Joint Advanced Strike Technology Program Office (Code 2.0), Washington, DC 20361-5120

A -- BAA-JSF PROGNOSTICS & HEALTH MANAGEMENT PART 3 OF 6 POC Contact, Lisa Bregman, Phone (703)604-6100 Joint Strike Fighter Design Research and Demonstration of Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) Technologies for the areas identified in Part 1; SOL JSF BAA 97-1. This BAA is in 6 parts; see NAVAIR synopsis numbers 20117, 20118, 20120, 20121 and 20122 for parts 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS (continued): 2) Supporting Documentation: Those companies selected for award shall be required to complete standard FAR/DFARS representations and certifications and submit a Small Business Subcontracting Plan, if applicable; 3) Restriction on Disclosure and Use of Data: Offerors should apply the restrictive notice prescribed in the provision at FAR 52.215-12, Restriction on Disclosure and Use of Data, to trade secrets or privileged commercial and financial information contained in their proposals. Also, in accordance with DFARS 227.403-7(a)(2), limitations of the government's ability to use or disclose such technical data or computer software will be included as a cost consideration. Accordingly, the offeror shall submit a price for which it would provide proprietary technical data to the government with Government Purpose License Rights. It is not the Government's intention to procure data rights in connection with contracts awarded under this BAA. The pricing data is requested to support affordability assessments in the event the Government at some future date is interested in procurement of data rights related to the concepts and/or technologies addressed in the work funded by the JSF Program. Proposals submitted without this information will not be excluded. 4) Notification of Partial Award: The JSF Program Office may make a partial award on the basis of a proposal. To facilitate a partial award, the costs for each severable Statement of Work (SOW) task should be easily identifiable; 5) Preparation Cost: This announcement is a solicitation and does not commit the government to pay for any response preparation costs. The cost of preparing proposals in response to this BAA is not considered an allowablbe direct charge to any resulting contract or any other contract. It is, however, an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect cost as specified in FAR 31.205-18. 6) Use of Support Service Contractor Personnel: Support service contractor personnel will be used by the JSF Program Office to support the evaluation process and to provide other administrative support in the execution of this BAA. All such personnel will be required to sign non-disclosure forms. Contractor support personnel will not be used to evaluate or assess proposals, or perform any other duties which may require them to read proposals except for the purposes of administrative support of the evaluation process. Submission of a proposal shall be deemed to be the Contractor's consent to the Government's use of support contractors in the evaluation process. PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS: General Instructions: Offerors shall include a one (1) page executive summary, releasable under Freedom of Information Act provisions. Separate technical and cost volumes are required, and must be valid for a period of 180 days. Proposals must reference the BAA number and the subject area. Separate proposals are required for each subject area. Proposals, one master and one backup, shall be submitted in electronic format on a 3.5 inch MS-DOS formatted disk or on single/dual speed CD ROM, using Microsoft Word 6.0, EXCEL 5.0, and Microsoft Power Point 4.0. One paper copy of the following documents shall be submitted: SF1411, DD Form 254, and Ozone Depleting Substances Certification. Questions should be directed to one of the following points of contact: Contracts -- Lisa Bregman (703) 602-7390 x6641 or INTERNET bregmanlb.jfk@navair.navy.mil; Technical -- Sam Wilson (703) 602-7390 x6699 or INTERNET wilsons@ntrprs.jast.mil. -- NAVAIR Synopsis No. 20119-97. (0178)

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