Encl-3 White Paper Submission Instr REV

OFFEROR CONSIDERATIONS AND CAVEATS

Step-One Call for White Papers
See Enclosure 1 - Research Opportunity Guidance’s respective Opportunity Notice for the established date for timely submission of white papers. All white paper submission must be received before the prescribed cut-off date, if identified, or will not be considered. This enclosure is specific to STEP-ONE white paper submissions only. Instructions for submissions in response to Request for Proposal/Solutions, if solicited, are provided in Enclosure 4 - Proposal Submission Instructions. Offerors are reminded that they will be solicited under Enclosure 4 instructions if the Government assesses a favorable review of the white paper with other factors considered. The primary basis for selecting white papers for acceptance is technical, importance to agency programs and funds availability (with cost/price realism considered). Teaming Perspectives
This BAA is intended to encourage the use of complementary, interdisciplinary research and development teams consisting of industry, academia, national test centers, and/or laboratories that leverage individual strengths coupled with unique resources and experience. Offerors must be willing to cooperate and exchange software, data and other information in an integrated program with other contractors. The TRMC T&E/S&T Program will not actively participate in the creation of project teams. If an offeror is proposing a contribution arrangement with a Government/Federal laboratory (personnel, services, facilities, and equipment) as a joint effort to develop the technology, a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) may be required. If an established CRADA exists between the offeror and the intended Government laboratory/entity, the offeror shall provide a copy of the CRADA when submitting the proposal. Offerors may propose subcontracting and teaming arrangements; however, it is expected for FAR based solutions that the submitting offeror will lead and perform 50% of the effort by cost. For OTs, the lead offeror, if seeking to qualify as a non-traditional defense contractor, must participate to a "significant extent." There is no set dollar amount or percentage of work that is considered a "significant extent" and offerors must provide justification to support a determination by the Contracting Officer that they are participating to a "significant extent." System for Award Management Registration
All potential offerors, in order to be considered must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov. By submission of a white paper, the prime offeror acknowledges the requirement that they shall be registered in the SAM database. NOTE: New registrations can take an average of 7-10 business days to process in SAM.