U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Acquisition Center (AMSTA-AQ-DS), Warren, MI 48397-5000

A -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (PART 1 OF 3) SOL DAAE0797QBAA1 POC POC: Marlene Ross (810) 574-5273 This notice constitutes a Broad agency announcement (BA A) as authorized by 6.102(D)(2) and 35.016 of the feder AL acquisition regulation (FAR) which provides for the competitive selection of basic research proposals. beca use the BAA is a solicitation, there will be no formal Request for Proposals or further solicitations regardin G this announcement. potential offerors should monitor the CBD for potential changes to this announcment. the government reserves the right to select for award any, all, part or none of the proposals received in response to this announcement. offerors may submit proposals for any number of topics but only one topic per proposal is permitted. this BAA closes on 12 March 1997 unless exte nded, cancelled or withdrawn earlier. topics: the u.s. Army Tank-Automotive and armaments command is solicitin G proposals for innovative Technologies for advanced VE hicle active protection to advance the state of the ART in military ground vehicle survivability. these technologies must be useful to more than one existing military ground vehicle. studies and/or demonstrations and/or te sting or any combination of these three areas for the T opics shown below are: (1) active protection system (AP S) detection Technologies which would lead to upgrades to existing hardware that could eventually be applied T O a range of combat vehicle systems; (2) improved advan CED physical disrupt countermeasure concepts: and/or (3) effectiveness of active protection system concepts and components which have the potential for application to various vehicles. abstract instructions: we suggest that you submit an abstract first to see if your proposed research is of interest to US before you expend efforts/funds to develop a formal proposal. your technical abstract must identify your proposed project, identify your technical approach and summarize the total estimated cost of the work. the technical abstract shall be no longer than three (3) pages, single-sided and IN 12-PITCH. the abstract submitted to this BAA will be subjected to peer and scientific review. those contractors with a technology found to have merit will be asked to submit a full technical and cost proposal for contract award consideration. Detailed instructions for preparation and submission of proposals will also be contained in your invitation letter. such invitation will not assure that the offeror will be awarded a subsequent contract. Abstracts must be submitted by 4:00 P.M. Eastern standard time (EST), 24 January 1997 and must be transmitted via electronic media to: ROSSMA@CC.TACOM.AR MY.MIL. proposal instructions: proposals responding to this announcement shall reference the BAA number DAAE07 -97-QBAA1. the offeror must indicate if this or a related proposal has been offered to, or is under consideration by, any other government agency. the offeror's cost proposal must remain valid for a minimum of 180 days from the date of the proposal. mail proposals to MS. Marlene Ross, U.S. Army tank-automotivE and armaments command, Attn: AMSTA-AQ-MCD (mailstop 274), Warren, MI 48397-5000. interested offerors should submit an original plus two copies of each cost and technical proposal. type must be no smaller than 12 pitch and proposals should be marked "cost" or "technic AL". the technical proposals should not exceed thirtyfive tpyed pages and must include a discussion of the nature and scope of the reseach and the planned technic AL approach. proposals shall not contain any data classified above the secret classification level. the technical proposal shall include a one page executive. (0347)

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