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ONR BAA Announcement # N00014-15-R-BA15

Sea Based Aviation Aircraft Science and Technology

INTRODUCTION:

This publication constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) as contemplated in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2), the Department of Defense Grants and Agreements Regulations (DoDGARS) 22.315(a) and 35.016, and DoD's Other Transaction Guide for Prototypes Projects, USD(AT&L), OT Guide, Jan 2001. A formal Request for Proposals (RFP), other solicitation, or additional information regarding this announcement will not be issued.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) will not issue paper copies of this announcement. The ONR reserves the right to fund all, some or none of the proposals received under this BAA. ONR provides no funding for direct reimbursement of proposal development costs. Technical and cost proposals (or any other material) submitted in response to this BAA will not be returned. It is the policy of ONR to treat all proposals submitted under this BAA as sensitive competitive information and to disclose their contents only for the purposes of evaluation.

This BAA is intended for proposals related to basic research and applied research and that part of development not related to the development of a specific system or hardware procurement. For Navy and Marine Corps Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) programs, refer to ONR- FOA-15-0002, which may be found at the ONR BAA webpage http://www.onr.navy.mil/Contracts- Grants/Funding-Opportunities/Broad-Agency- Announcements.aspx.

http://www.onr.navy.mil/Contracts-Grants/Funding-Opportunities/Broad-Agency-Announcements.aspx

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Table of Content The following information presents the basic organization of this document as well as the location of significant information:

Page Number(s)

I. General Information…………………………………………………………………………………………….3 A. Agency Name ………………………………………………………………………………………….3 B. Research Opportunity Title……………………………………………………………………..3 C. Program Name ……………………………………………………………………………………….3 D. Research Opportunity Number ……………………………………………………………..3 E. Response Date……………………………………………………………………………………….3 F. Research Opportunity Description ………………………………………………………..3-6 G. Point(s) of Contact …………………………………………………………………………………6 H. Instrument Type(s) ………………………………………………………………………………..8 I. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Numbers ……………………. 9 J. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Titles…………………………... 9 K. Other Information…………………………………………………………………………………..9

II. Award Information …………………………………………………………………………………………….10 A. Amount and Period of Performance ……………………………………………………..10 B. Peer Reviews ………………………………………………………………………………………..10

III. Eligibility Information ……………………………………………………………………………………..…10 IV. Application and Submission Information …………………………………………………………..11

A. Application and Submission Process …………………………………………………….11 B. Content and Format of White Papers/Full Proposals……………………………12

a. White Papers …………………………………………………………………………..13

b. Full Proposals ………………………………………………………………………….14

i. Instructions for Contracts …………………………………………..14

ii. Instructions for Grants ……………………………………………….16

C. Significant Dates and Times …………………………………………………………………21 D. Submission of Late Proposals ………………………………………………………………21 E. Submission of Grant Proposals through Grants.gov ……………………………22 F. Submission of White Papers and Full Proposals for Contracts …………...23

V. Evaluation Information …………………………………………………………………………….………23 A. Evaluation Criteria ……………………………………………………………………….………23 B. Commitment to Small Business - (Contract Awards Only) …………….……..24 C. Options ……………………………………………………………………………………….……….27 D. Evaluation Panel ……………………………………………………………………….….………27

VI. Award Administration Information ……………………………………………………….………….27 VII. Other Information ……………………………………………………………………………….……………28

A. Applies to Contracts only ………………………………………………………….…..31 B. Applies to Contracts and Grants…………………………………………………….33

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I. GENERAL INFORMATION:

A. Agency Name - Office of Naval Research

B. Research Opportunity Title - Sea Based Aviation Aircraft Science and Technology

C. Program Name - Sea Based Aviation Aircraft Science and Technology

D. Research Opportunity Number – 15-15

E. Response Date -

White Papers: 10 September 2015 Full Proposals: 19 November 2015

F. Research Opportunity Description -

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is interested in receiving white papers and full proposals from selected Offerors for basic and applied research supporting Sea-Based Aviation (SBA) Science and Technology.

Projects should advance fundamental understanding and the state of the art and should align with and produce measurable progress towards the long range Science and Technology (S&T) goals that support SBA, as outlined below. Research projects should comprise either Basic or Applied Research only.

Interaction and collaboration among Industry, Universities, and Government Labs is encouraged.

White papers and proposals should identify a technical baseline representative of the current State of the Art (SOA) and explain how the proposed research will advance the technology. Projects aimed at developing high-fidelity physics-based models should include validation of analytical methods using new or existing experimental data.

White Papers and Full Proposals are sought in the following Technology Focus Areas:

I. Unsteady Aerodynamics of Maneuvering Aircraft

The Navy seeks to develop physical and numerical modeling capabilities to support the development of advanced carrier-based fixed-wing aircraft. Such aircraft may feature unusual aerodynamic configurations (e.g. tail-less, lambda wing) and novel control effectors (wing flaps for direct lift control, active flow control) and will be required to recover to pitching and rolling decks in the presence of a turbulent superstructure airwake and unsteady, non-uniform ambient wind field, including gusts with significant spatial variation over the vehicle aerodynamic surfaces.

