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13 December 2001
[Commerce Business Daily: Posted in CBDNet on November 21, 2001] [Printed Issue Date: November 27, 2001] From the Commerce Business Daily Online via GPO Access [cbdnet.access.gpo.gov] PART: U.S. GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENTS SUBPART: SERVICES CLASSCOD: A--Research and Development OFFADD: US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center, APG Contracting Div., Aberdeen Branch, ATTN: AMSSB-ACC-A, 4118 Susquehanna Avenue, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-3013 SUBJECT: A--BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR MULTI-SPECTRAL SENSORS TEST AND EVALUATION DEVELOPMENT SOL DAAD05-02-R-0005 DUE 011002 POC Jeffrey Pierce, 410-278-0861, FAX 410-278-0904 DESC: The U.S. Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center, in support of the U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) and the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) is soliciting innovative proposals through this Broad Agency Announcement in the area of multi- spectral sensors and seekers, including highly distributed sensor systems, and hybrid military-commercial products related to Test and Evaluation Development. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices, sensor systems, sensor platforms or methodologies as they apply to Test and Evaluation (T&E). Multi-spectral definition in this context includes multi-sensor and/or hyperspectral instrumentation in any combination of the following: ultr aviolet, visible, near infrared (IR), short-wave IR, mid-wave IR, long-wave IR, and millimeter wave and, by extension, the acoustic, magnetic, and seismic. Specifically the Government seeks innovative proposals in the multi-spectral sensors area that will allow improved T&E for system development of current and future systems that will require test and evaluation over the next 10 to 15 years. The goal is not to perform basic research, but to define and then enable technologies necessary to perform the tes ting and evaluation of future multi-spectral sensors on ground, sea and aerial platforms, and weapons systems in air-to-air, air-to-surface, surface-to-air, and surface-to-surface scenarios. DOT&E sees advances in multi-spectral sensors and related techno logies in the areas of Land Warrior systems (e.g. littoral environment); remote sensing systems; detectors; detector algorithms; human-machine interface development (e.g. heads-up displays); computational tools (e.g. signature models); sensor system target detection, acquisition, and identification and targeting assessments; countermeasure survivability and countermeasure enhancements; multi-spectral sensor fusion, networking, and sensor integration component testing; innovative approaches to test facilitie s and test instrumentation platforms (all weather sensor suites); land combat sensor analysis; target-background/foreground interactions; both human and materiel performance metrics development and testing; integrated multi-spectral sensor information deve lopment; fire-and-forget, and hit-to-kill sensor T&E concepts. PROJECT SCOPE: Total Funding for this project is estimated at $1.2 million, from which a total of 2 to 3 awards are envisioned. It is anticipated that increased funding levels will occur in the following fiscal years. The program is expected to be initia ted in FY02, however, the prospective proposer should be aware that there is no certainty in the funding or level of effort. The Government reserves the right to select for award all, some, or none of the proposals received. GENERAL INFORMATION: Proposals should address development and/or operational test and evaluation technologies. DOT&E strongly encourages well-coordinated, interdisciplinary research and development activities. Teaming among academic, industrial and /or g overnment partners are encouraged, however, this is not a requirement. Projects may be awarded in phases with the later phases being funded in FY03 or later and will be contingent on fund availability, merit of performance in previous phases, and anticipa ted future T&E requirement for the technologies being addressed. In order to minimize the magnitude of the proposal preparation and review process, a proposal abstract (i.e. White Paper) totaling no more than 15 pages (total) should be submitted by 12/10/ 02. Each abstract shall specify the organization code, sub-contractors (where applicable), and their specific roles. The abstract shall briefly describe the out year effort beyond completion of the phase I effort. Each abstract shall address a specific multispectral T&E need. Additionally, the abstract shall address any ongoing, defense or commercial science and technology efforts that will be leveraged, and cost sharing opportunities, if applicable. Additional information on the abstract and full proposal required format can be found at http://acquisition.army.mil, which is estimated to be posted on or about 6 December 2002 . Proposals should be submitted electronically in PDF, MS-Word, HTML, or ASCII format and should be forwarded to ATC by means of 3.25 inch floppy, ZIP (100 or 250 MB) disc, or CD-ROM. In addition, two paper copies should be submitted and mailed with the e lectronic media. No proposal submitted via e-mail will be considered. All abstract materials shall be addressed to the ATC, ATTN: Mr. Frank R. Carlen, U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center , Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005, with a courtesy copy forwarded to the Robert Morris Acquisition Center, ATTN: Mr. Jeffrey R. Pierce, Bldg 4118 Susquehanna Blvd, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005.3013 (410-278-0861, e-mail: jeffrey.pierce@sbccom.apgea.army.mil). EVALUATION: Evaluation of proposal abstracts and full proposals will be accomplished through a technical review of each proposal using the following criteria: (1) relevance to multispectral T&E technologies, (2) overall scientific and technical merit, (3) potential and plans for the technology to transition, (4) offeror s capabilities and related experience, and (5) cost realism. Upon review, the Government will respond to proposal abstracts with a recommendation to submit or not to submit a full proposal and the time and date for submission of a full proposal. LINKURL: http://acquisition.army.mil LINKDESC: Army Single Face to Industry EMAILADD: jeffrey.pierce@sbccom.apgea.army.mil EMAILDESC: US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center, APG Contracting Div., Aberdeen Branch CITE: (D-325 SN5135D4)