Laser Simulation, Analysis and Research (LSAR)

Awarded Vendors: Leidos, Inc.. Contract Award Dollar Amount: $15,246,130. Contract Award Date: 2018-08-23.

The proposal due date for BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 Call 0007 entitled "System Integration and Field Testing (SIFT)" has been extended from 31 July 2018 to 03 August 2018. Proposals are due 1200 MST on 03 August 2018..

Added: Jul 23, 2018 5:15 pm The proposal due date for BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 Call 0007 entitled "System Integration and Field Testing (SIFT)" has been extended from 31 July 2018 to 03 August 2018. Proposals are due 1200 MST on 03 August 2018.

BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 Call 0007 entitled "System Integration and Field Testing (SIFT)" has been posted as an amendment to the LSAR BAA. Proposals are due 1200 MST on 31 July 2018..

Added: Jun 29, 2018 3:01 pm BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 Call 0007 entitled "System Integration and Field Testing (SIFT)" has been posted as an amendment to the LSAR BAA. Proposals are due 1200 MST on 31 July 2018.

Awarded Vendors: Leidos, Inc,. Contract Award Dollar Amount: $13,870,939. Contract Award Date: 2018-04-09.

Amendment 02 to FLARE (CALL 0006), BAA-RVKD-2014-0001

A. Amendment-02 is issued to revise the following changes and incorporate into FLARE Call-0006:

1. BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 Call 0006, FLARE: Paragraph 2.0, Contracting points of contact for this Call (Contract Specialist's email address, Page 1 of 6) hereby corrected as follows:

From: kim.armstrong.2@us.af.mil
To: kim.armstrong.3@us.af.mil

2. Statement of Objectives (SOO), Paragraph 5.4 (Page 4 of 5, Attachment 1) of the FLARE Call 0006 is hereby amended as follows:

From: Ruggedized packaging and prototype system development of high energy fiber laser beam combing systems may also be of long-term interest.

To: Ruggedized packaging and prototype system development of high energy fiber laser beam combining systems may also be of long-term interest.

B. All other information remains unchanged.

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Added: Mar 28, 2018 12:41 pm Amendment 02 to FLARE (CALL 0006), BAA-RVKD-2014-0001

A.  Amendment-02 is issued to revise the following changes and incorporate into FLARE Call-0006:

     1.  BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 Call 0006, FLARE: Paragraph 2.0, Contracting points of contact for this Call (Contract Specialist's email address, Page 1 of 6) hereby corrected as follows:

          From: kim.armstrong.2@us.af.mil 
         
          To:     kim.armstrong.3@us.af.mil

     2.  Statement of Objectives (SOO), Paragraph 5.4 (Page 4 of 5, Attachment 1) of the FLARE Call 0006 is hereby amended as follows:

          From: Ruggedized packaging and prototype system development of high energy fiber laser beam combing systems may also be of long-term interest.

          To: Ruggedized packaging and prototype system development of high energy fiber laser beam combining systems may also be of long-term interest.

B.  All other information remains unchanged.

Amendment-01 to FLARE (CALL 0006)-Funding Profile.

Paragraph 10.0 of the FLARE Call 0006 is amended as follows:
10.0 ANTICIPATED FUNDING: The anticipated funding for this effort (not per contract or award) is:

FY18 $1.5M
FY19 $5M
FY20 $2M
FY21 $2M
FY22 $3M
FY23 $2M
TOTAL $15.5M

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

All other information remains unchanged.

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Added: Mar 22, 2018 5:49 pm

Amendment-01 to FLARE (CALL 0006)-Funding Profile.

Paragraph 10.0 of the FLARE Call 0006 is amended as follows:
10.0 ANTICIPATED FUNDING: The anticipated funding for this effort (not per contract or award) is:

FY18 $1.5M
FY19 $5M
FY20 $2M
FY21 $2M
FY22 $3M
FY23 $2M
TOTAL $15.5M

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

All other information remains unchanged.

**PLEASE ADHERE TO THE LSAR BAA, BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 AMENDMENT 02 (DATED 06 MARCH 2017), WHEN RESPONDING TO CALL 0006 UNLESS OTHERWISE AMENDED IN THIS CALL**

BAA RVKD-2014-0001 Call 0006

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT TITLE: Laser Simulation, Analysis and Research (LSAR)

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: BAA RVKD-2014-0001

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT TITLE: High Energy Combinable Fiber Laser Advanced Research Effort (FLARE)

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: BAA RVKD-2014-0001 Call 0006
_______________________________________________________________________

1.0 TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT (TPOC): The Technical Point of Contact for this Call is:

Mr. Anthony Sanchez
AFRL/RDL
Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773
Phone: 505-846-9204
E-mail: anthony.sanchez.7@us.af.mil

2.0 CONTRACTING POINTS OF CONTACT: The Contracting Points of Contact for this Call are:

Ms. Kim Armstrong
Contract Specialist (Primary)
AFRL Det 8/RVK
Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773
Phone: 505-846-0077
E-mail: kim.armstrong.2@us.af.mil

Ms. Deborah Moyer
Contracting Officer (Alternate)
AFRL Det 8/RVK
Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773
Phone: 505-846-2040
E-mail: deborah.moyer@us.af.mil

3.0 PROPOSAL DUE DATE AND TIME: PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED AGAINST THIS CALL. Proposals are due no later than (NLT) 12:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST) on 18 April 2018. Proposals received after the due date and time shall be governed by the provisions of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.215-1(c)(3) Instructions to Offerors - Competitive Acquisitions (JAN 2017).

4.0 APPLICABILITY OF BASELINE BAA: All requirements of Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), BAA RVKD-2014-0001 (herein referred to as the "baseline BAA"), apply unless specifically amended and addressed in this Call. The baseline BAA contains information applicable to all Calls issued under the baseline BAA. The baseline BAA provides information on the overall program, proposal preparation and submission requirements, proposal review and evaluation criteria, award administration, agency contacts, etc. Offerors are advised to review the baseline BAA thoroughly when preparing proposals in response to this Call. For complete information regarding the baseline BAA, refer to BAA RVKD-2014-0001 on FedBizOpps (FBO) at http://www.fbo.gov.

For Call 0006, the baseline BAA, Amendment 2, Full Text Announcement, Paragraph 11 - Subcontracting Plans, is amended and replaced with:

Pursuant to Section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. § 637(d)) and FAR 19.702(a)(1), small business subcontracting plans are required (unless an exemption applies) in accordance with the thresholds in FAR 19.702. Reference FAR 19.704, DFARS 219.704 and AFFARS 5319.704(a)(1) for subcontracting plan requirements. The subcontracting plan is part of the business/cost proposal and is not included in the page count.

Government policy is to enable small business and small disadvantaged business concerns to be considered fairly as subcontractors to organizations performing work as prime contractors or subcontractors under Government contracts, and to ensure that prime contractors and subcontractors carry out this policy. Based on Small Business Administration recommendations, there may be significant opportunities for small businesses to fulfil potential subcontracting opportunities. These opportunities may range as high as 40% to 50% depending upon the uniquely proposed solution. Any discussions of the specific goals for a particular offeror will be based upon their proposed solution. In accordance with FAR 19.702 Statutory Requirements, if the apparent successful offeror fails to negotiate a subcontracting plan acceptable to the Contracting Officer within the time limit prescribed by the Contracting Officer, the offeror will be ineligible for award.

5.0 CALL AMENDMENTS: Offerors should monitor FedBizOps (http://www.fbo.gov) for any additional notices to this Call that may permit extensions to the proposal submission date or otherwise modify this announcement.

6.0 TYPE OF CONTRACT: The Air Force reserves the right to award the appropriate contract type under the FAR best suited to the nature of research proposed. It is anticipated that any award(s) made as a result of this Call will generally be a Cost Plus Fixed Fee Completion type contract. Cost reimbursement type contracts require successful offerors to have an accounting system considered adequate for tracking costs applicable to the contract. No opportunities for Assistance Instruments or Grants exist under this Call.

7.0 ANTICIPATED NUMBER OF AWARDS: The Air Force anticipates awarding a minimum of one contract. However, the Air Force reserves the right to make multiple awards or no awards pursuant to this Call. The Air Force also reserves the right to award only a part of a proposal.

8.0 INTENT TO PROPOSE: Potential offerors are requested to advise the primary contracting point of contact if they intend to submit a proposal in response to the Call. Such notification is merely a courtesy and is not a commitment by the offeror to submit a proposal.

9.0 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION:

This Call is issued under Technical Area #6 of the baseline BAA. Proposals for any other technology area identified in the baseline BAA will not be accepted at this time.

The specific technical objectives for this effort are provided in the FLARE Statement of Objectives (SOO) included as Attachment 1 to this Call.

10.0 ANTICIPATED FUNDING: The anticipated funding for this effort (not per contract or award) is:

FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 TOTAL
$1.5M $14.5M $2M $2M $3M $2M $25M

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

11.0 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: It is intended for this effort to be a 57 month technical effort with an additional 3 months allotted for final report preparation and administrative closeout actions.

12.0 DELIVERABLES: The following Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRLs) are representative of the data deliverables required for this effort. CDRLs (A001-A007) are included as Attachment 3 to this Call.

CDRL A001: Status Report
CDRL A002: Scientific and Technical Report
CDRL A003: Computer Product End Item Documentation
CDRL A004: Computer Software Product
CDRL A005: System Safety Program Plan
CDRL A006: Developmental Design Drawings/Models and Associated Lists
CDRL A007: Technical Report Study/Services

The contractor may be required to deliver any hardware developed under this effort, as required, by the Government Program Manager.

13.0 OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION:

13.1 Security Requirements: The program security classification for this effort is SECRET. The contractor shall implement and maintain a security program to accomplish this effort, which includes the following: 1) Staff and maintain personnel with sufficient security clearance levels that allow access to data necessary to execute the program; and 2) Ensure use of appropriate security protection methods commensurate with the security level of the material provided and generated during performance of this effort required by the DoD Contract Security Classification Specification, DD Form 254. A DD Form 254 is provided as Attachment 4 to this Call.