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is a natural choice for high-fidelity modeling of such cases. An effective capability would support modeling of sea-based take-off, approach and landing conditions in support of vehicle design; control law development; analytical determination of stability and control characteristics using methods that emulate flight test techniques; analytical assessment of departure jennifer.brown4 Typewritten Text jennifer.brown4 Typewritten Text jennifer.brown4 Typewritten Text jennifer.brown4 Typewritten Text jennifer.brown4 Typewritten Text

N00014-15-R-BA15 Page 4 of 36 and other flight dynamic characteristics; high fidelity flight simulation models; and development of fast reduced order models.

The state of the art in computational unsteady aerodynamics for maneuvering vehicles lags capability for static cases due to challenges such as moving boundary conditions and deforming geometries;

rapidly moving control surfaces, potentially with separated flow; multiple aerodynamically-coupled bodies; effective meshing of deforming and moving bodies; modeling of multi-scale turbulence and flow separation; and modeling of the ambient (environmental) flow field. Moreover, it is desired to enhance computational efficiency while improving fidelity to support more accurate and efficient real-time, pilot-in-the-loop flight simulation. Classic flight simulation aircraft modeling techniques treat the aerodynamic effects through inclusion of quasisteady dynamic derivative terms. These techniques typically fail to account for unsteady hysteresis effects. Innovative modeling concepts toward inclusion of a more complete unsteady aerodynamic representation are desired.

This technical area and others may advance the state of the art in computational aerodynamics and flight mechanics of maneuvering vehicles. Both high-fidelity and computationally-efficient reduced-order approaches are of interest. Offerors are also sought for innovative experimental efforts that may provide new fundamental insight and understanding of unsteady and nonlinear aerodynamic phenomena of complex configurations/conditions and provide canonical data to support assessments of analytical methods.

II. Coupled Aircraft / Ship Aerodynamics in Dynamic Interface (DI) Modeling and Simulation

Central to the Navy's efforts to develop fast, high-fidelity, modeling and simulation capabilities for shipboard launch and recovery of aircraft is the robust and efficient assessment of low speed aeromechanics. In addition, the interactional aerodynamics of aircraft and surface ships are of vital concern. While considerable progress has been made in this area, much remains to be understood regarding the importance and implementation of certain modeling and assessment aspects that may impact the tradeoff between fidelity and analysis time/cost. These include modeling of:

1. External aerodynamic influences such as ship motion and atmospheric boundary layer turbulence;

2. Assessment of the accuracy of unsteady turbulence modeling techniques such as LES/URANS including the impact on dynamic interface simulation results;

3. Innovative experiments for dynamic interface simulation "truth data" collection using modern Design of Experiments or other techniques including metric development with correlation to operational envelopes, pilot ratings, or other top level DI testing output;

4. Improved ship airwake integration for real time fixed wing aircraft simulations that accounts for non-uniform flow distribution across the aircraft aerodynamic surface and dynamic control surface effects;

and

5. The effect of coupled aircraft / ship aerodynamics on deck-contact dynamics (bouncing, sliding, tipping and roll-over). Improved understanding in these areas would help guide future development of computational methods for dynamic interface modeling and simulation.

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This research area is intended to improve the Navy's capabilities and lead to new fundamental understanding and knowledge of these aspects of dynamic interface modeling. Both analytical/computational projects and experiments efforts are invited. New analytical methods are sought, as well as careful assessment of existing techniques. Reduced order modeling methods are of interest as well. Experimental efforts will center ideally on canonical problems using simple geometries such as the SFS-2. The adequacy of SFS-2 for such studies is itself an open question and proposed efforts may address the question of whether a more detailed ship geometry would be of value. Offerors should frame their studies in the context of the coupled aeromechanics of the ship airwake/aircraft system.

Individual proposals should focus on one of the five specific focus areas described above with discussion of tie-ins to the remaining focus areas as appropriate.

III. Advanced Handling Qualities for Rotary Wing Aircraft

A. Direct flight path control. Currently pilots control rotary wing aircraft (RWA) with cyclic, pedals and collective. These devices control aircraft pitch, roll, and yaw angular rates/attitude and thrust, which then lead indirectly to adjustment of the flight path vector (recognizing that there is sometimes a need for fuselage alignment independent of flight path vector). Control augmentation can reduce cross-axis coupling and provide control shaping and hold modes to assist the pilot, but RWA are still challenging to fly and require extensive training. This research area calls for white papers and proposals that will improve the Navy's capabilities and lead to new fundamental understanding and knowledge regarding:

1. An easy to learn and use flight control system for shipboard landing of a single main rotor helicopter (representative of an MH-60 type), with any necessary associated pilot's display symbology. Assume a variation of the current cyclic/collective cockpit setup will be used, and that a precision ship-relative navigation system, heads up display hardware and a fly-by-wire control system are available. Low pilot workload (e.g. Cooper-Harper Handling Qualities Rating of 2) is the objective for a shipboard landing on a pitching destroyer deck at night with no visible horizon.

