FA8650-19-S-1014-ARA.pdf

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NAICS Code: 541715 (Research and Technology in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology), and the small business size standard is 1,000 employees.

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

ARA Title: Contract for Hyperspectral Imaging (HSI), AgilePod®, Standoff High Resolution Imaging Next Era (SHRINE), and Multi-Mode Lidar (M2L) (CHASM)

ARA Type: This is the Initial Announcement

ARA Number: FA8650-19-S-1014

Proposal Due Date and Time: Monday, 10 December 2018, 2:00 PM, Dayton, OH local time.

NOTE: Any proposal received at the Government Office designated in this ARA after the exact time specified for receipt of offers is “late” and will not be considered. It should be noted this installation observes strict security procedures to enter the facility. Any proposal received after the above stated date and time as a resule security delays will be considered “late”. Furthermore, if offerors utilize commercial carriers in the delivery of proposals, they may not honor time-of-day delivery guarantees on military installations. Be advised, 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 must be submitted to the Contracting Point of Contact (POC): Matthew Mayles, AFRL/RQKSR, Bldg 45, 2130 8th St., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7541.

Solicitation Request: Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Sensors Directorate, Multispectral Sensing and Detection Division (RYM), Wright Patterson Air Force Base is soliciting technical and cost proposals on the research effort described below.

Type of Contract: The Air Force reserves the right to award the instrument best suited to the nature of research proposed. Accordingly, the Government may award any appropriate contract type under the FAR or Other Transaction (OT) pursuant to 10 USC 2373. It is anticipated that awards under this ARA will generally be Cost Plus Fixed-Fee, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts. Cost reimbursement contracts require successful offerors to have an accounting system considered adequate for tracking costs applicable to the contract. Note: If proposeing a FAR based contract, the FAR provisions and clauses referenced in this ARA shall apply. This announcement incorporates FAR and supplemental provisions and clauses by reference. The full text of these provisions and clauses can be found at http://farsite.hill.af.mil. If proposing an Other Transaction pursuant to 10 USC 2373, these FAR provisions and clauses would not apply. The terms and conditions of OT agreement shall be developed and negotiated on a case-by-case basis.

Estimated Program Cost: $92,890,000.00

Anticipated Number of Awards: The Air Force anticipates awarding one (1) IDIQ award with two (2) initial Task Orders for this announcement. The Air Force reserves the right to award zero, one, or more contracts for all, some or none of the solicited effort based on the offeror’s ability to perform desired work and funding fluctuations.

Brief Program Summary: The objective of this program is to integrate existing electro-optical (EO), infrared (IR), radio frequency (RF), multispectral imaging (MSI), hyperspectral imaging (HSI), and lidar sensors and related intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) technologies and demonstrate via ground and flight tests in support of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s (AFLCMC) Airborne Sensors for ISR (ASI) Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) to develop requirements for the Air Force’s next-generation ISR sensor.

Communication Between Prospective Offerors and Government Representatives: 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. Questions determined to provide a competitive advantage will be posted and answered via FedBizOpps.

Address technical questions to the Technical POC: Richard Van Hook, Program Engineer, AFRL/RYMT, (937) 713-8589, AFRL.RY.CHASM@us.af.mil.

Address contracting questions to the Contracting POC: Matthew Mayles, Contract Specialist, (937) 713-9849, matthew.mayles@us.af.mil and/or Joseph M.

Strehle, Contracting Officer, (937) 713-9973, joseph.strehle@us.af.mil http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ mailto:AFRL.RY.CHASM@us.af.mil mailto:matthew.mayles@us.af.mil mailto:joseph.strehle@us.af.mil

Full Text Announcement

I. Program Description: Air Force Research Laboratory, Sensors Directorate, Multispectral Sensing and Detection Branch, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is soliciting technical and cost proposals on the following research effort:

1. Statement of Objective/Description of Technical Area(s):

a. Basic IDIQ: Contract for Hyperspectral Imaging (HSI), AgilePod®, Standoff High Resolution Imaging Next Era (SHRINE), and Multi-Mode Lidar (M2L) (CHASM)

(1) The objective of this contract is to mature existing electro-optical

(EO), infrared (IR), radio frequency (RF), multispectral imaging (MSI), hyperspectral imaging (HSI), and lidar sensors and related intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) technologies and demonstrate via ground and flight tests in support of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s (AFLCMC) Airborne Sensors for ISR (ASI) Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) to develop requirements for the Air Force’s next-generation ISR sensor.

