ICS Solicitation -- Revised (Final).pdf

6 December 2019

Advanced Research Announcement (ARA) FA8650-20-S-6009

ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT FOR ENHANCED PERFORMANCE

TECHNOLOGIES (ADEPT)

CALL 1 (1-Step)

“Integrated Cockpit Sensing (ICS)”

THIS IS A SOLICITATION FOR CALL 1. THIS SOLICITATION IS A ONE-STEP

CALL ISSUED UNDER ARA FA8650-20-S-6009.

PROPOSAL DUE DATE AND TIME: 29 JAN 2020, 3:00 PM EST (Wright- Patterson AFB time).

NOTE: Proposal receipt after the due date and time shall be governed by the provisions of FAR 52.215-1(c)(3). Any proposal received at the Government Office designated in this ARA Call after the exact time specified for receipt of offers is "late" and will not be considered except at the Contracting Point of Contact’s discretion. 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 stated date and time in the Call or Request for Proposal letter as a result of security delays will be considered "late." Furthermore, note that if offerors utilize commercial carriers in the delivery of proposals, the carriers 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 must be submitted to the Contracting Point of Contact (POC): Mr. Joseph Mizzi, AFRL/RAKHA, 2130 8th Street, Building 45, Wright- Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7541, joseph.mizzi@us.af.mil; and/or Marina Schemmel, AFRL/RAKHA, Bldg 45, 2130 8th St., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7541, marina.schemmel@us.af.mil. The hard copy submittal will determine whether the proposal is submitted timely.

Hand Delivery: If interested, vendors must go to Building 45 in Area B. Once in the lobby, call either Marina Schemmel at (937) 713-9845 or Joseph Mizzi at (937) 713-9925 to arrange for pickup. If you do not have a rep with base access, you will need to have the Government submit a visit request for you at least 3 days in advance. Please email Marina Schemmel or Joseph Mizzi to request a visitor pass for that day. Hand delivery is not required.

Solicitation Request: The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), 711th Human Performance Wing, Airman Systems Directorate, Airman Bioengineering Division, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is soliciting proposals on the research effort described below.

mailto:joseph.mizzi@us.af.mil mailto:marina.schemmel@us.af.mil

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, based on the instrument deemed most appropriate. It is anticipated that contracts awarded under this ARA Call will generally be Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF), Cost type contracts, or Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contracts. If a CPFF or Cost type contract is awarded, the Technical Data Package deliverable will be awarded as a FFP contract line item number (CLIN) (See Section IV. 2. c. i. c) for information on the Technical Data Package requirement). REMINDER: Cost reimbursement contracts require successful offerors to have an accounting system considered adequate for tracking costs applicable to the contract.

Industry Day: An Industry Day (Open House) will be conducted at Wright- Patterson AFB on 18 December 2019. Questions may be directed to james.christensen.7@us.af.mil.

NOTE: If proposing a Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) based contract, the FAR clause references in the full ARA shall apply. The announcement incorporates FAR and supplement provisions and clauses by reference.

The full text of these provisions and clauses can be found at https://www.acquisition.gov.

If proposing an Other Transaction (OT) pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2373, these FAR references and clauses would not apply. The terms and conditions of an OT agreement should be developed and negotiated on a case-by-case basis.

Anticipated Number of Awards: The Air Force anticipates awarding one contract or one OT as a result of this announcement. However, 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 purpose of the ADEPT effort is to develop, mature, validate, and ultimately transition technologies fostered under the 711 HPW/RHB "Sensing and Assessment" product line, providing Airmen with physiological and cognitive performance sustainment and enhancement systems, personalized to the individual Airman, and appropriate for use in operational Air Force environments.

This first Call of the ADEPT ARA is to develop integrated technology platforms to address unexplained physiological events (UPEs) affecting aircrews of multiple Department of Defense (DoD) aircraft.

Ongoing research and development (R&D) efforts are seeking to improve the basic scientific understanding of physiological performance in DoD aircraft cockpit environments, along with efforts to develop physiological sensors that are effective in the cockpit for assessing pilot state and detecting conditions conducive to UPEs.

Cockpit sensing remains a key gap, as there are no fielded solutions to provide data for root cause analysis, which in turn could drive pilot decision making as well as resource prioritization for life support systems modification.

mailto:james.christensen.7@us.af.mil https://www.acquisition.gov/

The objective of the ADEPT ARA Call 1 Integrated Cockpit Sensing (ICS) project is to develop, prototype, and demonstrate an integrated sensor suite capability for effective cockpit sensing, including pilot physiology and cockpit environments (i.e., breathing gas). Work in Call 1 ICS will focus on a "stand-alone" ICS capability (i.e., an ICS system not connected to aircraft power or data feeds).

