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The Boosting Innovative GEOINT-Science and Technology (BIG-ST) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) invites proposers to submit innovative concepts to address hard GEOINT problems that align to one or more of the following technical domains:
(1) Foundational GEOINT,
(2) Advanced Phenomenologies, and
(3) Analytic Technologies.
BAA Process and Topic Call Publication:
The BIG-ST BAA is a general announcement of NGA’s research interest, including criteria for selecting proposals and soliciting the participation of all offerors capable of satisfying the Government’s needs.
The requests for abstracts and/or proposals are transmitted via Topic Calls that are published separately under the BIG-ST BAA General Solicitation at various times during the open period of the General Solicitation. Topic Calls will be published via updates to the BIG-ST BAA General Solicitation site on Sam.gov, Grants.gov (Opportunity ID:351404), and/or the Acquisition Research Center (https://acq.westfields.net). Interested parties should periodically check these websites for updates.
No submissions shall be accepted to the General Solicitation; abstracts and proposals will only be reviewed in response to Topic Calls. Please refer to the Topic Calls for Abstract and Proposal due dates.
The BIG-ST BAA General Solicitation, HM047623BAA0001 Revision 3 (dated 04/25/2025), is posted and applies to Topic 5 and forward. See Attachments/Links.
Closed Topics:
Topic 1 - Geospatial-Intelligence Foundational Model (GFM) is closed
Topic 2 - Magnifying University Science Expertise (MUSE) is closed.
Topic 3 - VLBI+G Signal Chain Development (VLBI+G) is closed.
Canceled Topics:
Topic 4 - Production of Radio Frequency (RF) Surveys from Commercial On-orbit Passive RF (RF-COP) is canceled.
Active Topics:
Topic 5 - Better Ingested GEOINT - Identifying Artificial Intelligence and Manually Manipulated Media (BIGISLAND) is open.
Updated Description (as of 4/11/2025): Interested parties must have an account to log into the Classified IC-ARC to see the notice, and all associated RFP documents. Instructions for obtaining an Acquisition Research Center (ARC) account can be found in the BIG-ST BAA HM047623BAA0001 General Solicitation under section 4.5.8.3.
Updated Description (as of 4/25/2025): The following documents have been updated/added in Attachment/Links on SAM.gov:
On the Classified IC-ARC, the following documents have been updated/added in Contrator Bidders Library in the "20250425-BIG-ST Updated" folder:
Additionally, on the Classified IC-ARC, a separate section has been created for Topic 5 BIGISLAND. Within this section, Topic Call documents have been moved from the Contractor Bidders Library "20250402-Topic5-BIGISLAND" folder to the "T5 Documents" tab. Please review the following documents:
To access the notice and all associated RFP documents, follow the below instructions:
After logging in to Classified IC-ARC:
Go to "NGA" --> Go to "Efforts" --> Under Acronyms search "BIG-ST" --> Go to section titled "Topic 5 BIGISLAND" For additional support with account access, please contact the ACE Helpdesk at secure 855-4ACE or unclassified 703-230-6300.