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URGENT NOTICE:  The CCDC SAFE site is currently experiencing upload and download issues and site timeouts. Offerors should transmit proposals through the CCDC SAFE to meet the suspense.  However, offerors unable to transmit through CCDC SAFE should contact our office at the emails below to determine an alternate transmission/receipt method.

[email protected]
[email protected]

If you have questions please call (757) 878-2900 / 2993

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Amendment 5: This amemdment adds the Question and Answers (#2) posed to the Government in reference to this call.  
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Amendment 4: This amemdment adds the Question and Answers posed to the Government in reference to this call.  
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Amendment 3: This change adds contractor Points of Contact list (as Attachment #3) to allow potential offerors to complete Non-Disclosure Agreements with other offerors.  This is an option from and between offerors.  Copies can be provided to the Government but are not required.  
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Amendment 2: This update extends the suspense for MSI proposals to No Later than 14 May 2019 at 15:00 (3PM) Eastern Standard Time.  All references to proposal suspenses herein and in the attachments are effectively changed to 14 May 2019 at 15:00 EST. 
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Amendment 1:  This update replaces Appendix A: Program Schedule Outline in Attachment 1, A-Team Mission Systems Development and Integration.  This update will provide a corrected schedule for the MSI call.
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The Army Contracting Command - Redstone Arsenal (ACC RSA), Fort Eustis Branch (CCAM-RDT), Building 401, Lee Boulevard, Fort Eustis, VA 23604-5577 is issuing this Special Notice as a Call for proposals for the Mission Systems Development and Integration (MSDI) line of effort in the Advanced Teaming Demonstration Program (A-Team). This Call is issued on behalf of the Aviation Development Directorate-Eustis (ADD-E) Master Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) W911W6-19-R-0012.

A-Team is an Applied Research (6.2) and Advanced Technology Development (6.3) program that seeks to develop and demonstrate collaborative operations of autonomous, manned and unmanned, Army aircraft executing tactical missions with minimal human intervention. Technologies and products of interest to the program include autonomy applied to aviation mission planning and execution, intelligent systems for robust, adaptive, decision making, advanced perception technologies with automated target and object detection and identification systems, mobile ad hoc networks for team communications, advanced engagement planning and intuitive human machine interface technologies. All of these capabilities will work in conjunction with payload products such as sensors, radios, weapons, and tube-launched drones released from vertical lift or fixed wing UAVs and piloted aircraft.

All research effort under this solicitation shall be unclassified. Classified responses will not be accepted. This solicitation is not set aside exclusively for small businesses. Only parties who are registered and certified with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Joint Certification Program may participate in this solicitation. Performance under this effort requires access to and generates unclassified technical data, the export of which is restricted by the Arms Export Control Act (Title 22, U.S.C., Sec. 2751 et. Seq.) or the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (Title 50, U.S.C. App. 2401 et. Seq.). Interested parties are required to provide a verifiable Joint Certification number or a copy of the current and approved DD Form 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement. This certification may be requested from the DLA Joint Certification Program at: http://www.dla.mil/HQ/InformationOperations/Offers/Products/LogisticsApplications/JCP.aspx.

This announcement is an expression of interest only and does not commit the Government to pay any proposal preparation costs. Proposals will be considered valid for 180 days from the date that this announcement closes unless specifically stated otherwise.

This BAA call uses a one-step full proposal submission process. Proposal responses are due on or before April 29, 2019 not later than 1530 Eastern Time. The Government anticipates multiple awards that could include cost reimbursable contracts or cooperative agreements/Technology Investment Agreements (TIAs) with cost share.

The requirements of this Call are described in Attachment 1: A-Team MSDI Description of Research Effort. Additional technical requirements are detailed in the Supplemental Information Package (SIP). The SIP also includes appendices with Government Furnished Information for use in proposal preparation. Documents in the SIP include military critical technical content and will be provided to interested parties upon request in writing by email. Send email requests to Mr. Tom Helms at [email protected] with the subject line "W911W6-19-R-0006: Request for Information". Requests for the SIP must be accompanied by a verifiable Joint Certification Program (JCP) number or a copy of the Offeror's current and approved DD Form 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement. Contact the Defense Logistics Agency Logistics Operations (J3) at http://www.dla.mil/HQ/InformationOperations/Offers/Products/LogisticsApplications/JCP.aspx for more information or to request a certification number. Please review the instructions online and use the form available at the web link to expedite your request. Direct any JCP certification questions to https://www.dla.mil/HQ/InformationOperations/Offers/Products/LogisticsApplications/JCP/ContactUs.aspx.

Proposal Submission Instructions: Unclassified responses should be submitted electronically via the Safe Access and File Exchange (SAFE) website (https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/SAFE/). Responses should be provided in Microsoft Word or as a portable document format (*.pdf) file. Use the following email addresses as prompted by the site: [email protected] and [email protected].

NOTE: Proposal files submitted on SAFE are available for download for no more than 48 hours after they are uploaded. Please do not submit proposals on Friday (after 3:30 PM) or on Saturday's as they may expire on the SAFE site. Submissions should be loaded on the SAFE site Sunday through Thursday to ensure delivery. Please email Tom Helms at the email above to confirm receipt.

If proprietary or copyrighted information is submitted, please include a statement authorizing the Government to copy and distribute the file(s) within the Government for evaluation purposes. Appropriately marked proprietary information will be properly protected by the U.S. Government.

Additional Info:
Attachment 1 A-Team MSDI Description of Research Effort Final
Attachment 2 Draft TIA Template - Expenditure Based 29 January 2019
Ref 1, W911W6-19-R-0012_Master BAA
Ref 2, W911W6-18-R-00AT FedBizOps Full Print
Ref 3, Attachment 1 A-Team ST Description of Research Effort Final

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