Envisioned ICS RDT&E activities would encompass technology readiness levels (TRL) 5 through 7, and will provide documentation and engineering analysis for acquisition program initial system design reviews.

Note: For TRL definitions see 2011 DoD Technology Readiness Assessment (TRA) Guidance, https://www.acq.osd.mil/ecp/DOCS/DoDGuidance/TRA2011.pdf.

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 (POCs) 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. If there is any doubt as to whether a response provides a competitive advantage, the answer will be posted publicly via an amendment to this ARA Call on beta.SAM.gov for all contractors to review.

Address technical questions to the Technical POC: Dr. James Christensen, 2215 1st Street, Building 33, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7022, 937-904- 9551, james.christensen.7@us.af.mil.

Address contracting questions to the Contracting POCs: Mr. Joseph Mizzi, AFRL/RAKHA, 2130 8th Street, Building 45, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7541, 937-713-9925, joseph.mizzi@us.af.mil and/or Marina Schemmel, AFRL/RAKHA, Bldg 45, 2130 8th St., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7541, marina.schemmel@us.af.mil.

https://www.acq.osd.mil/ecp/DOCS/DoDGuidance/TRA2011.pdf mailto:james.christensen.7@us.af.mil?subject=Re:%20%20ADEPT%20ARA mailto:joseph.mizzi@us.af.mil?subject=Re:%20%20ADEPT%20ARA mailto:marina.schemmel@us.af.mil

Full Text Announcement

I. Program Description: Air Force Research Laboratory, 711th Human Performance Wing, Airman Systems Directorate, Airman Bioengineering Division (AFRL/711 HPW/RHB) will be soliciting technical and cost proposals for the following research effort:

1. Statement of Objectives (SOO): See Attachment 1.

2. Within Scope Modifications: Potential offerors are advised that due to the inherent uncertainty of research and development efforts, awards resulting from this announcement may be modified during performance to make within scope changes, to include but not limited to, modifications which increase overall contract ceiling amount.

3. Deliverable Items:

a. Data Items: See Exhibit A of Attachment 3, Model Contract (Including Section K). OTs will specify data items on a case-by-case basis.

b. Software: See Attachment 3, Model Contract (Including Section K), CLIN 0002, Software, and SOO Section 3. Software to be delivered includes, but is not limited to, developed source code and executable code relating to operation of sensors, network communication, data transfer, data collection and storage, system analytics, and data/information processing and display.

c. Hardware: Attachment 3, Model Contract (Including Section K), CLIN 0003, Prototypes, and SOO Section 3. Hardware to be delivered includes five (5) prototypes.

4. Schedule: Anticipated period of performance is 41 months-- 38 months for the technical effort plus 3 months for the final report.

5. Other Requirements:

a. Program security classification: The security classification for ICS is SECRET classification/safeguarding capability. A DD Form 254 is attached to this Call (Attachment 2). Offerors must verify their Cognizant Security Office information is current with Defense Security Service (DSS) at www.dss.mil. All classified efforts must be in compliance with the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM).

c. TEMPEST requirements: Not applicable.

d. OPSEC: See ICS SOO Section 4, Security Requirements. All contractors shall participate in all activities associated with the disciplines of the organization’s Industrial Security, Information Security, Personnel Security, Operations Security (OPSEC), Antiterrorism, and Program Protection programs, following appropriate measures in each program as required for this particular contract. These are required in an effort to reduce program vulnerability from successful adversary collection, exploitation of critical information, and violations of export control requirements. The prime contractor will ensure that all subcontractors, if required, conform to these requirements as required by the prime contractor. Guidance can be provided by 711 HPW/OMS Security as needed.

e. Export Control: Information involved in this research effort is subject to Export Control (International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR) 22 CFR 120-131), or Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR 710-774).

As this effort is subject to export control, a Certified DD Form 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement, will be required to be submitted with proposal.

f. Export-Controlled Items: As prescribed by DFARS 225.7901-4, DFARS 252.225-7048, Export-Controlled Item (Jun 2013) is contained in this solicitation. This clause shall be contained in ALL resulting contracts.

g. Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) is applicable in accordance with FAR 42.1502 and DFARS 242.1502. 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.

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.

h. Safety: The following safety requirements will be incorporated into the award: Must comply with all Air Force, federal, state and local saftey and environmental regulations. The Contractor(s) must also comply with the provisions of the directives listed in ICS SOO paragraph 4.5 for protection of human subjects.

