APPENDIX_A.docx

APPENDIX A: Templates for Volume 1: Technical Proposal

Cover Sheet for Volume 1: Technical Proposal

(2) Technical Area

(3) Lead Organization Submitting Proposal

(4) Type of Business, Selected Among the Following Categories: “Large Business”, “Small Disadvantaged Business”, “Other Small Business”, “HBCU”, “MI”, “Other Educational”, or “Other Nonprofit”

(5) Contractor’s Reference Number (if any)

(6) Other Team Members (if applicable) and Type of Business for Each

(7) Proposal Title

(8) Technical Point of Contact to Include: Title, First Name, Last Name, Street Address, City, State, Zip Code, Telephone, Fax (if available), Electronic Mail (if available)

(9) Administrative Point of Contact to Include: Title, First Name, Last Name, Street Address, City, State, Zip Code, Telephone, Fax (if available), Electronic Mail (if available)

(16) Date Proposal as Submitted.

Academic Institution Acknowledgement Letter

-- Please Place on Official Letterhead --

<Insert date>

To: Contracting Officer ODNI/IARPA Office of the Director of National Intelligence Washington, D.C. 20511

Subject: Academic Institution Acknowledgement Letter Reference: Executive Order 12333, As Amended, Para 2.7 This letter is to acknowledge that the undersigned is the responsible official of <insert name of the academic institution>, authorized to approve the contractual relationship in support of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity and this academic institution.

The undersigned further acknowledges that he/she is aware of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity’s proposed contractual relationship with <insert name of institution> through IARPA-BAA-18-04 and is hereby approved by the undersigned official, serving as the president, vice-president, chancellor, vice-chancellor, or provost of the institution.

<Name> Date <Position>

Intellectual Property Rights

[Please provide here your good faith representation of ownership or possession of appropriate licensing rights to all intellectual property that shall be utilized under the proposal.]

Patents

PATENTS

Incorporation into deliverable

(1) Intended use of the patented invention(s) listed above in the conduct of the proposed research:

(2) Description of license rights to make, use, offer to sell, or sell, if applicable, that are being offered to the Government in patented inventions listed above:

(3) How the offered rights will permit the Government to reach its program goals (including transition) with the rights offered:

(4) Cost to the Government to acquire additional or alternative rights, if applicable:

(5) Alternatives, if any, that would permit IARPA to achieve program goals:

Data (Including Technical Data and Computer Software)

NONCOMMERCIAL ITEMS

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

(1) Intended use of the data, including, technical data and computer software, listed above in the conduct of the proposed research:

(2) Description of Asserted Rights Categories, specifying restrictions on Government’s ability to use, modify, reproduce, release, perform, display, or disclose technical data, computer software, and deliverables incorporating technical data and computer software listed above:

(3) How the offered rights will permit the Government to reach its program goals (including transition) with the rights offered:

(4) Cost to the Government to acquire additional or alternative rights, if applicable:

(5) Alternatives, if any, that would permit IARPA to achieve program goals:

Organizational Conflicts of Interest Certification Letter

(Month DD, YYYY)

Office of the Director of National Intelligence Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) MAEGLIN Phase 2 Program ATTN: Kristin DeWitt Washington, DC 20511

Subject: OCI Certification

Reference: MAEGLIN Phase 2 Program, IARPA-BAA-18-04, (Insert assigned proposal ID#, if received)

Dear Kristin DeWitt, In accordance with IARPA Broad Agency Announcement IARPA-BAA-18-04, Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI), and on behalf of (offeror name) I certify that neither (offeror name) nor any of our subcontractor teammates has as a potential conflict of interest, real or perceived, as it pertains to the MIST program. Please note the following subcontractors and proposed involvement, as currently planned:

[Please list all proposed contractors by name with a brief description of their proposed involvement, as currently planned.]

If you have any questions, or need any additional information, please contact (Insert name of contact) at (Insert phone number) or (Insert e-mail address).

Sincerely, (Insert organization name) (Shall be signed by an official that has the authority to bind the organization)

(Insert signature)

(Insert name of signatory) (Insert title of signatory)

Three Chart Summary of the Proposal

Research Data Management Plan (RDMP)

The offeror must address each of the elements noted below in red text. Upon completion of the Plan, no red text should remain.

The RDMP shall comply with the requirements stated in Section 4 of the BAA. In doing so, it will support the objectives of the ODNI Public Access Plan at https://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/working-with-iarpa/public-access-to-iarpa-research

1. Sponsoring IARPA Program (required):

2. Offeror (i.e., lead organization responding to BAA) (required):

3. Offeror point of contact (required):

The point of contact is the proposed principal investigator (PI) or his/her Designee.

a. Name and Position:

b. Organization:

c. Email:

d. Phone:

4. Research data types (required):

Provide a brief, high-level description of the types of data to be collected or produced in the course of the project.

5. Standards for research data and metadata content and format (required):

Use standards reflecting the best practices of the relevant scientific discipline and research community whenever possible.