Operations Security (OPSEC) and specific program protection procedures, policies and awareness are essential to reducing program vulnerability from successful adversary collection and exploitation of critical information and critical program information (CPI). OPSEC guidance and the Critical Information Lists (CIL) will be provided upon request by the AFRL/RDMS OPSEC/Program Protection Office (POC: Ms. Cyndee Varela (505-846-6244)). While working on the Government installation, OPSEC guidance and training will be provided by the AFRL/RDMS OPSEC Office. Program protection measures shall be implemented in conjunction with OPSEC and the applicable Security Classification Guides (SCGs).

13.2 Research areas may involve technology that is subject to U.S. Export Control Laws. Therefore, only offerors who are certified by the Defense Logistics Information Service (DLIS) may submit proposals. For questions, contact DLIS on-line at http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp or at DLIS, US/Canada Joint Certification Center, Federal Center, 74 North Washington, Battle Creek MI 49017-4312, (800) 352-3572. DFARs 252.225-7048, Export Controlled Items (JUN 2013) is incorporated into this solicitation and will be in ALL award(s) resulting from the Call.

13.3 Due to the nature of this requirement no foreign companies at the prime or subcontractor level shall be considered for award.

13.4 Per DFARS 227.7103-1, DoD policy is to acquire only the technical data and the rights in that data, necessary to satisfy Government needs. In exchange for paying for development of the data, the Government expects Technical Data, Non-Commercial Software (NCS), and NCS Documentation developed entirely at Government expense to be delivered with "Unlimited Rights" or a minimum of "Government Purpose Rights" for each contract awarded in response to this announcement. Technical Data, NCS and NCS Documentation to be delivered with other than "Unlimited Rights," as defined in DFARS 227.7103-5, should be identified in DFARS clause 252.227-7017 (see Section K - Representations and Certifications included as Attachment 6 to this Call) and included in the Business Section of the proposal.

13.5 Proposal Review and Evaluation:

Criteria: The selection of one or more sources for award will be based on an evaluation of each offeror's proposal to determine the overall merit of the proposal in response to this announcement. Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 35.016. The proposals will be evaluated utilizing a peer or scientific review process and shall be evaluated based on the following criteria that are listed in descending order of importance:

(1) Overall scientific and technical merits of the proposal;

(2) Importance to AFRL/RDL program requirements;

(3) Fund(s) availability

Once selected for possible award, price will be analyzed for Cost Realism and Price Reasonableness. Cost/Price is considered, but not an evaluation criterion.

Adequate Price Competition is determined not to exist due to the absence of precise Government specifications and the expected varying technical approaches proposed for R & D efforts. The Government will require certified cost or pricing data in accordance with FAR 15.403-4.

13.6 Review and Selection Process: Technical proposals will be evaluated and then categorized as follows:

a) Highly Recommended: Well-conceived scientifically and technically sound proposal pertinent to accomplish program goals and objectives. Proposals are recommended for acceptance (subject to availability of funds) and normally are displaced only by other Highly Recommended proposals.

b) Selectable: Scientifically or technically sound proposals that may require additional development. Proposals are recommended for acceptance if sufficient funding is available, but at a lower priority than Highly Recommended proposals. To ensure a diversity of approaches, a Selectable proposal may be prioritized over a Highly Recommended proposal if the Selectable proposal presents a unique approach unlike any of the Highly Recommended proposals.

c) Not Selectable: Proposal is not technically sound or does not meet agency needs. Even if sufficient funding existed, the proposal should not be funded.

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

13.7 Government Furnished Property (GFP): Scheduled GFP is not anticipated for this Call. However, any GFP requested for this effort shall be proposed in accordance with the baseline BAA.

13.8 Base Support: Base Support (including necessary space and equipment in Buildings 760, 761, Laboratories 2, 7, 119, 120 and 121) is available for offerors and shall be proposed in accordance with the FLARE Supplemental Requirements included as Attachment 2 to this Call.

13.9 Travel: Some travel is anticipated in support of this effort (technical interchange meetings, conferences, etc.) and shall be proposed and conducted in accordance with the FLARE Supplemental Requirements included as Attachment 2 of this Call.

13.10 Section K - Representations and Certifications: Section K - Representations and Certifications, provided as Attachment 5 of this Call, shall be completed and submitted as a part of the Business Section of the proposal.

13.11 Organizational Conflict of Interest: In accordance with FAR 9.5, Organizational and Consultant Conflicts of Interest, the Contracting Officer has analyzed the planned acquisition and determined that no known actual or potential Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) situations exist with respect to this Call. Offerors shall perform their own OCI analysis (to include potential OCI situations associated with any teammates or subcontractors). Offerors shall describe the methodology used to identify any actual or potential OCI issues. If the offeror identifies any actual or potential OCIs, the offeror shall provide an OCI mitigation plan. The contractor's mitigation plan will be determined acceptable solely at the discretion of the Contracting Officer. If the Contracting Officer unilaterally determines any such OCI cannot be satisfactorily avoided or mitigated, the Contracting Officer may affect other remedies deemed necessary.

14.0 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: All proposals shall be submitted in accordance with the baseline BAA, BAA RVKD-2014-0001, and no later than the date and time identified in Paragraph 3.0. Proposals shall be submitted to the primary contracting point of contact at the address listed below. Hand-delivered proposals, or proposals sent via facsimile or any other electronic means will NOT be accepted.

AFRL Det 8/RVKDL
ATTN: Kim Armstrong (Contract Specialist)
3550 Aberdeen Avenue SE
Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773

14.1 DO NOT SUBMIT CLASSIFIED INFORMATION IN THE PROPOSAL.

14.2 The Technical Proposal shall not exceed 30 pages and shall be submitted in accordance with the requirements specified in the baseline BAA, BAA RVKD-2014-0001.
15.0 WORK AUTHORIZATION: Submission of proposal(s) is not an authorization to commence work or to incur any costs to perform the work described above. Work is not to be implemented until appropriate contractual actions are taken. Any work performed or expense incurred prior to that time (including bid and proposal costs) will be at the offeror's own risk.

16.0 ATTACHMENTS:

Attachment 1: FLARE Statement of Objectives (SOO), dated 15 March 2018
Attachment 2: FLARE Supplemental Requirements, dated 15 March 2018
Attachment 3: FLARE Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL), DD Form 1423, A001- A007,
dated 27 November 2017
Attachment 4: FLARE Department of Defense (DoD) Security Classification Specification,
DD Form 254, dated 07 November 2017
Attachment 5: Section K - Representations and Certifications, dated 15 March 2018
Attachment 6: Cost Proposal Instructions, dated 30 September 2017

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Added: Mar 19, 2018 1:39 pm

**PLEASE ADHERE TO THE LSAR BAA, BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 AMENDMENT 02 (DATED 06 MARCH 2017), WHEN RESPONDING TO CALL 0006 UNLESS OTHERWISE AMENDED IN THIS CALL**

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT TITLE: Laser Simulation, Analysis and Research (LSAR)

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: BAA RVKD-2014-0001

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT TITLE: High Energy Combinable Fiber Laser Advanced Research Effort (FLARE)

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: BAA RVKD-2014-0001 Call 0006
_______________________________________________________________________

1.0 TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT (TPOC): The Technical Point of Contact for this Call is:

Mr. Anthony Sanchez
AFRL/RDL
Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773
Phone: 505-846-9204
E-mail: anthony.sanchez.7@us.af.mil

2.0 CONTRACTING POINTS OF CONTACT: The Contracting Points of Contact for this Call are:

Ms. Kim Armstrong
Contract Specialist (Primary)
AFRL Det 8/RVK
Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773
Phone: 505-846-0077
E-mail: kim.armstrong.2@us.af.mil

Ms. Deborah Moyer
Contracting Officer (Alternate)
AFRL Det 8/RVK
Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773
Phone: 505-846-2040
E-mail: deborah.moyer@us.af.mil

3.0 PROPOSAL DUE DATE AND TIME: PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED AGAINST THIS CALL. Proposals are due no later than (NLT) 12:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST) on 18 April 2018. Proposals received after the due date and time shall be governed by the provisions of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.215-1(c)(3) Instructions to Offerors - Competitive Acquisitions (JAN 2017).

4.0 APPLICABILITY OF BASELINE BAA: All requirements of Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), BAA RVKD-2014-0001 (herein referred to as the "baseline BAA"), apply unless specifically amended and addressed in this Call. The baseline BAA contains information applicable to all Calls issued under the baseline BAA. The baseline BAA provides information on the overall program, proposal preparation and submission requirements, proposal review and evaluation criteria, award administration, agency contacts, etc. Offerors are advised to review the baseline BAA thoroughly when preparing proposals in response to this Call. For complete information regarding the baseline BAA, refer to BAA RVKD-2014-0001 on FedBizOpps (FBO) at http://www.fbo.gov.

For Call 0006, the baseline BAA, Amendment 2, Full Text Announcement, Paragraph 11 - Subcontracting Plans, is amended and replaced with:

Pursuant to Section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. § 637(d)) and FAR 19.702(a)(1), small business subcontracting plans are required (unless an exemption applies) in accordance with the thresholds in FAR 19.702. Reference FAR 19.704, DFARS 219.704 and AFFARS 5319.704(a)(1) for subcontracting plan requirements. The subcontracting plan is part of the business/cost proposal and is not included in the page count.

Government policy is to enable small business and small disadvantaged business concerns to be considered fairly as subcontractors to organizations performing work as prime contractors or subcontractors under Government contracts, and to ensure that prime contractors and subcontractors carry out this policy. Based on Small Business Administration recommendations, there may be significant opportunities for small businesses to fulfil potential subcontracting opportunities. These opportunities may range as high as 40% to 50% depending upon the uniquely proposed solution. Any discussions of the specific goals for a particular offeror will be based upon their proposed solution. In accordance with FAR 19.702 Statutory Requirements, if the apparent successful offeror fails to negotiate a subcontracting plan acceptable to the Contracting Officer within the time limit prescribed by the Contracting Officer, the offeror will be ineligible for award.

5.0 CALL AMENDMENTS: Offerors should monitor FedBizOps (http://www.fbo.gov) for any additional notices to this Call that may permit extensions to the proposal submission date or otherwise modify this announcement.

6.0 TYPE OF CONTRACT: The Air Force reserves the right to award the appropriate contract type under the FAR best suited to the nature of research proposed. It is anticipated that any award(s) made as a result of this Call will generally be a Cost Plus Fixed Fee Completion type contract. Cost reimbursement type contracts require successful offerors to have an accounting system considered adequate for tracking costs applicable to the contract. No opportunities for Assistance Instruments or Grants exist under this Call.