6. Other Information:

a. Government Furnished Property (GFP) availability: Access to appropriate government facilities and platforms will be provided by the Government as appropriate and necessary to conduct experimentation. Additional GFP use may be considered if proposed and found to be in the best interest of the Government. In accordance with FAR 45.201(b), the Contractor is responsible for all costs related to making the property available for use, such as payment of all transportation, installation, and rehabilitation costs.

b. Base Support / Network Access: Not required for this Call.

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

d. Data Rights: Data Rights desired by the Contractor should be included with proposal submission as part of the Section K. Given their importance in the Peer or Scientific Review criteria, Contractors MUST clearly mark any data and/or software rights assertions in their proposals. Refer to Initial ARA Announcement FA8650-20-S-6009 (Section I.7.d).

e. THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE (COMMERCIAL AND NONCOMMERCIAL):

Refer to Initial ARA Announcement FA8650-20-S-6009 (Section I.7.d.)

II. Award Information: Anticipated Award Date is 30 April 2020.

III. Eligibility Information

1. Eligible Offeror: This is an unrestricted solicitation. Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to propose on all or any part of this solicitation.

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: Not required.

3. Federally Funded Research and Development Centers: Refer to Initial

ARA Announcement FA8650-20-S-6009 (Section III.3.).

4. Government Agencies: If a Government agency is interested in participating in this program, contact the Technical POC identified in this Call.

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: Refer to Initial ARA Announcement FA8650-20-S- 6009 (Section III.5.a.).

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 Agency and have a legitimate business purpose may participate in this solicitation. Contact the U.S./Canada Joint Certification Program Office, Defense Logistics Agency, Logistics Information Services J34, HDI Federal Center, 74 Washington Avenue N., Battle Creek, Michigan 49037-3084, (1-800-352-3572) or the Joint Certification Program Office (JCO) at JCP-Helpdesk@dla.mil 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.

https://www.dla.mil/HQ/LogisticsOperations/Services/JCP/SpecificDD2345Instructions.aspx mailto:JCP-Helpdesk@dla.mil

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

IV. Proposal and Submission Information

1. Overview: Proposals submitted under this Call shall be in accordance with the instructions provided both in the ADEPT ARA and this Call. This Call will be a one-step process. The Government intends to review resulting proposals and award all, some, or none of the proposal(s) 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 ARA/Call amendments that may change proposal requirements or permit extensions to the proposals submission date. There will be no other solicitation issued in regard to this requirement.

2. Call 1 Proposal Instructions:

a. General Instructions:

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 FA8650-20-S- 6009 Call 1.

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

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

vi. The cost of preparing proposals in response to this Call 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.

vii. 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. Technical/Management Proposal:

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

a) The Technical/Management Proposal shall be limited to 25 pages.

Technical/Management proposals and SOWs must be provided in Microsoft Word (DOCX) format. Signed pages may be submitted in Adobe (PDF) 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 25. 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) The proposal page limit does not include the offeror’s proposed Statement of Work (SOW); however, the same formatting rules apply to the SOW, which is limited to 15 pages.

h) 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) 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. The volume(s) shall include a SOW(s) detailing the technical tasks proposed to be accomplished under the proposed effort and suitable for contract incorporation. Do not include any proprietary information in the SOW. In addition to the contractor proposed SOW, a Government generated SOW attachment containing additional contracting requirements will be included in any resulting contracts.

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

c. Cost/Business Proposal:

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

a) A Model Contract for FAR-based contracts will be provided as an attachment for this Call. No sample is provided for Other Transactions. The Model Contract will provide examples of clauses that may be included in final contracts, and it will provide a basic contract structure. Contracts that are ultimately awarded against this Call may vary based on individual program requirements, negotiated terms and conditions, etc.

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 Model Contract, any information not technically related, etc. Provide rationale for exceptions to any portion of the Model Contract.

c) Contractors shall propose a Technical Data Package (TDP) that is priced separately from the Research & Development effort.

The TDP shall consist of data items determined to be necessary to transition the prototype technology. Refer to CLIN 0004 of the Model Contract and CDRL A010.

d) 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.

e) Identify any technical data that will be delivered with less than Unlimited Rights.

f) 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.

g) 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.

h) Completed Certifications and Representations (Section K) are due with the proposal. Certifications and Representations (Section K) can be found in Attachment 3, Model Contract (Including Section K).

i) If an offeror proposes the use of Government Furnished Property (GFP), other than GFP identified in this Call, 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 (ACO) 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 Sep) 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, GFP, CDRLs), the exceptions should be clearly stated in the cost proposal.

l) Forward Pricing Rate Agreements: Offerors who have forward pricing rate agreements (FPRAs) and forward pricing rate recommendations (FPRRs) 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 descending order of importance.

a. Technical:

i. The potential to transition the research and development deliverables to future government needs. Includes evaluation of proposed data rights.