(2) See Model Contract, Section J, Attachment 1 – Statement of Work

(SOW) – Basic IDIQ

(3) See Attachment 4 – Performance and Schedule Requirements. This attachment has specific performance and timeline requirements that are not publicly releasable. This document may be requested via AFRL.RY.CHASM@us.af.mil. Requesters must include Company Name, Company Address, Company Point of Contact Information including phone number and e-mail address, and the Company CAGE code.

b. Task Order 0001 (TO 1): Telescope Development

(1) The objective of this task order is to produce a design for a long-range, high-altitude telescope, to fabricate such a telescope, and to demonstrate performance of such a telescope via lab and ground tests in support of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s (AFLCMC) Airborne Sensors for ISR’s (ASI) Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) to develop requirements for the Air Force’s next-generation ISR sensor. The intent of this task order is to leverage existing technologies/capabilities rather than develop new components from scratch.

(2) See Attachment 2 - Statement of Work (SOW) – Task Order 0001 mailto:AFRL.RY.CHASM@us.af.mil attachment has specific performance and timeline requirements that are not publicly releasable. This document may be requested via AFRL.RY.CHASM@us.af.mil. Requesters must include Company Name, Company Address, Company Point of Contact Information

c. Task Order 0002 (TO 2): Multi-Mode Lidar (M2L) Development

(1) The objective of this task order is to produce a design for a multi-mode lidar system compatible with the telescope from task order 0001 and test bench (IDIQ SOW Section 4.3 and referenced in task order 0001 SOW section 4.4), to fabricate such hardware, and to demonstrate performance of such a lidar system via lab, ground, and other tests in support of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s (AFLCMC) Airborne Sensors for ISR (ASI) Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) to develop requirements for the Air Force’s next-generation ISR sensor. The intent of this task order is to leverage existing technologies/capabilities rather than develop new components from scratch.

(2) See Attachment 3 – Statement of Work – Task Order 0002 attachment has specific performance and timeline requirements that are not publicly releasable. This document may be requested via AFRL.RY.CHASM@us.af.mil. Requesters must include Company Name, Company Address, Company Point of Contact Information

2. Within Scope Modifications: Potential offerors are advised that due to the inherent uncertainty of R&D efforts, awards resulting from this announcement may be modified during performance to make within scope changes, to include, but not limited to, modifications that may increase overall contract ceiling amount. Modifications may include requirements to perform work, incidental and substantially similar to the design development effort, or an operational purpose and with operational deliverables determined on a case by case basis.

3. Deliverable Items:

a. Designs and Data Items: Contract Data Requirements List (CDRLs) (see

Model Contract, Section J, Exhibit A) will be utilized on contract awards and specific requirements will be called out per Task Order. OTs will specify data items on a case-by-case basis.

b. Software: Not Anticipated on TO1 and TO2, but may be required on future Task Orders.

c. Hardware: Anticpated on TO1 and TO2. See Statement of Works for TO1 and TO2 for specific requirements. Hardware will also be required on future Task Orders

4. Schedule:

a. Overall effort:

(1) Basic IDIQ 78 Months (60 Month Ordering Period)

(2) TO1 – 19 Months (16 technical months with 3 months for final report)

(3) TO2 – 21 Months (18 technical months with 3 months for final report)

b. Data Items: Specified on individual Task Orders

c. Software: TBD on individual TO, if applicable

d. Hardware: TBD on individual TO, if applicable. For TO1 and TO2, Hardware shall be delivered at the end of the Technical Period of Performance.

