Deadline Note

Proposals may be submitted from September 1, 2009 to October 1, 2009 and January 15, 2010 to February 15, 2010.

Synopsis

The NBM program supports fundamental research in biomechanics and nanomechanics.

Deadline Note

The window for submission of proposals is September 1, 2009 to October 1, 2009 and January 15, 2010 to February 15, 2010.

Synopsis

The NM program supports research and education on manufacturing at the nanoscale, and the transfer of research results in nanoscience and nanotechnology to industrial applications.

Deadline Note

Proposals may be submitted from September 1, 2010 to October 1, 2010 and January 15, 2010 to February 15, 2010.

Synopsis

The MOM program supports fundamental research on solid mechanics including theoretical, analytical, and computational approaches, model-based simulation, and the development of constitutive models.

Synopsis

Support is provided for participation and ocean drilling-related research performed by U.S. scientists.

Deadline Note

The deadline for pre-proposals is February 15, 2010. Full proposals are due by April 5, 2010.

Synopsis

A -- 2010 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) - 2010 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING BAA - ATTACHMENTS 1-3 SOL DTFH61-10-R-00013 POC Josph A. Fusari, Phone: 2023664244, Robert G Prior, Phone: 2023664247 WEB: FBO.govPermalink https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOT/FHWA/OAM/DTFH61-10-R-00013/listing.html E-MAIL: Joseph.fusari@dot.gov, bob.prior@dot.gov Joseph.fusari@dot.gov, bob.prior@dot.gov NAICS: 541712 Attachment 3 - Past Performance Questionnaire Attachment 2 - Prime Contractors Analysis of Subcontractors Costs Attachment 1 - Sample Statement of Work 2010 Transportation Planning BAA BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) DTFH61-10-R-00013 January 2010 T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S Section Title Page 1 BAA Process Overview 3 2 Focus Areas 5 3 General Proposal Information 7 4 Instructions for Submission of Pre-Proposals 11 5 Pre-Proposal Content 11 6 Pre-Proposal Evaluation 12 7 Instructions for Full Proposals 12 8 Proposal Format 13 9 Evaluation Criteria 16 10 Technical and Cost Negotiations 20 11 Attachments 21 Section 1 BAA Process Overview 1.1 General Information CONTRACTING POINT OF CONTACT: Joseph Fusari Contract Specialist Joseph.Fusari@dot.gov 1.2 Summary of Important Dates This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) describes a two-phase process forproposal submission and evaluation. In the first phase, short pre-proposals will be submitted for review. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will then ask for full proposals of those pre-proposals that are of interest to FHWA. Further detail on proposal dates are as follows: The FHWA anticipates that the proposal, evaluation and award process for this BAA will proceed generally in accordance with the following schedule: BAA opens (FBO publication) January 5, 2009 Pre-Proposals Due 4:30 EST February 15, 2009 Invitation for Full Proposal March 5, 2009 Full Proposals Due 4:30 EST April 5, 2009 Anticipated Contract Award Date May 30, 2009 Proposals shall be sent by electronic transmission to: Joseph.Fusari@dot.gov. Any questions relating to this announcement must be emailed to the contracting point of contact. No telephonic requests will be taken. 1.3 Definitions Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) For additional information visit (http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm) Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) The forum for cooperative transportation decision-making; required for urbanized areas with populations over 50,000. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty For additional information visit ( http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/index.htm ) Regional Planning Organization (RPO) A multipurpose organization composed of representativesof local governments and appointed representatives from the geographic area covered by the council, and designated as the primary organization to address problems and plan solutions that are of greater than local concern or scope Research Programs For additional information visit ( http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/research.htm ) Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) For additional information visit ( http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/step/index.htm ) 1.4 Background Section 5207 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) established the Surface Transportation Environment and Planning Cooperative Research Program (STEP) authorizing funding to support this new program. The general objective of the STEP is to improve understanding of the complex relationship between surface transportation, planning and the environment. Section 5207 of SAFETEA-LU identifies certain characteristics of STEP regarding program contents and administration including: •· Develop more accurate models for evaluating transportation control measures and system designs for use by State and local governments to meet environmental requirements; •· Improve understanding of transportation demand factors; •· Develop indicators of economic, social, and environmental performance of transportation systems to facilitate alternatives analysis; •· Meet additional priorities determined through the transportation research and development strategic planning process identified in section 5208 of SAFETEA-LU; •· Refine the scope and research emphases through outreach and in consultation with stakeholders. Additional information on STEP including resources, research plans, focus areas, and proposal requests are located on page http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/step/index.htm.1.5 Objectives and Description The FHWA, through the Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty is soliciting for proposals for research and development projects that could lead to transformational changes and revolutionary advances for transportation planning in the United States. The objective of this BAA is to advance the practice and application of transportation planning among state, metropolitan, regional, local, and tribal transportation planning governments in response to significant changes in the planning process and to identify new tools, techniques, and approaches that respond to national transportation planning priorities. 1.6 Program Scope The program scope is intentionally ambitious and broad to address the wide spectrum of topics and objectives that the funded investigations can support. This program is intended to spur innovation and focus on high risk and high pay-off research and development projects. Incremental advances, demonstrations of existing technologies or applications of state and metropolitan transportation planning activities are not within the scope of this program. Section 2 FOCUS AREAS 2.1 Focus Areas The FHWA is looking for projects within sevenfocus areas that are of particular strategic interest and relevance. Proposals in these areas are highly encouraged. These areas are consistent with emphasis areas identified for the Surface Transportation Environment and Planning Cooperative Research Program developed under Section 5207 of Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU); see http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/step/index.htm for more information. Additional information on the planning focus areas are located under the "Research Plans" heading located on page http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/step/plans.htm. The seven focus areasinclude: (2.1.1) Tools and Techniques That Support State and local Planning Capacity Building The FHWA seeks to expand the knowledge, understanding, and implementation of efforts that will advance state and local planning capacity buildingincluding the consideration of audience needs, agency practices, and process requirements in statewide and metropolitan transportation planning. Key emerging planning research issues for State Departments of Transportation (DOT), Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO), and small and rural areas could consider: •§ How States, MPO, and Regional Planning Organizations (RPO) and benefit from livability, performance-based planning, asset management, and program cost management, •§ What new and innovative forecasting techniques are available through the development of new process or decision-support tools for planning that can be tailored to multi-use development, program finances and revenue,and coordination with new planning partners, •§ What emerging tools and techniques are available that would assist communities in maintaining their transportation system and more effectively prioritize and limited program resources, and •§ What jurisdictional and institutional issues exist, such asthe development of new planning tools that provide a framework for developing ashared vision for the future by analyzing various forces (e.g., health, transportation, economic, environmental, land use, etc.) that affect growth. •§ How jurisdictional and institutional issues including the development of new planning tools to provide a framework for developing a shared vision for the future by analyzing various forces (e.g., health, transportation, economic, environmental, land use, etc.) and their affects on each other to promote sustainable growth can be addressed. •§ How r egional and local impacts of transportation investments on various sustainability indicators (economy, environment, health, et cetera.) are considered in planning and project selection. (2.1.2) Tools and Techniques That Support Tribal Planning Capacity Building The FHWA seeks to expand the knowledge, understanding, and implementation of efforts that will advance the development of innovative tools or approaches that promote the integration of tribal issues into the transportation planning and programming processes at the State and metropolitan levels. Tribes are not required by law to develop or maintain transportation planning programs. This limits their ability to interface at the same level with States and metropolitan transportation planning and programming efforts minimizing their ability to interface through consultation efforts and their effectiveness when competing for State and metropolitan funding opportunities. Key emerging planning research issues are: •§ Development of "information tools" for Tribal Departments of Transportation can use to improve consultation practices in the statewide and metropolitan transportation planning processes, and •§ Identifying how innovative planning techniques can assist tribes in developing their own transportation planning program using novel processes that apply tools, techniques, and technology specifically designed for tribal transportation planning programs with limited staff and resources. (2.1.3) Global Climate Change and Air Quality Research needs should consider advancing the practice and application of transportation planning among state, regional, and local transportation planning agencies to successfully meet growing concerns about the relationship between transportation, air quality, and climate change. Key emerging research issues to consider include: •§ Howentities can better understand the contribution of transportation facilities and services to air pollution and greenhouse gases and their potential implications, including environmental and human health impacts, •§ How entities can develop and assess analytical methods to adequately identify and reduce transportation emissions that contribute to global climate change, •§ What cost-effective mitigation strategies are available to reduce transportation emissions that contribute to global climate change, •§ How can State DOT'simprove the understanding of climate change impacts on transportation facilities and systems and the ability to consider adaptation and mitigation, •§ How can State DOT's evaluate greenhouse gas mitigation efforts, •§ What new and innovative methods of communicating scientific and regulatory information on transportation-air quality to partners are available at State and localagencies and to stakeholders, and •§ How can State DOT's assess the potential impacts of climate change on transportation; and determine how to avoidand minimize potential climate change impacts during transportation system planning (2.1.4)Congestion Management Congestion Management Systems reflects a substantive shift in perspective and practice to address congestion management through a process that provides for effective management and operations an enhanced linkage to the planning process, and to the environmental review process, based oncooperatively developed travel demand reduction and operational management strategies as well as capacity increases. In support of the reduction of congestion on America's transportation network as well as support other initiatives to linkoperations and transportation planning, key emerging research issues to consider includes: •§ What innovations in congestion pricing and private sector involvement in transportation investment are available, •§ What advanced analysis tools are available for use in the measurement and evaluation of operational improvements and strategies in transportation planning and advance the Congestion Management Process, and •§ Whether new planning tools and programs for understanding, analyzing and responding to congestion problems are available. (2.1.5) Safety Planning Transportation safety planning should include the development and improvement of data collection methods and project selection processes that respond to the needs of planning and safety decision making processes and how helping planning agencies (State DOTs, MPOs, and Tribal Governments) can build their institutional capacity to integrate safety into their transportation planning and decision-making process. (2.1.6) Public Involvement, Environmental Justice, Visualization in Planning There is a continued need for assessing new methods in public involvement and community impact assessment practice. Environmental justice (including disabled and elderly which are 2 groups of individuals rapidly increasing in numbers) and visualization are emerging areas ofresearch and practice for transportation planning practitioners that can be utilized to help convey and obtain technical information with communities that traditionally were not involved in the planning process. Increasing awareness among State DOTs, MPOs, and other government agencies of the importance of ensuring civil rights and environmental justice in the transportation planning process would be beneficial where there is an opportunity to make trade-offs to avoid impacts. Similarity, visualization applied to transportation planning is an emerging area of both research and practice. Stakeholders from State DOTs, MPOs, and otherinterested parties would benefit from knowing how to effectively apply visualization and how it can result in applying new methods of communication between transportation practitioners, decision-makers, and the general public. (2.1.7) Freight Planning Freight movements are growing as a share of transportation system volumes. Key emerging research issues to consider includes: •§ How State DOTs can develop methods for the integration of freight into the transportation planning and programming processes at the State and metropolitan levels, •§ What innovative methods for effectively engaging the private sector freight community into the State and metropolitan planning processes; how parameterssuch as price, travel time, permitting, and user fees affect modal shift; what elasticities are inherent in these parameters; and new approaches for applying benefits/cost analyses of freight projects in the transportation planning process, and •§ How new planning tools and programs such as freight analytical techniques, freight modeling improvements, methods of innovative freight data collection and data sharing can be used. SECTION 3 GENERAL PROPOSAL INFORMATION 3.1 General Information All business and administrative correspondence or questions on this BAA should be directed to the contract specialist identified in section 1. The FHWA has budgeted approximately $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2010 to fund this research announcement. Proposals will be evaluated using a two-part process consisting of pre-proposals and full-proposals. Offerors whose pre-proposalsare of interest to the FHWA will be invited to submit full proposals. The FHWA may select for award all, none, or a subset of the acceptable proposals meeting its needs. The FHWA anticipates making multiple awards, typically of 12-24 months duration with the size of individual awards varying depending on the research area and study requirements. The FHWA strongly encourages cost sharing under anycontract that may result, and can offer cooperative agreements if the proposer can offer a cost share of 50 percent from non-federal sources of funding. The FHWA strongly encourages proposals that offer a significant non-federal matching funds or in-kind resources. Cost reasonableness and realism will also be considered in the overall selection process. Individual proposal evaluations will be based on acceptability or non-acceptability without regard to other proposals submitted under the announcement. Selection will be based primarily on scientific or technical merit, partnership, relevance and importance to agency, and the availability of funds. For cooperative agreements, the Federal share of the cost of a project or activity carried out under this program is limited by Section 5101(b)of SAFETEA-LU to fifty (50) percent, unless otherwise determined by the Secretary of Transportation. The number of awards, and their dollar value, will vary depending on the merit of proposals received and their potential to lead to transformational changes and advances in transportation planning practice. Offerors should prepare proposals with a baseline period of performance of 12-24 months and, if needed, with one or more options up to an additional 24-month period of performance. 