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Business Daily Announcement
Focused Program Competition 98-04
Digital Video in Information Networks
REQUEST
FOR PROPOSALS
AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
REQUEST FOR
PROPOSALS AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING: The NIST Advanced Technology
Program (ATP) is soliciting proposals under its focused program competition
98-04, Digital Video in Information Networks, and announces public meetings
(Proposers' Conferences) for all interested parties. A total estimated
$82 million in first year funding is available for new awards for all
of the fiscal year 1998 ATP competitions (approximately eight to ten).
The actual number of proposals funded under each competition will depend
on the quality of the proposals received and the amount of funding requested
in the highest ranked proposals. Outyear funding beyond the first year
is contingent on the approval of future Congressional appropriations and
satisfactory project performance.
The goal of this Digital
Video in Information Networks program is to promote U.S. economic growth
by supporting sustained, high-risk, research and development which will
accelerate the emergence of compelling digital video applications for
business and personal use. The program will accelerate the appearance
of enabling technologies which is expected to spur industry's deployment
of a digital video information infrastructure. This second solicitation
is also designed to accelerate the use of this infrastructure for interactive
end-user applications including those impractical using existing analog
techniques. The scope of the Digital Video program does not include core
infrastructure needs not directly related to digital video requirements.
Proposals in the following three Digital Video technical areas are particularly
welcome: 1) Deploying Advanced Television, 2) Interactive Digital Video
and 3) Extending Digital Video. Abbreviated proposals (pre-proposals)
are allowed but are optional for this focused program competition 98-04.
Pre-proposals are intended to provide intermediate feedback as to whether
the proposer is on track in formulating and articulating some of the key
information required for a successful project proposal. Responses to pre-proposals
will have no effect on the review of full proposals, but must follow the
instructions included in the 98-04 focused program booklet.
Pre-proposals under
98-04 are due no later than 3:00 p.m. Eastern time on Friday, February
27, 1998, at the address shown below. Written feedback can be expected
from ATP within two weeks of receipt. No other form of pre-proposal debriefing
will be provided. Proposers should submit their pre-proposals early to
take advantage of this rapid response and to maximize the time available
to react to the feedback during the full proposal preparation period.
The due date for
submission of 98-04 FULL proposals is 3 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday,
April 22, 1998. Should the NIST facility be closed on the specified
due date, ATP proposals will be due at 3 p.m. Eastern time on the next
business day that the NIST facility is open. Proposals received after
this deadline WILL NOT be considered. Send pre-proposals and full proposals
to:
Advanced
Technology Program
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Administration Building 101, Rm. A407
Quince Orchard & Clopper Roads,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001
Mark envelope
Focused Program 98-04. Pre-proposals or full proposals submitted by facsimile
or electronic mail WILL NOT be accepted.
If a proposer's full
proposal is judged to be of high enough quality to be invited in for an
oral review, ATP reserves the right to submit a list of questions to the
proposer that must be addressed at the oral review. The ATP operates under
program procedures published at Part 295, Title 15, of the Code of Federal
Regulations. The provisions of the 12/15/97 Federal Register notice announcing
the availability of funding for ATP competitions, are incorporated by
reference in this notice. The provisions of the 12/15/97 Federal Register
notice announcing the availability of funding for ATP competitions, are
incorporated by reference in this notice. The ATP Proposal Preparation
Kit dated December 1997 (containing proposal cover sheets, other required
forms, background material, and instructions for submission of proposals)
and the 98-04 focused program booklet (containing a paper describing the
scope of this focused program) may be requested by phone: 1-800-ATP-FUND;
fax: 301- 926-9524 or 301-590-3053; e-mail: atp@nist.gov;
or letter at the address shown above. The Kit is also available on the
ATP World Wide Web site http://www.atp.nist.gov
under the heading Publications. The ATP is mailing the new Kit to all
those individuals whose names are currently on the ATP mailing list. Those
individuals need not contact the ATP to request the new Kit. The 98-04
focused program booklet is also available on ATP web site under the heading
Competitions and printed copies are available upon request from ATP.
Public meetings (Proposers'
Conferences) for potential proposers and other interested parties will
be held on the following four dates and nine locations:
- Thursday, January
15, 1998, NIST, Administration Bldg. (101), Green Auditorium, Quince
Orchard & Clopper Roads, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001 and will also be
video teleconferenced to NIST Boulder, Building 1, Main Auditorium,
325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80303. For further information on the NIST
Boulder meeting contact Jerry Hendrix, 303-497-5646, E-mail jeryll.hendrix@nist.gov.
In case of severe weather, please call NIST's Facilities Status Line,
Gaithersburg, 301-975-NIST (6478); Boulder, 303-497-3000 for a prerecorded
message of the status of NIST opening. If NIST is closed, the meeting
will be rescheduled;
- Wednesday, January
21, 1998 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1113 6th Avenue, Seattle, WA,
98101-3048, Phone: 800- 521-2762, Fax: 206-340-1617; at the Austin Chariot
Resort Inn, 7300 North IH 35, Austin, TX 78752- 2606, Phone: 800-432-9202,
Fax: 512-452-5079; and at the Adam's Mark Orlando, 1500 Sand Lake Road,
Orlando, FL 32809, Phone: 407-859-1500, Fax: 407-855-1585;
- Friday, January
23, 1998, at The Quality Hotel - Los Angeles Airport, 5249 W. Century
Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045, Phone: 310-645- 2200, Fax: 310-641-8214;
at the Holiday Inn O'Hare International, 5440 North River Road, Rosemont,
IL 60018, Phone: 888-642-7344, Fax: 847-671-5406; and at the Sheraton
Bradley Hotel, 1 Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT 06096,
Phone: 860-627-5311, Fax: 860-627-9348;
- and Wednesday,
January 28, 1998, at the Gaithersburg Holiday Inn, 2 Montgomery
Village Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD 20879, Phone: 301-948-8900.
The conference at
each location will begin at 9:30 a.m. local time and end at approximately
2 p.m. except for the January 15 meeting. On that date, to accommodate
a video teleconference, the meeting at NIST will be held from 10 a.m.
to 2:30 p.m. local time and the meeting at NIST Boulder will be held from
8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. local time. These meetings will provide general information
regarding the ATP, tips on preparing good proposals, and will provide
an opportunity for attendees to ask questions. The format and content
of each of the public meetings will be the same with the exception of
the January 28, 1998, meeting which will also include a session in the
afternoon to answer specific questions on the scope, technical, and business
goals of this 98-04 focused program. Multiple locations for the public
meetings are being offered for the convenience of the public. Attendance
at these public meetings is not required. No registration fee will be
charged. To register for a public meeting or for further information,
contact ATP as noted above.
Date created: December
16, 1997
Last updated:
April 12, 2005
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