5. Other Requirements:

a. In the event a FAR type contract is awarded, Attachment 1- Model

Contract, contains FAR and supplement provisions and clauses by reference. The full text of provisions and clauses can be found at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/. If proposing an Other Transaction pursuant to 10 USC 2373, these FAR provisions and clauses would not apply. The terms and conditions of OT agreement will developed on a case-by-case basis.

b. Program security classification: This effort requires a SECRET facility clearance, safeguarding capability, and processing, in addition to the http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ storage capabilities. It is anticipated that the security requirements will be on the Basic IDIQ. Solicitation-ready Draft DD254 is included in the model contract, Section J, Attachment 5 and should be considered applicable to the Basic IDIQ. Offerors must verify their cognizant Security Office information is current with Defense Security Service (DSS) at www.dss.mil. Task Order 0001 will not be classified. Task Order 0002 will be at the SECRET classification level

c. OPSEC: See attached Basic IDIQ, TO1, and TO2 SOWs for OPSEC guidance.

d. Export Control: Information involved in this research effort may be subject to Export Control (International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR) 22 CFR 120-131, or Export Administration Regulations (EAR) 15 CFR 710- 774). If effort may be subject to export control, then a Certified DD Form 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement, will be required to be submitted with proposal.

e. Export-Controlled Items: Any resulting FAR-based contract shall contain the DFARS clause 252.225-7048, “Export Controlled Item” as prescribed in DFARS 225.7901-4.

f. Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) will apply to contract awards resulting from this ARA. Interim and final evaluations of contractor performance for contract awards will be prepared in accordance with AFFARS 5342.1503. The final performance evaluation will be prepared at the time of completion of work. In addition to the final evaluation, interim evaluation(s) will be prepared annually per task order. Awardees will be requested to provide a POC to receive notifications of the opportunity to provide feedback. The contractor will be permitted 14 days to review the document and to submit additional information or a rebutting statement. If agreement cannot be reached between the parties, the matter will be referred to an individual one level above the Contracting Officer, whose decision will be final. Copies of the assessments, contractor responses, and review comments, if any, will be retained as part of the contract file, and may be used to support future award decisions for other procurements.

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6. Other Information:

a. Base Support/ Network Access: Base Support/Network access is not anticipated to be made available. If contractor determines use of available based support to be in their best interest, it must be included as such in the proposal. Use of available base support will not be assumed during the peer and scientific review unless proposed.

b. Multiple awards subject to Fair Opportunity are not anticipated

c. Data Rights Desired:

(1) Technical Data: Unlimited Rights

(2) Non-Commercial Software (NCS): Unlimited Rights

(3) NCS Documentation: Unlimited Rights

(4) Commercial Computer Software Rights: Customary License

The Air Force Research Laboratory is engaged in the discovery, development, and integration of warfighting technologies for our air, space, and cyberspace forces. As such, rights in technical data and NCS developed or delivered under this contract are of significant concern to the Government. The Government will therefore carefully consider any restrictions on the use of technical data, NCS, and NCS documentation which could result in transition difficulty or less-than full and open competition for subsequent development of this technology.

In exchange for paying for development of the data, the Government expects technical data, NCS, and NCS documentation developed entirely at Government expense to be delivered with Unlimited Rights.

Technical data, NCS, and NCS documentation developed with mixed funding are expected to be delivered with at least Government Purpose Rights. Offers that propose delivery of technical data, NCS, or NCS documentation subject to Government Purpose Rights should fully explain how the data was developed at private expense. Specifically, offers must explain what technical data, NCS, or NCS documentation developed with costs charged to indirect cost pools and/or costs not allocated to a Government contract will be incorporated, how the incorporation will benefit the program, and address whether those portions or processes are segregable.

Offerors that propose delivery of technical data, NCS, or NCS documentation subject to Limited Rights, Restricted Rights, or Specifically Negotiated License Rights will be considered. Proposals should fully explain what technical data, NCS, or NCS documentation developed with costs charged to indirect cost pools and/or costs not allocated to a Government contract will be incorporated and how the incorporation will benefit the program and whether those portions or processes are segregable.

Offerors shall include the data rights assertions as required by DFARS 252.227-7017, Identification and Assertion of Restrictions on the Government’s Use, Release, or Disclosure of Technical Data or Computer Software. The assertions list is included in Section K and due at time of proposals. Assertions must be completed with specificity. Each assertion must identify both the data and each such item, component, or process listed. Nonconforming assertions lists will be rejected.

Terms used in this section are defined in the clauses at 252.227-7013, Rights in Technical Data-Noncommercial Items, and 252.227-7014, Rights in Noncommercial Computer Software and Noncommercial Computer Software Documentation.

THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE (COMMERCIAL AND NONCOMMERCIAL):

DFARS 252.227-7014(d) describes requirements for incorporation of third party computer software. Any third party software (commercial and noncommercial) to be incorporated into a deliverable must be clearly identified in the proposal. Prior to delivery of any third party software, the contractor will obtain an appropriate license for the Government, and the written approval of the contracting officer.

Any third party software to be delivered to the Government that are not reasonably identifiable at proposal submission, must still be approved by the contracting officer prior to incorporation into a system deliverable.

This obligation to obtain pre-approval by the contracting officer, as described above, continues throughout contract administration.

The Government will neither accept nor execute a DD Form 250 for the software deliverables until the Contractor obtains from all third party software suppliers and/or vendors (Licensor) licenses that comply with the following terms and conditions for the Government (Licensee):

1. The license shall not subject the Government to liability that is indefinite or indeterminate, such as an indemnification clause, as it would constitute an obligation in advance or in excess of an appropriation and violate the Anti-Deficiency Act.

2. The license shall not create a contingent liability for the Government.

This includes, but is not limited to: unilateral price increases, automatic assessment of charges, and automatic renewal of the license.

3. The license shall be governed by Federal Statutes, Case Law, and Federal Regulations, and shall not be subject to the laws or jurisdiction of any municipality, state, or foreign country.

4. The license shall not include non-substitution language that would preclude or limit the Government from using another vendor/reseller and/or product to fulfill Government requirements.

5. The license shall not comment on entitlement to attorney fees.

6. The Licensor shall not have the authority to unilaterally terminate the license. All remedies available shall be consistent with the Disputes Clause in the underlying basic contract.

7. The Licensor shall not have the right to enter the premise or monitor the networks of Licensee for the purpose of auditing the use of the license.

8. The Licensor shall not use any injunctive relief clauses as the Licensor cannot prevent the Licensee from performing mission operations.

9. The Licensor shall not have the authority to control any litigation between a third party and the Licensee.

10. The Licensor shall not use the fact that the Licensee is using the Licensor's products in any notification to the public (e.g., no publicity rights permitted).

II. Award Information

1. Anticipated Award Date: 29 March 2019

2. Anticipated funding (in thousands)

a. Overall Program:

FY 19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 TOTAL

$25,584 $27,942 $24,415 $10,249 $4,700 $92,890

b. Task Order 1:

FY 19 FY20 FY21 TOTAL

$8,609 $3,813 $86 $12,508

c. Task Order 2

FY 19 FY20 FY21 TOTAL

$2,400 $3,550 $1,550 $7,500

The above funding profile(s) is (are) an estimate only and not a contractual obligation for funding. All funding is subject to change due to Government discretion and availability. Potential offerors should be aware that due to unanticipated budget fluctuations, funding in any or all areas may change with little or no notice.

III. Eligibility Information

1. Eligible Offeror: This is an unrestricted solicitation. Small businesses are encouraged to propose.

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: Cost Sharing is not required.

3. Federally Funded Research and Development Centers: The following guidance is provided for Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) contemplating submitting a proposal, as either a prime or subcontractor. FAR 35.017-1(c)(4) prohibits an FFRDC from competing with any non-FFRDC concern in response to a Federal agency request for proposal for other than the operation of an FFRDC (with exceptions stated in DFARS 235.017-1(c)(4)). There is no regulation prohibiting an FFRDC from responding to a solicitation. However, the FFRDC’s sponsoring agency must first make a determination that the effort being proposed falls within the purpose, mission, general scope of effort, or special competency of the FFRDC, and that determination must be included in the FFRDC’s proposal. In addition, AFRL must make a determination that the work proposed would not place the FFRDC in direct competition with domestic private industry. Only after these determinations are made, would a determination be made concerning the FFRDC’s eligibility to receive an award.

4. Government Agencies: If a Government agency is interested in performing work, contact the Technical POC identified in the ARA. If those discussions result in a mutual interest to pursue your agency's participation, the effort will be pursued independent of this announcement.

5. Other:

a. Foreign participation: Foreign participation at the prime level is prohibited. The US Prime Contractor and/or Sub-Contractor may hire foreign national with prior Foreign Disclosure Office (FDO) approval;

however, FNs will be limited to Public Domain information only. Public Domain information is defined as information that is releasable to the general public and sometimes referred to as open source material.

