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: Collaborative, Highly Extensible Mobile Machine Infrastructure for System Transformation of Spatial Information (CHEMISTRI)

BAA NUMBER: FA8750-19-S-7012

PART I - OVERVIEW INFORMATION

This announcement is for an Open, 2 Step BAA which is open and effective until 30 Sep 2022. 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 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 30 Sep 2022, the following submission dates are suggested to best align with projected funding:

FY20 by 30 SEP 2019
FY21 by 1 AUG 2020
FY22 by 1 AUG 2021

Offerors should monitor the Federal Business Opportunities website at http://www.fbo.gov in the event this announcement is amended.

CONCISE SUMMARY OF TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENT: The Information Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/RI), Rome Research Site, is soliciting white papers under this broad agency announcement (BAA) for innovative technologies that digitize operational collaboration for military operations.

The CHEMISTRI program is divided into three technical areas (TAs). Offerors may bid on any technical area individually or any combination of technical areas thereof. Offerors who include multiple technical areas in their proposal should describe the work for each technical area separately and clearly identify the applicable TAs. Proposers should indicate their strategy for integration of components developed in other TAs when applicable. The three technical areas are as follows:

          TA1: Machine Learning (ML) Instrumentation, Sensing, & Data Collection 
          TA2: Mobile Machine Learning Ecosystem Infrastructure
          TA3: Mobile Machine Learning Algorithms and Application to Security Forces (SF), Isolated Personnel (IP), and Airfield Operations

BAA ESTIMATED FUNDING: Total funding for this BAA is approximately $49.9M. Individual awards will not normally exceed 18 months with dollar amounts normally ranging from $100K to $8M. 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:
David Canestrare
AFRL/RISA
525 Brooks Rd
Rome, NY 13441-4505
Telephone: (315)330-7821
Email: [email protected]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION: The Information Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/RI), Rome Research Site, is soliciting white papers under this broad agency announcement (BAA) for innovative technologies that digitize operational collaboration for military operations.

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.

                AMENDMENT 1 to BAA FA8750-19-S-7012

The purpose of this modification is to republish the original announcement, incorporating any previous amendments, pursuant to FAR 35.016(c).

This republishing also includes the following changes:

1. Part I, Overview Information:
   1. Updates FBO reference to Beta SAM website; 
       
2. Part II, Full Text Announcement:
   1. Section I,removes the “FY20” in front of the Focus Area Descriptions;
   2. Section III.2.b.2, updates the DCSA website;
   3. Section IV.2, updates content and format language;
   4. Section IV.3.a, updates the DCSA website;
   5. Section IV.3.c, updates the mailing instructions;
   6. Section IV.4.b and IV.4.c. updates clause dates;
      Section IV.4.e, updated the link to reference the Beta SAM website;
   7. Section VI.1, updates the Proposal Formatting language and RI Specific Proposal Preparation Instructions Beta SAM link;
   8. Section VI.7, updates the applicable provisions;
   9. Section VII, updates the AFFARS Ombudsman clause date

No other changes have been made.

PLEASE SEE ATTACHMENT FOR FULL AMENDMENT DETAILS.