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13 December 2001

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    [Commerce Business Daily: Posted in CBDNet on November 21, 2001]
    [Printed Issue Date: November 27, 2001]
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    PART: U.S. GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENTS
    SUBPART: SERVICES
    CLASSCOD: A--Research and Development
    OFFADD: US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center, APG Contracting
      Div., Aberdeen Branch, ATTN: AMSSB-ACC-A, 4118 Susquehanna
      Avenue, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-3013
    SUBJECT: A--BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR MULTI-SPECTRAL SENSORS
      TEST AND EVALUATION DEVELOPMENT
    SOL DAAD05-02-R-0005
    DUE 011002
    POC Jeffrey Pierce, 410-278-0861, FAX 410-278-0904
    DESC:  The U.S. Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center, in support
      of the U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) and the Director,
      Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) is soliciting innovative
      proposals through this Broad Agency Announcement in the area
      of multi- spectral sensors and seekers, including highly distributed
      sensor systems, and hybrid military-commercial products related
      to Test and Evaluation Development. Proposed research should
      investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary
      advances in science, devices, sensor systems, sensor platforms
      or methodologies as they apply to Test and Evaluation (T&E).
      Multi-spectral definition in this context includes multi-sensor
      and/or hyperspectral instrumentation in any combination of
      the following: ultr aviolet, visible, near infrared (IR), short-wave
      IR, mid-wave IR, long-wave IR, and millimeter wave and, by
      extension, the acoustic, magnetic, and seismic. Specifically
      the Government seeks innovative proposals in the multi-spectral
      sensors area that will allow improved T&E for system development
      of current and future systems that will require test and evaluation
      over the next 10 to 15 years. The goal is not to perform basic
      research, but to define and then enable technologies necessary
      to perform the tes ting and evaluation of future multi-spectral
      sensors on ground, sea and aerial platforms, and weapons systems
      in air-to-air, air-to-surface, surface-to-air, and surface-to-surface
      scenarios. DOT&E sees advances in multi-spectral sensors and
      related techno logies in the areas of Land Warrior systems
      (e.g. littoral environment); remote sensing systems; detectors;
      detector algorithms; human-machine interface development (e.g.
      heads-up displays); computational tools (e.g. signature models);
      sensor system target detection, acquisition, and identification
      and targeting assessments; countermeasure survivability and
      countermeasure enhancements; multi-spectral sensor fusion,
      networking, and sensor integration component testing; innovative
      approaches to test facilitie s and test instrumentation platforms
      (all weather sensor suites); land combat sensor analysis; target-background/foreground
      interactions; both human and materiel performance metrics development
      and testing; integrated multi-spectral sensor information deve
      lopment; fire-and-forget, and hit-to-kill sensor T&E concepts.
      PROJECT SCOPE: Total Funding for this project is estimated
      at $1.2 million, from which a total of 2 to 3 awards are envisioned.
      It is anticipated that increased funding levels will occur
      in the following fiscal years. The program is expected to be
      initia ted in FY02, however, the prospective proposer should
      be aware that there is no certainty in the funding or level
      of effort. The Government reserves the right to select for
      award all, some, or none of the proposals received. GENERAL
      INFORMATION: Proposals should address development and/or operational
      test and evaluation technologies. DOT&E strongly encourages
      well-coordinated, interdisciplinary research and development
      activities. Teaming among academic, industrial and /or g overnment
      partners are encouraged, however, this is not a requirement.
      Projects may be awarded in phases with the later phases being
      funded in FY03 or later and will be contingent on fund availability,
      merit of performance in previous phases, and anticipa ted future
      T&E requirement for the technologies being addressed. In order
      to minimize the magnitude of the proposal preparation and review
      process, a proposal abstract (i.e. White Paper) totaling no
      more than 15 pages (total) should be submitted by 12/10/ 02.
      Each abstract shall specify the organization code, sub-contractors
      (where applicable), and their specific roles. The abstract
      shall briefly describe the out year effort beyond completion
      of the phase I effort. Each abstract shall address a specific
      multispectral T&E need. Additionally, the abstract shall address
      any ongoing, defense or commercial science and technology efforts
      that will be leveraged, and cost sharing opportunities, if
      applicable. Additional information on the abstract and full
      proposal required format can be found at http://acquisition.army.mil,
      which is estimated to be posted on or about 6 December 2002
      . Proposals should be submitted electronically in PDF, MS-Word,
      HTML, or ASCII format and should be forwarded to ATC by means
      of 3.25 inch floppy, ZIP (100 or 250 MB) disc, or CD-ROM. In
      addition, two paper copies should be submitted and mailed with
      the e lectronic media. No proposal submitted via e-mail will
      be considered. All abstract materials shall be addressed to
      the ATC, ATTN: Mr. Frank R. Carlen, U.S. Army Aberdeen Test
      Center , Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005, with a courtesy
      copy forwarded to the Robert Morris Acquisition Center, ATTN:
      Mr. Jeffrey R. Pierce, Bldg 4118 Susquehanna Blvd, Aberdeen
      Proving Ground, MD 21005.3013 (410-278-0861, e-mail: jeffrey.pierce@sbccom.apgea.army.mil).
      EVALUATION: Evaluation of proposal abstracts and full proposals
      will be accomplished through a technical review of each proposal
      using the following criteria: (1) relevance to multispectral
      T&E technologies, (2) overall scientific and technical merit,
      (3) potential and plans for the technology to transition, (4)
      offeror s capabilities and related experience, and (5) cost
      realism. Upon review, the Government will respond to proposal
      abstracts with a recommendation to submit or not to submit
      a full proposal and the time and date for submission of a full
      proposal.
    LINKURL: http://acquisition.army.mil
    LINKDESC: Army Single Face to Industry
    EMAILADD: jeffrey.pierce@sbccom.apgea.army.mil
    EMAILDESC: US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center, APG Contracting
      Div., Aberdeen Branch
    CITE: (D-325 SN5135D4)