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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: Capabilities for Cyber Advancement
BAA NUMBER: FA8750-21-S-7001
PART I – OVERVIEW INFORMATION
This announcement is for an Open, 2 Step BAA which is open and effective until 01 Dec 2025. 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 6:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 01 Dec 2025, the following submission dates are suggested to best align with projected funding:
FY21 by 05 Apr 2021
FY22 by 30 Sep 2021
FY23 by 30 Sep 2022
FY24 by 30 Sep 2023
FY25 by 30 Sep 2024
FY26 by 30 Sep 2025
Offerors should monitor the Contract Opportunities on the Beta SAM website at https://beta.SAM.gov in the event this announcement is amended.
CONCISE SUMMARY OF TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENT: Seeking innovative, next-generation technologies to achieve cyber superiority to integrate and transition into warfighting capabilities.
This BAA is a follow-on to FA8750-18-S-7002.
BAA ESTIMATED FUNDING: Total funding for this BAA is approximately $975M. Individual awards will not normally exceed 60 months with dollar amounts normally ranging from $100K to $99M. 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.
TYPE OF INSTRUMENTS THAT MAY BE AWARDED: Procurement contracts, grants, cooperative agreements or other transactions (OT) depending upon the nature of the work proposed. In the event that an Other Transaction for Prototype agreement is awarded as a result of this competitive BAA, and the prototype project is successfully completed, there is the potential for a prototype project to transition to award of a follow-on production contract or transaction. The Other Transaction for Prototype agreement itself will also contain a similar notice of a potential follow-on production contract or agreement.
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 MANAGER:
Walter Karas
AFRL/RIGA
525 Brooks Rd
Rome, NY 13441-4505
Telephone: (315)330-2625
Email: [email protected]
Questions of a contractual/business nature shall be directed to the cognizant contracting officer, as specified below:
Amber Buckley
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.
PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHMENT WITH FULL SYNOPSIS DETAILS
Amendment No. 1 to BAA FA8750-21-S-7001
The purpose of this modification is to update the Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) throughout the synopsis.
Part I, Agency Contact Information, and Part II, Section VII, Agency Contacts is updated to:
BAA MANAGER:
Todd Cushman
AFRL/RIGA
525 Brooks Rd
Rome, NY 13441-4505
Telephone: (315)330-4895
Email: [email protected]
No other changes are made.
Amendment No. 3 to BAA FA8750-21-S-7001
The purpose of this modification is to update the white paper content and format instructions.
Part II, Section IV.2 updated to:
CONTENT AND FORMAT: Offerors are required to submit a 4 to 5 page white paper summarizing their proposed approach/solution. Any pages in excess of 5 will be removed and not considered in the white paper evaluation. The purpose of the white paper is to preclude unwarranted effort on the part of an offeror whose proposed work is not of interest to the Government.
The white paper will be formatted as follows:
All white papers shall be double spaced with a font no smaller than 12 point. Please note that less than 12 point font is acceptable for graphics and illustrations (as in labels and short descriptions) as long as it is readable when printed out on standard 8x11 paper. In addition, respondents are requested to provide their Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code, their unique entity identifier and electronic funds transfer (EFT) indicator (if applicable), an e-mail address and reference BAA FA8750-21-S-7001 with their submission.
Multiple white papers within the purview of this announcement may be submitted by each offeror. If the offeror wishes to restrict its white papers, they must be marked with the restrictive language stated in FAR 15.609(a) and (b).
No other changes are made.
SEE ATTACHMENT FOR FULL AMENDMENT DETAILS.