7.0 ANTICIPATED NUMBER OF AWARDS: The Air Force anticipates awarding a minimum of one contract. However, the Air Force reserves the right to make multiple awards or no awards pursuant to this Call. The Air Force also reserves the right to award only a part of a proposal.

8.0 INTENT TO PROPOSE: Potential offerors are requested to advise the primary contracting point of contact if they intend to submit a proposal in response to the Call. Such notification is merely a courtesy and is not a commitment by the offeror to submit a proposal.

9.0 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION:

This Call is issued under Technical Area #6 of the baseline BAA. Proposals for any other technology area identified in the baseline BAA will not be accepted at this time.

The specific technical objectives for this effort are provided in the FLARE Statement of Objectives (SOO) included as Attachment 1 to this Call.

10.0 ANTICIPATED FUNDING: The anticipated funding for this effort (not per contract or award) is:

FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 TOTAL
$1.5M $14.5M $2M $2M $3M $2M $25M

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

11.0 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: It is intended for this effort to be a 57 month technical effort with an additional 3 months allotted for final report preparation and administrative closeout actions.

12.0 DELIVERABLES: The following Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRLs) are representative of the data deliverables required for this effort. CDRLs (A001-A007) are included as Attachment 3 to this Call.

CDRL A001: Status Report
CDRL A002: Scientific and Technical Report
CDRL A003: Computer Product End Item Documentation
CDRL A004: Computer Software Product
CDRL A005: System Safety Program Plan
CDRL A006: Developmental Design Drawings/Models and Associated Lists
CDRL A007: Technical Report Study/Services

The contractor may be required to deliver any hardware developed under this effort, as required, by the Government Program Manager.

13.0 OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION:

13.1 Security Requirements: The program security classification for this effort is SECRET. The contractor shall implement and maintain a security program to accomplish this effort, which includes the following: 1) Staff and maintain personnel with sufficient security clearance levels that allow access to data necessary to execute the program; and 2) Ensure use of appropriate security protection methods commensurate with the security level of the material provided and generated during performance of this effort required by the DoD Contract Security Classification Specification, DD Form 254. A DD Form 254 is provided as Attachment 4 to this Call.

Operations Security (OPSEC) and specific program protection procedures, policies and awareness are essential to reducing program vulnerability from successful adversary collection and exploitation of critical information and critical program information (CPI). OPSEC guidance and the Critical Information Lists (CIL) will be provided upon request by the AFRL/RDMS OPSEC/Program Protection Office (POC: Ms. Cyndee Varela (505-846-6244)). While working on the Government installation, OPSEC guidance and training will be provided by the AFRL/RDMS OPSEC Office. Program protection measures shall be implemented in conjunction with OPSEC and the applicable Security Classification Guides (SCGs).

13.2 Research areas may involve technology that is subject to U.S. Export Control Laws. Therefore, only offerors who are certified by the Defense Logistics Information Service (DLIS) may submit proposals. For questions, contact DLIS on-line at http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp or at DLIS, US/Canada Joint Certification Center, Federal Center, 74 North Washington, Battle Creek MI 49017-4312, (800) 352-3572. DFARs 252.225-7048, Export Controlled Items (JUN 2013) is incorporated into this solicitation and will be in ALL award(s) resulting from the Call.

13.3 Due to the nature of this requirement no foreign companies at the prime or subcontractor level shall be considered for award.

13.4 Per DFARS 227.7103-1, DoD policy is to acquire only the technical data and the rights in that data, necessary to satisfy Government needs. In exchange for paying for development of the data, the Government expects Technical Data, Non-Commercial Software (NCS), and NCS Documentation developed entirely at Government expense to be delivered with "Unlimited Rights" or a minimum of "Government Purpose Rights" for each contract awarded in response to this announcement. Technical Data, NCS and NCS Documentation to be delivered with other than "Unlimited Rights," as defined in DFARS 227.7103-5, should be identified in DFARS clause 252.227-7017 (see Section K - Representations and Certifications included as Attachment 6 to this Call) and included in the Business Section of the proposal.

13.5 Proposal Review and Evaluation:

Criteria: The selection of one or more sources for award will be based on an evaluation of each offeror's proposal to determine the overall merit of the proposal in response to this announcement. Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 35.016. The proposals will be evaluated utilizing a peer or scientific review process and shall be evaluated based on the following criteria that are listed in descending order of importance:

(1) Overall scientific and technical merits of the proposal;

(2) Importance to AFRL/RDL program requirements;

(3) Fund(s) availability

Once selected for possible award, price will be analyzed for Cost Realism and Price Reasonableness. Cost/Price is considered, but not an evaluation criterion.

Adequate Price Competition is determined not to exist due to the absence of precise Government specifications and the expected varying technical approaches proposed for R&D efforts. The Government will require certified cost or pricing data in accordance with FAR 15.403-4.

13.6 Review and Selection Process: Technical proposals will be evaluated and then categorized as follows:

a) Highly Recommended: Well-conceived scientifically and technically sound proposal pertinent to accomplish program goals and objectives. Proposals are recommended for acceptance (subject to availability of funds) and normally are displaced only by other Highly Recommended proposals.

b) Selectable: Scientifically or technically sound proposals that may require additional development. Proposals are recommended for acceptance if sufficient funding is available, but at a lower priority than Highly Recommended proposals. To ensure a diversity of approaches, a Selectable proposal may be prioritized over a Highly Recommended proposal if the Selectable proposal presents a unique approach unlike any of the Highly Recommended proposals.

c) Not Selectable: Proposal is not technically sound or does not meet agency needs. Even if sufficient funding existed, the proposal should not be funded.

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

13.7 Government Furnished Property (GFP): Scheduled GFP is not anticipated for this Call. However, any GFP requested for this effort shall be proposed in accordance with the baseline BAA.

13.8 Base Support: Base Support (including necessary space and equipment in Buildings 760, 761, Laboratories 2, 7, 119, 120 and 121) is available for offerors and shall be proposed in accordance with the FLARE Supplemental Requirements included as Attachment 2 to this Call.

13.9 Travel: Some travel is anticipated in support of this effort (technical interchange meetings, conferences, etc.) and shall be proposed and conducted in accordance with the FLARE Supplemental Requirements included as Attachment 2 of this Call.

13.10 Section K - Representations and Certifications: Section K - Representations and Certifications, provided as Attachment 5 of this Call, shall be completed and submitted as a part of the Business Section of the proposal.

13.11 Organizational Conflict of Interest: In accordance with FAR 9.5, Organizational and Consultant Conflicts of Interest, the Contracting Officer has analyzed the planned acquisition and determined that no known actual or potential Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) situations exist with respect to this Call. Offerors shall perform their own OCI analysis (to include potential OCI situations associated with any teammates or subcontractors). Offerors shall describe the methodology used to identify any actual or potential OCI issues. If the offeror identifies any actual or potential OCIs, the offeror shall provide an OCI mitigation plan. The contractor's mitigation plan will be determined acceptable solely at the discretion of the Contracting Officer. If the Contracting Officer unilaterally determines any such OCI cannot be satisfactorily avoided or mitigated, the Contracting Officer may affect other remedies deemed necessary.

14.0 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: All proposals shall be submitted in accordance with the baseline BAA, BAA RVKD-2014-0001, and no later than the date and time identified in Paragraph 3.0. Proposals shall be submitted to the primary contracting point of contact at the address listed below. Hand-delivered proposals, or proposals sent via facsimile or any other electronic means will NOT be accepted.

AFRL Det 8/RVKDL
ATTN: Kim Armstrong (Contract Specialist)
3550 Aberdeen Avenue SE
Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773

14.1 DO NOT SUBMIT CLASSIFIED INFORMATION IN THE PROPOSAL.

14.2 The Technical Proposal shall not exceed 30 pages and shall be submitted in accordance with the requirements specified in the baseline BAA, BAA RVKD-2014-0001.

15.0 WORK AUTHORIZATION: Submission of proposal(s) is not an authorization to commence work or to incur any costs to perform the work described above. Work is not to be implemented until appropriate contractual actions are taken. Any work performed or expense incurred prior to that time (including bid and proposal costs) will be at the offeror's own risk.

16.0 ATTACHMENTS:

Attachment 1: FLARE Statement of Objectives (SOO), dated 15 March 2018
Attachment 2: FLARE Supplemental Requirements, dated 15 March 2018
Attachment 3: FLARE Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL), DD Form 1423, A001- A007,
dated 27 November 2017
Attachment 4: FLARE Department of Defense (DoD) Security Classification Specification,
DD Form 254, dated 07 November 2017
Attachment 5: Section K - Representations and Certifications, dated 15 March 2018
Attachment 6: Cost Proposal Instructions, dated 30 September 2017

THE PROPOSAL DUE DATE FOR BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 CALL 0005 (COSMO) HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 1200 (MST) 29 NOVEMBER 2017..

Added: Nov 15, 2017 12:11 pm THE PROPOSAL DUE DATE FOR BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 CALL 0005 (COSMO) HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 1200 (MST) 29 NOVEMBER 2017.

**PLEASE ADHERE TO THE LSAR BAA, BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 AMENDMENT 02 (DATED 06 MARCH 2017), WHEN RESPONDING TO CALL 0005**

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Air Force Research Laboratory
Directed Energy Directorate
BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 Call 0005

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT TITLE: Laser Simulation, Analysis and Research (LSAR)

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: BAA-RVKD-2014-0001

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT TITLE: COmpact Semiconductor Mid- and long-wave Opto-electronics research (COSMO)

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 Call 0005
_______________________________________________________________________
1.0 TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT (TPOC): The Technical Point of Contact for this Call is:

Dr. Chunte Lu
AFRL/RDL
Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773
Phone: 505-846-6941
E-mail: chunte.lu.2@us.af.mil

2.0 CONTRACTING POINTS OF CONTACT: The Contracting Points of Contact for this Call are:

Mr. Marcus Mansfield
Contract Specialist (Primary)
AFRL Det 8/RVK
Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773
Phone: 505-846-4421
E-mail: marcus.mansfield@us.af.mil

Ms. Luisa A. Martinez-Medina
Contracting Officer (Alternate)
AFRL Det 8/RVK
Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773
Phone: 505-846-6865
E-mail: luisa.martinez-medina@us.af.mil

3.0 PROPOSAL DUE DATE AND TIME: PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED AGAINST THIS CALL. Proposals are due no later than (NLT) 12:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST) on 21 November 2017. Proposals received after the due date and time shall be governed by the provisions of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.215-1(c)(3) Instructions to Offerors - Competitive Acquisitions (JAN 2017).