6. Plans for making the research data that underlie the results in peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers digitally accessible to the public at the time of publication/conference or within a reasonable time thereafter (required):

The requirement could be met by including the data as supplementary information to a peer reviewed journal article or conference paper or by depositing the data in suitable repositories available to the public.

a. Anticipated method(s) of making research data publicly accessible:

___ Provide dataset(s) to publisher as supplementary information (if publishers allow public access) ___ Deposit dataset(s) in Data Repository ___ Other (specify)_________________________

b. Proposed research data repository or repositories (for dataset(s) not provided as supplementary information):

Suitable repositories could be discipline-specific repositories, general purpose research data repositories, or institutional repositories, as long as they are publicly accessible.

c. Retention period, at least three years after publication of associated research results:

State the minimum length of time the data will remain publicly accessible.

d. Submittal of metadata to IARPA:

Offerors are required to make datasets underlying the results published in peer-reviewed journal or conferences digitally accessible to the public to the extent feasible. Here, the offeror should state a commitment to submit metadata on such datasets to IARPA in a timely manner. Note: This does not supersede any requirements for deliverable data, as the award document may include metadata as a deliverable item.

7. Policies and provisions for sharing and preservation (as applicable):

a. Policies and provisions for appropriate protection of privacy, confidentiality, security, and intellectual property:

b. Descriptions of tools, including software, which may be needed to access and interpret the data:

c. Policies and provisions for re-use, re-distribution, and production of derivatives:

8. Justification for not sharing and/or preserving data underlying the results of peer-reviewed publications (as applicable):

If, for legitimate reasons, the data cannot be shared and preserved, the plan must include a justification detailing such reasons. Potential reasons may include privacy, confidentiality, security, intellectual property rights considerations; size of data sets; cost of sharing and preservation; time required to prepare the dataset(s) for sharing and preservation.

APPENDIX B: Templates for Volume 2: Cost Proposal

Cover Sheet for Volume 2: Cost Proposal

(2) Technical Area

(3) Lead organization submitting proposal

(4) Type of Business, Selected Among the Following Categories: “Large Business”, “Small Disadvantaged Business”, “Other Small Business”, “HBCU”, “MI”, “Other Educational”, or “Other Nonprofit”

(5) Contractor’s Reference Number (if any)

(6) Other Team Members (if applicable) and Type of Business for Each

(7) Proposal Title

(8) Technical Point of Contact to Include: Title, First Name, Last Name, Street Address, City, State, Zip Code, Telephone, Fax (if available), Electronic Mail (if available)

(9) Administrative Point of Contact to Include: Title, First Name, Last Name, Street Address, City, State, Zip Code, Telephone, Fax (if available), Electronic Mail (if available)

(10) Contract type/award Instrument Requested: specify

(11) Place(s) and Period(s) of Performance

(12) Total Proposed Cost Separated by Basic Award and Option(s) (if any)

(13) Name, Address, Telephone Number of the Offeror’s Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) Administration Office or Equivalent Cognizant Contract Administration Entity, if Known

(14) Name, Address, Telephone Number of the Offeror’s Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) Audit Office or Equivalent Cognizant Contract Audit Entity, if Known

(15) Date Proposal was Prepared

(16) DUNS Number

(17) TIN Number

(18) CAGE Code

(19) Proposal Validity Period [minimum of 180 days]

(20) Cost Summaries Provided (Appendix B)

(21) Size of Business in accordance with NAICS Code 541712

Prime Contractor/Subcontractor Cost Element Sheet for Volume 2: Cost Proposal

Prime Contractor/Subcontractor Cost Element Sheet for Volume 2: Cost Proposal

Complete a Cost Element Sheet for the Base Period and each Option Period

TOTAL DIRECT LABOR

SUBCONTRACTORS, IOTS, CONSULTANTS

(List separately. See below table.)

MATERIALS & EQUIPMENT (List each material and equipment item separately.)

SOFTWARE & INTELLECTUAL Property (List separately. See table below.)

TOTAL MATERIALS & EQUIPMENT

TOTAL TRAVEL

TOTAL ODCs

SUBTOTAL COSTS

TOTAL COST

TOTAL PRICE/COST

GOVERNMENT SHARE, IF APPLICABLE

RECIPIENT SHARE, IF APPLICABLE

SUBCONTRACTORS/INTERORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFERS (IOT) & CONSULTANTS PRICE SUMMARY

(Column D - Column E) IF APPLICABLE

TOTALS

*Identify Statement of Work, Milestone or Work Breakdown Structure paragraph, or provide a narrative explanation as an addendum to this Table that describes the effort to be performed.

Software and Intellectual Property Costs

(List)

NOTE: Educational institutions and non-profit organizations as defined in FAR part 31.3 and 31.7, respectively, at the prime and subcontractor level may deviate from the cost template in Appendix B when estimating the direct labor portion of the proposal to allow for OMB guided accounting methods (2 CFR 220) that are used by their institutions. The methodology shall be clear and provide sufficient detail to substantiate proposed labor costs. For example, each labor category shall be listed separately; identify key personnel, and provide hours/rates or salaries and percentage of time allocated to the project.

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