[Infovis] RFP Announcement for Regional Visualization and Analytics Centers

[Stefano Foresti]

Potential Regional Visualization and Analytics Center Offeror: 

The National Visualization and Analytics CenterT (NVACT) invites proposals
from US-based universities for the establishment of Regional Visualization
and Analytics Centers (RVACs). Proposals should focus on one or more of the
major visual analytics research areas described in Illuminating the Path:
The Research and Development Agenda for Visual Analytics. 

The Request for Proposal is now available for download on the NVAC website
and can be found at  <http://nvac.pnl.gov/rvac.stm>
http://nvac.pnl.gov/rvac.stm

Important Dates: 

RFP Issue Date:  September 1, 2005 

Question Period:  September 1 - 16, 2005 

Proposal Due Date:  October 6, 2005 4:00 pm Pacific Time 

Anticipated award date:   January 3, 2006 


Important Proposal Submission Information: 

*	Requests for explanation or interpretation should be submitted via
email before September 16, 2005 to  <mailto:rvac at pnl.gov> rvac at pnl.gov.
Questions and answers will be posted at  <http://nvac.pnl.gov/rvac.stm>
http://nvac.pnl.gov/rvac.stm. 

*	Proposals should be emailed to  <mailto:rvac at pnl.gov> rvac at pnl.gov
no later than 4:00 PM Pacific Time, October 6, 2005. 

*	All proposals are to be divided into two parts, technical and cost.
Each section must be submitted in PDF format. 



Sincerely, 


Doug Akers, C.P.M. 
Associate Manager, Contracts 
Contracting Officer