2. A concept for using new control inceptor(s) that could replace the cyclic/collective/pedal, and allow direct flight path control in all directions, as well as necessary attitude control independent of flight path. This system should be highly intuitive and easy to learn, and useable for tasks from ship landing to high speed flight with minimum (if any) control strategy changes. Assume that a precision ship-relative navigation system, heads up display hardware and a fly by wire control system are available.

B. Rotary Wing Aircraft Adaptive Automated Control and Maximum Landing Envelope. This research area is to improve the Navy's capabilities and lead to new fundamental understanding and knowledge regarding a RWA automated control system that can precisely "perch" the RWA on a moving destroyer deck. Assume that a precision ship-relative navigation system is available. The RWA aircraft model should be representative of an MH-60 type aircraft. A turbulent airwake environment representative of a Navy destroyer must be included. The aircraft would use precise knowledge of the ship's state to fly to an accurate touchdown location, while simultaneously aligning its state with that of the ship, so that touchdown dynamics are optimized (e.g. dynamic rollover potential minimized, sink rate minimized, tail strike avoided, etc). The ship deck motion should be as high as possible while still achieving safe landing performance from the system. The objective is to reduce the time to land, and maximize the level of ship motion that can be accommodated, resulting in improved safety and increased operating envelopes.

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IV. Fixed Wing Aerodynamics and Control for Carrier Landing

A. Fixed Wing unmanned air vehicles should be able to exploit automated carrier landing capability so that landing performance beyond the capability of current piloted F/A-18E/F and F-35C aircraft can be achieved. Potential benefits are: reduced sink rate at touchdown, reduction in approach speed by flying closer to stall, precise arresting wire engagement, and reduced altitude loss during waveoff by flying a reduced sink rate approach near the ship. In all these areas, nominal performance could be improved, as well as the scatter in off-nominal approaches due to environmental factors and system noise. This research area calls for white papers and proposals that will improve the Navy's capabilities and lead to new fundamental understanding and knowledge regarding:

1. Minimum stall margin required by [typical] Navy tactical type aircraft in automated approach and landing on an aircraft carrier. The objective is to reduce approach speed while maintaining adequate control and waveoff capability. Explore the tradeoff between reduced approach speed and ability to precisely control the flight path vector, including the ability to wave off the approach at any time. The aircraft model should be representative of F/A-18E/F and F-35C type aircraft with direct lift control in the landing configuration. Turbulent airwake representative of that experienced during carrier landing approach must be considered.

2. State optimizing flight control that can optimize the aircraft state relative to relevant constraints, boundaries, and objectives during approach and landing on a moving carrier deck. Explore all relevant variables, including environmental disturbances, headwind and crosswind, navigation system noise, deck motion, roll, pitch, and direct lift control power, and their effect on touchdown accuracy, sink rate at touchdown, safety margin over the ramp and waveoff altitude loss.

G. Point(s) of Contact -

Questions of a technical nature should be submitted to:

For Technology Focus Areas I and II:

Program Manager: Judah Milgram Address: Office of Naval Research 875 North Randolph Street - Suite 1100 Arlington, VA 22203-1995 Code: ONR 351 Phone: 703-696-4406 Email: judah.milgram@navy.mil mailto:judah.milgram@navy.mil

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For Technology Focus Areas III and IV:

Program Manager: John Kinzer Address: Office of Naval Research 875 North Randolph Street-Suite 1100 Arlington, VA 22203-1995 Code: ONR 351 Phone: 703-696-7917 Email: john.kinzer@navy.mil

Questions of a Business nature, and suggestions for improvement, should be submitted to:

Primary Business Point of Contact:

Contract Specialist: Ana Isabel Lugaro Address: Office of Naval Research Code BD251 875 North Randolph Street- Suite 1279 Arlington, VA 22203-1995 Phone: 703-696-4511 Email: ana.lugaro@navy.mil

Secondary Business Point of Contact:

Acquisition Branch Head - Vera M. Carroll Address: Office of Naval Research 875 North Randolph Street – Suite 1279 Code: BD251 Phone: 703-696-2610 Email: vera.carroll@navy.mil

Any questions regarding this solicitation must be provided to the Technical Point of Contact and Business Point of Contact listed in this solicitation. All questions shall be submitted in writing by electronic mail.

Comments or questions submitted should be concise and to the point, eliminating any unnecessary verbiage. In addition, the relevant part and paragraph of the Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) should be referenced.

Questions submitted within two (2) weeks prior to a deadline may not be answered, and the due date for submission of the white paper and/or full proposal will not be extended.

mailto:john.kinzer@navy.mil mailto:ana.lugaro@navy.mil mailto:vera.carroll@navy.mil

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Amendments will be posted to one or more of the following webpages:

Federal Business Opportunities (FEDBIZOPPS) Webpage - https://www.fbo.gov/ Grants.gov Webpage - http://www.grants.gov/ ONR Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Webpage - http://www.onr.navy.mil/en/Contracts- Grants/Funding-Opportunities/Broad-Agency-Announcements.aspx

Questions of a security nature should be submitted to:

Diana Pacheco Industrial Security Specialist Office of Naval Research Security Department, Code 43 One Liberty Center 875 N. Randolph Street Arlington, VA 22203-1995 Email Address: diana.pacheco@navy.mil

Note: All UNCLASSIFIED communications shall be submitted via e-mail to the Technical Point of Contract (POC) with a copy to the designated Business POC.

