CONDUCTING BUSINESS WITH NAVSEA UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER DIVISION NEWPORT

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CONDUCTING BUSINESS WITH NAVSEA UNDERSEA WARFARE
CENTERDIVISION NEWPORT

• March 27, 2001

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Division Newport

• The Navy's full spectrum RDTE, engineering and
  fleet support center for submarines, autonomous
  underwater systems and undersea warfare weapons
  systems
• Over 2600 Employees
• Annual Budget of approximately 750 Million
• Unlimited Contracting Authority (Does not include
  Construction)
• Largest Navy Contracting Office in Naval Region
  Northeast

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Contracting Volume
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Types of PurchasesFY 00
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Non-Traditional Agreements

• Other Transaction Agreements
• Specifically tailored to the business arrangement
  with minimal regulatory requirements
• Allows flexibility in negotiating Intellectual
  Property, Patent, Data Rights and acceptance of
  commercial accounting practices
• Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
  (CRADA) Agreement to pursue collaborative
  projects with industry and academia
• Navy Potential Contractor Program (NPCP)
  Information access agreement between NUWC and
  industry
• Work for Private Parties (Goods Services or
  Testing)

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Contracts

• Small Business Innovative Research Program
  (SBIR) Competitive Small Business set-asides for
  specified Science and Technology topics (DOD
  Semi-Annual RFP has NUWC topics)
  http//www.acq.osd.mil/sadbu/sbir/homepg.htm
• Science and Technology (ST) Broad Agency
  Announcement (BAA) Published annually
  identifying RD topics of interest to NUWC
• Contracts
• Biennial Business Opportunities Conference
• NUWC Web Site

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Contracts WEBSITE

• http//www.npt.nuwc.navy.mil/contract/
• Public location for all Announcements relating
  to the Contracting Function at NUWC Division
  Newport
• SYNOPSIS (250/Year), RFP/RFQ (175/Year),
  Documents(300/Year), Notices and general
  information
• Documents Posted in Industry Standard formats,
  Adobe Acrobat (95), AUTOCAD, EXCEL, MSWORD, etc.
  Free viewers, available for all documents
  posted on the SITE. Pointers on the site to the
  required viewers.

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NUWCDIVNPT, Contracts WEBSITE
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Points of Contact at NUWC