A -- INTELLIGENCE FUSION FOR TARGETS-UNDER-TREES (PART 2 OF 2)

Notice Date

October 26, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL -- Rome Research Site, AFRL/Information Directorate 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, NY, 13441-4514

ZIP Code

13441-4514

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-PRDA-02-02-IFKA-PART-2

Response Due

September 30, 2004

Point of Contact

Joetta Bernhard, Contracting Officer, Phone (315) 330-2308, Fax (315) 330-7790, Email Joetta.Bernhard@rl.af.mil

Description

PRDA 02-02-IFKPA, Part 2 of 2. MIFT White Paper Solicitation: In addition, AFRL/IFE is soliciting White Papers that provide innovative solutions to the Find, Fix and Track portions of the TUT kill chain. The IFSI is not precluded from submitting White Papers. It is expected that within the technical requirements for this PRDA, there will be additional technologies that need to be addressed. As part of the AFRL Fusion program addressing MIFT, technologies will be addressed leading to a more robust fusion system. These technologies will be considered for inclusion into the IFSI effort as the technologies are matured. In order to provide funding for development of promising technologies, AFRL/IFE is soliciting White Papers that address the following specific areas and must be implemented as an ASF component: (1) reasoning technologies that establish target attributes and ID; (2) optimization of Multi-INT fusion techniques; (3) identification of stationary and moving targets employing sensor cueing and cross-cueing; (4) robust techniques that provide adequate target identification for continuous tracking in open and obscured environments; (5) advanced fusion and reasoning techniques that reduce target location error and ID uncertaintanty; and (6) other data fusion technologies relevant to solving the TUT problem, such as; Video, EO/IR, MSI/HSI, MASINT (seismic, acoustic, magnetic), HUMINT. Awards: Multiple awards for the MIFT initiative are anticipated. The principal funding of the White Papers and the anticipated awards as a result of this PRDA will start in 2Q FY02, and will be in the form of contracts, cooperative agreements, or other transactions depending on the nature of the work proposed. Contractor teaming is encouraged. Individual awards will normally range from 6 to 32 months with dollar amounts typically ranging from $100,000 to $1,000,000, per award. Total funding for the MIFT portion of this PRDA is approximately, $3.6M. AFRL requires innovative, yet demonstrable and usable solutions to meet the needs of this PRDA. Technical solutions should emphasize the use of open systems that accommodate distributed, modular, and extensible approaches. Deliverables will be technical reports, robust software applications that utilize ASF Core Services and demonstrations with levels of maturity adequate to transition to the IFSI and be integrated into the TUT IFS architecture. Integration and demonstration utilizing the AFRL Fusion Laboratory at the Rome Research Site is required under this PRDA. Associate Contractor Agreements (ACAs) will be required with the IFSI, AFRL Fusion Laboratory in-house contractors and others, as required. Evaluation of proposals will be accomplished using the following criteria: (l) overall scientific and technical merit, (2) potential contribution and relevance to this effort, (3) innovativeness of the proposed approach and/or techniques, (4) offerors capabilities and related experience, and (5) cost and fee realism and reasonableness. In addition, the Government will consider other factors such as, past and present performance on recent Government contracts and the capacity to perform the described effort. Criteria 1 through 4 above will also be used to determine whether White Papers submitted are consistent with the intent of this PRDA and of interest to the Governmen t. No further evaluation criteria will be used in selecting the White Papers. White paper evaluations will be based on acceptability or unacceptability without regard to other submittals/awards under this PRDA. Options are discouraged and unpriced options will not be considered for award. Work to be performed will require a SECRET facility clearance and safeguarding capability. Also, personnel identified for assignment must be cleared for access to SECRET information, at the time of award. However, a TOP SECRET facility clearance and key personnel cleared for access to SI/TK information prior to award may be required dependent upon the work to be performed and information utilized. A principal investigator clause may be required on these efforts. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION FOR MIFT. DO NOT SUBMIT A FORMAL PROPOSAL AT THIS TIME. Offerors are required to submit an unclassified original plus (3) copies of their White Papers for the Multi-Intelligence Fusion for TCTs portion of this PRDA to AFRL/IFEA, ATTN: Robert Macior, Ref. PRDA 02-02-IFKA, 32 Brooks Road, Rome, NY 13441-4114 no earlier than 17 December 2001. White Papers are limited to a total page count of ten (10) pages and shall be double-spaced with a font no smaller than 12 pitch. White Papers must contain a cover letter indicating whether the offeror is a large, small, woman-owned, small disadvantaged, veteran-owned small, or HUBZone small business, or a Historically Black College or University, or Minority Institution. Small business only should send one (1) copy of the cover letter only (1st Class Mail, Unclassified Only) to ATTN: Ms Janis Norelli, Director of Small Business, AFRL/IFB, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, NY 13441-4514. The White Paper will be formatted as follows: Section A: Title, Period of Performance, Cost of Task, Name of Company; Section B: Task Objective; and Section C: Technical Summary. Offerors must mark their White Papers/proposals with the restrictive language stated in FAR 15.609(a). Multiple White Papers may be submitted in different areas of technology. White Papers will be accepted until 30 Sept 2004. It is recommended that White Papers be received early in each Fiscal Year to maximize the possibility of award. However, White Papers will be accepted at any time, but it is more likely that funding will be available during the early portion of each Fiscal Year. The purpose of the White Paper is to preclude unwarranted effort on the part of an offeror whose proposed work is not of interest under this PRDA. Those White Papers found to be consistent with the intent of this PRDA may be invited to submit a technical and cost proposal. Such invitation does not assure that the submitting organization will be awarded a subsequent award. White Papers submitted will be evaluated as they are received. Individual White Paper evaluations will be based on acceptability or non-acceptability without regard to other White Papers submitted under the announcement. Additional White Paper preparation instructions may be found at: http://www.rl.af.mil/div/IFK/bp-guide.html Government Furnished Information/Equipment (GFI/GFE): Information on ASF will be provided by the government to the IFSI and MIFT contractors for use under this program. The necessary hardware required for the software integration into the AFRL Fusion Facility and targeted transition facility will be provided as Base Support. However, the IFSI and MIFT contractors shall be required to provide hardware at their own facility for architecture development and integration during the contract period-of-performance. This hardware shall be compatible with the targeted facilities. No GFE will be provided to the IFSI or MIFT contractors for development use in their facility. The IFSI offerors shall specify, and provide if awarded, any reference image or display background required for the geo-registration/time synchronization for the fusion of the multi-spectral data. Other required GFI data shall be specified in the proposal for evaluation. Pre-proposal Briefing: An unclassified briefing for all interested U.S. firms and personnel will be held on 8 November 2001, at The Beeches Conference Center, 7900 Turin Rd, Rome, NY 13441, from 0830 to 1700 hours. If you plan to attend the Pre-proposal Briefing, pre-registration is required. Participants who do not pre-register will not be allowed into the briefings. The cutoff date for registration is 5 November 2001. Please register at: http://www.rl.af.mil/programs/tut/. The briefing(s) and attendance roster will be posted at: http://www.if.afrl.af.mil/div/IFK/prda0201/TUTbriefing.ppt. Questions should be e-mailed directly to the Contracting Officer, Joetta A. Bernhard, at: Joetta.Bernhard@rl.af.mil with a copy to Robert E. Macior at: Robert.Macior@rl.af.mil. Questions and answers will be posted to http://www.if.afrl.af.mil/div/IFK/prda0201/TUTQ&A.html within 48 hours after collection, thereby providing adequate time for the response. This allows for anonymous questions. Questions will be accepted for five (5) business days after the Pre-proposal Briefing. The total value for all awards under this PRDA shall not exceed $24,900,000. Foreign participation is not authorized for this acquisition. Data subject to export control constraints may be involved and only firms on the Certified Contractor Access List (CCAL) will be allowed access to such data. The cost of preparing proposals in response to this announcement is not an allowable direct charge to any resulting contract or any other contract, but may be an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect cost in FAR 31.205-18. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear significant concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. Routine questions are not considered to be "significant concerns" and should be e-mailed directly to the Contracting Officer, Joetta A. Bernhard, at: (315) 330-2308. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the Contracting Officer or Program Manager, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. The Ombudsman for this acquisition is Linda W. Reed, Deputy Chief, Contracting Division, AFRL/IFK at (315) 330-7748. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of the proposals or in the source selection process. This PRDA is open and effective until 30 September 2004. All responsible firms may submit proposals or White Papers, as appropriate, which shall be considered. Respondents are asked to provide their Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) number with their submittal(s) and reference PRDA 02-02-IFKA. Only Contracting Officers are legally authorized to commit the Government. IMPORTANT: This is Part 2 of 2 of PRDA 02-02-IFKPA.

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