CLASSIFIED questions shall be handled through the ONR Security POC. Specifically, any entity wanting to ask a CLASSIFIED question shall send an email to the ONR Security POC with copy to both the Technical POC and the Business POC stating that the entity would like to ask a

CLASSIFIED question. DO NOT EMAIL ANY CLASSIFIED QUESTIONS. The Security POC will contact the entity and arrange for the CLASSIFED question to be asked through a secure method of communication.

H. Instrument Type(s) – Contracts and Grants

Awards may take the form of Contracts and Grants as appropriate. ONR reserves the right to award a different instrument type if deemed to be in the best interest of the Government.

Any contract awards resulting from this BAA will incorporate the most current FAR, DFARs, NMCARS and ONR clauses.

Any assistance instrument awarded under this announcement will be governed by the award terms and conditions that conform to DoD’s implementation of OMB circulars applicable to financial assistance. Terms and conditions of new awards made after December 26, 2014, may include revisions to reflect DoD implementation of new OMB guidance in 2 CFR Part 200, “Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards.”

Examples of model contracts can be found on the ONR website at the following link:

http://www.onr.navy.mil/Contracts-Grants/submit-proposal/contracts-proposal/contract-model-awards.aspx . ONR Contract specific representations and certifications can be accessed on the following page of the ONR website: http://www.onr.navy.mil/Contracts-Grants/Funding-Opportunities/Requests-for-Information.aspx.

https://www.fbo.gov/ http://www.grants.gov/ http://www.onr.navy.mil/en/Contracts-Grants/Funding-Opportunities/Broad-Agency-Announcements.aspx http://www.onr.navy.mil/en/Contracts-Grants/Funding-Opportunities/Broad-Agency-Announcements.aspx http://www.onr.navy.mil/Contracts-Grants/submit-proposal/contracts-proposal/contract-model-awards.aspx http://www.onr.navy.mil/Contracts-Grants/submit-proposal/contracts-proposal/contract-model-awards.aspx http://www.onr.navy.mil/Contracts-Grants/Funding-Opportunities/Requests-for-Information.aspx http://www.onr.navy.mil/Contracts-Grants/Funding-Opportunities/Requests-for-Information.aspx

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Examples of model grants can be found on the ONR website at the following link:

http://www.onr.navy.mil/en/Contracts-Grants/submit-proposal/grants-proposal.aspx.

I. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Numbers - 12.300

J. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Titles -

Department of Defense (DoD) Basic & Applied Scientific Research

K. Other Information –

Work funded under a BAA may include basic research, applied research and some advanced technology development (ATD) research. With regard to any restrictions on the conduct or outcome of work funded under this BAA, ONR will follow the guidance on and definition of "contracted fundamental research" as provided in the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics) Memorandum of 24 May 2010.

As defined therein the definition of "contracted fundamental research", in a DoD contractual context, includes research performed under grants and contracts that are (a) funded by Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Budget Activity 1 (Basic Research), whether performed by universities or industry or (b) funded by Budget Activity 2 (Applied Research) and performed on campus at a university. The research shall not be considered fundamental in those rare and exceptional circumstances where the applied research effort presents a high likelihood of disclosing performance characteristics of military systems or manufacturing technologies that are unique and critical to defense, and where agreement on restrictions have been recorded in the contract or grant.

Pursuant to DoD policy, research performed under grants and contracts that are a) funded by Budget Activity 2 (Applied Research) and NOT performed on-campus at a university or b) funded by Budget Activity 3 (Advanced Technology Development) does not meet the definition of "contracted fundamental research." In conformance with the USD (AT&L) guidance and National Security Decision Directive 189, ONR will place no restriction on the conduct or reporting of unclassified "contracted fundamental research," except as otherwise required by statute, regulation or Executive Order. For certain research projects, it may be possible that although the research being performed by the prime contractor is restricted research, a subcontractor may be conducting "contracted fundamental research." In those cases, it is the prime contractor's responsibility in the proposal to identify and describe the subcontracted unclassified research and include a statement confirming that the work has been scoped, negotiated, and determined to be fundamental research according to the prime contractor and research performer.

Normally, fundamental research is awarded under grants with universities and under contracts with industry. ATD is normally awarded under contracts and may require restrictions during the conduct of the research and DoD pre-publication review of research results due to subject matter sensitivity.

FAR Part 35 restricts the use of the Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs), such as this, to the acquisition of basic and applied research and that portion of advanced technology development not related to the

N00014-15-R-BA15 Page 10 of 36 development of a specific system or hardware procurement. Contracts and grants and other assistance agreements made under BAAs are for scientific study and experimentation directed towards advancing the state of the art and increasing knowledge or understanding.

As regards to the present BAA, the Research and Development efforts to be funded will consist of basic and applied research. The funds available to support awards are Budget Activity 1 and 2.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR THE ACQUISITION OF TECHNICAL, ENGINEERING AND

OTHER TYPES OF SUPPORT SERVICES.

