99 -- NOTICE OF BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) FOR INTEGRATED FACILITIES SUPPORT!! The Defense Industrial Supply Center (DISC) is soliciting concept papers for a logistics research and development program for Integrated Facilities Support. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches and techniques that lead to or enable revolutionary advances in state-of-the-art logistics supply and services support for the maintenance, repair and operations of facilities. Specifically excluded is research which primarily results in evolutionary improvement to the existing state of practice. It is expected that the program will develop and apply unique and innovative approaches for providing logistics support to the military services that will maintain the highest state of readiness. Logistics support must include surge and sustainment capability that enhances the defense mobilization base and improves the logistics support provided to the facilities. In order to perform to the expected objectives of the program, new strategies are required which utilize advanced technology, distribution and materials management techniques. The strategies should improve logistics response time, the ability of the industrial base to respond to changes in customer demand and effectively reduce the overall cost to the government. The desired level of performance is broadly categorized in terms of improving order fulfillment cycle-time, service and product quality, total cost, and the capability to deliver information and technical support services. The research will be expected to identify innovative, state of the art methodologies to reengineer facilities maintenance support chains for the Department of Defense (DoD). The focus of the BAA is on prototyping technologies for logistics support including the development, implementation and demonstration of the technology. It is expected that these will form the foundation for a generation of applications which will exceed the capabilities that would become available within the next five to ten years without this effort. Concepts should be directed at improvingthe supply and service support for DoD facilities. A key goal is to develop a process and/or system which can be exported to any DoD location worldwide. Teaming arrangements between developers and systems integrators, educational institutions, research institutes, or other collaborators are encouraged, and single offerors should anticipate the possibility of being expected to work collaboratively with other organizations if they receive an award. Program Scope: Concepts for individual efforts should not exceed a total of ten years (including options). Technologies that have a significant impact on key business drivers, such as increased customer satisfaction, and reduced logistics response time will be given highest priority. Concept papers are to include cost data, as well as proposer's preferred type of contract. In accordance with FAR 6.102(d)(2) and FAR 35, award(s) will be made under competitive procedures for Logistics Research and Development. Evaluation Criteria: Evaluation of concepts will be accomplished by a technical evaluation panel through a scientific review of each concept paper using the following criteria, which are listed in descending order of relative importance: (1) Overall scientific and technical merit, (a) Technical feasibility, (b) Realism of expected outcome; (2) Potential contribution and relevance to meeting DISC's and the Services' missions and requirements; (3) Information technology; (4) Offeror's capabilities and related experience: (5) Cost realism; Note: Cost realism will only be significant in proposals which have significantly under or over estimated the cost to complete their effort. Complete pricing need not be submitted during the initial development of concepts. Those concepts, if any, selected for full discussion will be required to provide complete pricing proposals as a part of the negotiation process. Only those offerors whose concepts are deemed to have merit by the technical evaluation panel shall be selected to perform a demonstration of their concept. Demonstrations shall cover the areas of supply, service and information technology as set forth in the concept paper. Upon notification of selection for concept demonstration, offerors will be requested to recommend pricing arrangements suitable for the demonstration of their concept. Time, date and location of the demonstration shall be mutually agreed upon by the offeror and the Contracting Officer. The final award decision(s) will be the direct result of an integrated analysis of technical and pricing considerations which are to achieve the objectives of logistical support and military readiness. General Information: This BAA will remain open for 36 months. This notice, in conjunction with the document BAA 97-BA002, Proposer Information Packet (PIP), constitutes the total BAA. The PIP provides further information on the following: area interest, submission process, evaluation process and factors, concept abstract format, and concept paper format and may be obtained by electronic mail, FAX, or on the DISC World Wide Web Site. Requests by U.S. mail to the administrative mailing address given below will be honored, but with a slower response. No other information is available. The Government reserves the right to select to award all, some, or none of the concept papers received. All responsible sources capable of satisfying the Government's requirements may submit a concept paper which will be considered by DISC. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), Minority Institutions (MI), small business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns, and women-owned small business concerns are encouraged to submit concepts and join others in submitting concepts. However, no portion of this BAA will be set aside for participation by these groups at this time, due to the impracticality of reserving discrete or severable areas of research in Integrated Facilities Support research and development. In order to minimize unnecessary effort in concept paper preparation and review, offerors are encouraged to submit a brief concept abstract in advance of a full concept paper. An original and four copies of the concept abstract must be submitted on or before October 1, 1997 to receive an answer prior to the submission date for full concept papers. Upon review, DISC may provide written feedback on the likelihood of a full concept paper being considered. Concept abstracts may be mailed, emailed, hand-carried, or faxed. The initial administrative cut-off date for full concept papers is December 2, 1997. Concept papers received on or before that date will be considered for initial contract awards. Concept papers received subsequent to that date may be considered for award at a later date. Subsequent administrative cut-off dates will be posted via amendments to this BAA. Offerors must submit an original and four copies of full concept papers. Concept Papers not meeting the format described in the PIP may not be reviewed. Concept Papers may be sent by mail, emailed, or may be hand-carried, however, due to the anticipated length of the concept papers, facsimile copies will not be accepted, any so sent will be disregarded. All administrative correspondence and questions to this BAA, including requests for information on how to submit a concept abstract or concept paper to this BAA, shall be directed to one of the administrative addresses below; e-mail or fax is preferred. Administrative Addresses: Mailing: Defense Industrial Supply Center, DISC-WPB, ATTN.: Linda Gruber, 700 Robbins Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111-5096. E-mail: for Linda Gruber: lgruber@disc.dla.mil, for Tom Grace: tgrace@disc.dla.mil. Phone: for Linda Gruber: (215) 697-3475, for Tom Grace: (215) 697-3558. FAX: (215) 697-3928. DISC World Wide Web Site: http://www.disc.dla.mil/ipu/acquisition/baa/.*****

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