4.0 APPLICABILITY OF BASELINE BAA: All requirements of Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 (herein referred to as the "baseline BAA"), apply unless specifically amended and addressed in this Call. The baseline BAA contains information applicable to all Calls issued under the BAA. The baseline BAA provides information on the overall program, proposal preparation and submission requirements, proposal review and evaluation criteria, award administration, agency contacts, etc. Offerors are advised to review the baseline BAA thoroughly when preparing proposals in response to this Call. For complete information regarding the baseline BAA, refer to BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 on FedBizOpps (FBO) at http://www.fbo.gov.

5.0 CALL AMENDMENTS: Offerors should monitor FBO (http://www.fbo.gov) for any additional notices to this Call that may permit extensions to the proposal submission date or otherwise modify this announcement.

6.0 TYPE OF CONTRACT: The Air Force reserves the right to award the appropriate contract type under the FAR best suited to the nature of research proposed. It is anticipated that any award(s) made as a result of this Call will generally be a Cost Plus Fixed Fee Completion type contract. Cost reimbursement type contracts require successful offerors to have an accounting system considered adequate for tracking costs applicable to the contract. No opportunities for Assistance Instruments or Grants exist under this Call.

7.0 ANTICIPATED NUMBER OF AWARDS: The Air Force anticipates awarding a minimum of one contract. However, the Air Force reserves the right to make multiple awards or no awards pursuant to this Call. The Air Force also reserves the right to award only a part of a proposal.

8.0 INTENT TO PROPOSE: Potential offerors are requested to advise the primary contracting point of contact if they intend to submit a proposal in response to the Call. Such notification is merely a courtesy and is not a commitment by the offeror to submit a proposal.

9.0 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION:

This Call is issued under Technical Area #8 of the baseline BAA, BAA-RVKD-2014-0001. Proposals for any other technology area identified in the baseline BAA will not be accepted at this time.

Technical Area 8: Mid-Infrared (Mid-IR) Semiconductor Laser Devices:
The objective of this Technical Area is to concentrate on the design, synthesis, test, and packaging of compact mid-infrared semiconductor lasers that are capable of high brightness and wavelength agility to satisfy AF and DoD needs. Semiconductor Diode Laser (DL) technology will be pursued to generate higher brightness in the mid-IR as well as the Long Wave Infra-Red (LWIR). DL will also be used to generate high peak power in the mid-IR. In parallel, Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCL) will be developed in-house and lateral beam quality enhancement schemes will be applied to extract high brightness from broad-area devices. This Technical Area includes, but is not limited to:
- Developing computational development and validation capabilities
- Developing, computational development and validation, experimentation, and testing of high brightness semiconductor laser hardware and semiconductor devices
- Researching epitaxial growth of semiconductor laser hetero-structures for mid-IR emission
- Developing novel beam combining techniques
- Conducting minimal maintenance on clean room components and molecular beam epitaxy equipment
- Developing photolithographic processing techniques for semiconductor laser devices
- Developing techniques for housing of semiconductor lasers for high thermal load operation
- Developing techniques for housing of system level semiconductor devices
The specific technical objectives for this effort are provided in the COSMO Statement of Objectives (SOO) included as Attachment 1 to this Call.
10.0 ANTICIPATED FUNDING: The anticipated funding for this effort (not per contract or award) is:
FY18 $1M
FY19 $3M
FY20 $3M
FY21 $3M
FY22 $3M
FY23 $1M
TOTAL $14M

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

11.0 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: It is intended for this effort to be a 57 month technical effort with an additional 3 months allotted for final report preparation and administrative closeout actions.

12.0 DELIVERABLES: The following Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRLs) are representative of the data deliverables required for this effort. Draft CDRLs (A001-A003) are included as Attachment 3 to this Call.

CDRL A001: Presentation Material
CDRL A002: Status Report
CDRL A003: Scientific and Technical Report and Checklist

13.0 OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION:

13.1 Security Requirements: The program security classification for this effort is SECRET. A Department of Defense (DoD) Contract Security Classification Specification, DD Form 254, will be required during performance of the contract. A draft DD Form 254 is included as Attachment 4 to this Call.

13.2 Research areas may involve technology that is subject to U.S. Export Control Laws. Therefore, only offerors who are certified by the Defense Logistics Information Service (DLIS) may submit proposals. For questions, contact DLIS on-line at http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp or at DLIS, US/Canada Joint Certification Center, Federal Center, 74 North Washington, Battle Creek MI 49017-4312, (800) 352-3572. DFARs 252.225-7048, Export Controlled Items (JUN 2013) is incorporated into this solicitation and will be in ALL awards resulting from the Calls.

13.3 Due to the nature of this requirement no foreign companies at the prime or subcontractor level shall be considered for award.

13.4 Per DFARS 227.7103-1, DoD policy is to acquire only the technical data and the rights in that data, necessary to satisfy Government needs. In exchange for paying for development of the data, the Government expects Technical Data, Non-Commercial Software (NCS), and NCS Documentation developed entirely at Government expense to be delivered with "Unlimited Rights" or a minimum of "Government Purpose Rights" for each contract awarded in response to this announcement. Data rights offered other than "Unlimited Rights," as defined in DFARS 227.7103-5, should be identified in DFARS clause 252.227-7017 (see Section K - Representations and Certifications included as Attachment 7 to this Call) and included in the Business Section of the proposal.

13.5 Proposal Review and Evaluation:

Criteria: The selection of one or more sources for award will be based on an evaluation of each offeror's proposal to determine the overall merit of the proposal in response to this announcement. Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 35.016. The proposals will be evaluated utilizing a peer or scientific review process and shall be evaluated based on the following criteria that are listed in descending order of importance:

(1) Overall scientific and technical merits of the proposal;
(2) Importance to AFRL/RDL program requirements;
(3) Fund(s) availability

Once selected for possible award, price will be analyzed for Cost Realism and Price Reasonableness. Cost/Price is considered, but not an evaluation criteria.

Adequate Price Competition is determined not to exist due to the absence of precise Government specifications and varying technical approaches proposed for R & D efforts. The Government will require certified cost or pricing data in accordance with FAR 15.403-4.

13.6 Review and Selection Process: The technical proposals will be evaluated and categorized as follows:
a) Highly Recommended: Well-conceived scientifically and technically sound proposal pertinent to accomplish program goals and objectives. Proposals are recommended for acceptance (subject to availability of funds) and normally are displaced only by other Highly Recommended proposals.
b) Selectable: Scientifically or technically sound proposals that may require additional development. Proposals are recommended for acceptance if sufficient funding is available, but at a lower priority than Highly Recommended proposals. To ensure a diversity of approaches, a Selectable proposal may be prioritized over a Highly Recommended proposal if the Selectable proposal presents a unique approach unlike any of the Highly Recommended proposals.
c) Not Selectable: Proposal is not technically sound or does not meet agency needs. Even if sufficient funding existed, the proposal should not be funded.

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

13.7 Government Furnished Property (GFP): Scheduled GFP is not anticipated for this Call. However, any GFP requested for this effort shall be proposed in accordance with the baseline BAA.

13.8 Base Support: Base Support (including necessary space and equipment in Building 416) is available for offerors and shall be proposed in accordance with the COSMO Supplemental Requirements included as Attachment 2 to this Call.

13.9 Travel: Some travel is anticipated in support of this effort and shall be proposed and conducted in accordance with the COSMO Supplemental Requirements included as Attachment 2 to this Call.

13.10 Section K - Representations and Certifications: The Section K - Representations and Certifications, provided as Attachment 7 to this Call, shall be completed and submitted as a part of the Business Section of the proposal.

13.11 Organizational Conflict of Interest: In accordance with FAR 9.5, Organizational and Consultant Conflicts of Interest, the Contracting Officer has analyzed the planned acquisition and determined that no known actual or potential Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) situations exist with respect to this Call. Offerors shall perform their own OCI analysis (to include potential OCI situations associated with any teammates or subcontractors). Offerors shall describe the methodology used to identify any actual or potential OCI issues. If the offeror identifies any actual or potential OCIs, the offeror shall provide an OCI mitigation plan. The contractor's mitigation plan will be determined acceptable solely at the discretion of the Contracting Officer. If the Contracting Officer unilaterally determines any such OCI cannot be satisfactorily avoided or mitigated, the Contracting Officer may affect other remedies deemed necessary.

14.0 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: All proposals shall be submitted in accordance with the baseline BAA, BAA-RVKD-2014-0001. Proposals shall be submitted to the primary contracting point of contact at the address listed below. Hand-delivered proposals, or proposals sent via facsimile or any other electronic means will NOT be accepted.

AFRL Det 8/RVK
ATTN: Marcus Mansfield (Contract Specialist)
3550 Aberdeen Avenue SE
Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773

14.1 DO NOT SUBMIT CLASSIFIED INFORMATION IN THE PROPOSAL.

14.2 The Technical Proposal shall not exceed 20 pages and shall be submitted in accordance with the requirements specified in the baseline BAA, BAA-RVKD-2014-0001.

15.0 WORK AUTHORIZATION: Submission of proposal(s) is not an authorization to commence work or to incur any costs to perform the work described above. Work is not to be implemented until appropriate contractual actions are taken. Any work performed or expense incurred prior to that time (including bid and proposal costs) will be at the offeror's own risk.

16.0 ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment 1: COSMO Statement of Objectives (SOO), dated 23 October 2017
Attachment 2: COSMO Supplemental Requirements, dated 23 October 2017
Attachment 3: COSMO Draft Contract Data Requirements List CDRL), DD Form 1423, A001- A003
Attachment 4: COSMO Draft Department of Defense (DoD) Security Classification Specification, DD Form 254
Attachment 6: Cost Proposal Instructions, dated 19 October 2016
Attachment 7: Section K - Representations and Certifications

.