II. AWARD INFORMATION

A. Funding Amount and Period of Performance-

ONR plans to fund multiple individual awards with nominal duration of two (2) year base period plus a one (1) year option. For planning purposes, the scope of 6.1 Basic Research efforts submitted under this BAA is expected to be equivalent to the scope of a single investigator grant. It is anticipated that the scope of 6.2 Applied Research efforts will be approximately one (1) to three (3) full-time equivalents per year. Although ONR expects the above described program plan to be executed, ONR reserves the right to make changes including the right to make no awards.

The Estimated Total Amount of Funding Available for this effort ($K):

($Millions) FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 Total

Applied Research 2M 3M 4M 4M 13M

Basic Research 1M 1.5M 1.5M 1.5M 5.5M

B. Peer Reviews-

In the case of proposals funded as basic research, ONR may utilize peer reviewers from academia, industry, and Government agencies to assist in the periodic appraisal of performance under the awards, as outlined in ONR Instruction 3966.1. Such periodic program reviews monitor the cost, schedule and technical performance of funded basic research efforts. The reviews are used in part to determine which basic research projects will receive continued ONR funding. Peer reviewers who are not U.S. Government employees must sign nondisclosure agreements before receiving full or partial copies of proposals and reports submitted by the basic research performers. Offerors may include travel costs for the Principal Investigator (PI) to attend the peer review.

III. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION

A. All responsible sources from academia and industry may submit proposals under this BAA.

Inclusive of Small Business Concerns, Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Concerns, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Concerns, Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) Concerns, Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Concerns, Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) Concerns, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Institutions (MIs)

N00014-15-R-BA15 Page 11 of 36 are all highly encouraged to submit proposals as prime contractors and as well as join others (e.g., subcontractors) in submitting proposals. However, no portion of this BAA will be set-aside for Small Businesses, HUBZones, SDVOSBs, SDBs, WOSBs, VOSBs or HBCU and MI participation, due to the desire to seek research ideas from all entities.

B. Federally Funded Research & Development Centers (FFRDCs), including Department of Energy National Laboratories, are not eligible to receive awards under this BAA. However, teaming arrangements between FFRDCs and eligible principal bidders are allowed so long as they are permitted under the sponsoring agreement between the Government and the specific FFRDC.

C. Navy laboratories and warfare centers as well as other Department of Defense and civilian agency laboratories are also not eligible to receive awards under this BAA and should not directly submit either white papers or full proposals in response to this BAA. If any such organization is interested in one or more of the programs described herein, the organization should contact an appropriate ONR POC to discuss its area of interest. The various scientific divisions of ONR are identified at http://www.onr.navy.mil/. As with FFRDCs, these types of federal organizations may team with other responsible sources from academia and industry that are submitting proposals under this BAA.

D. University Affiliated Research Centers (UARC) are eligible to submit proposals under this BAA unless precluded from doing so by their Department of Defense UARC contracts.

E. Teams are also encouraged and may submit proposals in any and all areas. However, Offerors must be willing to cooperate and exchange software, data and other information in an integrated program with other contractors, as well as with system integrators, selected by ONR.

F. Some topics cover export controlled technologies. Research in these areas is limited to "U.S.

persons" as defined in the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) - 22 CFR § 1201.1 et seq.

G. Cost sharing is not expected and will not be used as a factor during the merit review of any proposal hereunder. However, the Government may consider voluntary cost sharing if proposed.

IV. APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION

A. Application and Submission Process - White Papers and Full Proposals

Offerors may submit White Papers and Full Proposals for more than one (1) focus area. Each focus area should be submitted separately.

White Papers: White papers are required prior to submitting a Full Proposal. The due date for receipt of white papers is no later than 5:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time) on Thursday, 10 September 2015. White Papers shall be submitted by e-mail to Judah.milgram@navy.mil . Initial Navy evaluations of the white papers will be issued via e-mail notification on or about Thursday, 08 October 2015.

Full Proposals: The due date for receipt of Full Proposals is no later than 5:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time) on Thursday, 19 November 2015. Proposals exceeding the page limit may not be evaluated. Full Proposals shall be submitted be uploaded to the AMRDEC SAFE Site at https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe/. As soon as the final proposal evaluation process is completed, the http://www.onr.navy.mil/ mailto:Judah.milgram@navy.mil https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe/

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Offeror will be notified via e-mail of its selection or non-selection for an award. It is anticipated that final selections will be made on or about Thursday, 10 December 2015. .

B. Content and Format of White Papers/Full Proposals -

White Papers and Full Proposals submitted under the BAA are expected to be unclassified; however, confidential/classified responses are permitted. If a classified proposal is submitted and selected for award, the resultant contract will be unclassified. An “unclassified” Statement of Work (SOW) must accompany any classified proposal.

For both classified and unclassified proposals, a non-proprietary version of the Statement of Work must also be submitted. Do not put proprietary data or markings in or on the Statement of Work. For proposals containing data that the offeror does not want disclosed to the public for any purpose, or used by the Government except for evaluation purposes, the contractor shall mark the title page with the following legend:

“This proposal includes data that shall not be disclosed outside the Government and shall not be duplicated, used, or disclosed--in whole or in part--for any purpose other than to evaluate the proposal. If, however, a contract is awarded to this offeror as a result of--or in connection with-- the submission of this data, the Government shall have the right to duplicate, use, or disclose the data to the extent provided in the resulting contract. This restriction does not limit the Government’s right to use information contained in this data if is obtained from another source without restriction.