Examples include but are not limited to newspapers, magazines, and information posteed on the internet.

b. This acquisition involves data that are subject to export control laws and regulations. Only contractors who are registered and certified with the Defense Logistics Services Center (DLSC) and have a legitimate business purpose may participate in this solicitation. Contact the Defense Logistics Services Center, 74 Washington Avenue N., Battle Creek, Michigan 40917-3084 (1-800-352-3572) for further information on the certification process. You must submit a copy of your approved DD Form 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement, with your proposal.

c. There are no limits on the number of proposals an offeror may submit.

d. You may be ineligible for award if all requirements of this solicitation are not met on the proposal due date as identified above.

IV. Proposal and Submission Information

1. Overview: Proposals submitted shall be in accordance with this announcement. There will be no other solicitation issued in regard to this requirement. The Government intends to review proposals and award some, all, or none of the proposals received without negotiation/discussion;

however, the Government reserves the right to negotiate with those offeror(s) whose proposal is selected for funding.

Offerors should be alert for any ARA amendments that may change proposal requirements or permit extensions to the proposal submission date.

2. Content and Form of Proposal Submission: The paragraphs below identify proposal format and content.

a. General Instructions:

i. Offerors should apply the restrictive notice prescribed in FAR 52.215-

1(e) Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition.

ii. Technical/management and cost/business volumes should be submitted in separate volumes and must be valid for 180 days.

iii. Proposals must reference the announcement number FA8650-19-S-

1014.

iv. Offerors must submit one-original and 5 hard copies of their proposals to the Contracting POC.

v. Offerors must include 2 CDs in Microsoft Office or Adobe format containing all electronic versions of required submittals. All electronic versions must match the hard copies. If there is a discrepancy between hard copies and electronic copies, the hard copies will take precedence.

http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp/

a) The cost file(s) spreadsheets must be in Microsoft Excel and include the formulas for calculating cost element bases (i.e., G&A, O/H, etc.)

b) The CDs should be labeled with the company name and proposal title.

vi. Offerors are advised that only Contracting Officers are legally authorized to contractually bind or otherwise commit the Government.

vii. The cost of preparing proposals in response to this ARA is not considered an allowable direct charge to any resulting or any other contract; however, it may be an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect cost as specified in FAR 31.205-18.

viii. No classified technical proposals or cost volumes 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 appendix, please contact the technical POC for delivery instructions.

b. Offerors must propose each of the following to be considered for an IDIQ award:

i. Basic IDIQ

a) Basic IDIQ proposal-Technical and Management

c) Basic IDIQ Business Proposal (including Small Business

Subcontracting Plan, if applicable, in accordance with FAR 19.7)

ii. Task Order (T.O.) 0001

a) T.O. 0001 Proposal-Technical and Management

b) T.O. 0001 Cost (T.O.s only) and Business Proposal

iii. T.O. 0002

a) T.O. 0002 Proposal-Technical and Management

b) T.O. 0002 Cost (T.O. only) and Business Proposal

c. Technical/Management Proposal:

i. Page Limitations: The following describes proposal page limitations:

a) The Technical/Management Proposal shall be limited to 40 pages for the Basic IDIQ; and the Technical/Management Proposal shall be limited to 30 pages each for T.O. 0001 and T.O. 0002 with the pages, prepared and submitted in Microsoft Word format.

b) Font shall be standard 10-point business font Arial.

c) Character spacing must be “normal,” not condensed in any manner.

d) Pages shall be double-spaced (must use standard double-space function in Microsoft Word), double sided (each side counts as one page), 8.5 by 11 inches, with at least one-inch margins on both sides, top and bottom.

e) All text, including text in tables and charts, must adhere to all font size and line spacing requirements listed herein. Font and line spacing requirements do not have to be followed for illustrations, flowcharts, drawings, and diagrams. These exceptions shall not be used to circumvent formatting requirements and page count limitations by including lengthy narratives in such items.

f) Pages shall be numbered starting with the cover page being Page 1, and the last page being no greater than Page 40 (Basic) and 30 (TO1 and TO2). The page limitation covers all information including indices, photographs, foldouts (counted as 1 page for each 8.5 by 11 portion) tables, charts, appendices, attachments, resumes, etc.

g) Please Note: The Government will check the proposal and SOW for conformance to the stated requirements. Any pages in excess of the stated page limitation after the format check will not be considered for review purposes.

ii. The Technical/Management proposal(s) for the Basic IDIQ, T.O. 0001 and T.O. 0002 shall include a discussion of the nature and scope of the research and the technical approach. Additional information on prior work in this area, descriptions of available equipment, use of base support (if desired), data and facilities and resumes of personnel who will be participating in this effort should also be included as attachments to the technical proposal. In addition to the Government SOW, a Government generated SOW attachment containing additional contracting requirements will be included in any resulting contract(s).