3.2 Note: Not all technically meritorious proposals may be funded due to budgetary constraints. 3.3 Pre-Proposal and Full Proposal Process Proposals may respond to one or more of the focus areas but must indicate which area is primary and which area or areas are subordinate. Organizations also may submit morethan one proposal when the proposed effort includes multiple disparate objectives and tasks, covers multiple or disparate technologies areas, or would have a more supportable budget if provided in parts; however, each proposal will be considered independently. Proposals will be evaluated using a two-part process consisting of a pre-proposal and a full-proposal. The FHWA will evaluate pre-proposals against the evaluation criteria outlined below. Those offerors whose pre-proposals are of interest may be invited to submit a formal full-proposal. Offerors whose pre-proposals are determined not to be of interest are not precluded from submitting a full proposal and may do so if they desire. Approximately thirty (30) days after the pre-proposal submission deadline, offerors submitting pre-proposals will be contacted with a letter informing them either that the FHWA is requesting a formal cost and technical proposal or that the effort proposed is not of interest to the Government. 3.4 Other Administrative Information Proposals that plan to collect information from more than 9 non-Federal entities may require the FHWA to obtain clearance prior to the commencement of any information collection (Approximate time for clearance, 6 months). Awards involving any Privacy Act-covered data will require special clearances and protections. It is the policyof the FHWA to treat all proposals as competitive information and to disclose the contents only for the purposes of evaluation. Only Government evaluators willmake selections under this BAA. This announcement constitutes the public announcement as contemplated by FAR 6.102(d)(2), and no formal Request for Proposals or other solicitation regarding this announcement will be issued. Requests for same will be disregarded. 3.5 Deliverables The specific deliverables will depend upon the scope and objectives of the negotiated award. At a minimum, the contractor shall present results for at least one peer review and submit a final report,with a technical summary, that documents the research conducted in each task identified in the proposal. Additional deliverables such as interim reports, documentation, and instrumentation could be required and the specific deliverables will be identified in the negotiated statement of work. 3.6 Period of Performance The base contract period of performance is negotiable, but shall be no more than24 months from date of award. 3.7 Optional Future Phase or Phases Proposals mayinclude a discussion of work products for an optional, future phase or phases of work for up to an additional 24 months (up to three more pages). Such discussion shall be clearly labeled as "optional future phase or phases of work." The original phase or work shall in no way depend on work described under future phases in order to meet the program criteria. If a future phase or phases are included, a separate budget shall be included for the phase or phases and be labeled clearly as "separate budget for optional future phase or phases." 3.8 Pre-Proposaland Full Proposal Information The Government reserves the right to select for award any, all, part, or none of the proposals received in response to this announcement. In addition, the Government reserves the right to award either contracts, grants, or other instruments determined to be of benefit to the government inachieving the goals of this program. This BAA is an expression of interest onlyand does not commit the Government to pay any direct pre-proposal or proposal preparation costs. All responsible sources capable of satisfying the Government'sneeds may submit proposals, which will be evaluated. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and Minority Institutions (MI) are encouraged to submit proposals and join others in submitting proposals. However, no portion of thisBAA will be set aside for HBCU and MI participation due to the desire to solicit ideas as broadly as possible. The FHWA has budgeted approximately $1,500,000 to fund this research program. Proposals will be evaluated using a two-part process consisting of pre-proposals and full-proposals. Offerors whose pre-proposals are of interest to the FHWA will be invited to submit full proposals. The FHWA may select for award all, none, or a subset of the acceptable proposals to construct a balanced program meeting its needs. The FHWA anticipates making multiple awards from the $1,500,000, typically of an 16-18 month duration. Note: Awards with a total value (including full period of performance and any option periods) of $100,000 and below will be issued as purchase orders. Note: Awards over $100,000 will be issued as contracts or cooperative agreements. The FHWA strongly encourages cost sharing under any contract that may result, and can offer cooperative agreements if the proposer can offer a cost share of 50 percent or greater from non-federal sources of funding. For cooperative agreements, the Federal share of the cost of a project or activity carried out under this program is limited by Section 5101(b) of SAFETEA-LU to fifty (50) percent, unless otherwise determined by the Secretary of Transportation. The number of awards, and their dollar value, will vary depending on the merit of proposals received and their potential to lead to transformational changes and advances in transportation planning practice. Offerors should prepare proposals with a baseline period of performance of18 months and, if needed, with one or more options up to an additional 24-monthperiod of performance. The scope of this announcement is intentionally broad toinvite innovation and to provide the FHWA the flexibility to sponsor research that best addresses its objectives. In keeping with FHWA's desire for innovation and flexibility, the specific approach in the selected full proposals will vary and will be negotiated. Any resulting contracts will contain appropriate federalagency clauses for the type of procurement vehicle awarded. Prior to award, theOfferor shall be required to submit "Certifications and Representations." Data and reporting requirements will be negotiated with the offeror (s) selected for award(s). The proposal submission shall be conducted in two phases: •1. Pre-proposal for FHWA review •2. Full Proposal. Proposals may respond to one or more of the subject areas but must indicate which area is primary and which area or areas are subordinate. Organizations also may submit more than one proposal when the proposed effort includes multiple disparate objectives and tasks, covers multiple or disparate technologies areas, or would have a more supportable budget if provided in parts; however, each proposal will be considered independently. Proposals will be evaluated using a two-part process: pre-proposals and full-proposals. The FHWA will evaluate pre-proposals against the evaluation criteria outlined above. Those offerors whose pre-proposals are of interest may be invited to submit a formal full-proposal, as described below. Offerors whose pre-proposals are determined not to be of interest are not precluded from submitting a proposal and may do so if they desire. Approximately thirty (30) days after the pre-proposal submission deadline, offerors submitting pre-proposals will be contacted by the Technical Point of Contact with a letter informing them either thatthe FHWA is requesting a formal cost and technical proposal or that the effort proposed is not of interest to the Government. The FHWA strongly encourages proposals that offer a significant non-federal matching funds or in-kind resources. Good proposals will evidence strong internal backing with matching funds, innovative approaches in contracting and leveraging current and past technology development efforts that support this program. Such proposals will receive consideration in addition to and above how they respond to the technical criteria above. Cost reasonableness and realism will also be considered in the overall selection process. Individual proposal evaluations will be based on acceptability or non-acceptability without regard to other proposals submitted under the announcement. Selection will be based primarily on scientific or technical merit, partnership,relevance and importance to agency, and availability of funds. Section 4 4.1 Pre-Proposal Instructions Pre-proposals must be submitted via electronic mail and must be received on or before 4:30 PM (EST), February 15, 2010. Facsimile transmissions or hard copy transmissions of the pre-proposal will not be accepted; so any sent will be disregarded. Pre-proposals shall be submitted via email to: Joseph.Fusari@dot.gov. SECTION 5 CONTENT OF PRE-PROPOSALS 5.1 Content of Pre-Proposals Proposals should be submitted in Microsoft Word 2003 or Adobe Portable Document Format. The pre-proposals shall be no longer than 7 pages in length and include the following 7 sections: Page 1 shall include proposal information including (a) the Broad Agency Announcement Number, (b) project title, (c) name of organization, (d) name of principle investigator(s), (e) phone and addresses for bothtechnical and business contacts; and (f) the identification of the primary subject area and subordinate subject area or areas, if any, the proposal addresses. Pages 2 & 3 shall provide a brief statement of objectives, narrative to demonstrate an understanding of current practices, trends and future needs, and major intended tasks and proposed deliverables. Page 4 shall describe how the research would provide value to advancing practitioners involved in Statewide, metropolitan, rural, regional, local, or Tribal transportation planning. Page 5 shall describe how the research will respond to current or future needs in Statewide, metropolitan, rural, regional, local, or Tribal transportation planning. Page 6 shallintroduce the research team, their general qualifications and other resources to accomplish the proposed effort. Page 7 shall outline a draft budget (includingthe use of matching non-federal funds and resources, if applicable) The budget shall further include the anticipated period of performance and any anticipated option periods, and partnership/subcontractor structures. Offerors should refer to the Evaluation Criteria below to ensure that their pre-proposal addresses theFHWA's requirements. SECTION 6 EVALUATION CRITERIA OF PRE-PROPOSALS 6.1 Evaluation Criteria The primary basis for selecting pre-proposals will be technical merit, importance to the FHWA programs, and the availability of funds. Technical merit will be evaluated based on the following criteria, listed below in descending order of importance: Category I: Category I proposals are well-conceived, scientifically/ technically sound, pertinent to program goals/objectives, and offered by a responsible offeror. Category I proposals are recommended for full proposal (subject to availability of funds) and normally will be displaced only by other Category I proposals. Category II: Category II proposals are scientifically or technically sound that may require further development. They can be recommended for full proposal, but are a lower priority than Category I. Category III: Category III proposals are not technically sound or do not meet agency needs. Proposals in this category are not recommended for full proposal. SECTION 7 INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION OF FULL PROPOSALS 7.1 Full Proposal Instructions After the pre-proposals evaluation stage is complete, offerors who are invited to submit full proposals will be notified of the actual dates for submission and will provided with specific instructions for submission of full proposals. Offerors who choose not to submit a pre-proposal, but who wish to submit a full proposal may do so, without invitation. It is presently anticipated that full proposals will include a technical proposal that is 20 pages or less in length, as well as a separate appropriate cost proposal. Offerors submitting full proposals will be asked to submit technical proposals that provide a refined research problem statement and work scope, a management plan, technology transition plan, staffing qualifications, and information regarding other ongoing research and work. In addition tothe technical proposal, offerors will be requested to submit a cost proposal that provides complete and detailed budget information (length as necessary), information on proposed cost sharing, and other general business information. If necessary, the FHWA will request additional cost back-up information, resumes or supplemental information as appropriate. Recipients of cooperative agreements willbe asked to complete the applicable SF-424series of forms Each Offeror shall submit their proposal electronically in Microsoft Office 2003 or equivalent formats. The evaluation board may take into account when making its evaluation, any failure to conform to the instructions and rules in this section or any attempt toevade these specifications and rules on the basis of technicalities, as indicators of future performance. If an Offeror does not understand the instructions asdescribed herein, then they must submit their questions(s) to the Contract Specialist (Joseph Fusari) for clarification sufficiently in advance of the deadlinefor the receipt of offers to get an answer in time to meet that deadline. 7.2 Questions on the BAA content, issues, or procedures should be emailed to: Joseph.Fusari@dot.gov. 7.3 Proposal Due Date Proposals are due by 4:30 pm EST on April 5, 20 10 electronically to: Joseph.Fusari@Dot.gov Offers must be received by thetime and due date specified herein to be considered timely and acceptable. SECTION 8 Proposal Format 8.1 Proposal Format Full proposals shall be submitted by an authorized representative and include a technical proposal 20 pages or less inlength, a separate cost proposal, resumes, and past performance. The technical proposal shall include the following four (4) sections and subsections: Part I Technical Proposal (1) Cover Page with (A) the BAA number, (B) proposal title, (C) type of business (large business, small disadvantaged business, other small business, HBCU or MI, other educational, or other nonprofit), (D) complete list ofsubcontractors, (E) technical and administrative points of contact including addresses, telephone numbers, electronic mail addresses, and facsimile machine numbers. (2) Refined research problem statement (up to three pages) with a description of the proposed visionary technology or system and how the proposed effort will meet the objectives of the broad agency announcement, a comparison of these innovative ideas with current approaches and the current state of the art and the expected impact of the research if successful. (3) Complete work scope (up to five pages) describing research methods, steps, schedule (for a period of performance up to two years) with milestones, expected deliverables and associated evaluation metrics for the proposed effort. (4) A Management Plan (no more than onepage) describing the overall approach to management of this effort, including abrief discussion of the proposed organization and the use of personnel and other resources. This section should also describe the partnership structure betweenthe entity proposing work and other public and private sector entities funding or otherwise substantially participating in the work, including State Departments of Transportation, State Air Quality Agencies, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, Universities, Foundations, etc. (5) A Technology Transition Plan (no more than one page) describing the how the research could be transferred into local or national practice. (6) Facilities: (no more than one page) describing the facilities that would be used for the proposed effort. (7) All work plans must include preparation of read-ahead documents, presentation materials, meeting facilities, and a two day presentation to a peer review panel of the base year validation results and plans for modeling scenarios implementation and scenario evaluation plans. In addition, at least one web conference will be subsequently held to respond to reviewer comments and present scenario evaluation findings. Members ofthe peer review will be identified in cooperation with FHWA. FHWA will arrange for peer travel and related expenses (8) The work plan shall clearly indicate how the proposed effort will lead to transformational changes and revolutionary advances for transportation planning. The work plan shall describe the necessary tasks required to support the proposed work. The work plan shall describe a timeline for completion of each task and the interrelationships of all tasks. Part II Staffing Proposal : (1) Research team qualifications (up to three pages) with title and identification of association to a specific project or functional group within the proposing organization or to a specific proposed subcontractor. Indicate the proposed amount of effort (person-hours) to be expended by each person during the proposed program. (2) As part of its proposal, the offeror shall designate a Project Manager and other personnel deemed by the offeror to be essential to the successful completionof the contract. These individuals will be listed in the contract as Key Personnel. In the event any of the Key Personnel are unable to perform as proposed forany reason during the performance of the contract, the contractor shall immediately notify the COTR and Contacting Officer in writing. Such notice will includean explanation of the problem, a proposed replacement by someone of equal or better qualifications and experience, and shall explain the impact on performance.All replacements are subject to the prior written approval of the Contracting Officer. However, the Government reserves the right to approve such replacements retroactively when