are considered applicable.

See basic ARA for further detailed descriptions of items listed below.

1. Statement of Objective (SOO)/Needs: See Attachment 1 - Electro-Optic

Sensing Defensive Electronic Warfare (EOS-DEW) Statement of Objectives

2. Deliverable Items:

a. Data Items: Reference attached SOO, Paragraph 6.

b. Software: Reference attached SOO, Paragraph 6.

c. Hardware: Reference attached SOO, Paragraph 6.

3. Schedule:

a. Period of Performance (POP): 48 months (45 for technical effort and 3 months for final reporting)

b. Data Items: Reference attached SOOs, Paragraph 6.

c. Software: Delivered at end of Technical POP.

d. Hardware: Delivered at end of Technical POP.

4. Other Requirements:

a. Program Security Classification: This call is classified up to Top Secret (TS)/SCI, SAP and will require Top Secret classification/safeguarding capability.

Individuals must be US citizens and have a security classification level of TS/SCI and SAR. See Attachment 4.

b. Export Control: Information involved in this effort is subject to Export Control (International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR)); therefore, a Certified DD Form 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement, is required to be submitted with proposal.

c. Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS):

CPARS is applicable.

d. Unique/Special Clauses: Ground/Flight Test DFARS Clause 252.228-7001.

e. Associate Contractor Agreement: Not anticipated.

f. Options: Not anticipated on this call.

g. Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI): In order to mitigate any potential OCI, AFFARS provisional clause 5352.209-9001 is incorporated in Section L of the Model Contract (Attachment 5) 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 Business Proposal.

5. Other Information:

a. Government Furnished Property (GFP) Availability: GFP is not anticipated on this call.

b. Government Furnished Information (GFI) Software: GFI Software is not anticipated on this call.

c. Base Support/Network Access: Base support is anticipated for this call - Area B, Bldg. 620, RYWW branch cubicle space and the Integrated Threat Warning Laboratory (ITWL).

d. Multiple awards subject to Fair Opportunity are not anticipated.

e. Data Rights: Unlimited data rights are desired for this call. See detailed information contained within the basic ARA. Data Rights desired by the contractor should be included with submission as part of the Section K (Certs and Reps), as attached to the ARA.

II. Award Information:

1. Anticipated Award Date: March 2022

2. Anticipated funding profile* ($K):

* This 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. Offerors should be aware that due to unanticipated budget fluctuations funding in any or all areas may change with little or no notice.

FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 Total

$7,700 $11,250 $12,400 $13,050 $44,400

III. Eligibility Information:

1. Eligible Offeror: This is an unrestricted solicitation.

2. Other:

a. Foreign Participation: Foreign Participation is not authorized on this call due to the sensitive nature of the technology and its level of classification.

b. Export Control: This acquisition involves data that is subject to export control laws and regulations.

NOTE: Offerors may be ineligible for award if all requirements of this solicitation are not met on the proposal date.

IV. Proposal and Submission Information:

1. Overview: Proposals submitted under this call shall be in accordance with the instructions provided both herein and within the basic ARA announcement. The Government intends to review resulting proposals and award all, some, or none of the proposal received without negotiations/discussions. However, the Government does reserve the right to negotiate with those offerors whose proposals have been selected for funding. Offerors should be alert for any call amendments that may change proposal requirements or permit extensions to proposal submission dates.

2. Proposal Instructions:

a. See information provided in basic ARA announcement (Section IV.2.).

b. No classified technical proposals are expected. Offerors are encouraged to keep all elements of the proposal package unclassified. In the rare case where an offeror has a need to submit a classified technical appendix, please contact the technical POC listed in the Overview Section for delivery instructions.

Please note, any appendices submitted will count against technical page limit.

No classified cost volumes will be allowed.

c. Technical/Management Proposal shall be limited to: Fifty (50) pages

1) Statement of Work (SOW) shall be limited to: Ten (10) pages

V. Proposal Review Information:

1. Proposal - Peer or Scientific Review Criteria: Proposals will be reviewed through Peer or Scientific Review using the criteria below. The technical aspect, which is ranked as the first order of priority, shall be reviewed based on the following criteria that are of equal order of importance.

a. Technical Merit:

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

2) Soundness of the offeror’s technical approach including whether the proposal demonstrates related experience and qualifications of technical personnel.

3) Proposal’s potential to advance technology and the state of the art.

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

b. Cost/Price: The cost/price criterion includes the realism of the proposed cost.

Cost/Price is a substantial factor, but ranked as the second order of priority.

(If an offeror proposes the use of GFP other than any GFP identified in this Call, and that proposed GFP provides the offeror an unfair competitive advantage, then a rental equivalent will be applied to the Cost Factor for evaluation purposes only).

2. Proposal – Review and Selection Process:

a. Categories: Based on the Peer or Scientific Review, proposals will be categorized as Selectable or Not Selectable (see definitions below). The selection of one or more sources for award will be based on the Peer or Scientific Review, as well as importance to agency programs and funding availability.

1) Selectable: Proposals are recommended for acceptance if sufficient funding is available

2) Not Selectable: Even if sufficient funding existed, the proposal should not be funded.

b. No other criteria will be used.

c. Prior to award of a potentially successful offer, the Contracting Officer will make a determination regarding price reasonableness.

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

VI. Award Administration Information:

Award Notices: Offerors will be notified whether their proposal(s) is recommended for award on or about 30 days after receipt. The notification is not to be construed to mean that any contract award is assured, as availability of funds and successful negotiations are prerequisites to any award.

VII. Other Information:

Proposal Content Checklist: See basic ARA.

ATTACHMENTS:

1) Statement of Objectives (SOO) entitled, “Electro-Optic Sensing Defensive Electronic Warfare

(EOSDEW)”, dated 17 Nov 2021

2) Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL), dated 20 Sep 2021

3) Solicitation Contract Security Classification Specification (DD Form 254), dated 17 Nov 2021

4) Model Contract, FA8650-22-R-1024

5) Standard Table of Payment Instructions