The SOW attachment is included in the modeld contract, Section J, Attachment 6 to this ARA.

iii. Any questions concerning the technical proposal preparation shall be referred to the Contracting POC.

d. Cost/Business Proposal:

i. Separate the proposal into a business section and cost section.

Adequate price competition is anticipated

a) See Attachment 1 for the Model Contract(s) Note that the document awarded may include contract line items (CLINs)/clauses in addition to those in the model(s), and/or some of the CLIN/clauses/articles in the model(s) may be deleted, depending on the specific circumstances of the individual award. Any additions or deletions will be negotiated with the offeror prior to award.

b) The business section should contain all business aspects to the proposed contract, such as type of contract, any exceptions to terms and conditions of the announcement including the model contract, any information not technically related, etc. Provide rationale for exceptions.

c) Associate Contractor Agreements: Associate Contractor Agreements (ACAs) are agreements between contractors working on Government contracts that require 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. See Basic SOW for ACA language.

d) Identify any technical data that will be delivered with less than unlimited rights.

e) Subcontracting Plans: For efforts to exceed $700,000, Subcontracting Plans shall be submitted in the cost/business proposal. Reference FAR 19.704, DFARS 219.704, and AFFARS 5319.704(a)(1) for subcontracting plan requirements. Small business concerns are exempt from this requirement. If an IDIQ contract arrangement is anticipated, the basis for the subcontracting plan should reflect the entire ceiling amount.

f) 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),” apply.

g) Completed Certifications and Representations (Section K) are due with the proposal. Certifications and Representations (Section K) can be found within the model contract. Offerors may also be required to submit updated or supplemental Certifications and Representations based on the specifics of their proposal.

h) If an offeror proposes the use of Government Furnished Property (GFP), the offer must specifically identify each piece of GFP in the Cost/Business Proposal and propose and substantiate a rental cost for evaluation purposes in accordance with FAR 45.202. Include the following information in the proposal:

(i) A list describing all Government property that the offeror or its subcontractors propose to use on a rent-free basis. The list shall identify the accountable contract under which the property is held and the authorization for its use (from the contracting officer having cognizance of the property);

(ii) The dates during which the property will be used and, for any property that will be used concurrently in performing two or more contracts, the amounts of the respective uses in sufficient detail to support prorating the rent;

(iii) The amount of rent that would otherwise be charged in accordance with FAR 52.245-9, Use and Charges; and

(iv) The voluntary consensus standard or industry leading practices and standards to be used in the management of Government property, or existing property management plans, methods, practices, or procedures for accounting for property.

ii Cost Element Breakdown: Clear, concise, and accurate cost proposals reflect the offeror's financial plan for accomplishing the effort contained in the technical proposal. As a part of its cost proposal, the offeror shall submit the information outlined below, together with supporting breakdowns. All direct costs (labor, material, travel, computer, etc.) as well as labor and overhead rates should be provided by contractor fiscal year (CFY). Detailed cost element breakdowns by Government Fiscal Year or calendar year are not required. The supporting schedules may include summary level estimating rationale used to generate the proposed costs. The cost element breakdown(s) should include the following if applicable.

a) Direct Labor: Direct labor should be detailed by number of labor hours by category of labor.

b) Labor and Overhead Rates: Direct labor hours, with their applicable rates, must be broken out and the bases used clearly identified. The source of labor and overhead rates and all pricing factors should be identified. For instance, if a Forward Pricing Rate Agreement (FPRA) is in existence, that should be noted, along with the Administrative Contracting Officer’s (ACO's) name and telephone number. If the rates are based on current experience in your organization, provide the historical base used and clearly identify all escalation, by year, applied to derive the proposed rates. If computer usage is determined by a rate, identify the basis used and rationale used to derive the rate.

c) Material/Equipment: List all material/equipment items by type and kind with associated costs and advise if the costs are based on vendor quotes, data and/or engineering estimates; provide copies of vendor quotes and/or catalog pricing data.

d) Subcontractor Costs: Submit all subcontractor proposals and analyses with your cost proposal (See FAR 15.404-3(b)). If the subcontractor will not submit cost and pricing information to the offeror, this information must be submitted directly to the Government for analysis. On all subcontracts and interdivisional transfers, provide the method of selection used to determine the subcontractor and the proposed contract type of each subcontract.