circumstances prevent advance approval. Part III Past Performance/Experience (1) Reference to past relevant research at the national, state or regional level (up to two pages) describing capabilities, work, and significant accomplishments in areas associated with proposed research area or in closely related areas. Associate the described relevant experience to the specific project group or functional group in the proposing organization or to the specific proposed subcontractor(s). (2) Other proposals (one page maximum) summarizing current and pending proposals being executed or proposed to be executed with the support of personnel proposed in this effort. This list should include project scale, start and end dates, and the average amount of time planned or currently being expended on each effort. The list should be organized by names of the key personnel and other significant senior personnel. If none, state none under this section. (3) A Bibliography (one page maximum) of relevant technical papers and research notes which support the technical concepts and innovative ideas described in this proposal. Part IIII Cost Proposal (1) In addition to the above 20-page or shorter technical proposal, offerors shall submit a cost proposal that provides complete budget information (length as necessary). A separate summary budget shall be provided for the base period and for each proposed option period. Each summary budget shall include costs by each major cost category such as direct labor, fringe benefits, subcontracts, travel and other direct costs, overhead/indirect costs, and fee (if applicable). Direct labor information shall provide detail regarding each proposed individual or labor category, the number of hours or percent of time proposed for each period, and the unburdened hourly rate or salary for each person or category. For other direct costs (travel, materials and supplies, etc), provide detail and explanation for how each element of cost was derived and estimated. For any subcontracts, provide a separate detailed budget forthe subcontract work, and provide a price analysis of the work. Please note that the FHWA can pay per diem for travelers, but cannot pay for special meals or receptions under contracts. Only small printing/duplicating costs should be proposed, if needed; any large printing jobs must be carried out by the FHWA in accordance with Government Printing Office regulations. A separate detailed cost breakdown shall also be provided by task and subtask, using the same task or subtasknumbers as described in the scope of work in the technical proposal. If necessary, the government will request additional cost back-up information, resumes or supplemental information as appropriate. Details of any cost sharing to be undertaken by the offeror shall also be included in the cost section. Describe the type of funds (cash, in kind, etc.), and its contribution and relationship in enhancing the proposed effort. With the budget include the following mandatory business information regarding your company: Business Size; Federal Tax Identification Number (TIN); Dun & Bradstreet Number; Name and contact information (mail address, telephone, and email address) of your authorized business representative/point of contact. An SF1411, Contract Pricing Proposal Cover Sheet, is not required for this submission of your proposal. (2) An estimated budget and spending plan for completion of the project must be clearly labeled and identified in the cost proposal. 8.2 Subcontractors Subcontractors' proposals must be similarly structured. All subcontracted work must be properly identified as such. If a subcontractor elects to submit an abbreviated proposal, it is the offeror's responsibility to see that the subcontractor submits the information requested in paragraph 4(e)(1) or (2) above and submits the proposal directly to the Government's point of contact. The offeror must ensure that the subcontractor adheres to the guidance set forth herein. FAR 15.404-3 requires that the offeror provide an analysis of subcontractors' cost proposals. To that end, offeror's proposal must:(1) Identify principal items/services to be subcontracted. (2) Identify prospective subcontractors and the basis on which they were selected. If non-competitive, provide selected source justification (3) Identify the type of contractual business arrangement contemplated for the subcontract and provide a rationale for same. (4) Identify the basis for the subcontract costs (e.g., firm quote or engineering estimate, etc). (5) Identify the cost or pricing data or information other than cost or pricing data submitted by the subcontractor. (6) Provide an analysis of the proposed subcontract in accordance with FAR 15.404-3(b). Provide an analysis concerning the reasonableness, realism and completeness of each subcontractor's proposal. If the analysis is based on comparison with prior prices, identify the basis on which the prior prices were determined to be reasonable. The analysis should include, but not be limited to, an analysis of: materials, labor, travel, other direct costs and proposed profit or fee rates. A guide as to howthe analysis may be performed is located on Attachment No. 2. i. Changes to Pricing Proposals: Changes to previously submitted proposals must include documentation indicating how a previously submitted proposal is impacted or affected. (1)If changes to the original proposal are relatively insignificant and involve only minor changes to elements such as labor rates, overhead and General and Administrative (G&A) rates, bill of material changes, travel costs, and Other Direct Costs (ODC's), these change can be accomplished through the use of change pages or slip pages accompanied by new cost summaries. 8.3 NOTE: The requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act may apply to certain deliverables under anyresulting award, including the final report. The applicability of Section 508 will be determined on a case-by-case basis depending on the nature of deliverables under each award that results from this BAA. 8.4 NOTE: Rights to copyrightablesoftware delivered under any resulting award of this BAA shall be determined inaccordance with 48 CFR 52.227-14 and alternatives I, II, III. Furthermore, all software deliveries, preliminary and final, will include as a minimum, well-documented source code in electronic readable format, overall software architecture documentation, overall and individual module interface documentation, and a users operations manual. All hardware deliveries will include all documentation necessary to reproduce (assemble) and operate the delivered hardware system(s). Also, if applicable, provide a summary of any proprietary claims to results, software, hardware, prototypes, or systems supporting and/or necessary for the use of the research, results, software, hardware, prototype, or system proposed for development under this broad agency announcement. If there are no proprietary claims, this section shall consist of a statement to that effect. SECTION 9 EVALUATIONCRITERIA OF FULL PROPORALS 9.1 Evaluation Criteria The primary basis for selecting proposals will be technical merit, importance to the FHWA programs, and the availability of funds. Technical merit will be evaluated based on the following criteria, listed in descending order of relative importance: Full proposals willbe evaluated based on the following criteria in descending order of importance below. 1. Technical Approach (55 points) •a. Provides a sound, feasible, and achievable technical approach. Discusses the steps (or tasks) to execute the methodology by which the project objective will be achieved (25 points) •b. Discusses and demonstrates the ability to clearly describe the project objectives, needs, and the manner in which they will be addressed. Te chnical approach issound, feasible, and achievable. (20 points) •c. Demonstrates a solid grasp of the subject area; familiarity with regulatory or programmatic issues. (10 points) 2. Staffing (45 points) •a. Includes the academic credentials, professional experience, subject matter expertise and technical competence of key personnel for this project, including all the personnel who will participate as subcontractors for this project (25 points) •b. Discusses the research team's relevant skills and experience that will ensure success. Provide a short bio andlist of relevant experience for each technical personnel. (15 points) •c. Provides contingency plans in place to replace key personnel over the life of the project without any adverse impact on performance (5 points) Evaluation Scale Outstanding Excellent Good Fair Poor Unsatisfactory 55 points 55 44 33 22 11 0 45 points 45 36 27 18 9 0 25 points 25 20 15 10 5 0 20 points 20 16 12 8 4 0 15 points 15 12 9 6 3 0 10 points 10 8 6 4 2 0 5 points 5 4 3 2 1 0 Outstanding - Very comprehensive, in-depth, clear response. The Proposal consistently meets thisstandard with no omissions. Consistently high quality performance can be expected. Excellent - Extensive, detailed response similar to outstanding in quality, but with minor areas of unevenness or spottiness. High quality performance is likely but not assured due to minor omissions or areas where less than excellent performance might be expected. Good - No deficiencies in the response. Better than acceptable performance can be expected, but in some significant areas, there is an unevenness or spottiness that might impact on performance. Fair - Deficiencies are confined to areas with minor impact on performance and can be corrected during negotiation without major revision to the proposal. Poor - Deficiencies exist in significant areas but can be corrected during negotiations without majorrevision to the proposal or serious deficiencies exist in areas with minor impact. Unsatisfactory - Serious deficiencies exist in significant areas. The proposal only indicates a willingness to perform without specifying how or demonstrating the capability to do so. Only vague indications of capability are present. 3. Past Performance •a. Demonstrated successful experience and examples in developing, deploying, and delivering improved and/or new tools, techniques, and procedures to support the project being proposed. •b. Includes examples of successful performance in prior contracts. The Government will evaluate the merits of each offeror's past performance based on its reputation with its former customers including some or allof the following past performance areas: (1) Quality of Service; (2) Timelinessof Performance; (3) Price/Cost Control; and (4) Customer Satisfaction. Evidencecan include references, samples of correspondence from satisfied clients, letters of recommendation, etc. In conducting the past performance evaluation, the Government may use information obtained from other sources. The Government may consider the currency, degree of relevance, source, and context of the past performance information it evaluates as well as general trends in performance, and demonstrated corrective actions. A significant achievement, problem/problem resolution, or lack of relevant data in any element can become an important consideration in the selection process. A negative finding in any element may result in an overall high-risk rating. The Government may also consider past performance information regarding predecessor companies, key personnel, other corporate entities or subcontractors where such information is relevant to this acquisition. Offerors' past performance will be rated as follows: Very Low Risk: Based on the offeror's past performance, very little doubt exists that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort. Low Risk: Based on the offeror's past performance, little doubt exists that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort. Moderate Risk: Based on the offeror's past performance, some doubt existsthat the offeror will successfully perform the required effort. High Risk: Based on the offeror's past performance, significant doubt exists that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort. Neutral Risk: The offeror has little or no recent/relevant past performance upon which to base a meaningful performance risk evaluation. The Government is not required to interview all points ofcontact identified by offerors. It is the responsibility of the offeror to provide complete past performance information and thorough explanations as required by Section L. The Government is not obliged to make another request for the required information. 9.2 Non-federal matching funds The FHWA strongly encourages proposals that offer a significant non-federal matching funds or in-kind resources. Good proposals will evidence strong internal backing with matching funds, innovative approaches in contracting and leveraging current and past technology development efforts that support this program. Such proposals will receive consideration in addition to and above how they respond to the technical criteria above. Cost reasonableness and realism will also be considered in the overall selectionprocess. Individual proposal evaluations will be based on acceptability or non-acceptability without regard to other proposals submitted under the announcement. Selection will be based primarily on scientific or technical merit, partnership, relevance and importance to agency, and availability of funds. Note that all technically meritorious proposals may not be funded due to budgetary constraints. In addition to the criteria listed above, cost/price will be considered in theaward decision. The proposals will be analyzed to assess their price reasonableness. This means that the prices in an offeror's proposal are realistic for the work to be performed, reflect a clear understanding of the requirements, and areconsistent with the various elements of the offeror's technical proposal. The Government will accept the offer that is considered the best value to the Government. A best value analysis will be performed taking into consideration the results of the technical evaluation, cost and past performance analysis, and the perceived ability to perform timely, high quality, consistently reliable support services as provided herein. In the determination of Best Value, the relative weight given to all evaluation factors other than price, when combined, is more important than price. However, offerors should note that as technical scores approachbeing essentially equivalent, cost would become more important in the selectiondecision. 9.3 Administrative Information It is the policy of the FHWA to treat all proposals as competitive information and to disclose the contents only for the purposes of evaluation. Only Government evaluators will make selections underthis BAA. This announcement constitutes the public announcement as contemplatedby FAR 6.102(d) (2), and no formal Request for Proposals or other solicitation regarding this announcement will be issued. Requests for same will be disregarded. The Government reserves the right to select for award any, all, part, or noneof the proposals received in response to this announcement. In addition, the Government reserves the right to award either contracts, purchase orders, or otherinstruments determined to be of benefit to the government in achieving the goals of this program. This BAA is an expression of interest only and does not commit the Government to pay any pre-proposal or proposal preparation costs. All responsible sources capable of satisfying the Government's needs may submit proposals, which will be evaluated. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and Minority Institutions (MI) are encouraged to submit proposals and join others in submitting proposals. However, no portion of this BAA will be set aside forHBCU and MI participation due to the desire to solicit ideas as broadly as possible SECTION 10 TECHNICAL AND COST NEGOTIATIONS 10.1 Contact Vehicle The Contract Officer will determine the appropriate award vehicle depending on the work to be performed and notify the offeror of his/her decision. 10.2 Model Proposal Once the proposal evaluation is completed and ranked, the offerors selected for negotiations are notified by letter, email or phone by the Contracting Officer. If necessary, this notification letter may include further instructions. The written notification shall also include a model contract. The model contract provides the basis for negotiations on all contractual requirements, terms, and conditions. If the offeror takes exception to any requirements, these must be specifically identified in the reply to the Contracting Officer. The reply must also include any other information required by the Government. 10.3 Revised or Updated CostProposal If necessary, at the same time an offeror is notified of their selection, they may be requested to submit either an updated or revised cost proposal and any additional cost information or backup cost data. 10.4 Technical Proposal Changes Normally, if any clarifications are needed by the Government technical evaluators, the offeror will be contacted before completion of the evaluation andreceipt of the notification letter. However, a proposal may be selected for negotiations although additional technical data is still required. If this occurs, the Government negotiator will request any technical documentation needed. 10.5 Buying Part versus All Normally an entire proposed effort is purchased; however,the FHWA may from time to time be interested in acquiring part or parts of a proposal. This is one reason the Government requires offerors to write the SOW in the form of separate tasks. It facilitates evaluation and provides an easy way to select desired tasks. If the FHWA decides to buy only part or parts of a proposal, the notification letter may request the offeror to revise the cost proposalto reflect only what will be purchased. SECTION 11 ATTACHMENTS 1•1. SampleStatement of Work •22. Prime Contractors Analysis of Subcontractors Costs •33. Past Performance Questionnaire CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=ac164c8ae3c75df21e8786c2b9383d90&tab=core&_cview=0 Posted 01/05/10 (W-SN02034808). (0005)

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after February 16, 2010. The deadline for receipt of optional letters of intent is February 16, 2010. The deadline for receipt of full applications is March 15, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor invites projects that address research endeavors in specific areas that will benefit from significant three-year funds without the expectation of continued NIH funding beyond this period. The research supported by the program should have high short-term impact, and a high likelihood of enabling growth and investment in biomedical research and development, public health, and health care delivery. Applicants may propose to address either a specific disease- or technology-related research question relevant to the mission of one or more participating Institutes and Centers, or propose the creation of a unique infrastructure/resource designed to accelerate scientific progress in the future. All NIH Institutes and Centers with funding authority will participate with the NIH Office of the Director in this initiative. This FOA will be administered by the Office of the Director of the NIH (http://www.nih.gov). Awards will be administered by the participating Institutes and Centers. This FOA will utilize the NIH RC4 award mechanism.

Deadline Note

February 15, 2010 is the deadline for registration and eligibility documentation. November 15, 2010 is the deadline for submittal of material samples for testing.

Synopsis

Through this prize program, the sponsor will make a single award for $1 million in the subject area of advanced materials for hydrogen storage--a critical challenge to enable widespread commercialization of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.

Synopsis

A -- ON-BOARD HYDROGEN STORAGE & POWER SYSTEMS FOR CLASS II FORKLIFTS (STOCK SELECTORS) SOL N0016410RGS57 DUE 021610 POC Lorna Tribby 812-854-6021 Lrna Tribby812-854-6021 lorna.tribby@navy.mil WEB: FBO.gov Permalink https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DON/NAVSEA/N00164/N0016410RGS57/listing.html E-MAIL: POINT OF CONTACT lorna.tribby@navy.mil NAICS: 541712 This synopsis is being posted to the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website located at http://www.fbo.gov, the NavyElectronic Commerce on Line (NECO) website located at https://www.neco.navy.mil/, and the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Acquisition website located at http://www.crane.navy.mil/acquisition/homepage.htm. FBO is the primary point of entry to be used when access to synopses and solicitations from the World Wide Web is required. However, the NECO webpage as well as the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Acquisition webpage serve as alternatives if the FBO website is unavailable. This requirement is for basic/applied R&D efforts for hydrogen storage and fuel cell system design concepts for operational demonstration. This endeavor will culminate one or more cost-type contract awards. The primary performance objective of this effort is to replace the current batteries in the battery powered fleet of Class II forklifts (stock selectors) operated atDefense Distribution Center Warner Robins, Georgia (DDWG) (30 total) with fuel cell powered units. The overarching objective of this program is to identify, design and complete a 12 month operational demonstration to validate fuel cell power units operationally and to significantly increase the Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) and Manufacturing Readiness Levels (MRL's) associated with fuel cellpower system designs for DOD forklift applications. TRL and MRL definitions maybe found at: http://akss.dau.mil/dag/GuideBook/IG_c10.5.2.asp and https://acc.dau.mil/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=18231 respectively. The secondary objective of this effort is to expand and improve the hydrogen infrastructure technologies used to support a fleet of stock selectors and other hydrogen powered equipment operated at DDWG. The current infrastructure that is being installed at DDWG is based on natural gas reforming at a centralized location at Robins AFB and then subsequently delivering, via mobile refueler, to six locations around the base where hydrogen powered equipment refill operations occur. Operations conducted utilizing this support infrastructure are limited by refill times when the mobile refueler is present at each of the refill locations. Proposals are requested to identify alternate solutions that will expand the existing hydrogen refill operational capabilities at select hydrogen refill locations. The third objective is to compile operational data to further support our ongoing development of the business case surrounding the use of hydrogen fuel cell powered material handling equipment in DOD warehousing operations. Contractors must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration database and have a Defense Contract Audit Agency approved accounting system. The Government intends to award to the responsible contractor(s) who offer the best value to the Government as described in the evaluation criteria listed in section M of the RFP. The solicitation will be available on or about 15 JAN 2010 at the following address: http://www.crane.navy.mil/acquisition/homepage.htm. It is the responsibility of interested vendors to monitor the Crane web site, FedBizOpps and/or NECO for amendments that may be issued to this solicitation. For changes made after the closing date, only those offerors that provide a proposal will be provided any changes/amendments and considered for future discussions and/or award. "No hard copies of the solicitation will be mailed". Interested sources must download from the www site listed. Offer must be submitted in the format specified in the solicitation. Questions should be directed to Ms. Lorna Tribby at telephone 812-854-6021 or email lorna.tribby@navy.mil (preferred method). All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which shall be considered. Please reference the above solicitation number when responding to this notice. CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=079141b78d66feb55f947c64ee693069&tab=core&_cview=0 Posted 12/04/09 (W-SN02017364). (0338)

Synopsis

A -- KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY AND DISSEMINATION (KDD) BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) - SOLICITATION / BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT SOL IARPA-BAA-09-10(baa)POC Arthur Becker, WEB: FBO.gov Permalink https://www.fbo.gov/notices/cabb7f27cdc5ffa3f40aae8d81490602 E-MAIL: dni-iarpa-baa-09-10@ugov.gov dni-iarpa-baa-09-10@ugov.gov NAICS: 541712 Key Management Personnel Listing template in.doc format CERTIFICATE PERTAINING TO FOREIGN INTERESTS - SF328 Instructions document in.pdfformat CERTIFICATE PERTAINING TO FOREIGN INTERESTS - SF328 document in.pdf format Academic Institution Acknowledgement Letter in.doc format IARPA-BAA-09-10 Broad Agency Announcement in.pdf format Intelligence analysts must gather and analyze information from a wide variety of data sets that include: general references, news, technical journals and reports, geospatial data, entity databases, internal reports and more. The different terminologies, formats, data models, and contexts make it difficult to perform advanced analytic tasks across different datasets. If there are only a small, fixed number of data sets involved in an intelligence problem, then it may be practical to map all of the data sets to a common data model and to develop specialized analytic tools tailored to the problem. However, if the problem changes over time, the data sets are large or numerous, or there are new data sets that need to be integrated with those already in use,then a new approach is required. The focus of the KDD program is to develop novel approaches that will enable the intelligence analyst to effectively derive actionable intelligence from multiple, large, disparate sources of information, toinclude newly available data sets previously unknown to the analyst. The ability to quickly produce actionable intelligence from unanticipated, multiple, varied data sets require research advances in two key areas: (1) alignment of data models; and (2) advanced analytic algorithms. Making advances in these two research areas, and fully characterizing the performance of the research results using real Intelligence problems, is the focus of the IARPA Knowledge Discovery and Dissemination (KDD) Program. Performers shall perform research in both areas and develop prototype systems that implement their techniques and research results. The KDD Program will provide data sets to support research and development in addition to extensive test and evaluation. KDD test and evaluation will take place on an annual cycle, with each performer applying their prototype systems to challenge problems defined by the KDD Program. KDD evaluation of prototype systems will take place at government facilities and will use realistic Intelligence problems and real Intelligence data. The research supported by KDD will generally beunclassified, but the annual KDD evaluations will involve data sets classified no higher than SECRET//NOFORN. The KDD Program requires a combination of innovative research and the capability to develop robust prototypes. Research goals should be set, and research plans should be made, to take full advantage of the length of the KDD Program. The KDD Program expects a staged approach to prototype development; each successive prototype will leverage research progress made sincethe previous prototype. IARPA encourages teaming between academic and commercial entities to leverage the strengths of both types of organization. KDD requiresthe prime contractor for each performer team to have personnel and a facility cleared at the SECRET//NOFORN level at the time their proposal is submitted. KDD is planned as a 51-month program and anticipates making multiple awards. CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=cabb7f27cdc5ffa3f40aae8d81490602&tab=core&_cview=0Posted 12/22/09 (W-SN02029103). (0356)

Deadline Note

The due date for Step 1 proposals is February 16, 2010. The sponsor will invite successful applicants from the Step 1 process to submit a Step 2 proposal, which will be due on April 20, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor solicits ground-based proposals for the Space Radiation Program Element (SRPE) components of the Human Research Program (HRP). Proposals are solicited by the SRPE in the area of Space Radiation Biology utilizing beams of high energy heavy ions simulating space radiation at the NASA Space Radiation Laboratory (NSRL), at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) in Upton, New York.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 16, 2009. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2012.

Synopsis

The sponsor invites grant applications for studies that focus on research to define factors affecting energy balance and to define mechanisms influencing cancer risk, prognosis, and quality of life. These studies may range from new analyses of existing datasets to additional collection of data and biological specimens in ongoing investigations. It is anticipated that the knowledge gained will provide additional information to better understand the relationships among energy balance, cancer risk, and prognosis. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2009. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2012.

Synopsis

The sponsor invites applications from institutions/organizations on the discovery and characterization of non-coding (nc) RNAs in preneoplasias and early stage cancers to: 1) improve early cancer detection, intervention, and prevention; 2) predict risk of progression from preneoplasia to cancer, and 3) distinguish benign lesions from precancerous lesions. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor solicits applications from organizations proposing to develop, characterize or improve animal models for human disease or to improve diagnosis and control diseases of laboratory animals that may interfere with research. Models to be considered must be applicable to the research interests of two or more categorical NIH Institutes/Centers. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2012.

Synopsis

The sponsors invites applications under the NIH Clinical Trial Planning Grant Program, the purpose of which is to provide support for the development of a Phase III clinical trial. This includes the establishment of the research team, the development of tools for data management and oversight of the research, the definition of recruitment strategies, and the finalization of the protocol and other essential elements of the study included in a manual of operations/procedures. The Clinical Trial Planning Grant is not designed for the collection of preliminary data or the conduct of pilot studies to support the rationale for a clinical trial. This FOA will utilize the Clinical Trial Planning Grant (R34) mechanism.

Deadline Note

This program will expire on January 8, 2011.

Synopsis

The sponsors provide support for applications from institutions/organizations that propose to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genome research. This announcement is specifically designed to: 1) encourage the development of small, focused research projects by legal, historical, ethics, humanities, social sciences and behavioral scholars; 2) support exploratory studies that may provide preliminary findings or pilot data for larger research proposals; 3) support the secondary analysis of existing data; 4) support the development of new methodologies; and 5) stimulate and facilitate the entry of promising new investigators into ELSI Research. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism.

Deadline Note

The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16 and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2011.

Synopsis

The sponsors provide support for innovative high risk/high payoff research related to genomics, including analysis of genome structure and function, genetic variation, population genomics, and ELSI (ethical, legal, and social implications). NHGRI places a high priority on research projects that address technology and methods development in all relevant areas, new approaches to bioinformatics that facilitate data management and data dissemination, new computational biology approaches to data analysis, new strategies to apply genomics to clinical problems, new approaches that combine genomics and population studies, and studies of the ethical, legal and social implications of genomics research including the exploration of new policy approaches to address social issues raised by new capabilities in genomics. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 5, 2009. This FOA will expire on September 8, 2012.

Synopsis

The sponsor provides support for projects designed to develop an understanding of the risks and conditions that are associated with occupational diseases and injuries, to explore methods for reducing risks and for preventing or minimizing exposure to hazardous conditions in the workplace, and to translate significant scientific findings into prevention practices and products that will effectively reduce work-related illnesses and injuries. The R03 grant mechanism supports different types of projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology. The R03 is intended to support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources. This FOA will utilize the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism,

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 16, 2010. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2013.

Synopsis

The sponsor invites applications for research projects that involve secondary data analyses or development of statistical methodology using existing genome-wide data, relevant to human dental or craniofacial conditions or traits. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2009. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2012.

Synopsis

The sponsors invites applications for research and developments in computational science and technology that will support rapid progress in areas of scientific opportunity in biomedical research. As defined here, biomedical computing or biomedical information science and technology includes database design, graphical interfaces, querying approaches, data retrieval, data visualization and manipulation, data integration through the development of integrated analytical tools, and tools for electronic collaboration, as well as computational and mathematical research including the development of structural, functional, integrative, and analytical models and simulations. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Synopsis

The sponsor is seeking applications for funding research and development to enhance forensic crime scene examinations and forensic medicolegal death investigations.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 16, 2009. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2012.

Synopsis

The sponsor provides support for research on women's mental health and sex/gender differences in mental health. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 16, 2010. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2013.

Synopsis

The sponsors invites research grant applications from organizations/institutions that propose the development of novel radioligands for positron emission tomography (PET) or single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging in human brain, and that incorporate pilot or clinical feasibility evaluation in pre-clinical studies, model development, or clinical studies. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 16, 2010. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2013.

Synopsis

The sponsors invites research grant applications from organizations/institutions that propose the development of novel radioligands for positron emission tomography (PET) or single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging in human brain, and that incorporate pilot or clinical feasibility evaluation in pre-clinical studies, model development, or clinical studies. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental Grant and Exploratory/Developmental Grant Phase II Phased Innovation Grant (R21/R33) award mechanisms.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 16, 2010. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2013.

Synopsis

The sponsors invites applications from applicant organizations directed toward the discovery and preclinical testing of novel compounds for the prevention and treatment of nervous system disorders. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor provides support for applications that investigate the role of microRNAs and other noncoding RNAs in the etiology of mental disorders. The data generated by this effort will contribute to the disaggregation of the molecular machinery underlying mental disorders by integrating sequence specific modulators of post-transcriptional gene expression into a theoretical framework of disease pathophysiology, with the aim of rapid, widespread sharing of the resulting data to accelerate genetic analysis of human diseases. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: : February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2011.

Synopsis

The sponsors provide support for research on hPSCs from non-embryonic sources. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 16, 2009. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2012.

Synopsis

The sponsor offers support for applications that propose to foster biobehavioral research and develop innovative research designs, methods of measurement, and data analysis techniques. Designs and methods that examine the impact of biologic and behavioral variables on individuals' health outcomes and quality of life are encouraged. Scientists are encouraged to increase the interface of biobehavioral research and clinical practice in existing core and exploratory centers and training programs by sharing findings and designing collaborative research projects. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2011.

Synopsis

The sponsor offers support for grant applications from applicant organizations that propose to (a) identify and assess biobehavioral interactions among two or more related and co-occurring symptoms; (b) characterize mechanisms and pathways underlying the symptom interactions; (c) elucidate the level of interaction necessary for categorization as a symptom cluster; and/or (d) design and test interventions targeted to interacting or clustered symptoms that are hypothesized to lead to beneficial patient outcomes. A rationale for the choice of symptoms is needed, not just co-occurrence of two or more symptoms, and they must be associated with a target disease or syndrome or its treatment. Studies at any point in the disease trajectory, or during the survivorship period are encouraged. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2011.

Synopsis

The sponsors solicit applications from applicant organizations to develop theoretically grounded approaches to prevention of HIV infection and transmission that incorporate biobehavioral approaches in studies that are culturally appropriate. Biobehavioral approaches may be biomedical, or they may consist of behavioral interventions using biological markers of efficacy. Sociocultural appropriateness involves, at minimum, application of knowledge of the norms, beliefs and values of potential research subjects in varied contexts, and an appreciation of culture as dynamic. It is anticipated that such knowledge will improve both the quality and applicability of research among the diverse populations affected by the pandemic, in the US or abroad. Intervention and pre-intervention studies are welcomed, but descriptive ethnographic and epidemiological research is still needed in some areas. For example, descriptive research may delineate the impact of cultural variables on behaviors that impede or promote biological markers (e.g., seroconversion), lead to a better understanding of ethical concerns in biomedical preventive studies, or may illuminate as yet unrecognized issues concerned with adherence to a prevention interventions. Intervention studies should evaluate the efficacy of biomedical interventions, or of behavioral interventions that also use biological variables, in light of the sociocultural context. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2009. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2012.

Synopsis

The sponsors invite applications from institutions/organizations that propose to (1) study biological, neurobiological, psychosocial, and clinical mechanisms and processes by which aging and/or age-related diseases affect the experience of pain, (2) examine biological, neurobiological, psychosocial, and clinical factors that impact pain experience and prevalence in older people, (3) evaluate existing pain assessment and/or management approaches in older adults, or (4) develop new assessment methods and/or management strategies for pain with particular attention to the needs of older adults. Studies involving animal models or human subjects are appropriate under this program announcement. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2009. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2012.

Synopsis

The sponsors invite applications from institutions/organizations that propose to (1) study biological, neurobiological, psychosocial, and clinical mechanisms and processes by which aging and/or age-related diseases affect the experience of pain, (2) examine biological, neurobiological, psychosocial, and clinical factors that impact pain experience and prevalence in older people, (3) evaluate existing pain assessment and/or management approaches in older adults, or (4) develop new assessment methods and/or management strategies for pain with particular attention to the needs of older adults. Studies involving animal models or human subjects are appropriate under this program announcement. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 16, 2009. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2012.

Synopsis

The sponsor invites applications from institutions/organizations that propose to study decision-making processes in adolescents as they relate to drinking behavior, and the role of neural circuitry development in adolescent decision-making and alcohol abuse and dependence. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 16, 2009. Optional letters of intent should be submitted thirty days before the planned application submission date. This program will expire on May 8, 2012

Synopsis

The sponsor provides support to complete the development of a comprehensive research protocol for large-scale, multicenter Phase III Definitive Clinical Trials (DCT). The planning grant is designed to permit early peer review of the proposed clinical trial in terms of its rationale, general design, organizational structure and implementation plan. The planning grant is used to support the development of a detailed Manual of Procedures (MOP) which is required for submission when applying for a Phase III Definitive Clinical Trial (PAR-08-205). The planning grant will provide support to establish the research team, develop tools for data management and oversight of the research, define recruitment strategies, and develop and finalize the MOP. This FOA will utilize the R34 funding mechanism.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 16, 2009. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2012.

Synopsis

The sponsor offers support for health services research to improve the quality of prevention and treatment services for drug and alcohol abuse. Such research projects might emphasize any of the following subjects: (1) clinical quality improvement; (2) organizational/managerial quality improvement; (3) systems of care and collaborative research; or (4) development or improvement of research methodology, analytic approaches, and measurement instrumentation used in the study of drug and alcohol services. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsors provide support for research on women and sex/gender differences in drug/alcohol abuse and dependence. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsors provide support for research on women and sex/gender differences in drug/alcohol abuse and dependence. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 16, 2008. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2011.

Synopsis

The sponsor offers support for research projects to expand the application of drug abuse epidemiologic research focused on understanding the nature, extent, consequences, and etiology of drug abuse across individuals, families, age groups, gender, communities, and population groups. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2011.

Synopsis

The sponsor offers support for research projects to expand the application of drug abuse epidemiologic research focused on understanding the nature, extent, consequences, and etiology of drug abuse across individuals, families, age groups, gender, communities, and population groups. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 5, 2008. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2011.

Synopsis

The sponsor offers support for research that proposes to advance the science of drug abuse and drug-related HIV prevention through 1) the development of novel prevention approaches, 2) the testing of novel and adapted prevention intervention approaches 3) the elucidation of processes associated with the selection, adoption, adaptation, implementation, sustainability, and financing of empirically validated interventions, and 4) the development of new methodologies suitable for the design and analysis of prevention research studies. Programs of research are intended to provide pathways toward the discovery of population-level approaches for the prevention of drug abuse and dependence, drug-related problems (such as interpersonal violence, criminal involvement, and productivity loss), and drug related illness (such as comorbid drug and mental health problems or comorbid infections including HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C). This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2011.

Synopsis

The sponsor offers support for research that proposes to advance the science of drug abuse and drug-related HIV prevention through 1) the development of novel prevention approaches, 2) the testing of novel and adapted prevention intervention approaches 3) the elucidation of processes associated with the selection, adoption, adaptation, implementation, sustainability, and financing of empirically validated interventions, and 4) the development of new methodologies suitable for the design and analysis of prevention research studies. Programs of research are intended to provide pathways toward the discovery of population-level approaches for the prevention of drug abuse and dependence, drug-related problems (such as interpersonal violence, criminal involvement, and productivity loss), and drug related illness (such as comorbid drug and mental health problems or comorbid infections including HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C). This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2008. Standard application due dates are October 16, February 16, and June 16 annually. AIDS-related applications are due on September 7, January 7, and May 7 annually. This program expires on September 8, 2011.

Synopsis

The sponsors are soliciting applications for research projects that can combine information on individual genetic variations from the Human Genome and International HapMap Projects to stimulate small pilot dietary intervention studies. The overarching goal is to examine whether genetic variants can predict individual response to dietary components that alter cancer processes and modify individual susceptibly to cancer. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Development (R21) grant mechanism.

Synopsis

The Fundamental Research Program for I/UCRCs provides the opportunity for centers to conduct fundamental research to better position themselves as leaders in emerging areas that could benefit the industries that they serve. Proposals must discuss how the proposed fundamental research will benefit potential and current industry members while charting a path for potentially new and emerging research directions.

Deadline Note

The deadlines for receipt of optional letters of intent are: January 17, 2010, and September 13, 2010. The deadlines for receipt of full applications are: February 17, 2010, and October 13, 2010. This program will expire on October 14, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor offers support for applications which translate basic research findings into clinical tools for better human health in the NIDCD mission areas of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech and language. The intent of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide a new avenue for basic scientists, clinicians and clinical scientists to jointly initiate and conduct translational research projects. The scope of this FOA includes a range of activities to encourage translation of basic research findings which will impact the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of communication disorders. Multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary, and academic-industrial collaborations studies are encouraged. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism.

Deadline Note

Full proposals must be received and validated by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or before 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time February 18, 2010. If grants.gov cannot reasonably be used, applications must be postmarked, or provided to a delivery service and documented with a receipt, by January 30, 2010.

Synopsis

The NOAA Marine Debris Program (MDP), mandated by the Marine Debris Research, Prevention and Reduction Act in 2006, has a lead role in addressing marine debris affecting the marine environment and navigation safety in the United States. The MDP defines marine debris as any persistent solid material that is manufactured or processed and directly or indirectly, intentionally or unintentionally, disposed of or abandoned into the marine environment or the Great Lakes. The MDP conducts reduction, prevention, and research activities, as well as supports grants, partnerships, cooperative agreements, and contracts to address marine debris. It has held regional, national, and international workshops and an information exchange forum, and established an interactive Web site (www.marinedebris.noaa.gov) which includes a nation-wide web educational campaign. The MDP invites the public to submit applications requesting funding to establish multi- year national and regional partnerships focusing on utilizing existing networks and expanding on existing resources to address marine debris through prevention, education, and outreach activities, and the dissemination and/or development of tools to support these activities. Partnerships are expected to catalyze the public or a target audience to address marine debris in a way that will benefit living marine resources and/or navigation safety. NOAA envisions working jointly on such partnerships through its Marine Debris Program to identify, evaluate, fund, and administer projects that address marine debris and help to restore NOAA trust resource species and habitats.

Deadline Note

The deadline for required pre-applications is February 18, 2010. Applications are due by April 12, 2010.

Synopsis

Through this program, the sponsor announces its interest in receiving applications for research grants on the topic of Modes of Low Frequency Variability in a Changing Climate under the Regional and Global Climate Modeling (RGCM) program.

Deadline Note

The deadline for receipt of mandatory preapplications is February 22, 2010. The deadline for receipt of full applications, if invited, is April 5, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor provides support for theoretical research relevant to the U.S. program in magnetic fusion energy sciences. The sponsor's specific areas of interest are: Magnetohydrodynamics; Confinement and Transport; Boundary Physics; Plasma Heating and Non-inductive Current Drive, and Energetic Particles; Innovative Magnetic Confinement Concepts; and Atomic and Molecular Processes in Plasmas.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 23, 2010. The deadlines for receipt of optional letters of intent are: January 23, 2010; April 27, 2010; August 30, 2010. The deadlines for receipt of full applications are: February 23, 2010; May 27, 2010; September 30, 2010. This FOA will expire on October 1, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor invites grant applications proposing technically innovative feasibility studies focused on early stage development of cancer-relevant technologies that address the issues related to pre-analytical variations in the collection, processing, handling, and storage of biospecimens or its derivatives. The overall goal is to develop technologies capable of interrogating and/or maximizing the quality and utility of biospecimens or their derived samples for downstream molecular analyses. This FOA will support the development of tools, devices, instrumentation, and associated methods to assess sample quality, preserve/protect sample integrity, and establish verification criteria for quality assessment/quality control and handling under diverse conditions. These technologies are expected to have a potential to accelerate and/or enhance the research in cancer biology, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, epidemiology, and cancer health disparities, by reducing pre-analytical variations that affect biospecimen and/or sample quality. All projects must include quantitative milestones (i.e. technical metrics that determine whether the specific aims have been accomplished). This funding opportunity is part of a broader NCI-sponsored Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies (IMAT) Program. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 23, 2010. The deadlines for receipt of optional letters of intent are: January 23, 2010; April 27, 2010; August 30, 2010. The deadlines for receipt of full applications are: February 23, 2010; May 27, 2010; September 30, 2010. This FOA will expire on October 1, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor invites grant applications proposing technically innovative feasibility studies focused on the advanced development and validation of cancer-relevant technologies that address the issues related to pre-analytical variations in the collection, processing, handling, and storage of biospecimens or its derivatives. The overall goal is to develop technologies capable of interrogating and/or maximizing the quality and utility of biospecimens or their derived samples for downstream molecular analyses. This FOA will support the development of tools, devices, instrumentation, and associated methods to assess sample quality, preserve/protect sample integrity, and establish verification criteria for quality assessment/quality control and handling under diverse conditions. This FOA solicits R33 applications; this mechanism is suitable for projects where “proof-of-principle” of the proposed technology or methodology has already been established and supportive preliminary data are available. This funding opportunity is part of a broader NCI-sponsored Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies (IMAT) Program. This FOA will utilize the R33 grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 23, 2010. The deadlines for receipt of optional letters of intent are: January 23, 2010; April 27, 2010; August 30, 2010. The deadlines for receipt of full applications are: February 23, 2010; May 27, 2010; September 30, 2010. This FOA will expire on October 1, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor invites grant applications that propose exploratory research projects on the initial application of emerging analytical technologies as laboratory or clinical tools. An “emerging technology” is defined as one that has passed the initial developmental stage, but has not yet been evaluated within the context of its intended use. Projects proposed in response to this FOA should have the potential to produce a major impact in a broad area of cancer-relevant research. If successful, these technologies would accelerate research in cancer biology, cancer treatment and diagnosis, cancer prevention, cancer control and epidemiology, and/or cancer health disparities. This FOA solicits R21 applications that have high potential impact and allows for an element of technical risk; preliminary data are not required. All projects must include quantitative milestones (i.e. technical metrics that determine whether the specific aims have been accomplished). This funding opportunity is part of a broader NCI-sponsored Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies (IMAT) Program. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 23, 2010. The deadlines for receipt of optional letters of intent are: January 23, 2010; April 27, 2010; August 30, 2010. The deadlines for receipt of full applications are: February 23, 2010; May 27, 2010; September 30, 2010. This FOA will expire on October 1, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor invites grant applications proposing research projects on the advanced development of emerging molecular and cellular analysis technologies through technical/analytical validation in an appropriate cancer-relevant biological system. An “emerging technology” is defined as one that has passed the pilot developmental stage and shows promise, but has not yet been evaluated within the context of its intended use. If successful, these technologies would accelerate research in cancer biology, cancer treatment and diagnosis, cancer prevention, cancer control and epidemiology, and/or cancer health disparities. This FOA solicits R33 applications; this mechanism is suitable for projects where “proof-of-principle” of the proposed technology or methodology has been established and supportive preliminary data are available. Projects proposed to this FOA should reflect the potential to produce a major impact in a broad area of cancer-relevant research. This funding opportunity is part of a broader NCI-sponsored Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies (IMAT) Program. This FOA will utilize the R33 grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 23, 2010. The deadlines for receipt of optional letters of intent are: January 23, 2010; April 27, 2010; August 30, 2010. The deadlines for receipt of full applications are: February 23, 2010; May 27, 2010; September 30, 2010. This FOA will expire on October 1, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor invites grant applications proposing technically innovative feasibility studies focused on early stage development of cancer-relevant technologies. If successful, these technologies would accelerate the research and understanding of basic cancer biology, cancer treatment and diagnosis, cancer prevention, cancer control and epidemiology, and/or cancer health disparities. This FOA solicits R21 applications and is suitable for projects at their inception, conceptual or idea based, where technical feasibility of the proposed technology or methodology has not yet been established. The R21 mechanism requires high potential impact and allows for an element of technical risk; projects proposed in response to this FOA may reflect this level of risk but must have concurrent potential to produce a major impact in a broad area of cancer-relevant research. All projects must include quantitative milestones (i.e. technical metrics that determine whether the specific aims have been accomplished). Projects proposing to use technology that is already established or projects where the novelty resides in the biological or clinical question being pursued are examples of topics not appropriate for this solicitation and will be returned as non-responsive. This funding opportunity is part of a broader NCI-sponsored Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies (IMAT) Program. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

The deadlines for receipt of optional letters of intent are: Aug 17, 2009; Jan 24, 2010; Aug 17, 2010; and Jan 24, 2011. The corresponding deadlines for receipt of full applications are: Sep 17, 2009; Feb 24, 2010; Sep 17, 2010; and Feb 24, 2011. This program will expire on February 25, 2011.

Synopsis

The sponsors provide support for multidisciplinary research groups or partnerships for the discovery of pharmacological agents to treat and to study mental illness, drug or alcohol addiction. The objectives of this program are to: accelerate innovative drug discovery; develop pharmacologic tools for basic and clinical research on mental disorders, or drug or alcohol addiction; develop and validate models for evaluating novel therapeutics for mental disorders; and support early phase human clinical testing to rapidly assess the safety and efficacy of promising drug candidates and new indications for IND-ready drugs for the treatment of mental disorders or alcohol addiction. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invite applications to advance the discovery, preclinical development, and proof of concept testing of new, rationally based candidate medications to treat mental disorders or drug or alcohol addiction, and to develop novel ligands as tools to further characterize existing or to validate new drug targets. Partnerships between academia and industry are strongly encouraged. This FOA will utilize the Cooperative Agreement (U01) and multi-project Cooperative Agreement (U19) grant mechanisms.

Synopsis

The Energy Resources Program (ERP) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is offering a five-year cooperative agreement opportunity, renewed annually based on available funds, to State agencies and institutions of higher education. The purpose of this Program Announcement is to help fund States’ ability to conduct research on United States (US) solid-fuel energy resources at the State level and assist in dissemination of results to the US public through USGS provision of technical expertise, scientific equipment and facilities otherwise not available to the States.

Synopsis

NIFA announces the availability of funding and requests applications for TCRGP for FY 2010 to conduct agricultural research that addresses high priority concerns of tribal, national or multi-state significance. The amount available for support of this program in FY 2010 is approximately $1,800,000.

Synopsis

A -- FY 2009 BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT SOL W912HZ09BAA01 DUE 022810 POC Chelsea Whitten, 601-634-4072 POP U.S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center (ERDC), Waterways Experiment Station (WES) 3909 HALLS FERRY ROAD, VICKSBURG MS 39180-6199 WEB: FedBizOpps Complete View https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=16dc47ae02a89385c5a04836d018d37c&tab=core&_cview=1 The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for various research and development topic areas. The ERDC consists of the Coastal and Hydraulics Lab (CHL), the Geotechnical and Structures Lab (GSL), the Environmental Lab (EL) and theInformation Technology Lab (ITL) in Vicksburg, Mississippi; the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab (CRREL) in Hanover, New Hampshire; the Construction Engineering Research Lab (CERL) in Champaign, Illinois; and the Topographic Engineering Center (TEC) in Alexandria, Virginia. The ERDC is responsible for conducting research in the broad fields of hydraulics, dredging, coastal engineering, instrumentation, oceanography, remote sensing, geotechnical engineering, earthquake engineering, soil effects, vehicle mobility, self-contained munitions, military engineering, geophysics, pavements, protective structures, aquatic plants, water quality, dredged material, treatment of hazardous waste, wetlands, physical/mechanical/ chemical properties of snow and other frozen precipitation, infrastructure and environmental issues for installations, computer science, telecommunications management, energy, facilities maintenance, materials and structures, engineering processes, environmental processes, land and heritage conservation, and ecological processes. The BAA is available at http://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/contract/docs/FY2008.BAA.pdf and is open until superseded. Proposals may be accepted at any time. For questions regarding proposals to CHL, EL, GSL & ITL, contactChelsea Whitten at 601-634-4072 or via email at Chelsea.M.Whitten@usace.army.mil. For questions concerning proposals to CERL, contact Andrea J. Krouse at 217-373-0000 or via email at Andrea.J.Krouse@usace.army.mil or Rita S. Brooks at 217-373-7280 or via email at Rita.S.Brooks@usace.army.mil. For questions concerning proposals to CRREL, contact Lou Ann Duffy at 603-646-4280 or via email at Lou.Ann.Duffy@usace.army.mil. For questions concerning proposals to TEC, contact NildaLugo at 703-428-6272 or via email at Nilda.Lugo@usace.army.mil. Contact the technical personnel listed at the end of each topic area for questions concerning the topic areas themselves. CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=16dc47ae02a89385c5a04836d018d37c&tab=core&_cview=0 Posted 02/06/09 (W-SN01745531). (0037)

Deadline Note

There are a total of 15 open windows (approximately 3 per year), and submissions may occur at any time during those open window periods. This BAA expires September 30, 2014.

Synopsis

This announcement solicits white papers for long-term challenges in specific fundamental areas of research that offer a significant contribution to the current body of knowledge, understanding of phenomena and observable facts, significantly advance revolutionary technology, new concepts for technology application, and may have impact on future C-WMD capabilities.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after July 3, 2009. The deadlines for receipt of optional letters of intent are: July 3, 2009; November 3, 2009; and March 1, 2010. The deadlines for receipt of full applications are: August 3, 2009; December 3, 2009; and April 1, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor solicits applications that propose to conduct time-sensitive ancillary studies related to the NIAMS mission in conjunction with privately or publicly funded, large, ongoing clinical projects. The ongoing “parent” project can be a large clinical trial or observational study, or a disease registry that can provide a sufficient cohort of well-characterized patients, infrastructure, data, and biological samples. Applications submitted in response to this FOA will undergo an accelerated review and award process. Each application must include a timeline to demonstrate that the parent project has adequate time left to accommodate the proposed ancillary study. In addition, it must justify the time-sensitive nature of the ancillary study and the need for an expedited review and award process. It must also document permission from the parent project to use the patient cohorts, data, and biological materials. The objective of this FOA is to provide a flexible mechanism to leverage established resources and maximize the return on existing investments in parent projects. Successful ancillary studies will enhance the scientific content and value of the parent projects, improve the research community’s understanding of a disease or organ system in the NIAMS portfolio, and thus identify novel targets for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after February 1, 2010. Letters of intent will not be accepted under this FOA.

Synopsis

The sponsor invites pre-applications for the NIDA Avant-Garde Award Program for HIV/AIDS Research. The award is meant to complement NIDA’s traditional investigator-initiated grant programs by supporting individual scientists of exceptional creativity who propose high-impact research that will open new avenues for prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS among drug abusers. The term “avant-garde” is used to describe highly innovative approaches that have the potential to be transformative— open new areas of research or lead to new avenues of treatment and prevention for HIV/AIDS among drug abusers. The proposed research should reflect ideas substantially different from those already being pursued by the investigator or others. The research proposed must be in an area described in the Trans – NIH Plan for HIV-Related Research (http://www.oar.nih.gov/strategicplan/fy2010/index.asp). The 2010 Avant-Garde Award competition will proceed in two phases. The X02 pre-application is the first phase. X02 pre-applications will be reviewed by external reviewers to identify the most outstanding applications (applications from individuals of exceptional creativity who propose highly significant and innovative projects that are not appropriate for traditional grant mechanisms). Those investigators whose submissions are judged to be the most outstanding will be notified of the opportunity to submit full applications under RFA-DA-10-012. All awards will be made under RFA-DA-10-012 (SPIN Program # 03682). No awards will be made under this announcement. This announcement utilizes the X02 mechanism for submission and consideration of pre-applications.

Synopsis

The sponsor's Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center offers fellowships to provide training opportunities in clinical and basic imaging research. Fellowships are one to two years in length.

Synopsis

The sponsor is seeking applications for funding research and development to enhance instrumental methods of analysis employed within forensic science disciplines. The goal is to improve the quantitative and qualitative analyses of evidence and to enhance the ability of the forensic science community to identify, analyze, and interpret evidence.

Deadline Note

Proposal windows are from August 15, 2009 to September 17, 2009 and from February 1, 2010 to March 3, 2010.

Synopsis

The Biosensing Program supports innovative, transformative, and insightful investigations of fundamental problems with broad long term impact and applications that require novel use of bio-inspired engineering principles and sophisticated devices to meet the engineering and technology needs of the nation. The program is targeting research in the area of the monitoring, identification, and/or quantification of biological phenomena and will support potential technological breakthroughs that exist at the intersection of engineering, life science, and information technology.

Deadline Note

Full proposals may be submitted from: February 1, 2010 - March 3, 2010; and August 15, 2010 - September 23, 2010.

Synopsis

The Energy for Sustainability program supports fundamental research and education that will enable innovative processes for the sustainable production of electricity and transportation fuels. Processes for sustainable energy production must be environmentally benign, reduce greenhouse gas production, and utilize renewable or bio-based resources that are abundant in the United States.

Deadline Note

Proposals may be submitted from: February 1, 2010 - March 3, 2010; and August 15, 2010 - September 23, 2010.

Synopsis

The Environmental Sustainability program supports engineering research with the goal of promoting sustainable engineered systems that support human well-being and that are also compatible with sustaining natural (environmental) systems.

Deadline Note

Full proposals my be submitted from: February 1, 2010 - March 3, 2010; and August 15, 2010 - September 23, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor provides funding to support fundamental research on novel methods and materials for separation processes.

Deadline Note

Full proposals may be submitted during these windows: February 1, 2010 - March 3, 2010; and August 15, 2010 - September 23, 2010.

Synopsis

The Thermal Transport Processes program supports engineering research aimed at gaining a basic understanding of the microscopic and macroscopic levels of thermal transport phenomena (heat and mass transfer) underlying energy conversion and conservation, the synthesis and processing of materials, cooling and heating of infrastructure and equipment, the interaction of industrial processes with the environment, the propulsion of air and land-based vehicles, and thermal phenomena in biological and environmental systems.

Deadline Note

Proposals may be submitted from February 1, 2010 through March 3, 2010 and August 15, 2010 through September 23, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor provides funding to support fundamental and applied research on catalysis and biocatalysis.

Deadline Note

Full proposals may be submitted from February 1, 2010 through March 3, 2010 and August 15, 2010 through September 23, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor provides funding to support fundamental research and education on mechanisms and phenomena governing fluid flow.

Deadline Note

Full proposals can be submitted during these windows: February 1, 2010 - March 3, 2010; and August 15, 2010 - September 23, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor provides funding to support fundamental research in engineering areas related to: interfacial phenomena, mass transport phenomena and solution phase equilibrium thermodynamics.

Deadline Note

The proposal windows are: February 1, 2010 - March 3, 2010; and August 15, 2010 - September 23, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor provides funding to support fundamental and applied research on process and reaction engineering.

Deadline Note

The deadline for receipt of optional letters of intent is February 3, 2010. The deadline for receipt of full applications is March 3, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor invites applications for a limited competition funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to continue support of the research activities of AIDS Malignancy Consortium which are: 1) design, development, and evaluation of clinical interventions for the prevention and treatment of malignancies in patients with HIV infection; 2) development of more effective management and therapeutics for HIV-associated malignancies; 3) investigation of the biology of HIV malignancies within the context of clinical trials; 4) management of issues of international importance in HIV-associated-malignancies; and 5) distribution of excess tumor tissue and other relevant biologic fluids to the AIDS and Cancer Specimen Resource for ongoing or future investigations. The award will provide subcontracts for a coordinating center, core sites, affiliate sites, network laboratories and a statistical center. Sites will receive patient care costs on a capitation basis and for laboratory correlative studies, clinical pharmacology and international studies. The group will have at least four scientific disease-oriented working groups (WG) - KS, lymphoma, HPV-associated cancers, and non-AIDS-Defining Cancers (NADCs) Working Groups. This FOA will use the NIH U01 cooperative agreement award mechanism.

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A -- A--ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY TECHNOLOGY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM (ESTCP) SOL BAA-10-0003 DUE 030410 POC Danielle Billings, 703-428-6123 POP US Army Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity ATTN: CEHEC-CT, 7701 Telegraph Road Alexandria VA 22315-3860 WEB: FBO.gov Permalink https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA72/BAA-10-0003/listing.html E-MAIL: US Army Humphreys Engineer Center SupportActivity danielle.j.billings@usace.army.mil The Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) is the Department of Defense (DoD) demonstration and validation program for environmental technologies. The ESTCP Office is interested in receiving pre-proposals for innovative environmental and energy technology demonstrations that address DoD requirements as candidates for funding. This notice constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) as contemplated in FAR 6.102(d)(2). Readers should note that this is an announcement to declare ESTCP's intent to competitively fund demonstration projects as described in the Program Announcement on the DoD ESTCP web site. The Program Announcement and complete submittal instructions are found at www.estcp.org/opportunities. No request for proposals (RFP), solicitation, or other announcement of this opportunity will be made. Awards will take the form of contracts. Submission of proposals is not restricted in any way to any particular entity. The government will not pay for any costs associated with the preparation of proposals, travel to present oral presentations in support of the proposals, nor initial preparation and submission of a project plan. To be eligible for consideration, readers wishing to respond to this announcement must submit a pre-proposal in accordance with the Instructionson the web site, no later than 4:00 PM Eastern Time on Thursday, March 4, 2010.No electronic mail or faxed proposals will be accepted. Awardees under this BAAwill be selected through a two-stage review process. The pre-proposal review step allows interested organizations to get initial Government feedback on their technologies without incurring the expense of a full proposal. Based upon the pre-proposal evaluation by the Government, each of the pre-proposal submitters willbe notified as to whether the Government encourages or does not encourage the submission of a full proposal. Instructions for preparing a full proposal will beprovided at the time of notification. A request for submission of a full proposal does not indicate a decision has been made to make an award for that work. There is no commitment by ESTCP to make any contract awards, nor to be responsiblefor any money expended by the offeror before contract award is made for a demonstration. Multiple awards may be made to address a particular topic area. It is expected that awards totaling approximately $20.0 million will result depending on availability of funds. For awards to be made as contracts, evaluation shall include the extent of commitment in providing meaningful subcontracting opportunities for small business, HUD Zone small business, small disadvantaged business, woman owned small business concerns, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541712 and 541330 with the small business size standard of 500 employees. In addition, contract proposals that exceed $550,000 submitted by all but small business concerns must be accompanied by a Small, Small Disadvantaged and Woman-Owned, Small Business Subcontracting Plan in accordance with FAR 52.219-9. The HECSA Small Business Office web site at www.hecsa.usace.army.mil/hxsb provides information on how to prepare a subcontracting plan, along with links tofind small businesses to participate. The HECSA point of contact for non-technical issues is Mr. Damon Moore, 703-428-6117 and for the subcontracting plan is Ms. Kimberli Gray, 703-428-7385. The point of contact for procedural questions the ESTCP Office is Ms. Jina Saunders, 703-696-2127. For technical information regarding this announcement, contact the individual listed within the topic area descriptions. CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=3147b29dd42878939ea04fae1a4203 8e&tab=core&_cview=0 Posted 01/07/10 (W-SN02037626). (0007)

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A -- JIEDDO BAA FOR CAPABILITIES TO DEFEAT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES (IED)- JIEDDO BAA 09-02 SOL JIEDDO-BAA-09-02 POC Mark Keller, Phone: 7036015756, Nicola M. Gathright, Phone: 7036014331 POP CONUS or OCONUS, United StatesWEB: FBO.gov Permalink https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/JIEDDO/JIEDDO/JIEDDO-BAA-09-02/listing.html E-MAIL: mark.keller@jieddo.dod.mil, nicola.gathright@jieddo.dod.mil mark.keller@jieddo.dod.mil, nicola.gathright@jieddo.dod.mil NAICS: 541712 Full description of requirements for JIEDDO BAA 09-02. JIEDDO Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) 09-02 Description of Opportunity: The Department of Defense solicitsproposals for the development of innovative capabilities to defeat IEDs employed against U.S. and coalition forces anywhere in the world, but especially in Iraq and Afghanistan. JIEDDO is seeking innovative counter-IED capabilities that can be rapidly developed, demonstrated, and deployed within 12 to 24 months from award. However, JIEDDO is willing to entertain less mature systems with a potentially high payoff. Proposals must address one of the following five solicitation areas: a. Detect, neutralize or mitigate person-borne IEDs. b. Detect, neutralize or mitigate buried IEDs or pressure initiation devices. c. Provide stand-off detection and confirmation of explosives or chemical compounds associated with explosives. d. Detect, neutralize or mitigate explosively formed penetrators. e. Counter-IED Medical Science and Technologies. f. Any additional technology, information, or recommendations that would enhance existing counter-IED systems. See attached BAA document for full description of requirements. All proposals must be submitted to the JIEDDO BAA Information Delivery System (BIDS) website at https://bids.acqcenter.com/JIEDDO. CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=184fb468e6b2258d8152e247c371fbd7&tab=core&_cview=0 Posted 09/04/09 (W-SN01941319). (0247)

