Contracting Office Address

Other Defense Agencies, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Contracts Management Office, 3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA, 22203-1714

Description

Special Notice SN07-04: OPTICAL LATTICE EMULATOR (OLE) BAA06-19, Addendum 7 Proposer's Day Workshop, DATE: December 5, 2006, REGISTRATION DEADLINE: November 28, 2006, TECHNICAL POC: Dr. John R. Lowell, DARPA/DSO, Ph: (571) 218-4685, Email: jay.lowell@darpa.mil; URL: www.darpa.mil/dso. Website Submission: http://www.sainc.com/dso0619/

In anticipation of a potential program on the topic of Optical Lattice Emulator (OLE), DARPA is hosting a Proposers Day Workshop that will provide critical information on the program vision, the program milestones, and opportunities associated with the development of an interdisciplinary team to respond to BAA06-19, Addendum 7. The workshop will be held on December 5, 2006, in Arlington, Virginia.

The goals and milestones of the DARPA Optical Lattice Emulator program are specified in the Broad Agency Announcement, BAA06-19, Addendum 7. A highly interdisciplinary team will be required to perform the effort and meet the Phase I milestones. The Proposer's Day will facilitate the formation of teams with the necessary expertise to respond to the open Broad Agency Announcement.

The teaming and information session will be held at The Executive Conference Center, 3601 Wilson Blvd Suite 600, Arlington, VA, on December 5, 2006. The goals of the teaming and information session are: (a) introduce the research community (industry, academia, and Government) to the Optical Lattice Emulator (OLE) program vision and goals; (b) go over representative performance calculations and present possible challenge problems for the OLE program; and (c) encourage and promote teaming arrangements among potential research organizations that have the relevant expertise, facilities, and capabilities for executing a research and development program responsive to the OLE program goals. The teaming and information session will include overview presentations by Government personnel and a poster session to facilitate interaction and team building among the teaming and information session participants. Additionally, a teaming website is provided to facilitate these interactions and can be found at http://www.sainc.com/OLE_Teaming.

Potential participants should note that formation of teams with sufficient expertise to address all technical areas described in the BAA Addendum will be critical to the success of the program. DARPA will not be funding component technologies that address only a subset of the technologies listed above through BAA06-19, Addendum 7, Optical Lattice Emulator (OLE).

Appropriate teaming will be a critical element in responding to the DARPA Optical Lattice Emulator solicitation. OLE Proposers Day Workshop participants are strongly encouraged to prepare posters describing areas of capabilities in order to facilitate communications, interactions, and teaming discussions during the poster session. Workshop details including registration, poster session, meeting location, and lodging are given on the OLE registration website at http://www.eventmakeronline.com/dso/View/index.asp?MeetingID=478.

There is no fee for the OLE Proposers Day Workshop. Registration is limited by the venue capacity (maximum of 75 attendees) and early registration is strongly recommended. The registration cutoff date is November 28, 2006, or at attendance capacity, whichever comes first. Further administrative information is available from Kristina Waikart (Kristina.Waikart.ctr@darpa.mil). Additional technical information can be obtained from John Lowell (Jay.Lowell@darpa.mil). Please refer to the Optical Lattice Emulator (OLE) Proposers Day Workshop in your correspondence. This announcement is not a request for proposals.

The OLE Proposers Day Workshop will be held at the offices of Strategic Analysis Inc., 3601 Wilson Boulevard Suite 600, Arlington, VA, on December 5, 2006.

Point of Contact

Jay Lowell, DARPA Program Manager, DSO, Phone 5712184685, Fax 5712184553, Email jlowell@darpa.mil