Added: Oct 23, 2017 2:15 pm

**PLEASE ADHERE TO THE LSAR BAA, BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 AMENDMENT 02 (DATED 06 MARCH 2017), WHEN RESPONDING TO CALL 0005**

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Air Force Research Laboratory
Directed Energy Directorate
BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 Call 0005

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT TITLE:  Laser Simulation, Analysis and Research (LSAR)

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: BAA-RVKD-2014-0001

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT TITLE: COmpact Semiconductor Mid- and long-wave Opto-electronics research (COSMO)

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 Call 0005
_______________________________________________________________________

1.0 TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT (TPOC): The Technical Point of Contact for this Call is:

Dr. Chunte Lu
AFRL/RDL
Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773
Phone: 505-846-6941
E-mail: chunte.lu.2@us.af.mil

2.0 CONTRACTING POINTS OF CONTACT: The Contracting Points of Contact for this Call are:

Mr. Marcus Mansfield
Contract Specialist (Primary)
AFRL Det 8/RVK
Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773
Phone: 505-846-4421
E-mail: marcus.mansfield@us.af.mil

Ms. Luisa A. Martinez-Medina
Contracting Officer (Alternate)
AFRL Det 8/RVK
Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773
Phone: 505-846-6865
E-mail: luisa.martinez-medina@us.af.mil

3.0 PROPOSAL DUE DATE AND TIME: PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED AGAINST THIS CALL. Proposals are due no later than (NLT) 12:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST) on 21 November 2017. Proposals received after the due date and time shall be governed by the provisions of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.215-1(c)(3) Instructions to Offerors - Competitive Acquisitions (JAN 2017).

4.0 APPLICABILITY OF BASELINE BAA: All requirements of Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 (herein referred to as the "baseline BAA"), apply unless specifically amended and addressed in this Call. The baseline BAA contains information applicable to all Calls issued under the BAA. The baseline BAA provides information on the overall program, proposal preparation and submission requirements, proposal review and evaluation criteria, award administration, agency contacts, etc. Offerors are advised to review the baseline BAA thoroughly when preparing proposals in response to this Call. For complete information regarding the baseline BAA, refer to BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 on FedBizOpps (FBO) at http://www.fbo.gov.

5.0 CALL AMENDMENTS: Offerors should monitor FBO (http://www.fbo.gov) for any additional notices to this Call that may permit extensions to the proposal submission date or otherwise modify this announcement.

6.0 TYPE OF CONTRACT: The Air Force reserves the right to award the appropriate contract type under the FAR best suited to the nature of research proposed. It is anticipated that any award(s) made as a result of this Call will generally be a Cost Plus Fixed Fee Completion type contract. Cost reimbursement type contracts require successful offerors to have an accounting system considered adequate for tracking costs applicable to the contract. No opportunities for Assistance Instruments or Grants exist under this Call.

7.0 ANTICIPATED NUMBER OF AWARDS: The Air Force anticipates awarding a minimum of one contract. However, the Air Force reserves the right to make multiple awards or no awards pursuant to this Call. The Air Force also reserves the right to award only a part of a proposal.

8.0 INTENT TO PROPOSE: Potential offerors are requested to advise the primary contracting point of contact if they intend to submit a proposal in response to the Call. Such notification is merely a courtesy and is not a commitment by the offeror to submit a proposal.

9.0 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION:

This Call is issued under Technical Area #8 of the baseline BAA, BAA-RVKD-2014-0001. Proposals for any other technology area identified in the baseline BAA will not be accepted at this time.

Technical Area 8:  Mid-Infrared (Mid-IR) Semiconductor Laser Devices:
The objective of this Technical Area is to concentrate on the design, synthesis, test, and packaging of compact mid-infrared semiconductor lasers that are capable of high brightness and wavelength agility to satisfy AF and DoD needs. Semiconductor Diode Laser (DL) technology will be pursued to generate higher brightness in the mid-IR as well as the Long Wave Infra-Red (LWIR). DL will also be used to generate high peak power in the mid-IR.  In parallel, Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCL) will be developed in-house and lateral beam quality enhancement schemes will be applied to extract high brightness from broad-area devices. This Technical Area includes, but is not limited to:

- Developing computational development and validation capabilities
- Developing, computational development and validation, experimentation, and testing of high brightness semiconductor laser hardware and semiconductor devices
- Researching epitaxial growth of semiconductor laser hetero-structures for mid-IR emission
- Developing novel beam combining techniques
- Conducting minimal maintenance on clean room components and molecular beam epitaxy equipment
- Developing photolithographic processing techniques for semiconductor laser devices
- Developing techniques for housing of semiconductor lasers for high thermal load operation
- Developing techniques for housing of system level semiconductor devices

The specific technical objectives for this effort are provided in the COSMO Statement of Objectives (SOO) included as Attachment 1 to this Call.

10.0 ANTICIPATED FUNDING: The anticipated funding for this effort (not per contract or award) is:

FY18 $1M
FY19 $3M
FY20 $3M
FY21 $3M
FY22 $3M
FY23 $1M
TOTAL $14M

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

11.0 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: It is intended for this effort to be a 57 month technical effort with an additional 3 months allotted for final report preparation and administrative closeout actions.

12.0 DELIVERABLES: The following Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRLs) are representative of the data deliverables required for this effort. Draft CDRLs (A001-A003) are included as Attachment 3 to this Call.

CDRL A001: Presentation Material
CDRL A002: Status Report
CDRL A003: Scientific and Technical Report and Checklist

13.0 OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION:

13.1 Security Requirements: The program security classification for this effort is SECRET. A Department of Defense (DoD) Contract Security Classification Specification, DD Form 254, will be required during performance of the contract. A draft DD Form 254 is included as Attachment 4 to this Call.

13.2 Research areas may involve technology that is subject to U.S. Export Control Laws.  Therefore, only offerors who are certified by the Defense Logistics Information Service (DLIS) may submit proposals. For questions, contact DLIS on-line at http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp or at DLIS, US/Canada Joint Certification Center, Federal Center, 74 North Washington, Battle Creek MI 49017-4312, (800) 352-3572. DFARs 252.225-7048, Export Controlled Items (JUN 2013) is incorporated into this solicitation and will be in ALL awards resulting from the Calls.

13.3 Due to the nature of this requirement no foreign companies at the prime or subcontractor level shall be considered for award.

13.4 Per DFARS 227.7103-1, DoD policy is to acquire only the technical data and the rights in that data, necessary to satisfy Government needs. In exchange for paying for development of the data, the Government expects Technical Data, Non-Commercial Software (NCS), and NCS Documentation developed entirely at Government expense to be delivered with "Unlimited Rights" or a minimum of "Government Purpose Rights" for each contract awarded in response to this announcement. Data rights offered other than "Unlimited Rights," as defined in DFARS 227.7103-5, should be identified in DFARS clause 252.227-7017 (see Section K - Representations and Certifications included as Attachment 7 to this Call) and included in the Business Section of the proposal.

13.5 Proposal Review and Evaluation:

Criteria: The selection of one or more sources for award will be based on an evaluation of each offeror's proposal to determine the overall merit of the proposal in response to this announcement. Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 35.016. The proposals will be evaluated utilizing a peer or scientific review process and shall be evaluated based on the following criteria that are listed in descending order of importance:

(1) Overall scientific and technical merits of the proposal;
(2) Importance to AFRL/RDL program requirements;
(3) Fund(s) availability

Once selected for possible award, price will be analyzed for Cost Realism and Price Reasonableness. Cost/Price is considered, but not an evaluation criteria.

Adequate Price Competition is determined not to exist due to the absence of precise Government specifications and varying technical approaches proposed for R&D efforts. The Government will require certified cost or pricing data in accordance with FAR 15.403-4.

13.6 Review and Selection Process: The technical proposals will be evaluated and categorized as follows:
 
a) Highly Recommended: Well-conceived scientifically and technically sound proposal pertinent to accomplish program goals and objectives. Proposals are recommended for acceptance (subject to availability of funds) and normally are displaced only by other Highly Recommended proposals.
 
b) Selectable: Scientifically or technically sound proposals that may require additional development. Proposals are recommended for acceptance if sufficient funding is available, but at a lower priority than Highly Recommended proposals. To ensure a diversity of approaches, a Selectable proposal may be prioritized over a Highly Recommended proposal if the Selectable proposal presents a unique approach unlike any of the Highly Recommended proposals.
 
c) Not Selectable: Proposal is not technically sound or does not meet agency needs. Even if sufficient funding existed, the proposal should not be funded.

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

13.7 Government Furnished Property (GFP): Scheduled GFP is not anticipated for this Call. However, any GFP requested for this effort shall be proposed in accordance with the baseline BAA.

13.8 Base Support: Base Support (including necessary space and equipment in Building 416) is available for offerors and shall be proposed in accordance with the COSMO Supplemental Requirements included as Attachment 2 to this Call.

13.9 Travel: Some travel is anticipated in support of this effort and shall be proposed and conducted in accordance with the COSMO Supplemental Requirements included as Attachment 2 to this Call.

13.10 Section K - Representations and Certifications: The Section K - Representations and Certifications, provided as Attachment 7 to this Call, shall be completed and submitted as a part of the Business Section of the proposal.

13.11 Organizational Conflict of Interest: In accordance with FAR 9.5, Organizational and Consultant Conflicts of Interest, the Contracting Officer has analyzed the planned acquisition and determined that no known actual or potential Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) situations exist with respect to this Call. Offerors shall perform their own OCI analysis (to include potential OCI situations associated with any teammates or subcontractors). Offerors shall describe the methodology used to identify any actual or potential OCI issues. If the offeror identifies any actual or potential OCIs, the offeror shall provide an OCI mitigation plan. The contractor's mitigation plan will be determined acceptable solely at the discretion of the Contracting Officer. If the Contracting Officer unilaterally determines any such OCI cannot be satisfactorily avoided or mitigated, the Contracting Officer may affect other remedies deemed necessary.

14.0 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: All proposals shall be submitted in accordance with the baseline BAA, BAA-RVKD-2014-0001. Proposals shall be submitted to the primary contracting point of contact at the address listed below. Hand-delivered proposals, or proposals sent via facsimile or any other electronic means will NOT be accepted.

