NAICS CODE:  541715

FEDERAL AGENCY NAME: Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL - Rome Research Site, AFRL/Information Directorate, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, NY, 13441-4514

BAA ANNOUNCEMENT TYPE:  Initial announcement

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA)

TITLE:  Adaptive Fusion, Analysis & Reasoning of multi-source data (AFAR)                                                                                           

BAA NUMBER: FA8750-23-S-7008

PART I – OVERVIEW INFORMATION

This announcement is for an Open, 2 Step BAA which is open and effective until 29 Aug 2028.  Only white papers will be accepted as initial submissions; formal proposals will be accepted by invitation only.  While white papers will be considered if received prior to 11:59PM Eastern Standard Time (EST), the following submission dates are suggested to best align with projected funding:

FY24 by 12 Sep 2023 (Please note: For only FY24, AFRL is seeking whitepapers for just the following Focus Areas:  A - Adaptive Knowledge and Information for Target Analysis and B - Enhancing Moving Target Engagement at Scale (EMoTES))

FY25 by 15 Jul 2024

FY26 by 15 Jul 2025

FY27 by 15 Jul 2026

FY28 by 15 Jul 2027

Offerors should monitor the Contract Opportunities on the SAM website at https://SAM.gov in the event this announcement is amended.

                               

CONCISE SUMMARY OF TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENT:   The Air Force Research Laboratory, Information Directorate is seeking innovative approaches for the fusion, analysis and reasoning of multi-source data to advance their analytical operations in support of their Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) and Cyber Science mission. This announcement is comprised of three research areas: (A) Adaptive Knowledge and Information for Target Analysis (AKITA), (B) Enhancing Moving Target Engagement at Scale (EMoTES) and (C) Publicly Available Information (PAI) Ensemble Fusion (PEF), where each has research areas that taken together comprise the focus of AFAR research and development.

BAA ESTIMATED FUNDING:  Total funding for this BAA is approximately $25M.  Individual awards will not normally exceed 36 months with dollar amounts normally ranging from $500K to $1.5M. There is also the potential to make awards up to any dollar value as long as the value does not exceed the available BAA ceiling amount.

ANTICIPATED INDIVIDUAL AWARDS:  Multiple Awards are anticipated.  However, the Air Force reserves the right to award zero, one, or more Procurement Contracts or Assistance Instruments for all, some, or none of the solicited effort based on the offeror’s ability to perform desired work and funding fluctuations.

TYPE OF INSTRUMENTS THAT MAY BE AWARDED: FAR based Procurement contracts, CFR based grants and cooperative agreements or other transactions (OT) under under 10 USC 4021, 10 USC 4022 and 10 USC 4023( previously 10 USC 4002, 2371, 10 USC 4003, 2371b and 4004, 2373) depending upon the nature of the work proposed.

AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION:  All white paper submissions and any questions of a technical nature shall be directed to the cognizant Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) as specified below (unless otherwise specified in the technical area):

BAA PROGRAM MANAGER (Primary):                                                              

John Spina                                                                  

AFRL/RIEA                                                                                 

525 Brooks Rd

Rome, NY 13441-4505                                                            

Telephone: (315)330-4032                                                    

Email:   [email protected]

BAA PROGRAM MANAGER (Secondary):

Rosanne Pelli

AFRL/RIEA                                                                                 

525 Brooks Rd

Rome, NY 13441-4505                                                            

Telephone: (315)330-4734                                                    

Email: [email protected]

Questions of a contractual/business nature shall be directed to the cognizant contracting officer, as specified below (email requests are preferred):

    Amber Buckley

    Email:  [email protected]

Emails must reference the solicitation BAA number (FA8750-23-S-7008) and title of the acquisition.

Pre-Proposal Communication between Prospective Offerors and Government Representatives:  Dialogue between prospective offerors and Government representatives is encouraged.  Technical and contracting questions can be resolved in writing or through open discussions. Discussions with any of the points of contact shall not constitute a commitment by the Government to subsequently fund or award any proposed effort. Only Contracting Officers are legally authorized to commit the Government.

Offerors are cautioned that evaluation ratings may be lowered and/or proposal rejected if proposal preparation (Proposal format, content, etc.) and/or submittal instructions are not followed.

SEE ATTACHMENT FOR FULL ANNOUNCEMENT DETAILS.

                                     AMENDMENT 1 to BAA FA8750-23-S-7008

The purpose of this amendment is to update the following:

Part II:

Section I: Technology requirements is updated to add information to Focus Area B1-Nomination of High Value Targets

No other changes have been made.

SEE ATTACHMENT FOR FULL AMENDMENT DETAILS.