An explanation shall be provided if the offeror proposes a different amount than that quoted by the subcontractor. The offeror’s proposal must:

(i) Identify principal items/services to be subcontracted.

(ii) Identify prospective subcontractors and the basis on which they were selected. If non-competitive, provide selected source justification

(iii) Identify the type of contractual business arrangement contemplated for the subcontract and provide rationale

(iv) Identify the basis for the subcontract costs (e.g., firm quote or engineering estimate, etc).

(v) Identify the cost or pricing data submitted by the subcontractor.

(vi) Provide an analysis of the proposed subcontract in accordance with FAR 15.404-3(b). Provide an analysis concerning the reasonableness, realism and completeness of each subcontractor’s proposal. If the analysis is based on comparison with prior prices, identify the basis on which the prior prices were determined to be reasonable. The analysis should include, but not be limited to, an analysis of: materials, labor, travel, other direct costs and proposed profit or fee rates.

e) Special Tooling or Test Equipment: When special tooling, and/or test equipment is proposed, attach a brief description of items and indicate if they are solely for the performance of this particular contract or project and if they are or are not already available in the offeror's existing facilities. Indicate quantities, unit prices, whether items are to be purchased or fabricated, whether items are of a severable nature and the basis of the price. These items may be included under Direct Material in the summary format.

f) Consultants: When consultants are proposed to be used in the performance of the contract, indicate the specific project or area in which such services are to be used. Identify each consultant, number of hours or days to be used and the consultant's rate per hour or day. State the basis of said rate and give your analysis of the acceptability of the consultant's rate.

g) Travel: Travel costs must be justified and related to the needs of the project. Identify the number of trips, the destination and purpose. Travel costs should be broken out by trip with number of travelers, airfare, per diem, lodging, etc.

h) Computer Use: Detail the amount and kind of computer usage, the cost, and how the costs were derived.

i) Facilities Capital Cost of Money: If Facilities Capital Cost of

Money is proposed, a properly executed DD Form 1861 is required.

j) Project Funding Profile: Offerors should include a project funding profile by Government Fiscal Year (GFY) (1 Oct through 30 Sept) for budgetary purposes. This will enable the Government to easily identify program funding needs by GFY.

k) If an offeror takes exceptions to the requirements called out in the announcement (e.g., base support, Government-furnished property (GFP), CDRLs), the exceptions should be clearly stated in the cost proposal.

l) 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.

m) Cost/Business proposals have no page limitations.

e. Proposal Content Summary: You may be ineligible for award if all requirements of this solicitation are not met on the proposal due date.

V. Proposal Review Information

1. Peer or Scientific Review Criteria: Proposals will be reviewed using the criteria listed 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 – Basic IDIQ, Task Order 0001, and Task Order 0002 (Overall evaluation of the Basic IDIQ is of equal importance to the reviews of Task Orders 0001 and 0002. Task Orders 0001 and 0002 are of equal importance):

i. The offeror’s understanding of the scope of the technical effort.

ii. Soundness of the offeror’s technical approach including whether the proposal identifies major technical risks, clearly defines feasible mitigation efforts, and demonstrates understanding of desired schedule objectives, and demonstrates related experience and qualifications of technical personnel.

iii. Ability for AFRL to transition proposed deliverables to future requirements or supplies. 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 ARA, and that proposed GFP provides the offeror an unfair competitive advantage, then FAR 45.202 requires rental equivalent be applied to the Cost Factor for evaluation purposes only).

2. Review and Selection Process

a. The selection of one or more sources for award will be based on Peer or Scientific review of each offeror’s proposal (both technical and cost/price aspects) to determine the overall merit of the proposal in response to the announcement as well as on Agency need and funding availability.

b. The Government reserves the right to award some, all, or none of proposals

c. No other criteria will be used.