AFRL Det 8/RVK
ATTN: Marcus Mansfield (Contract Specialist)
3550 Aberdeen Avenue SE
Kirtland AFB, NM  87117-5773

14.1 DO NOT SUBMIT CLASSIFIED INFORMATION IN THE PROPOSAL.

14.2 The Technical Proposal shall not exceed 20 pages and shall be submitted in accordance with the requirements specified in the baseline BAA, BAA-RVKD-2014-0001.

15.0 WORK AUTHORIZATION: Submission of proposal(s) is not an authorization to commence work or to incur any costs to perform the work described above. Work is not to be implemented until appropriate contractual actions are taken. Any work performed or expense incurred prior to that time (including bid and proposal costs) will be at the offeror's own risk.

16.0 ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment 1: COSMO Statement of Objectives (SOO), dated 23 October 2017
Attachment 2: COSMO Supplemental Requirements, dated 23 October 2017
Attachment 3: COSMO Draft Contract Data Requirements List CDRL), DD Form 1423, A001- A003
Attachment 4: COSMO Draft Department of Defense (DoD) Security Classification Specification, DD Form 254
Attachment 6: Cost Proposal Instructions, dated 19 October 2016
Attachment 7: Section K - Representations and Certifications

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT
BAA RVKD-2014-0001 CALL 0004
Air Force Research Laboratory
Directed Energy Directorate
BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) TITLE: Laser Simulation, Analysis and Research (LSAR)

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: BAA RVKD-2014-0001

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT (CALL) TITLE: Beam Control and Aero-Effects Research and Development (BARD)

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT (CALL) NUMBER: 0004

_______________________________________________________________________

1.0 TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT (TPOC): The technical point of contact for this Call is:
Arthur G. Hassall
AFRL/RDL
Phone: 505-846-3750
E-mail: arthur.hassall@us.af.mil
2.0 CONTRACTING POINTS OF CONTACT (POC): The contracting points of contact for this Call are:

Sara Chesser
Contract Specialist (Primary POC)
AFRL Det 8/RVK
Phone: 505-846-7612
E-mail: sara.chesser.2@us.af.mil
orah Moyer
Contracting Officer (Alternate POC)
AFRL Det 8/RVK
Phone: 505-846-2040
E-mail: deborah.moyer@us.af.mil

3.0 REQUIREMENTS DESCRIPTION:

This Call is issued under Technical Areas #2 and #7 of the baseline BAA, BAA RVKD-2014-0001, which state:

Technical Area 2: Aero-Effects Computational Development and Validation, and Testing of Computational Physics Methods:
The objective of this Technical Area is to develop and execute models and theory related to turret aero-effects, including aero-mechanical and aero-optical effects. This Technical Area will make use of the developed tools to model turret aero-effects for airborne laser weapons applications. This Technical Area includes, but is not limited to, the development of techniques and tools for:
· Developing empirical characterization of aero-effects on an optical turret on an airborne platform.

•· Identifying and characterizing risks associated with aero-effects on airborne laser weapon systems.

•· Verifying and validating performance of computational development capabilities using test data.

•· Quantifying model uncertainties.
Additionally, as part of this Technical Area, participating in test planning, execution, data analysis, and reporting may be required to verify and validate models and tools developed.

Technical Area 7: Tracking, Pointing, and Test:
The objective of this Technical Area is to develop theoretical techniques and computational tools for use by airborne laser weapon systems in the acquisition and tracking of uncooperative targets, located in the air or on the surface, along with the stable pointing of the laser at the aim point on the target for the duration of the engagement. This Technical Area includes, but is not limited to:

•· Developing computational tools and sensing techniques (hardware and software) to automatically recognize and locate targets.

•· Developing, constructing, calibrating, and validating radiometric models of targets and background.

•· Developing synthetic scenes of targets and background that inter-actively include signals from thermal emission, laser ablation effects, and reflection from all sources of illumination.

•· Developing computational tools and sensing techniques (hardware and software) to track targets to micro-radian accuracy.

•· Developing computational tools and sensing techniques (hardware and software) to maintain the pointing of a laser on a target that is changing pose.

•· Developing and integrating the acquisition, tracking, and pointing software and hardware components.

•· For scaled testing of Acquisition, Tracking and Pointing (ATP) systems, constructing a laboratory test environment that replicates the signal received by the imaging system, to include the aero-optic and atmospheric imaging disturbances, and other realistic noises.

•· Assembling and integrating the software and hardware for full-scale testing of ATP systems in a field environment: ground-based and flight. The ground-based test will include an injection of a replica of aero-optic disturbances. Both types of testing will include a sensing of atmospheric disturbance.

•· Developing computational development and validation techniques for scaled and full-scale testing of ATP systems.

The technical objectives for this effort are provided in the Beam Control and Aero-Effects Research and Development (BARD) Statement of Objectives (SOO) included as Attachment 1 to this Call.

4.0 ANTICIPATED FUNDING: The anticipated funding for this effort (not per contract or award) is:

FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 Total

$1,941,000 $1,941,000 $1,941,000 $1,941,000 $2,012,000 $9,776,000

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

5.0 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: It is intended for this project to be a 57 month technical effort with an additional 3 months allotted for final report preparation and administrative closeout actions.

6.0 PROPOSAL DUE DATE AND TIME: PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED AGAINST THIS CALL. Proposals are due no later than 12:00 p.m. Mountain Time (MT) on 13 JUNE 2017. Proposals for any other technology area identified in the baseline BAA will not be accepted at this time. Proposals received after the due date and time shall be governed by the provisions of FAR 52.215-1(c)(3) Instructions to Offerors - Competitive Acquisitions (JAN 2017). It should be noted that this installation observes strict security procedures to enter the facility. These security procedures are NOT considered an interruption of normal Government processes, and proposals received after the above stated date and time as a result of security delays will be considered "late". Note that if offerors utilize commercial carriers in the delivery of proposals, they may not honor time-of-day delivery guarantees on military installations. Early proposal submission is encouraged.

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Added: Apr 27, 2017 10:58 am

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT
BAA RVKD-2014-0001 CALL 0004
Air Force Research Laboratory
Directed Energy Directorate

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) TITLE: Laser Simulation, Analysis and Research (LSAR)

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: BAA RVKD-2014-0001

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT (CALL) TITLE: Beam Control and Aero-Effects Research and Development (BARD)

 PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT (CALL) NUMBER: 0004

_______________________________________________________________________

1.0 TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT (TPOC): The technical point of contact for this Call is:

Arthur G. Hassall
AFRL/RDL
Phone: 505-846-3750
E-mail: arthur.hassall@us.af.mil

2.0 CONTRACTING POINTS OF CONTACT (POC): The contracting points of contact for this Call are:

Sara Chesser
Contract Specialist (Primary POC)
AFRL Det 8/RVK
Phone: 505-846-7612
E-mail: sara.chesser.2@us.af.mil

orah Moyer
Contracting Officer (Alternate POC)
AFRL Det 8/RVK
Phone: 505-846-2040
E-mail: deborah.moyer@us.af.mil

3.0 REQUIREMENTS DESCRIPTION:

This Call is issued under Technical Areas #2 and #7 of the baseline BAA, BAA RVKD-2014-0001, which state:

Technical Area 2: Aero-Effects Computational Development and Validation, and Testing of Computational Physics Methods: 
The objective of this Technical Area is to develop and execute models and theory related to turret aero-effects, including aero-mechanical and aero-optical effects. This Technical Area will make use of the developed tools to model turret aero-effects for airborne laser weapons applications. This Technical Area includes, but is not limited to, the development of techniques and tools for:
·            Developing empirical characterization of aero-effects on an optical turret on an airborne platform.

•·            Identifying and characterizing risks associated with aero-effects on airborne laser weapon systems.

•·            Verifying and validating performance of computational development capabilities using test data.

•·            Quantifying model uncertainties.

Additionally, as part of this Technical Area, participating in test planning, execution, data analysis, and reporting may be required to verify and validate models and tools developed.

Technical Area 7:  Tracking, Pointing, and Test:
The objective of this Technical Area is to develop theoretical techniques and computational tools for use by airborne laser weapon systems in the acquisition and tracking of uncooperative targets, located in the air or on the surface, along with the stable pointing of the laser at the aim point on the target for the duration of the engagement. This Technical Area includes, but is not limited to: 

•·         Developing computational tools and sensing techniques (hardware and software) to automatically recognize and locate targets. 

•·         Developing, constructing, calibrating, and validating radiometric models of targets and background. 

•·         Developing synthetic scenes of targets and background that inter-actively include signals from thermal emission, laser ablation effects, and reflection from all sources of illumination.

•·         Developing computational tools and sensing techniques (hardware and software) to track targets to micro-radian accuracy. 

•·         Developing computational tools and sensing techniques (hardware and software) to maintain the pointing of a laser on a target that is changing pose.

•·         Developing and integrating the acquisition, tracking, and pointing software and hardware components.

•·         For scaled testing of Acquisition, Tracking and Pointing (ATP) systems, constructing a laboratory test environment that replicates the signal received by the imaging system, to include the aero-optic and atmospheric imaging disturbances, and other realistic noises.

•·         Assembling and integrating the software and hardware for full-scale testing of ATP systems in a field environment: ground-based and flight. The ground-based test will include an injection of a replica of aero-optic disturbances. Both types of testing will include a sensing of atmospheric disturbance.

•·         Developing computational development and validation techniques for scaled and full-scale testing of ATP systems.

The technical objectives for this effort are provided in the Beam Control and Aero-Effects Research and Development (BARD) Statement of Objectives (SOO) included as Attachment 1 to this Call.

 4.0 ANTICIPATED FUNDING: The anticipated funding for this effort (not per contract or award) is:

 FY17               FY18               FY19               FY20               FY21               Total     

$1,941,000      $1,941,000      $1,941,000      $1,941,000      $2,012,000      $9,776,000

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

5.0 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: It is intended for this project to be a 57 month technical effort with an additional 3 months allotted for final report preparation and administrative closeout actions.

