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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY
Issue No. PSA-1345
Date: 05/12/95
                           Services
                    Research and Development
Synopsis# 0009

Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), Contracts Management Office (CMO),
3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203-1714
  A -- TECHNOLOGY REINVESTMENT PROJECT SOL PA95-04 DUE 062995 POC POC, 1-800-
DUAL-USE (8:00 AM through 6:00 PM, EDST, Monday-Friday). TECHNOLOGY
REINVESTMENT PROJECT - THIS is a PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT. The Fiscal Year 1995
solicitation for the Technology Reinvestment Project (TRP) is released today,
May 12, 1995. The TRP is a dual-use technology program, led by the Advanced
Research Projects Agency of the Department of Defense, that leverages
commercial technological progress for the benefit of the US military. The
solicitation requests TRP Technology Development and Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR) Phase I proposals in the following 8 dual use technology focus
areas: (1) Affordable Advanced Controls Technologies, (2) Affordable Polymer
Matrix Composites For Airframe Structures, (3) Biological Sensors And
Multi-Organ Diagnostic Screening, (4) Digital Wireless Communications And
Networking Systems, (5) Operations Other Than War/Law Enforcement, (6) Small
Precision Optics Manufacturing Technology, (7) Microelectromechanical Systems
(MEMS) Applications, (8) Other: All proposals in technology areas other than
1-7 will be competed as a separate, highly competitive category. The total
funds expected to be available for Technology Development and SBIR Phase I
projects are $160 million and $10 million, respectively. Proposals are due
JUNE 29, 1995. In order to understand this competition and propose
effectively, you must obtain BOTH the TRP solicitation (No.SOL95-04) and the
''Program Information Package for Technology Reinvestment Project FY 1995
Competition'' (PIP), which has a BLUE and white cover and is dated Fall 1994.
You may request these documents by: phone: 1-800-DUAL USE (1-800-382-5873),
Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Eastern Daylight Time, fax:
(703) 696-3813, addressed to: Technology Reinvestment Project, PA#95-04,
electronic mail: Internet address: pa95- 04@arpa.mil. If you already received
a copy of the Fall 1994 PIP using any of these means, the solicitation and the
TRP cover sheets will be mailed to you automatically starting today. For
information, this actual competition is different from the planned one which
was announced on October 21, 1994 in the CBD. The major changes are as
follows: (1) The Regional Technology Alliance and Manufacturing Education and
Training competition areas are CANCELED. (2) 5 of the original technology
focus areas have been ELIMINATED, leaving the 8 listed above. (3) The total
funds available for Technology Development projects has been reduced from $250
million to about $160 million.