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A -- INTEGRATED HIGH PAYOFF ROCKET PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY IV PROGRAM RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENT (PART 2 OF 2) SOL PRDA 98-01-PKAE DUE 041798 POC Teresa Weber, Contract Negotiator, AFFTC/PKAE, 805-277-3900 ext 2273; P.J. Barnhill, Contracting Officer, AFFTC/PKAE, 805-277-3900 ext 2235 WEB: Click here for the On-Line Acquisition and Solicitation Information System, AFFTC_PK.elan.af.mil/scripts/xindex.asp. E-MAIL: Click e-mail link to contact the POC, webert%pk@mhs.elan.af.mil. INTRODUCTION: Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology IV. This announcement is in two parts. Part 2 of 2, PRDA 98-01-PKAE. BASIS OF AWARD: The Government reserves the right to select for contract award any, all, part or none of the proposals received in response to this announcement. Multiple awards to the same topic area are also possible. The selection of the sources for contract award for each topic shall be based upon an integrated best value assessment considering technical merit and cost/price. A scientific and engineering evaluation will be conducted on all proposals received. The purpose of this evaluation is to determine the relative merit of the technical approach proposed in response to this announcement. This evaluation shall consider technical aspects and cost as related to technical effort. The same criteria will be used for the abstracts and the full proposals. The technical evaluation area will be ranked as first priority in the evaluation. The cost area, while considered substantial, will be second in priority. The technical evaluation will be based on the following criteria. Criteria 1 and 2 are of equal importance to each other and most important in the technical area. Criteria 3 and 4 are also of equal importance to each other, but are of less importance than criteria 1 and 2. The Technical area criteria are: 1. Soundness of offeror's technical approach with regard to feasibility of the project, probability of the technology being a viable candidate for selection/application into an operational system, and understanding the scope of the technical effort. 2. Relevance of the proposed effort to the achievement/demonstration of the goals of the Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology (IHPRPT) program. 3. Innovation and creativity of the proposed solution. 4. Capability of the offeror to successfully accomplish the proposed effort, which includes demonstrated relevant past/present performance, the availability of the necessary resources such as experienced and competent technical and management personnel, and the availability, from any source, of required laboratory, shop, and test facilities. Organization and clarity of information are critical to all of the evaluation criteria for both the abstract and the full proposal. Cost, which includes consideration of proposed budgets and funding profiles, and cost elements as they relate to the technical effort are the second evaluation area. It is anticipated that adequate price competition (APC) will be achieved between the offers received for a particular topic. If, after step 1, it appears APC will exist in a particular topic, full cost proposals will not be solicited for the selected abstracts. Only that data deemed essential for determining a fair and reasonable contract price and for the performance of a cost realism analysis will be requested. [Cost Criteria (a) and (c) below apply.] If APC is not achieved on a particular topic, the offerors of the selected abstracts will be requested to submit cost or pricing data IAW FAR 15.403-4. [Cost Criteria (a), (b), and (c) below apply.] The cost evaluation criteria will include: (a) reasonableness, realism, and completeness of cost in relation to the technical risk; (b) basis of estimated engineering, fabrication, and test costs; and (c) appropriate distribution and adequacy of estimated costs in relation to elements of the proposed technical effort. Those offerors electing to submit a full proposal in the absence of an invitation shall submit cost or pricing data IAW FAR 15.403-4. No further evaluation criteria will be used in selecting the abstracts and proposals. The technical and cost information will be evaluated at the same time. GENERAL INFORMATION: To obtain the Supplemental Package offerors should contact the Contract Negotiator, Ms. Teresa Weber at AFFTC/PKAE, (805) 277-3900, extension 2273. All information contained in this synopsis and companion supplemental package is available electronically via the On-Line Acquisition Solicitation Information System (OASIS) at Edwards AFB, CA. See below for address. Questions of a technical nature regarding the IHPRPT program and this PRDA should be directed to Mr. Glenn S. Olson, AFRL/PRR, (805) 275-5056. Technical questions specific to a particular topic should be directed to the POC indicated in the topic description found in the Supplemental Package. Abstracts and proposals in response to this PRDA shall reference the technical project being proposed against as well as PRDA 98-01-PKAE. Abstracts and proposals submitted after the respective cutoff dates specified herein shall be treated in accordance with the restrictions of FAR 52.215-1. NOTE: All contractors must comply with all provisions of FAR 52.215-1 (Oct 97) "Instructions to Offerors -- - Competitive Acquisitions". A copy of this provision may be obtained from the contracting point of contact. Awards made as a result of this PRDA will be in the form of contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or other transactions as determined by the work to be performed. Total funding for this PRDA is $19,201,000. Principal funding of this PRDA and the anticipated awards are contemplated to start in FY 99. Offerors should state that their proposals will be valid for 180 days from submission. The Government reserves the right to award contracts up to 1 year from issuance of this announcement. The cost of preparing abstracts and proposals in response to this announcement is not an allowable direct charge to any resulting contract or any other contract, but it may be an allowable expense to normal bid and proposal indirect cost specified in FAR 31.205-18. The Air Force reserves the right to amend this PRDA to allow for subsequent submission dates for abstracts. This announcement constitutes the only published solicitation for this requirement. A formal Request for Proposal (RFP) will not be issued. Request for Proposal letters will be sent only to those offerors participating in Step 1 and selected in accordance with the abstract evaluation criteria. Offerors should be alert for any PRDA amendments that may be published. Note: Offerors are advised that only contracting officers are legally authorized to commit the Government. All responsible sources may submit an abstract and proposal which shall be considered by that agency. ACQUISITION MILESTONES -- ABSTRACTS DUE: 17APR98; INVITATIONS TO STEP 2 TO OFFERORS: 28APR98; PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS DUE: Group 1, 12JUN98; Group 2, 26JUN98; Group 3, 06JUL98; CONTRACT AWARDS: BEGIN OCT 98. (End of Part 2) (0083)

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