6.0 PROPOSAL DUE DATE AND TIME: PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED AGAINST THIS CALL. Proposals are due no later than 12:00 p.m. Mountain Time (MT) on 13 JUNE 2017.  Proposals for any other technology area identified in the baseline BAA will not be accepted at this time. Proposals received after the due date and time shall be governed by the provisions of FAR 52.215-1(c)(3) Instructions to Offerors - Competitive Acquisitions (JAN 2017).  It should be noted that this installation observes strict security procedures to enter the facility. These security procedures are NOT considered an interruption of normal Government processes, and proposals received after the above stated date and time as a result of security delays will be considered "late".  Note that if offerors utilize commercial carriers in the delivery of proposals, they may not honor time-of-day delivery guarantees on military installations.  Early proposal submission is encouraged. 

THE BASELINE BAA (BAA-RVKD-2014-0001) HAS BEEN UPDATED. PLEASE REFER TO BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 AMENDMENT 02 DATED 06 MARCH 2017. ALL PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF THE BASELINE BAA ARE CONSIDERED OBSOLETE. NO PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED AGAINST THE BASELINE BAA..

Added: Mar 06, 2017 1:51 pm THE BASELINE BAA (BAA-RVKD-2014-0001) HAS BEEN UPDATED. PLEASE REFER TO BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 AMENDMENT 02 DATED 06 MARCH 2017. ALL PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF THE BASELINE BAA ARE CONSIDERED OBSOLETE. NO PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED AGAINST THE BASELINE BAA.

Awarded Vendors: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Contract Award Dollar Amount: $2,774,404.00. Contract Award Date: 2016-12-12.

Awarded Vendors: Stellar Science. Contract Award Dollar Amount: $7,034,747.00. Contract Award Date: 2016-12-09.

BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 CALL 0003 AMENDMENT 1 has been posted as Modification 4 to the baseline BAA (BAA-RVKD-2014-0001).
CHANGES:
The following statement was added to the attachment "1 - Statement of Objectives", under Task 2 on page 4:

The desired personnel expertise for Task 2 is identical to the description listed in Task 1 above.

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Added: Nov 22, 2016 6:22 pm BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 CALL 0003 AMENDMENT 1 has been posted as Modification 4 to the baseline BAA (BAA-RVKD-2014-0001).

CHANGES:

The following statement was added to the attachment "1 - Statement of Objectives", under Task 2 on page 4:

 

The desired personnel expertise for Task 2 is identical to the description listed in Task 1 above.

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT
BAA RVKD-2014-0001 CALL 0003
Air Force Research Laboratory
Directed Energy Directorate

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) TITLE: Laser Simulation, Analysis and Research (LSAR)

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: BAA RVKD-2014-0001

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT (CALL) TITLE: Phased Array

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT (CALL) NUMBER: 0003
_______________________________________________________________________

1.0 TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT (TPOC): The technical point of contact for this Call is:

Dan Marker
AFRL/RDL
Phone: 505-846-2871
E-mail: dan.marker@us.af.mil

2.0 CONTRACTING POINTS OF CONTACT (POC): The contracting points of contact for this Call are:

Christopher Lockridge
Contract Specialist (Primary POC)
AFRL Det 8/RVK
Phone: 505-846-1527
E-mail: christopher.lockridge.2@us.af.mil

Susan Thorpe
Contracting Officer (Alternate POC)
AFRL Det 8/RVK
Phone: 505-846-3404
E-mail: susan.thorpe@us.af.mil

3.0 REQUIREMENTS DESCRIPTION:

This Call is issued under Technical Area #6 of the baseline BAA, BAA RVKD-2014-0001, which states:

Technical Area #6 - High Power Fiber Development and Beam Combination:

The objective of this Technical Area is to develop and demonstrate novel beam-control concepts for array-based systems. In turn, this Technical Area will develop and demonstrate the technology needed to eventually meet packaging, volume, weight, and operational requirements for airborne-tactical platforms. This Technical Area includes, but is not limited to, the following scientific areas:

- Phased array imaging and wavefront sensing
- Developing a phased array imager/wavefront sensor
(WFS) to support phased array tracking and aim-point
maintenance
- Developing a phased array imager/WFS applicable to
operational bandwidths
- Demonstrating a phased array imager/WFS in the
presence of distributed-volume atmospheric aberrations
- Phased array conformal beam steering
- Developing concepts for fuselage-conformal designs
- Performing modeling and potentially small-supporting
validation experiments
- Considering achromatization for illuminators and
traceability to high power for a +/- 45 degree field
of regard
- Phased array target-based phase sensing
- Demonstrating familiarity with the state-of-the-art
concepts to advance system-level phased array beam
control requirements
- Phased array power scaling
- Demonstrating familiarity with the state-of-the-art
implementations to advance system-level phased array
beam control implications

The technical objectives for this effort are provided in the Phased Array Statement of Objectives (SOO) included as Attachment 1 to this Call. Offerors may submit a proposal for either Task 1 or Task 2, or for both Task 1 and 2 as described in the SOO.

4.0 ANTICIPATED FUNDING: The anticipated funding for this effort (not per contract or award) is (amounts shown in $k):

FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 Total
Task 1 1100 1300 1300 1300 1200 6200
Task 2 500 800 800 800 800 3700
Total 1600 2100 2100 2100 2000 9900

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

5.0 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: It is intended for this project to be a 57 month technical effort with an additional 3 months allotted for final report preparation and administrative closeout actions.

6.0 PROPOSAL DUE DATE AND TIME: PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED AGAINST THIS CALL. Proposals are due by 12:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST) on 10 January 2017. Proposals for any other technology area identified in the baseline BAA will not be accepted at this time. Proposals received after the due date and time shall be governed by the provisions of FAR 52.215-1(c)(3) Instructions to Offerors - Competitive Acquisitions (JAN 2004).

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Added: Nov 22, 2016 11:38 am

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT
BAA RVKD-2014-0001 CALL 0003
Air Force Research Laboratory
Directed Energy Directorate

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) TITLE: Laser Simulation, Analysis and Research (LSAR)

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: BAA RVKD-2014-0001

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT (CALL) TITLE: Phased Array

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT (CALL) NUMBER: 0003
_______________________________________________________________________

1.0 TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT (TPOC): The technical point of contact for this Call is:

Dan Marker
AFRL/RDL
Phone: 505-846-2871
E-mail: dan.marker@us.af.mil

2.0 CONTRACTING POINTS OF CONTACT (POC): The contracting points of contact for this Call are:

Christopher Lockridge
Contract Specialist (Primary POC)
AFRL Det 8/RVK
Phone: 505-846-1527
E-mail: christopher.lockridge.2@us.af.mil

Susan Thorpe
Contracting Officer (Alternate POC)
AFRL Det 8/RVK
Phone: 505-846-3404
E-mail: susan.thorpe@us.af.mil

3.0 REQUIREMENTS DESCRIPTION:

This Call is issued under Technical Area #6 of the baseline BAA, BAA RVKD-2014-0001, which states:

Technical Area #6 - High Power Fiber Development and Beam Combination:

The objective of this Technical Area is to develop and demonstrate novel beam-control concepts for array-based systems. In turn, this Technical Area will develop and demonstrate the technology needed to eventually meet packaging, volume, weight, and operational requirements for airborne-tactical platforms. This Technical Area includes, but is not limited to, the following scientific areas:

- Phased array imaging and wavefront sensing
- Developing a phased array imager/wavefront sensor
  (WFS) to support phased array tracking and aim-point 
  maintenance
- Developing a phased array imager/WFS applicable to
  operational bandwidths
- Demonstrating a phased array imager/WFS in the
  presence of distributed-volume atmospheric aberrations
- Phased array conformal beam steering
- Developing concepts for fuselage-conformal designs
- Performing modeling and potentially small-supporting
  validation experiments
- Considering achromatization for illuminators and
  traceability to high power for a +/- 45 degree field
  of regard
- Phased array target-based phase sensing
- Demonstrating familiarity with the state-of-the-art
  concepts to advance system-level phased array beam
  control requirements
- Phased array power scaling
- Demonstrating familiarity with the state-of-the-art
  implementations to advance system-level phased array
  beam control implications

The technical objectives for this effort are provided in the Phased Array Statement of Objectives (SOO) included as Attachment 1 to this Call. Offerors may submit a proposal for either Task 1 or Task 2, or for both Task 1 and 2 as described in the SOO.

4.0 ANTICIPATED FUNDING: The anticipated funding for this effort (not per contract or award) is (amounts shown in $k):

             FY17   FY18   FY19   FY20   FY21   Total
Task 1   1100   1300   1300   1300   1200   6200
Task 2     500     800     800     800    800   3700
Total     1600   2100   2100    2100  2000   9900

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

5.0 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: It is intended for this project to be a 57 month technical effort with an additional 3 months allotted for final report preparation and administrative closeout actions.

6.0 PROPOSAL DUE DATE AND TIME: PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED AGAINST THIS CALL. Proposals are due by 12:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST) on 10 January 2017. Proposals for any other technology area identified in the baseline BAA will not be accepted at this time. Proposals received after the due date and time shall be governed by the provisions of FAR 52.215-1(c)(3) Instructions to Offerors - Competitive Acquisitions (JAN 2004).

Additional Questions and Answers (Q & A) relative to BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 CALL 0002, "Advanced Laser Modeling and Simulation (ALMS)", have been posted as an amendment to the baseline BAA (BAA-RVKD-2014-0001)..

Added: Jun 06, 2016 6:44 pm Additional Questions and Answers (Q&A) relative to BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 CALL 0002, "Advanced Laser Modeling and Simulation (ALMS)", have been posted as an amendment to the baseline BAA (BAA-RVKD-2014-0001).

BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 CALL 0002 AMENDMENT 1 (dated 24 May 2016) has been posted as an amendment to the baseline BAA (BAA-RVKD-2014-0001).
Changes are as follows:
1. Section 14.2: The page limitation for the technical proposal has been increased from ten (10) to twenty (20) pages.
2. Section 14.2: Resumes of Proposed Personnel are not included in the technical proposal page limitation..

Added: May 24, 2016 3:17 pm BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 CALL 0002 AMENDMENT 1 (dated 24 May 2016) has been posted as an amendment to the baseline BAA (BAA-RVKD-2014-0001).

