BAA - NAVAIR Science and Technology Basic and Applied Research - NAWCAD-BAA-17-03

THE INTENT OF THIS BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT IS TO ESTABLISH COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS/CONTRACTS IN SUPPORT OF BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH FOR THE NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND BAA CLOSING DATE: 03/01/2018 1. INTRODUCTION The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is soliciting white papers from non-governmental entities, including firms, institutions of higher education, or by consortia led by such concerns to establish Cooperative Agreements (CAs) and/or contracts to collaborate on and support a broad range of research areas for advances in Science and Technology (S&T) of revolutionary capabilities for U.S. Naval forces to mature and transition in S&T. The purpose is to improve U.S. Naval capabilities, respond to current critical needs, and maintain broad technology investments to anticipate and counter potential technology surprises. To support this mission, the white paper must provide S&T solutions that will enable the future force while simultaneously seizing opportunities to enhance current readiness. White papers shall also discuss the potential commercial applications of the proposed development and its impact on the market. NAVAIR S&T challenges are broad and inherently multidisciplinary in nature. S&T core capabilities being developed at NAVAIR include but are not limited to structures, avionics, materials science, aerodynamics, navigation, sensors, human factors, propulsion, and power. 2. BACKGROUND The purpose of this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) is to establish an agreement and/or contract between NAVAIR and non-governmental entities, including firms, institutions of higher education, or by consortia led by such concerns to advance basic and applied research in support of Naval Aviation. Agreement and/or contract holders may work on a broad range of research projects in close cooperation with NAVAIR subject matter experts (SMEs) to interact with and provide support to Naval Aviation S&T areas that have the potential to serve a public purpose. By establishing these collaborative agreements and/or contracts, the overall ability to conduct research needed to solve current and future technological challenges pertinent to Naval Aviation will be addressed. The work to be performed shall be in direct support of NAVAIR. Activities shall include but are not limited to: - Conducting research in current and emerging technologies. NAVAIR's S&T philosophy spans the continuum from science to product. - Teaming with industry, academia and DoD agencies to find the most appropriate solution to current and future war fighter requirements. - Promoting technology transfer using NAVAIR facilities including operational aircraft test beds. - Providing technical assistance and training associated with different types, models, and series of aircrafts. - Providing SMEs in the aviation specific area of expertise. - Providing research and development for projects in the areas of planning, design, development, construction, and training of fixed and rotary wing aircraft. - Conducting short courses and seminars to address unique topics and issues in research and development as determined by NAVAIR SMEs for current and future aircrafts. - Providing and participating in summer internships and sabbaticals for professors and senior students. 3. AREAS OF INTEREST NAVAIR has spent considerable time identifying and defining critical areas of research referred to as the core capabilities within departments of the Research & Engineering, Test & Evaluation, and Logistics competencies. Specific core areas of research addressed by this BAA include but are not limited to the following: a) Air Vehicles: - Advanced Airframe Materials & Structures - Corrosion Prevention & Control - Air Vehicle Aerodynamics & Flight Controls - Shipboard Interaction - Advanced Modeling & Simulation - Life Management of Naval Airframes/Subsystems - Thermal Management, Fire & Ice Protection - Hydraulics, Pneumatics & Landing Gear Systems - Fuel Containment/Aerial Refueling - Mechanical Systems b) Propulsion and Power: - Advanced Cycle Propulsion Systems - State Based Management of Dynamic Components - Highly Integrated Control System - Low Observable Signature Technologies (Noise, Radar, Infra-Red) - Emissions and Pollution Control - High Speed Aerodynamics - High Power Density Electrical Systems c) Avionics: - Sensor/Data Fusion - Electronic Warfare/Airborne Electronic Attack - Fiber Optics/Networking - Acoustics Sensors - Radar & Antenna Systems - Communications - Electro Optical/Special Mission Sensors - Information Assurance - Maritime Domain Awareness d) Human Systems: - Command & Control - Human, Social, Behavioral, Cultural Modeling - Human Performance Assessment & Modeling - Interactive Experimentation - Protection, Performance & Survivability - Virtual Environments & Simulation e) Weapons and Energetics: - Energetic Materials & Energetics Systems - Weapon Airframe Engineering - Weapon Guidance and Control - Weapon Systems Engineering f) Support Equipment (SE) and Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE): - Electromagnetics - Diagnostics of Avionics - Networks, Information Systems & Intelligent Agents - Controls, Sensors & Instrumentation, Prognostics & Health Monitoring - Cameras, Displays, Optics - Robotics g) Warfare Analysis: - Engagement/Mission/Campaign Analyses - Operational Suitability/Effectiveness Analyses - Weapon System Performance Analyses - Aircraft Suitability Utility Analyses Science and Technology (S&T) Gap Analyses h) Research and Intelligence: - Materials Research - Image and Signal Processing - Employment of Unmanned Systems - Optics Research and Fabrication - Chemical Detection i) Test, Evaluation and Engineering: - Systems Evaluation, Experimentation & Test - Air Vehicle Testing - Shore Based and Shipboard Precision Approach and Landing System (PALS) Certification - Stores Compatibility Testing - Mission Systems Testing - Weapons Testing - Ranges - Air Vehicle Modification & Instrumentation Testing - Survivability Flight Test - Time Space Position Information (TPSI) - Mission Systems Flight Test - Weapon Effectiveness Testing - Aero-Mechanical Flight Test - Threat/Target Systems - Target Engineering - Target Airborne Threat Simulation - Target Combat Environment Testing - Seaborne Targets - Integrated Battle-Space Simulation & Test - Physical and Simulated Environments for Platform, System of System (SoS), and Family of System (FoS) Test and Evaluation - Generation of Threat Simulations/Signals for Installed System Testing - Weapons and Aircraft Systems Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing - Interoperability Evaluations for Communications Signals/Data - Aircraft Flight Simulation and Stimulation T&E - Electromagnetic Environment Effects (E3) T&E - Ground Radar Cross Section (RCS) Measurement and Analysis j) Simulation and Modeling: - Weapons Training Systems - Low-cost Photo Texture/Databases - Virtual Environment Training Technology - Tactical Decision-Making under Stress - Parallel Computing as applied to Simulation and Modeling 4. WHITE PAPERS Offerors shall submit a technical white paper, not to exceed five pages. The Government may contact the Offeror for additional white paper information, if necessary. The white paper shall address one or more of the areas identified above. White papers will be evaluated quarterly, or more frequently as deemed necessary by the Government. All proprietary portions of the white paper shall be clearly identified and will be treated with the strictest confidence. The white paper shall include: The cover sheet (not counted towards the white paper page count) for the white paper shall identify: 1. BAA Number; 2. Entity Name and CAGE code; 3. Other Team Members and type of entity for each; 4. Technical Points of Contact (including phone, fax, and e-mail information) at the Entity; 5. Administrative Point of Contact (including phone, fax, and e-mail information) at the Entity; and 6. One paragraph that summarizes the relationship of the proposal to the BAA. Overview of the Proposed Work / Interactions - A summary of proposed concepts; - an estimated timeframe for completion of project; - a brief description of the facilities involved; - a brief resume of the principle investigator(s); - a rough order of cost magnitude; - the anticipated sharing arrangement (if applicable); and, - Approved Direct and Indirect Cost Agreements: Educational institutions are requested to provide the most recently approved Direct and Indirect Cost Agreements that have been approved by the Cognizant Office of Naval Research. The Cognizant ONR office, point of contact, phone number, and email address shall be provided. In the event a formal agreement has not been negotiated with ONR, then provide your proposed Direct and Indirect Rates that will be used for the tasking that may be accomplished under this acquisition vehicle and your last three years of indirect rates used for similar tasking with other entities. (Not counted towards the white paper page count). Submission of a white paper shall constitute consent to disclose proprietary information to all Government source selection participants. White papers shall be submitted electronically, in accordance with Section 4.1 of this BAA. NAVAIR's Science and Technology community will review white papers submitted in response to this announcement. Detailed cost analysis will not be conducted for the purposes of awarding a Cooperative Agreement. As requirements and tasking are identified by the Government (and based on the availability of funding), individual orders will be placed against the Cooperative Agreement, whereby the Government will request Cost/Pricing information to assess the realism and reasonableness of costs, including proposed cost sharing. Where a contract award is contemplated, the Government will require elements of cost (labor, subcontractors/consultants, direct materials, travel, other direct costs, equipment, software, patents, royalties, indirect costs, escalation, and cost of money) prior to contract award. IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE AGREEMENT HOLDERS: Current registration in the DoD's System for Award Management (SAM) database is a prerequisite for receiving an award resulting from this BAA. For more information, please contact the Federal Service Desk at 1-866-606-8220 or go to the SAM website at: https://www.sam.gov/portal/SAM/. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106-398) required Contractors to submit invoices electronically, and the Department of Defense (DoD) to process electronically, requests for payment under DoD contracts. Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) is a Web-based application that allows DoD Vendors to submit and track their invoices, receipts and acceptance documents electronically. Offerors shall submit payment requests and receiving reports using WAWF. For more information, please contact the WAWF Help Desk at 1-800-756-4571, option 6 or go to the WAWF Information website at: http://www.dfas.mil/ecommerce/wawf/info.html 4.1 WHITE PAPER SUBMISSION No further Request for Information (RFI), solicitation, or other announcement of this opportunity will be made. White papers may be submitted at any time up to the closing date of the BAA. Offerors may submit white papers within one or more of the areas of interest listed in previous paragraphs. However, each area shall be addressed in a separate white paper submission. White Papers shall be submitted with an original signature of an authorizing official to rebecca.wathen@navy.mil and jeffrey.s.boyce@navy.mil. Proposal submission is not restricted in any way to any particular entity. Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Minority Institutions, Tribal Colleges and Universities are encouraged to participate. The NAICS Code for this BAA is 541712. 5. EVALUATION CRITERIA The Government will evaluate white papers responsive to any or all of the areas of interest discussed herein. White Papers will not be evaluated against each other. The primary evaluation criteria are: a) Scientific and technical merits of the proposed research to include, (1) the degree to which the proposed research and development objectives support the targeted technical topic and (2) validity of the technical basis for the approach offered. b) The offeror's capabilities, related experience, past performance on similar efforts, research investigators/personnel, facilities, techniques, or unique combination of these, which are integral factors for achieving the proposal objectives. 6. AWARDS NAVAIR intends to award Cooperative Agreements and/or contracts and will consider various types of acquisition vehicles including but not limited to traditional FAR/DFARS type contracts or other non-procurement agreements. NAVAIR is planning to make one or more awards within the overall objectives stated in this BAA. All awards will be based on the individual merit of the proposal. The Government reserves the right to select all, some, or none of the white papers received in response to this announcement. Any awards are subject to the availability of appropriations. There is no commitment by the Navy to be responsible for any monies expended by the offeror before award of a cooperative agreement and/or contract. For awards made as contracts, the socio-economic merits of each proposal will be evaluated based on the commitment to provide meaningful subcontracting opportunities with small business programs. These efforts shall be conducted primarily at the offeror's site but NAVAIR facilities may also be available and/or used depending on project needs. Access and use of NAVAIR facilities will require security clearances and US citizenship. NOTE: Typically, research findings result in the need for additional services/supplies, which are not possible to anticipate or project. Modifications to the agreement and/or contract may be executed to satisfy these requirements; thereby providing for flexibility in technology assessment (with technology transition the ultimate goal). In the event that this is required, it shall be considered to be within the scope of this BAA and the resulting agreement, and therefore will have met the requirements of the Department of Defense Grant and Agreement Regulations (DODGARS) and the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), as supplemented. Contracting Office Address: Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division 21983 Bundy Road, Building 441 Patuxent River, MD 20670 United States Place of Performance: Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Patuxent River, Maryland United States Primary Points of Contact: Jeffrey Boyce Phone: 301-757-0015 FAX: 301-995-1454 Jeffrey.S.Boyce@Navy.Mil Rebecca Wathen Phone: 301-757-0013 FAX: 301-995-1186 Rebecca.Wathen@Navy.Mil