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Contracting Office Address
Other Defense Agencies, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,
Contracts Management Office, 3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA,
22203-1714, UNITED STATES
Description
PRESOLICITATION NOTICE FOR THE DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECT AGENCY
(DARPA) URBAN CHALLENGE SUPPORT
Description:
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Contracts
Management Office, intends to procure Logistics Support, Command and
Control Support, and Operational Support required to support the DARPA
sponsored Urban Challenge Program. The Urban Challenge is the third
Grand Challenge autonomous vehicle technology demonstration, a program
in which teams from the technical community will enter self navigating
vehicles designed to negotiate a complex urban course without human
drivers. Successful offerors will provide the necessary support to
ensure the success of a series of events that lead up to a timed race of
unmanned, robotic vehicles over a high traffic, urban-environment
obstacle course. This program was announced in May, 2006, and will
culminate in November, 2007 with the Urban Challenge Final Event (UCFE).
As part of the Urban Challenge program, a series of qualifying events
will be conducted leading to the National Qualification Event (NQE) in
October, 2007 at a location to be announced (TBA) in the western U.S. At
the 10-day NQE, finalist teams are chosen to participate in the UCFE,
scheduled to take place on November 3, 2007, also at a location to be
announced in the western United States. Both events are multi-faceted,
complex, and involve the coordination of a large number of staff,
spectators, members of the media, and participants.
DARPA intends to issue one or more time and material contracts to
fulfill its requirement to provide support for both the NQE and UCFE.
The logistics contractor will interface with military and civilian
personnel from the Department of Defense, other contractor teams,
spectators, and on-site providers to provide event planning, training
support, site support, staff support, registration, permits, lodging and
catering, on-site infrastructure, security, command center,
transportation, ceremony support and other related activities. The
command and control effort will provide services for an Urban Challenge
course area with a diameter of several miles, and will require primary
and backup tracking systems based on the Government-furnished E-stop and
tracking systems. Course-wide voice communications is also required.
Operational support will include course and site preparation, furnishing
of vehicles and drivers, and other related activities.
Request for Proposal HR0011-07-R-0005 will be issued and posted to the
FedBizOpps website at http://www1.fbo.gov and attached to the
presolicitation notice on or shortly after the fifteenth day following
the date of this presolicitation notice. This negotiated procurement
will be issued on an unrestricted basis under full and open competition;
all responsible sources may submit a proposal that will be considered by
the agency. All prospective offerors interested in submitting a proposal
must have a Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code. In accordance
with DFARS 252.204-7004, all contractors wishing to do business with the
Department of Defense must be registered in the Central Contractor
Registration (CCR) database in order to receive a contract award from
any DOD activity. CCR registration can be accomplished at the following
website: www.ccr.gov. Also, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
requires that all contractors use the Online Representations and
Certifications Application (ORCA) in federal solicitations as part of
the proposal submission. You may access ORCA via the following URL,
www.orca.bpn.gov. Interested offerors may register at
http://www1.fbo.gov to receive notification when the solicitation and
any amendments are issued and available for downloading. DARPA will not
directly send offerors the solicitation or any amendments. The offeror
is responsible for checking this web site periodically for updates and
download the solicitation documents and attachments.
Point of Contact
Michael Mutty, Contracting Officer, Phone 571-218-4588, Fax
703-741-7860, Email
michael.mutty@darpa.mil - Matthew Moennich, Support Contractor,
Phone 571-218-4599, Fax 703-807-4901, Email
matthew.moennich.ctr@darpa.mil
Place of Performance
Address: Arlington, VA and a site to be announced in the western United
States
Postal Code: 22203
Country: UNITED STATES
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