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

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

iv. Unique and innovative approach proposed to accomplish the technical objectives. New and creative solutions and/or advances in knowledge, understanding, technology, and the state of the art.

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 FAR 45.202 requires rental equivalent be applied to the Cost Factor for evaluation purposes only).

2. 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.

i. Selectable: Proposals are recommended for acceptance if sufficient funding is available.

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

Note: The Government reserves the right to award some, all, or none of 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.

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.

VI. Award Administration Information:

1. Award Notices: 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. Offerors will be notified whether their proposal is recommended for award by approximately February 2020.

2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: See Section I in

ADEPT ARA and this Call.

3. Reporting: See attached CDRL.

VII. Other Information:

1. Acquisition of Commercial Items: Refer to Initial ARA Announcement FA8650-20-S-6009 (Section VII.1.).

2. Support Contractors: Refer to Initial ARA Announcement FA8650-20-S-6009 (Section VII.2.).

3. Informal Feedback Sessions: Refer to Initial ARA Announcement FA8650- 20-S-6009 (Section VII.3.).

4. Item Unique Identification and Valuation. Refer to Initial ARA Announcement FA8650-20-S-6009 (Section VII.4.).

5. Wide Area Workflow (WAWF): NOTICE: Any contract award resulting from this solicitation will contain the clause at DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports (Jun 2012), which requires electronic submission of all payment requests. Any contract resulting from this solicitation will establish a requirement to use WAWF for invoicing and receipt/acceptance, and provide coding instructions applicable to this contract via the clause at DFARS 252.232-7006, Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions (May 2013). Contractors are encouraged to take advantage of available training (both web-based and through your local DCMA office), and to register in the WAWF system. Information regarding WAWF-RA, including the web-based training and registration, can be found at https://wawf.eb.mil. Note: This WAWF requirement does not apply to Universities that are audited by an agency other than DCAA.

6. Forward Pricing Rate Agreements: Offerors who have forward pricing rate agreements (FPRAs) and forward pricing rate recommendations (FPRR’s) should submit them with their proposal.

7. Pre-Award Clearance: Refer to Initial ARA Announcement FA8650-20-S- 6009 (Section VII.5.).

8. 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), and 52.215-23, Limitations on Pass- Through Charges (Oct 2009), are contained in this solicitation by reference. Any contract valued greater than the threshold for cost or pricing data threshold, except fixed price contracts awarded on the basis of adequate price competition, resulting from this solicitation, shall contain the Clause at FAR 52.215-23 (or Alt I).

9. Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Sub-contract/Sub-recipient Awards: Any contract valued at $25,000 or more, excluding classified contracts or contractors with individuals, must contain FAR 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Jul 2013).

10. Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters: Any contract award that exceeds $550,000; 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).

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11. Proposal Content Checklist: 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. See Section IV.2.b of this solicitation for page limits.

d. If a contract is proposed, completed Certifications and Representations (Section K) are required.

e. The Cost/Business Proposal must contain all information described in the Content and Form of Proposal Submission Section.

f. For any subcontracts proposed, the Cost/Business Proposal must contain a subcontractor analysis IAW FAR 15.404-3(b).

g. Offerors other than small businesses must include a subcontracting plan in Microsoft Word format submitted via email, as well as a hard copy.

h. Proposals must be submitted in the format specified in Section IV of this solicitation.

i. Offerors who have Forward Pricing Rate Agreements (FPRAs) or Forward Pricing Rate Recommendations (FPRRs) should submit them with their proposal.

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

k. The effort is subject to Export Control; offerors must submit a Certified DD Form 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement, with proposal.

ATTACHMENTS:

1 – Statement of Objectives (SOO) 2 – DD254 Contract Security Classification Specification for ADEPT ARA Call 1 (ICS) 3 – Model Contract (Including Section K) and Contract Data Requirements List

(CDRL)

4 – Prime Analysis of Subcontractor Costs

I. Program Description: Air Force Research Laboratory, 711th Human Performance Wing, Airman Systems Directorate, Airman Bioengineering Division (AFRL/711 HPW/RHB) will be soliciting technical and cost proposals for the following research effort: