Attachment 5: Admin and Natl Policy Requirements

INSTRUCTIONS: ADMINISTRATIVE AND NATIONAL POLICY REQUIREMENTS

The Administrative and National Policy Requirements submission must be completed as specified below as part of the white paper and proposal submission. Do not delete any portion of the submisison document. All pages shall be formatted for printing on 8-1/2 by 11-inch paper with 1-inch margins and font size not smaller than 11 point. Font sizes not smaller than 8 point may be used for figures, tables, and charts. The Administrative and National Policy Requirements document must be in .pdf, .odx, .doc, or .docx formats. Submissions must be written in English. No page limit has been specified for the Administrative and National Policy Requirements document. Note that any revisions in the proposed activities between white paper and proposal submission should be updated in the document when resubmitting if in response to a request for proposal/solution. Remove these instructions prior to saving and sending the document. 2689472016
Guidance for use in completing the document:
Eligible Offerors/Applicants.
All qualified offerors who meet the requirements of this BAA are eligible to submit a white paper. Eligible organizations include: Domestic Private industry (large and small businesses)
Domestic accredited colleges, universities or institutions of higher learning registered by the U.S. Department of Education Domestic Non-profit organizations; and
Domestic Commercial and/or nontraditional defense contractors Government Entities (e.g. Government/National laboratories, militarily educational institutions, etc.) interested in this announcement are directed to email the Contracting Officer for further information. Federally Funded Research Development Centers (FFRDCs) are not prohibited from responding to this announcement. However, the FFRDC’s sponsoring agency must first make a determination that the effort being proposed falls within the purpose, mission, general scope of effort, or special competency of the FFRDC, and that determination must be included in the FFRDC’s response. In addition, the non-sponsoring agency must make a determination that the work proposed would not place the FFRDC in direct competition with domestic private industry. Only after these determinations are made would a decision be made concerning the FFRDC’s eligibility to receive an award should they be selected to proceed to Step-Two. All interested parties, including FFRDC’s, should pay particular attention to the Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) definition, requirements and restrictions described below.