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

VI. Award Administration Information

1. Award Notices: Offerors will be notified whether their proposal is recommended for award on or about 16 January 2018. The notification 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.

2. Reporting: Reporting requirements and frequency, refer to attached

Contract Data Requirements List (CDRLs), Model Contract, Section J, Exhibit A.

VII. Other Information

1. Acquisition of Commercial Items: Based upon market research, the Government is not using the policies contained in Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, in this solicitation. However, interested offerors may identify to the Contracting Officer their interest and capability to satisfy the Government’s requirement with a commercial item within 15 days of this notice.

2. Support Contractors: Only Government employees will participate in Peer or Scientific Reviews. Offerors are advised that employees of commercial firms under contract to the Government may be used to administratively process proposals, monitor contract performance, or perform other administrative duties requiring access to other contractors' proprietary information. These support contracts include nondisclosure agreements prohibiting their contractor employees from disclosing any information submitted by other contractors or using such information for any purpose other than that for which it was furnished.

3. Information Feedback Sessions: When requested, an infromation feedback session will be provided. The process will follow the time guidelines outlined in the notificaiton letter.

4. Item Unique Identification and Valuation. It is DoD policy that contractors shall be required to identify the Government’s unit acquisition cost for all deliverable end items for which Item Unique Identification applies.

Therefore, proposals must clearly break out the unit acquisition cost for any deliverable items. See DFARS 211.274-3, Policy for Valuation, for more information. (Per DoD, “fully burdened unit costs” to the Government would include all direct, indirect, G&A costs, and an appropriate portion of fee). For more information, see the following website:

http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/pdi/uid/index.html.

5. Pre-Award Clearance: Pursuant to FAR 22.805, a pre-award clearance must be obtained from the U.S. Department Of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, Office Of Federal Contract Compliance Program’s (OFCCP) prior to award of a contract (or subcontract) of $10,000,000 or more unless the contractor is listed in OFCCP’s National Pre-award Registry http://www.dol-esa.gov/preaward. Award may be delayed if you are not currently listed in the registry and the contracting officer must request a pre-award clearance from the OFCCP.

http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/pdi/uid/index.html

6. Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters: Any contract or assistance award that exceeds $550,000.00; and when offeror checked “has” in paragraph (b) of the provision FAR 52.209-7, shall contain the clause/article, FAR 52.209-9 “Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding responsibility Matters (JUL 2013).”

7. Proposal Reminders: You may be ineligible for award if all requirements of this solicitation are not met on the proposal due date.

a. Proposals are due to the Contracting POC.

b. Proposals are due no later than the due date and time specified in this announcement.

c. Proposal page limits are strictly enforced.

d. The Cost/Business Proposal must contain all information described in the

Content and Form of Proposal Submission Section.

e. Offerors other than small businesses must include a subcontracting plan.

f. Proposals must be submitted in the format specified.

g. Offerors who have Forward Pricing Rate Agreements (FPRA’s) or Forward

Pricing Rate Recommendations (FPRR’s) should submit them with their proposal.

h. If a DD254 is applicable, offerors must verify their Cognizant Security Office information is current with Defense Security Service (DSS) at www.dss.mil.

i. If effort is subject to export control, offerors must submit a Certified DD Form 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement, with proposal.

http://www.dss.mil/

ATTACHMENTS

List of Attachments:

1. Model Contract

A. Section J, Exhibit A - CDRLs B. Section J, Attachment 1 - Basic Statement of Work (SOW) C. Section J, Attachment 2 - ANSI Guidelines D. Section J, Attachment 3 - Standard Form 298 E. Section J, Attachment 4 - Payment Instructions F. Section J, Attachment 5 - DD 254 Contract Security Classification

Specification G. Section J, Attachment 6 - Statement of Work Supplemental Requirements H. Section J, Attachment 7 - Flight/Taxi Format Guide I. Section K Reps and Certs J. Section L Provisions

2. Statement of Work (SOW) – Task Order 0001

3. Statement of Work (SOW) – Task Order 0002

4. Performance and Schedule Requirements. This Attachment has specific performance and timeline requirements that are not publicly releasable. This document may be requested via AFRL.RY.CHASM@us.af.mil. Requesters must include Company Name, Company Address, Company Point of Contract Information, and the Company CAGE code.