The data subject to this restriction are contained in (insert numbers or other identification of sheets).”

Also, mark each sheet of data that the offeror wishes to restrict with the following legend:

“Use or disclosure of data contained on this sheet is subject to the restriction on the title page of this proposal.”

Titles given to the White Papers/Full Proposals should be descriptive of the work they cover and should not be merely a copy of the title of this solicitation.

Unclassified White Paper/Full Proposal Instructions:

Unclassified White Papers and Full Proposals shall be submitted in accordance with this Section.

Special Instructions for Classified White Paper/Full Proposal Instructions:

Classified White Papers and Full Proposals shall be submitted directly to the attention of ONR's Document Control Unit at the following address:

OUTSIDE ENVELOPE (no classification marking):

Office of Naval Research Document Control Unit ONR Code 43

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875 North Randolph Street Arlington, VA 22203-1995

The inner wrapper of the classified proposal should be addressed to the attention of Judah Milgram, (judah.milgram@navy.mil), ONR Code 351 and marked in the following manner:

INNER ENVELOPE (stamped with the overall classification of the material)

Program Name: Sea Based Aviation Aircraft Science and Technology Office of Naval Research Attn: Judah Milgram ONR Code: 351 875 North Randolph Street Arlington, VA 22203-1995

All proposal submissions will be protected from unauthorized disclosure in accordance with FAR Subpart 15.207, applicable law, and DoD/DoN regulations. Offerors are expected to appropriately mark each page of their submission that contains proprietary information.

a. WHITE PAPERS

White Paper Format

• Paper Size - 8.5 x 11 inch paper

• Margins - 1 inch

• Spacing - single spaced

• Font - Times New Roman, 12 point

• Max. Number of Pages permitted: Five (5) pages (excluding cover page, resumes, bibliographies, and table of contents).

• Copies - One (1) electronic copy in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) or Word 2010 delivered via e-mail. Electronic (e-mail) submissions should be sent to the attention of the TPOC at: (judah.milgram@navy.mil). The subject line of the e-mail shall read "ONR-15-BAA-013 White Paper Submission." The white paper must be a Microsoft Word 2010 compatible, or PDF format attachment to the e-mail. There is an e-mail size limit of 5MB per e-mail.

NOTE: Do not send:

1. Hardcopies of White Papers (including Facsimiles) as only electronic submissions will be accepted and reviewed;

2. ZIP files; and

3. Password protected files.

In order to provide traceability and evidence of submission, Offerors may wish to use the "Delivery Receipt" option available from Microsoft Outlook and other email programs that will automatically generate a response when the subject email is delivered to the recipient's email system. Consult the User's Manual for your email software for further details on this feature.

White Paper Content

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• Cover Page: The Cover Page shall be labeled "WHITE PAPER", and shall include the BAA number ONR-15-BAA-013, proposed title, Offeror's administrative and technical points of contact, with telephone numbers, facsimile numbers, and Internet addresses, and shall be signed by an authorized officer.

• White Paper Technical Content: A description of the technology innovation and technical risk areas.

The paper should include the (1) Point of contact information for the Principal Investigator; (2) Relevance of the proposed effort to the appropriate research area(s) as described in Section II; (3) Technical baseline, objective of the proposed effort, and expected advancement in the technology;

(4) Technical approach that will be pursued to meet the objective; and (5) A summary of recent relevant research and/or technical breakthroughs.

• Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM): A funding plan showing requested funding per fiscal year.

• Other Requirements: Resumes and references shall be included as appropriate following the 5 page

Technical Content section.

b. FULL PROPOSALS

i. INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTRACTS (Does not include Grants)

Proposal Package:

The following five (5) documents with attachments comprise a complete proposal package:

(1) Proposal Checklist (pdf)

(2) Technical Proposal Template (Word)

(3) Cost Proposal Spreadsheet (Excel)

(4) Adequacy Checklist for Pre Award Audit (SF 1408) (as applicable)

(5) Stand-alone non-proprietary Statement of Work (SOW) in Word Format

NOTE: The electronic file name for all documents submitted under this BAA must not exceed sixty-eight (68) characters in length, including the file name extension.

Items 1 – 5 above are located at: http://www.onr.navy.mil/Contracts-Grants/submit-proposal/contracts-proposal/. All have instructions imbedded into them that will assist in completing the documents. Also, both the Proposal Checklist and the Cost Proposal Spreadsheet require completion of cost-related information. Please note that attachments can be incorporated into the Proposal Checklist.

Offerors responding to this BAA must submit a separate list of all technical data or computer software that will be furnished to the Government with other than unlimited rights. The Government will assume unlimited rights if offerors fail to identify any intellectual property restrictions in their proposals.

Include in this section all proprietary claims to results, prototypes, and/or deliverables. If no restrictions are intended, then the offeror should state “NONE.”

http://www.onr.navy.mil/Contracts-Grants/submit-proposal/contracts-proposal/cost-proposal.aspx

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For proposals below the simplified acquisition threshold (less than or equal to $150K), the Technical Proposal Template and Proposal Checklist documents, and the Cost Proposal Spreadsheet are required.

