10 October 1999

[Printed Issue Date: October 12, 1999]
From the Commerce Business Daily Online via GPO Access
[cbdnet.access.gpo.gov]

PART: U.S. GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENTS
SUBPART: SERVICES
CLASSCOD: A--Research and Development
OFFADD: National Reconnaissance Office, 14675 Lee Road, Chantilly,
  VA 20151-1715
SUBJECT: A--NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT
  FOR THE FY 2000 DIRECTOR'S INNOVATION INITIATIVE PROGRAM
SOL NRO 000-99-R-0176
DUE 111799
POC Contracting POC - P. Williams (703) 808-1581, Technical POC
  - Dr. William Harter, (703) 808-4882
DESC: The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is interested
  in receiving proposals for research and development for the
  Director's Innovation Initiative (DII) program focusing on
  the areas of Information Superiority, New Design Paradigms,
  and Space Based Intelligence. This notice constitutes a Broad
  Agency Announcement (BAA) as contemplated in the Federal Acquisition
  Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2) for private industry and educational
  institutions. Submission of proposals against this BAA is open
  to private industry and educational institutions, with no restrictions
  as to the size of the business. Other Government Agencies and
  Federally Funded Research and Development Centers may not respond
  directly against this BAA, but may submit proposals to be considered
  for establishing a Memorandum of Agreement between their agency
  and the NRO DII program via a separate Government Sources Sought
  Announcement. Readers should note that this is an announcement
  to declare the NRO's intent to competitively fund research
  and development for innovative technologies that meet the focus
  areas set forth in the BAA. The BAA can be found on the DII
  Home Page accessible through the World Wide Web at

    http://151.200.109.45/unclass_industry.html
  
  on or around 4 Oct 1999. No other Request for Proposal, solicitation,
  or other announcement will be made. Readers must download all
  applicable information necessary to submit a proposal from
  the web page. Awards shall take the form of contracts only.
  Before preparing a proposal, potential offerors should read
  the information provided in the BAA for details regarding the
  problem areas of interest, proposal format, proposal submission,
  and proposal evaluation. To be eligible for consideration,
  readers wishing to respond to this announcement must submit
  a proposal, including a signed original copy, four additional
  copies, and one media copy on a 3-1/2" diskette or CDROM (Word
  for Windows NT document on a Windows NT formatted diskette
  or CDROM), referencing this BAA to NRO, ATTN: DII Program Contracting
  Officer, P. Williams, Rm WF14B16E,14675 Lee Road, Chantilly,
  VA 20151-1715. Proposals sent via facsimile or electronic mail
  will be rejected. Proposals must be received at the address
  listed above, no later than 4:00 PM local time on 17 November
  1999. Potential offerors are cautioned that only limited funding
  is available for the DII program. It is expected that multiple
  awards will result from proposals received at a funding level
  of approximately $350,000 with nine (9) month periods of performance.
  Proposals will be evaluated against the following factors,
  in descending order of importance: 1) potential contribution
  to the DII program objectives; 2) technical merit and credibility;
  3) management and offeror's capabilities; 4) cost reasonableness
  (PASS/FAIL only); and 5) security aspects of personnel and
  facilities, and the security management plan (PASS/FAIL only).
  Proposals will not be returned after evaluation. Except as
  otherwise stated herein, no additional written information
  is available regarding this announcement. Requests for the
  same will be disregarded. The Government reserves the right
  to select all, some, or none of the proposals received in response
  to this announcement. P. WILLIAMS, CONTRACTING OFFICER 
LINKURL: http://151.200.109.45
LINKDESC: Click here to download the Broad Agency Announcement.
EMAILADD: dii@nro.mil
EMAILDESC: Click here to send e-mail to the DII Program office.
CITE: (W-280 SN390049)