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: AWGER: Adaptive Waveform Generation
for Extreme RF
BAA NUMBER: FA8750-22-S-7006
PART I - OVERVIEW INFORMATION
This announcement is for an Open, 2 Step BAA which is open and effective
until 30 Sep 2027. 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 17:00 Eastern Standard
Time (EST) on 30 Sep 2027, the following submission dates are suggested to
best align with projected funding:
FY23 by 4 NOV 2022
FY24 by 15 SEP 2023
FY25 by 16 SEP 2024
FY26 by 15 SEP 2025
FY27 by 15 SEP 2026
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: Seeking innovative research in
cognitive waveform generation and network control and analysis within a
unified scenario evaluation environment. Collaboration is encouraged but not
required.
BAA ESTIMATED FUNDING: Total funding for this BAA is approximately $49.9M.
Individual awards will not normally exceed 36 months with dollar amounts
normally ranging from $300K to $3M. 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, Other Transactions 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. There is no limit on the number of
OTs that may be awarded to an individual offeror.
TYPE OF INSTRUMENTS THAT MAY BE AWARDED: Far based Procurement contracts,
DODGARS based grants and cooperative agreements or other transactions (OT)
under 10 USC 4002, 10 USC 4003 and 10 USC 4004 (previously 10 USC 2371, 10
USC 2371b and 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:
Gerard Wohlrab
AFRL/RITGB
525 Brooks Rd
Rome, NY 13441-4505
Telephone: (315) 330-4663
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
Telephone (315) 330-3605
Email: [email protected]
Emails must reference the solicitation BAA number 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.