In addition, if a purchase order will be awarded, the effort will be fixed price. Purchase orders can also contain options, as long as the total amount of the base and all options does not exceed $150K.

The format requirements for any attachments are as follows:

• Paper Size- 8.5 x 11 inch paper

• Margins – 1 inch

• Spacing- single or double spaced

• Font- Times New Roman, 12 point

For proposed subcontracts or interorganizational transfers over $150,000, Offerors must provide a separate fully completed Cost Proposal Spreadsheet in support of the proposed costs. This spreadsheet, along with supporting documentation, must be provided either in a sealed envelope with the prime’s proposal or via e-mail directly to both the Program Officer and the Business Point of Contact at the same time the prime proposal is submitted. The e-mail should identify the proposal title, the prime Offeror and that the attached proposal is a subcontract, and should include a description of the effort to be performed by the subcontractor.

Offerors should submit an appropriate number of hard copies as discussed with the cognizant Program Officer of their proposal package. The electronic copy should be submitted in a secure, pdf-compatible format, except for the electronic file of the Cost Proposal Spreadsheet which must be submitted in a Microsoft Excel 2007 compatible format and the Statement of Work Template which must be submitted in Microsoft Word format. All attachments should be submitted in a secure, pdf-compatible format.

The secure pdf-compatible format is intended to prevent unauthorized editing of the proposal prior to any award. A password should not be required for opening the proposal document, but the Government must have the ability to print and copy text, images, and other content. Should an Offeror amend its proposal, the amended proposal should be submitted following the same hard and electronic copy guidance applicable to the original proposal.

Any proposed options that are identified in the Technical Proposal Template or Proposal Checklist documents, but are not fully priced out in the Cost Proposal Spreadsheet, will not be included in any resulting contract, cooperative agreement, or other transaction. If options are proposed, they must be separately priced and separate spreadsheets should be provided for the base period and each option. In addition to providing summary by period of performance (base and any options), the Contractor is also responsible for providing a breakdown of cost for each task identified in the Statement of Work. The sum of all costs by task worksheets MUST equal the total cost summary.

The electronic submission of the Excel spreadsheet should be in a “useable condition” to aid the Government with its evaluation. The term “useable condition” indicates that the spreadsheet should visibly include and separately identify within each appropriate cell any and all inputs, formulas, calculations, etc. The Offeror should not provide “value only spreadsheets” similar to a hard copy.

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Fixed Fees on ONR Contracts: The Government Objective is set in accordance with the DFARS 215.404-

71. See the below table for range and normal values:

Contract Risk Factor Contract Type Assigned Value (Normal range) Normal Value

Technical (1) 3% - 7% (2) 5% Management/Cost Control (1) 3% - 7% (2) 5% Contract Type Risk Firm Fixed Price 2% - 6% (3) 3% - 5% (4) Contract Type Risk Cost Plus Fixed Fee 0% - 1% (2) 0.5%

1. Assign a weight (percentage) to each element according to its input to the total performance risk.

The total of the two weights equal 100%.

2. Assign a weighting score relative to the Risk Factor.

3. Depends on the specific Contract Type (With/without financing, performance-based payments, and/or progress payments).

4. Depends on the specific Contract Type.

Technology Incentive (TI) is rarely utilized at ONR, because the contracts issued by ONR typically are not eligible for TI (See DFARS 215.404-71-2(c)(2)). Any consideration of TI requires strong and convincing justification in the proposal, which are then subject to negotiation and determination of a fair and reasonable fee, within the context of the specific award.

Typically the range of fee is 5% to7.5% on an ONR awarded contract.

For submission instructions, see sub-section F. Submission of White Papers and Full Proposals for Contracts, Cooperative Agreements, and Other Transaction Agreements.

For submission instructions, see sub-section F. Submission of White Papers and Full Proposals for Contracts.

ii. INSTRUCTIONS FOR GRANTS

The following information must be completed as follows in the SF 424 located on http://www.grants.gov to ensure that the application is directed to the correct individual for review:

• Block 4a, Federal Identifier - Enter the previous ONR award number, or N00014 if the application is not a renewal or expansion of an existing award;

• Block 4b, Agency Routing Number - Enter the three (3) digit Program Office Code and the Program Officer’s name, last name first, in brackets (e.g., 331 [Smith, John]).

o Where the Program Office Code only has two digits, add a “0” directly after the Code (e.g., Code 30 would be entered as 300) o Use Code 600 for ONRG).

Applicants who fail to provide a Program Officer code identifier may receive a notice that their proposal is rejected.

http://www.grants.gov/

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To attach the technical proposal in Grants.gov, download the application package Click on "Research and Related Other Project Information" Click on "Move form to Submission List" Click on "Open Form"

You will see a new PDF document titled "Research & Related Other Project Information" Block 7 is the Project Summary/Abstract -> click on "Add attachment" and attach the project summary/abstract. (You will not be able to type in the box, therefore, save the file you want to attach as Project Summary or Abstract). Abstracts of all funded research projects will be posted on a TBD website. Do not include proprietary or confidential information. Use only characters available on a standard QWERTY keyboard. Spell out all Greek letters, other non-English letters and symbols.