Changes are as follows:

1. Section 14.2: The page limitation for the technical proposal has been increased from ten (10) to twenty (20) pages.

2. Section 14.2: Resumes of Proposed Personnel are not included in the technical proposal page limitation.

Questions and Answers (Q & A) relative to BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 CALL 0002, "Advanced Laser Modeling and Simulation (ALMS)", have been posted as an amendment to the baseline BAA (BAA-RVKD-2014-0001).

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Added: May 24, 2016 3:07 pm

Questions and Answers (Q&A) relative to BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 CALL 0002, "Advanced Laser Modeling and Simulation (ALMS)", have been posted as an amendment to the baseline BAA (BAA-RVKD-2014-0001).

Added May 5, 2016 3:50pm (MST):
LSAR BAA Call 0002 entitled, "Advanced Laser Modeling and Simulation (ALMS)", has been posted as an amendment to Solicitation No. BAA-RVKD-2014-0001. A brief summary is provided below. Reference the attachments for a full description. PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED AGAINST THIS CALL.

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT
BAA RVKD-2014-0001 CALL 0002
Air Force Research Laboratory
Directed Energy Directorate
BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) TITLE: Laser Simulation, Analysis and Research (LSAR)
BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: BAA RVKD-2014-0001

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT (CALL) TITLE: Advanced Laser Modeling and Simulation (ALMS)

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT (CALL) NUMBER: 0002
TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT: The technical point of contact for this Call is:
Lt. Justin Pung
AFRL/RDL
Phone: 505-863-0243
E-mail: justin.pung.1@us.af.mil

CONTRACTING POINTS OF CONTACT (POC): The contracting points of contact for this Call are:
Luisa A. Martinez-Medina
Contract Specialist (Primary POC)
AFRL Det 8/RVK
Phone: 505-846-6865
E-mail: luisa.martinez-medina@us.af.mil

Susan Thorpe
Contracting Officer (Alternate POC)
AFRL Det 8/RVK
Phone: 505-846-3404
E-mail: susan.thorpe@us.af.mil

REQUIREMENTS DESCRIPTION: This Call is issued under Technical Area #3 of the baseline BAA, BAA RVKD-2014-0001, which states:
Technical Area #3 - Advanced Laser Modeling and Simulation (ALMS)
The objective of this Technical Area is to develop and execute models and theory related to laser systems: including but not limited to gas, solid state, fiber, and semiconductor lasers; beam control technologies and atmospheric propagation; power and thermal management; and platform dynamics. This Technical Area supports research and development in RDL and will make use of the developed tools to model laser systems and subsystems for military applications. Once code development is complete, verification and validation using test data, laboratory results and standard Verifying and Validating (V & V) techniques will be performed to ensure new models are accurate.
PROPOSAL DUE DATE AND TIME: PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED AGAINST THIS CALL. Proposals are due by 12:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST) on 20 JUNE 2016. Proposals for any other technology area identified in the baseline BAA will not be accepted at this time. Proposals received after the due date and time shall be governed by the provisions of FAR 52.215-1(c)(3) Instructions to Offerors - Competitive Acquisitions (JAN 2004).

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Added: May 05, 2016 6:12 pm

Added May 5, 2016 3:50pm (MST):
LSAR BAA Call 0002 entitled, "Advanced Laser Modeling and Simulation (ALMS)", has been posted as an amendment to Solicitation No. BAA-RVKD-2014-0001. A brief summary is provided below. Reference the attachments for a full description. PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED AGAINST THIS CALL.

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT
BAA RVKD-2014-0001 CALL 0002
Air Force Research Laboratory
Directed Energy Directorate

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) TITLE: Laser Simulation, Analysis and Research (LSAR)

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: BAA RVKD-2014-0001

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT (CALL) TITLE: Advanced Laser Modeling and Simulation (ALMS)

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT (CALL) NUMBER: 0002

TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT: The technical point of contact for this Call is:

Lt. Justin Pung
AFRL/RDL
Phone: 505-863-0243
E-mail: justin.pung.1@us.af.mil

CONTRACTING POINTS OF CONTACT (POC): The contracting points of contact for this Call are:

Luisa A. Martinez-Medina
Contract Specialist (Primary POC)
AFRL Det 8/RVK
Phone: 505-846-6865
E-mail: luisa.martinez-medina@us.af.mil

Susan Thorpe
Contracting Officer (Alternate POC)
AFRL Det 8/RVK
Phone: 505-846-3404
E-mail: susan.thorpe@us.af.mil

REQUIREMENTS DESCRIPTION: This Call is issued under Technical Area #3 of the baseline BAA, BAA RVKD-2014-0001, which states:

Technical Area #3 - Advanced Laser Modeling and Simulation (ALMS)

The objective of this Technical Area is to develop and execute models and theory related to laser systems: including but not limited to gas, solid state, fiber, and semiconductor lasers; beam control technologies and atmospheric propagation; power and thermal management; and platform dynamics. This Technical Area supports research and development in RDL and will make use of the developed tools to model laser systems and subsystems for military applications. Once code development is complete, verification and validation using test data, laboratory results and standard Verifying and Validating (V&V) techniques will be performed to ensure new models are accurate.

PROPOSAL DUE DATE AND TIME: PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED AGAINST THIS CALL. Proposals are due by 12:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST) on 20 JUNE 2016. Proposals for any other technology area identified in the baseline BAA will not be accepted at this time. Proposals received after the due date and time shall be governed by the provisions of FAR 52.215-1(c)(3) Instructions to Offerors - Competitive Acquisitions (JAN 2004).

See attachment for contracts awarded under BAA-RVKD-2014-0001, Call 0001. Awarded Vendors: See attachment. Contract Award Dollar Amount: See attachment. Contract Award Date: 2015-05-29.

Added: Jun 08, 2015 12:46 pm See attachment for contracts awarded under BAA-RVKD-2014-0001, Call 0001

As of 15 May 2014 the LSAR BAA & LEAMR Call 0001 were archived from FedBizOpps location under AFRL/RVKV and moved to FedBizOpps location under AFRL/Directed Energy Directorate. No information was changed that was posted on AFRL/RVKV location to AFRL/Directed Energy Directorate location. All existing and future information can be found here under this solicitation. Offerors are encouraged to monitor FedBiZOpps.gov for postings of amendments to this Call and for future Calls under this BAA..

Added: May 15, 2014 12:25 pm As of 15 May 2014 the LSAR BAA & LEAMR Call 0001 were archived from FedBizOpps location under AFRL/RVKV and moved to FedBizOpps location under AFRL/Directed Energy Directorate. No information was changed that was posted on AFRL/RVKV location to AFRL/Directed Energy Directorate location. All existing and future information can be found here under this solicitation. Offerors are encouraged to monitor FedBiZOpps.gov for postings of amendments to this Call and for future Calls under this BAA.

Added: Apr 16, 2014 4:34pm
NO PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED AGAINST THIS BASELINE BAA.

Added: Apr 23, 2014 4:01pm
REMINDER FOR CALL 0001:
A site visit is scheduled 30 April 2014 at 1:00pm MDT. Interested parties must send a visitor request via JPAS (SMC Code: KV1MFSCC6). Please submit your visit request no later than 25 April 2014 (3 business days prior to visit.). Refer to Attachment 7, Contents of a Visit Request, for further instructions on obtaining a visit request. You will need to obtain a visitor badge from the AFRL Visitor Control Center (Attachment 8, Map Bldg. 427). Contractors must be U.S. citizens and will not be allowed to bring in portable computers, cameras, two-way pagers, cellphones, thumb drives, blackberries, etc. No more than two people per firm will be allowed to attend the site visit. Please contact the contract specialist to provide the names and emails of individuals attending the site visit (3 days prior to visit). The contract specialist will provide a map to the site visit for offerors interested in attending.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PROPOSING TO CALL 0001, LEAMR BUT WILL NOT BE ATTENDING THE SITE VISIT PLEASE COURTESY EMAIL THE CONTRACT SPECIALIST.

Added: May 14, 2014 6:02pm
The LSAR BAA and Call 0001 were posted on FedBizOpps location under AFRL/RVKV and should be under AFRL/Directed Energy Directorate. In order to make the correction this BAA and Call will be archived 15 May 2014 and reposted under AFRL/Directed Energy Directorate on 15 May 2014. All the information will be transferred to the AFRL/Directed Energy Directorate location on FedBizOpps. The same solicitation #: BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 will be utilized to reference the announcement under AFRL/Directed Energy Directorate. Offerors are encouraged to monitor FedBiZOpps.gov for postings of amendments to this Call and for future Calls under this BAA.

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Added: May 15, 2014 11:26 am

Added: Apr 16, 2014 4:34pm
NO PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED AGAINST THIS BASELINE BAA.

Added: Apr 23, 2014 4:01pm
REMINDER FOR CALL 0001:
A site visit is scheduled 30 April 2014 at 1:00pm MDT. Interested parties must send a visitor request via JPAS (SMC Code: KV1MFSCC6). Please submit your visit request no later than 25 April 2014 (3 business days prior to visit.). Refer to Attachment 7, Contents of a Visit Request, for further instructions on obtaining a visit request. You will need to obtain a visitor badge from the AFRL Visitor Control Center (Attachment 8, Map Bldg. 427). Contractors must be U.S. citizens and will not be allowed to bring in portable computers, cameras, two-way pagers, cellphones, thumb drives, blackberries, etc. No more than two people per firm will be allowed to attend the site visit. Please contact the contract specialist to provide the names and emails of individuals attending the site visit (3 days prior to visit). The contract specialist will provide a map to the site visit for offerors interested in attending.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PROPOSING TO CALL 0001, LEAMR BUT WILL NOT BE ATTENDING THE SITE VISIT PLEASE COURTESY EMAIL THE CONTRACT SPECIALIST.

Added: May 14, 2014 6:02pm
The LSAR BAA and Call 0001 were posted on FedBizOpps location under AFRL/RVKV and should be under AFRL/Directed Energy Directorate. In order to make the correction this BAA and Call will be archived 15 May 2014 and reposted under AFRL/Directed Energy Directorate on 15 May 2014. All the information will be transferred to the AFRL/Directed Energy Directorate location on FedBizOpps. The same solicitation #: BAA-RVKD-2014-0001 will be utilized to reference the announcement under AFRL/Directed Energy Directorate. Offerors are encouraged to monitor FedBiZOpps.gov for postings of amendments to this Call and for future Calls under this BAA.