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B -- DOWNHOLE COMMINGLING RESEARCH SOL M10PS00168 DUE 030510 POC Tariff, Christy C 703-787-1367, tardiffc@mms.gov WEB: FBO.gov Permalink https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOI/MMS/PO/M10PS00168/listing.html E-MAIL: Tardiff, Christy C tardiffc@mms.gov NAICS: 541330 SYNOPSIS:PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The U. S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS) has a competitive requirement to investigate the effects and limitations of downhole commingling in regard to ultimate hydrocarbon recovery to be awarded to the offeror whose Quote gives evidence of the greatest valueto the Government as outlined in this synopsis. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, in conjunction with FAR 13.5, asapplicable and as supplemented with additional information included in the notice. Solicitation number M10PS00168 is being issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-37 and the Department of Interior Acquisition Regulation (DIAR). It isthe contractor's responsibility to be familiar with applicable clauses and provisions. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541330 entitled Engineering Services, with a small business size standard of $4.5M. QUOTATION PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS: To ensure timely and equitable evaluation ofquotes, Offeror must comply with instructions contained herein. Quotes must be complete, self-sufficient, and respond directly to the requirements of this RFQ.The response shall consist of a technical and a cost/price quote. The Government anticipates awarding a Firm Fixed Price award as a result of this RFQ. The Offeror shall prepare their quote in accordance with the Statement of Work and requirements below:OBJECTIVE: The Minerals Management Service (MMS), through the Technology Assessment and Research (TA&R) Program intends to competitively award a contract to determine the effects and limitations of downhole commingling in regard to the ultimate recovery of hydrocarbons. The study should address crossflowof reservoir fluids, the impact of reservoir drive mechanisms, and reliability of zone isolation methods. SCOPE: The contractor shall present a summary of downhole commingling technologies and methods, and when each would be most suitable to use. Included in the summary will be the advantages and disadvantages of eachmethod described in terms of economics and ultimate recovery. A complete list of references used in the study shall be reported.A comprehensive review of case histories showing the historic failure rates and life expectancies of sliding sleeves and intelligent completions will be performed for both shallow water and deepwater applications. In addition, the contractor shall identify the effectiveness of zone isolation and flow control methods, and the risks associated with each.The probability of the occurrence of crossflow of fluids between commingled reservoirs will be determined. The contractor shall also perform research to determine under what conditions, the crossflow of fluids will harm ultimate recovery. A recommended maximum allowable pressure difference between reservoirs shall be provided in order to eliminate damage to ultimate recovery due to crossflow. In addition, zone isolation assurance issues including when the prevention of crossflow should be enforced shall also be discussed.The contractor shall determinehow the drive mechanisms of the individual reservoirs will affect the ultimate recovery in a commingled scenario, and if reservoirs with unlike drive mechanisms should be commingled. The contractor shall also report the conditions under which premature water production from a water drive reservoir can harm ultimate recovery.The study will also determine if commingling vastly different reservoir sizes can impact ultimate recovery. A recommended maximum reservoir size difference shall be reported if applicable.The analysis shall include the effects of various fluid characteristics, reservoir characteristics including relative reservoir depths and productive lives, and the relationship between cost and increased hydrocarbon recovery. The reservoir fluid characteristics investigated should include commingling a gas reservoir with an oil reservoir and their relative positions to one another. The MMS will use the results of this study to assess the application of downhole commingling on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). TheGovernment anticipates awarding a Firm Fixed Price contract for this effort andofferors shall propose work by individual tasks including 1) Develop detailed work plan; 2) Hold kick-off teleconference or meeting with MMS staff at the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Office in New Orleans, LA; 3) Perform background literature search; 4) Identify types and variations of downhole commingling methods and technologies; 5) Determine methods most practical for various reservoir scenarios; 6) Create risk profile and economic assessment for each; 7) Identify the effects of crossflow and reservoir drive mechanism on ultimate recovery; 8) Provide draft document; 9) Present draft findings to MMS staff at the GOM Office in New Orleans, LA; and 10) Provide final document to MMS.Any technical papers or publicationswritten as a result of this research shall be made available to MMS for review and concurrence prior to their presentation and/or publication. The Deliverable for this project shall be a Final Report. For the final report, MMS requires five (5) paper hardbound copies and one reproducible copy. The final report shall also be available in digital format; compatible with MS Office 2003. The digital final report shall be submitted on CD in both.pdf and source code (i.e., MS Word). The contractor shall present quarterly progress reports, final draft report, and final report. The ESTIMATED BUDGET for this requirement is no greater than $100,000.00. The projected PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE for this effort is no greater than 12 months from date of award. The MMS SHALL RETAIN SOLE OWNERSHIP OF ALL DELIVERABLES. The contractor shall vest all rights to the deliverables to the MMS atthe conclusion of the project. Please read this ENTIRE NOTICE CAREFULLY as it constitutes the ONLY notice that will be issued. FURTHER INFORMATION: The work shall document, with references, all information presented. All results stated need to be specific as to how the conclusions were determined and if they are, in fact, based on thorough and defendable engineering assessments and/or analyses ofcritical issues. The information shall be presented in a format so that engineers and scientists can comprehend the results and resulting conclusions. Also, the results and conclusions must be presented in a way so that they are useful, concise, and defendable to all concerned in making recommendations relative to thepractice of downhole commingling of hydrocarbon reservoirs in the GOM. HOW TO RESPOND: Interested parties must demonstrate that their organization is qualifiedto perform the work by providing separate Technical and Price (Cost) submissions.The Technical submission shall detail the following: (1) the scope of work; (2) key personnel (those who would have the primary responsibility for performing and/or managing the work) with applicable qualifications and specific experience; (3) the organization's experience with this type of work and a description of its facilities; and (4) specific references (including project identifier/contract number and description, period of performance, dollar amount, client name andcurrent telephone number) for work of this nature that the personnel or organization is currently performing or has completed within the last three years. The objective is to show how the work that you did or are doing is similar in natureand scope to the work that is to be performed under the contract contemplated by the request for quotations. Describe any unusual circumstances of performance or problems that may be relevant to the work that is to be performed. It is especially important that offers disclose instances in which their past performance may be considered by previous customers or their representatives to have been less than fully satisfactory and provide an explanation of your side of the story.The Price (Cost) submission shall be submitted SEPARATELY and detail the costs associated with each proposed task to include man hours, travel and required equipment and/or services. Each offeror shall submit a labor hour rate scheduled for each category or labor that might be assigned to the project for future work.AUTHORITY TO OBLIGATE THE GOVERNMENT The Contracting Officer is the only individual who can legally commit or obligate the Government to the expenditure of public funds. No cost chargeable to the proposed contract can be incurred before receipt of a fully executed contract or specific authorization from the Contracting Officer. DISCUSSIONS/AWARD WITHOUT DISCUSSIONS The Government reserves the rightto award without discussions, so it is in your best interest to include your most favorable terms in your initial submission. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions and to permit the Offeror to revise their submissions. As stated above, the Government reserves the right to make an award without discussions, except for clarifications as described herein. Any exceptions or deviations by the offeror to the terms and conditions stated in this RFQ for inclusion in the resulting award may make the offer unacceptable for award without discussions. If an offeror proposes exceptions to the terms and conditions of these requirements, the Government may make an award, without discussions, to another Offeror that did not take exception to the terms and conditions, if such offeror is determined to be the best overall value for this effort. Clarifications are limited exchanges with Offeror that may occur when award without discussions is contemplated. If award will be made without conducting discussions, the Offeror may be given the opportunity to clarify certain aspects of quotes (e.g., the relevance of an Offerors past performance information and adverse past performance information to which the offeror has not previously had an opportunity to respond) or to resolve minor or clerical errors. EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AND BASIS FOR AWARD This is a competitive best value acquisition utilizing simplified procedures. The technical proposal shall be evaluated based on the following evaluation criteria, listed in descending order of importance, to determine which Offeror is considered to be the best overall value: A. Past PerformanceB. TechnicalApproach PAST PERFORMANCE (CRITERION A): Past performance is the most importantcriteria. Past performance includes adherence to schedules and budgets, effectiveness of cost control, the acceptability of previous products delivered, effectiveness of program management, and the offeror's willingness to cooperate with the customer in both routine matters and when confronted with unexpected difficulties. The offeror shall include at least five references of similar contracts that demonstrate the capability to meet similar timeframes over the last five years. For each contract, include a description of the project, project title, contract number, period of performance, contract amount, and client identification (including agency or company name, contracting and technical reviewing official, address, and telephone number). MMS will contact some or all of the customers listed as Past Performance references in the offerors proposal. MMS will ask questions such as: whether or not they believe (1) that the offeror was capable, timely, efficient, and effective; (2) that the offerors performance conformed to the terms and conditions of the contract; (3) that the offeror was reasonable and cooperative during the performance; (4) that the offeror was committed to customersatisfaction; and (5) whether the work performed by the contractor was of high quality. TECHNICAL APPROACH (CRITERION B): Shown in order of importance: (1) Appropriateness of tasks cited to complete the project; (2) The quality and availability of the personnel with the requisite expertise (skills, abilities, education, professional credentials and experience) to accomplish the work as proposed; (3) Innovative or creative approaches used to conduct the work; (4) Feasibility of the approach or solution; (5) The offerors understanding of the technical issues being presented for consideration; and (6) The offerors ability to implementthe proposed approach as determined by adequate detailed analysis and supportedby specific accomplishments in the technical field to be assessed. EVALUATION OF QUOTES: Quotes shall be prepared in accordance with and comply with the instructions above. The technical submission will be evaluated separately from the price. Each submission will be evaluated against the evaluation factors listed above. Each offerors quoted cost shall be submitted SEPARATELY and detail the costs associated with each proposed task to include man hours, travel and required equipment and/or services. Each offeror shall submit a labor hour rate scheduled for each category or labor that may be assigned to the project for future work. Each offeror's quoted price will be evaluated for reasonableness. Price will always be an important factor; therefore, offerors should make diligent efforts to control costs and submit fairly priced quotes. After evaluating price, award may be made to other than the low offeror, when the contracting officer determines itto be in the Government's best interest. The selected Offeror must comply with the following commercial item terms and conditions, which are incorporated herein by reference: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition; FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items - the selected offeror must submit a completed copy of the listed representations and certifications; FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, paragraph (a) and thefollowing clauses in paragraph (b): 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36,52.222-37, 52.225-13, 52.232-34. The full text of the referenced FAR clauses may be accessed electronically at http://www.acqnet.gov/far. The Central Contractor Registration (CCR) number must be obtained before award can be made. To be considered for this award, Offerors must be registered in the CCR database prior toaward. Offerors must also have all online at www.orca.gov representations and certifications completed prior to submission of quote. Interested offerors must submit any questions concerning this solicitation no later than close of businesson Friday, February 5, 2010 to enable the MMS to respond. Questions shall be submitted via email to christy.tardiff@mms.gov. Questions not received within a reasonable time may not be considered. The Government reserves the right not to make an award as a result of this competitive RFQ, if in the opinion of the Government none of the submissions would provide satisfactory performance at a cost that is considered fair and reasonable and/or economically feasible. METHODS OF QUOTATION AND DELIVERY LOCATION Submit three (3) original hardcopies of the proposal and one (1) electronic copy to the attention of: Christy Tardiff, Minerals Management Service, Procurement Operations Branch, MS 2101, 381 Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817. EMAILED COPIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. If offerors desire to hand deliver their proposals, they are advised that the MMS facility is a secure office complex and Offerors MUST NOT enter the building beyond the lobby. It is incumbent upon the offeror to ensure that any hand carried offer in response to this RFQ shall be delivered before the closing date and time as specified below. All hand carried packages shall be delivered to the address listed herein. QUOTATION DUE DATE Quotations submitted in response to this RFQ shall be received by the due date and time established. The offerors quotation shall be submitted not later than 3:00 PM Eastern Time, Friday, March 5, 2010. CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=5eb2ad770570255ed04b5cacacc1f296&tab=core&_cview=0 Posted 01/29/10 (W-SN02052987). (0029)

Synopsis

This program seeks to assist Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories (FSMLs) in offering modern laboratories and educational spaces, up-to-date equipment, appropriate personal accommodations for visiting scientists and students, and modern communications and data management systems for a broad array of users.

Deadline Note

The deadline for submission of optional letters of intent is February 3, 2010. The closing date for applications is March 5, 2010.

Synopsis

This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits applications from eligible entities utilizing state-of-the-art experimental techniques and numerical simulations focusing on comprehensive research to develop new cutting-edge engine technologies. This exciting program provides support for commercially viable vehicle of the future through innovation in cleaner and more efficient technologies that will help achieve energy independence and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after February 19, 2010. The deadlines for receipt of optional letters of intent are: March 5, 2010, April 6, 2010, May 6, 2010, June 4, 2010, July 6, 2010, August 6, 2010, September 7, 2010, October 6, 2010, November 5, 2010, January 6, 2011, February 4, 2011, March 4, 2011, April 6, 2011, May 6, 2011, June 7, 2011, July 6, 2011, August 5, 2011, September 7, 2011, October 6, 2011, November 7, 2011, January 6, 2012, February 7, 2012, March 6, 2012, April 6, 2012, May 7, 2012, June 6, 2012, July 6, 2012, August 6, 2012, September 6, 2012, October 5, 2012, November 6, 2012, January 8, 2013, February 6, 2013. The deadlines for receipt of full applications are: March 19, 2010, April 20, 2010, May 20, 2010, June 18, 2010, July 20, 2010, August 20, 2010, September 21, 2010, October 20, 2010, November 19, 2010, January 20, 2011, February 18, 2011, March 18, 2011, April 20, 2011, May 20, 2011, June 21, 2011, July 20, 2011, August 19, 2011, September 21, 2011, October 20, 2011, November 21, 2011, January 20, 2012 , February 21, 2012, March 20, 2012, April 20, 2012, May 21, 2012, June 20, 2012, July 20, 2012, August 20, 2012, September 20, 2012, October 19, 2012, November 20, 2012, January 22, 2013, February 20, 2013 . This program will expire on February 21, 2013.

Synopsis

The sponsor invites applications for research in which an unpredictable opportunity has arisen to collect human or animal biosample baseline or exposure data (e.g., following natural or made-made disasters, health care policy changes; etc). The distinctive element of the project should be the need for empirical study for a situation that was not foreseeable and is achievable only if begun within a short time frame. The entire cycle from submission to award – when appropriate - is expected to be within 6 months. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after February 19, 2010. The deadlines for receipt of optional letters of intent are: March 5, 2010, April 6, 2010, May 6, 2010, June 4, 2010, July 6, 2010, August 6, 2010, September 7, 2010, October 6, 2010, November 5, 2010, January 6, 2011, February 4, 2011, March 4, 2011, April 6, 2011, May 6, 2011, June 7, 2011, July 6, 2011, August 5, 2011, September 7, 2011, October 6, 2011, November 7, 2011, January 6, 2012, February 7, 2012, March 6, 2012, April 6, 2012, May 7, 2012, June 6, 2012, July 6, 2012, August 6, 2012, September 6, 2012, October 5, 2012, November 6, 2012, January 8, 2013, February 6, 2013. The deadlines for receipt of full applications are: March 19, 2010, April 20, 2010, May 20, 2010, June 18, 2010, July 20, 2010, August 20, 2010, September 21, 2010, October 20, 2010, November 19, 2010, January 20, 2011, February 18, 2011, March 18, 2011, April 20, 2011, May 20, 2011, June 21, 2011, July 20, 2011, August 19, 2011, September 21, 2011, October 20, 2011, November 21, 2011, January 20, 2012 , February 21, 2012, March 20, 2012, April 20, 2012, May 21, 2012, June 20, 2012, July 20, 2012, August 20, 2012, September 20, 2012, October 19, 2012, November 20, 2012, January 22, 2013, February 20, 2013 . This program will expire on February 21, 2013.

Synopsis

The sponsor invites applications for research in which an unpredictable opportunity has arisen to collect human or animal biosample baseline or exposure data (e.g., following natural or made-made disasters, health care policy changes; etc). The distinctive element of the project should be the need for empirical study for a situation that was not foreseeable and is achievable only if begun within a short time frame. The entire cycle from submission to award – when appropriate - is expected to be within 6 months. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

The deadlines for receipt of optional letters of intent are: November 6, 2009; and March 6, 2010. The corresponding deadlines for receipt of full applications are: November 20, 2009; March 20, 2010. This program will expire on March 21, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsors provide support for the development and adaptation of biological assays for use in automated High-Throughput Screening (HTS) projects. These HTS-ready assays can then be screened by the Molecular Libraries Production Centers Network (MLPCN) to identify biologically active compounds in a large library of small molecule chemical structures. This PAR is developed as part of an NIH Roadmap Molecular Initiative (http://nihroadmap.nih.gov), in which all NIH Institutes and Centers participate. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

The deadline for preapplications is March 9, 2010. Applications are due by April 19, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor is interested in receiving applications for pilot research project grants in the topic areas of Radiochemistry and Radionuclide Imaging Instrumentation. Applications should focus on basic research that will significantly advance the current state of the science underpinning nuclear medicine advances.

Deadline Note

The deadline for receipt of optional letters of intent is February 10, 2010. The deadline for receipt of full applications is March 10, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor invites applications for Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Research and Translation Core Centers to support both basic and clinical research on PKD. Core Centers should provide shared institutional and national resources to facilitate basic and clinical research on PKD and improve its effectiveness in translating insights from basic biology to clinical practice. This FOA will utilize the NIH Core Center (P30) grant mechanism.

Synopsis

The sponsor NIFA announces the availability of funding and requests applications for the Tribal Colleges Extension Program (TCEP) for FY 2010 to provide funding for the 1994 Land-Grant Institutions to conduct non-formal education and outreach activities to help meet the needs of the Native American people. The amount available for support of this program in FY 2010 is approximately $4,300,000.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after February 11, 2010. The deadline for receipt of optional letters of intent is February 11, 2010. The deadline for receipt of full applications is March 11, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor invites applicants to apply for: 1) Access to non-renewable (non- DNA) samples generated by selected NIDDK-funded clinical trials and studies and funding to perform validated laboratory assays on the requested samples; OR 2) To apply for funding for assays to be performed on non-renewable (non- DNA) samples generated by selected NIDDK-funded clinical trials and studies, with proof of access approved by the consortia. Samples and funding will not be provided for assay development or exploratory research with animal models, or any research utilizing samples other than those that derive from studies listed below. Investigators should propose to test scientifically meritorious hypotheses related to the clinical trial or study’s goals, and within the intent of the signed consent form for each study or trial. Data generated under this FOA is expected to be returned to the consortium or NIDDK repository. This NIH FOA is supported by funds provided to the NIH under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“Recovery Act” or “ARRA”), Public Law 111-5. This FOA will utilize the RC4 grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

The deadline to register with GMS and to submit applications is March 12, 2010.

Synopsis

Through this program, the sponsor is seeking applications for funding for research related to enhancing the safety of law enforcement officers and other criminal justice practitioners.