Graphics are not allowed and there is a 500 character limit.

Block 8 is the Project Narrative -> click on Add attachment and attach the technical proposal. (Save the file as Volume I- Technical Proposal since you will not be able to type in the box).

Full Proposal Format - Volume 1 - Technical Proposal and Volume 2 - Cost Proposal

• Paper Size - 8.5 x 11 inch paper

• Margins - 1 inch

• Spacing - single-spaced

• Font - Times New Roman, 12 point

• Number of Pages - Volume (Vol. 1) is limited to no more than thirty (30) pages. Limitations within sections of the proposal, if any, are indicated in the individual descriptions shown below.

The cover page, table of contents, resumes and current and pending project and proposal submissions information are excluded from the page limitations. Full Proposals exceeding the page limit may not be evaluated. There are no page limitations to Volume 2.

• Copies - the full proposal should be submitted electronically at http://www.grants.gov as delineated in paragraph 5 below.

NOTE: The electronic file name for all documents submitted under this BAA must not exceed 68 characters in length, including the file name extension.

Volume 1: Technical Proposal

• Cover Page: This should include the words "Technical Proposal" and the following:

o BAA number ONR-15-BAA-013;

o Title of Proposal;

o Identity of prime Offeror and complete list of subawards, if applicable;

o Technical contact (name, address, phone/fax, electronic mail address) o Administrative/business contact (name, address, phone/fax, electronic mail address) and;

o Proposed period of performance (identify both the base period and any options, if included);

o Signature of Authorized Representative.

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• Table of Contents: An alphabetical/numerical listing of the sections within the proposal, including corresponding page numbers.

• Technical Approach and Justification: The major portion of the proposal should consist of a clear description of the technical approach being proposed. This discussion should provide the technical foundation / justification for pursuing this particular approach / direction and why one would expect it to enable the objectives of the proposal to be met.

For Basic Research:

• Future Naval Relevance (where applicable): A description of potential Naval relevance and contributions of the effort to the agency’s specific mission.

For Applied Research:

• Operational Naval Concept (where applicable): A description of the project objectives, the concept of operation for the new capabilities to be delivered, and the expected operational performance improvements.

• Operational Utility Assessment Plan (where applicable): A plan for demonstrating and evaluating the operational effectiveness of the Offeror’s proposed products or processes in field experiments and/or tests in a simulated environment.

• Project Schedule and Milestones: A summary of the schedule of events and milestones:

• Reports:

The following are sample reports that are typically required under a research effort:

- Technical and Financial Progress Reports

- Final Report

Grants do not include the delivery of software, prototypes, and other hardware deliverables.

• Management Approach: Identify which personnel and subcontractors/subrecipients (if any) will be involved. Include a description of the facilities that are required for the proposed effort, along with a description of any Government Furnished Equipment/Hardware/ Software/Information required, by version and/or configuration.

• Current and Pending Project and Proposal Submissions: Offerors are required to provide information on all current and pending support for ongoing projects and proposals, including subsequent funding in the case of continuing contracts, grants, and other assistance agreements.

Offerors shall provide the following information of any related or complementary proposal submissions from whatever sources (e.g., ONR, Federal, State, local or foreign government agencies, public or private foundations, industrial or other commercial organizations).

The information must be provided for all proposals already submitted or submitted concurrently to

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1) Title of Proposal and Summary;

2) Source and amount of funding (annual direct costs; provide contract and/or grant numbers for current contracts/grants);

3) Percentage effort devoted to each project;

4) Identity of prime Offeror and complete list of subwards, if applicable;

5) Technical contact (name, address, phone/fax, electronic mail address)

6) Administrative/business contact (name, address, phone/fax, electronic mail address);

7) Period of performance (differentiate basic effort);

8) The proposed project and all other projects or activities requiring a portion of time of the Principal Investigator and other senior personnel must be included, even if they receive no salary support from the project(s);

9) The total award amount for the entire award period covered (including indirect costs) must be shown as well as the number of person-months or labor hours per year to be devoted to the project, regardless of source of support; and

10) State how projects are related to the proposed effort and indicate degree of overlap.

• Qualifications: A discussion of the qualifications of the proposed Principal Investigator and any other key personnel. Include resumes or curricula vitae for the Principal Investigator, other key personnel and consultants. The resumes/curricula vitae shall be attached to the proposal.

VOLUME 2: Cost Proposal

The offeror must use the Grants.gov forms (including the Standard Form (SF) Research and Related (R&R) Budget Form) from the application package template associated with the BAA on the Grants.gov web site located at http://www.grants.gov/. If options are proposed, the cost proposal must provide the pricing information for the option periods; failure to include the proposed costs for the option periods will result in the options not being included in the award. Assume that performance will start no earlier than three (3) months after the date the cost proposal is submitted.

A separate Adobe .pdf document should be included in the application that provides appropriate justification and/or supporting documentation for each element of cost proposed.

Part 1: The itemized budget must include the following

• Direct Labor…