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Approved for Public Release BAA: W56KGU-23-R-RTID White Paper Call 006 REV 1

BAA W56KGU-23-R-RTID

WHITE PAPER CALL 006

Decision Support Tools

Call Date 19 July 2023

This call for White Papers (WP) is under Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) W56KGU-23-R-RTID. The BAA was originally published on sam.gov on 01 November 2022 and amended on 07 May 2023. Respondents must refer to BAA number W56KGU-23-R-RTID, entitled “Research and Technology Integration (RTI) Directorate Broad Agency Announcement”, and it must be read in conjunction with this call for WPs. All instructions set forth in the BAA W56KGU-23-R-RTID document apply to this call.

In order for the Offeror to be considered for contract award, the proposed technology or methodology shall be either basic research, applied research, advanced technology development not for a specific system/hardware, or demonstration and validation.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION:

Problem Statement:

The Army is currently working to provide Battalion Commanders intelligent decision support tools in support of the Army of 2040 concept. Currently there is an immense amount of information available to the commanders. The United States Army Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center (C5ISR) Center RTI Directorate is seeking to develop an open architecture decision support system of capabilities that provide intelligent alerts and recommended modifications to the commander’s plan in real-time by ingesting battlefield data and performing an analysis of that data against an existing battle plan. This system will predict possible dilemmas using real-time data as well as a range of predicted adversary actions. The system will analyze the potential dilemmas to determine if an alert should be generated. If so, these alerts shall be presented in an intuitive manner and, if applicable, with potential mitigating courses of action. This system will enhance a Command and Control (C2) environment and allow for the incorporation of existing and future plug-ins/services and to the existent possible, leveraging demonstrated software development efforts.

Information Sought:

C5ISR Center RTI Directorate is interested in receiving WPs on the above topic from companies that have extensive experience in developing software solutions that aid C2 decision making during current operations. Specific areas of interest for this topic include the following:

1. Military Decision Making Process (MDMP) and deriving structured data representations of the associated work products.

2. Automation of Situational Awareness (SA) of an adversary.

3. Automation to determine the difference between operational plans and current reality using the MDMP plan

4. Automation that generate alternate adversarial Course of Action (CoA)

5. Evaluation of friendly and adversarial CoAs by generating metrics for the outcome of CoA pairs.

6. Additional Information available in a CUI version available on SAM.GOV

Any WPs in addition to these five areas that assist the command decision making process during plan execution are encouraged.

Possible solutions can be a single product, an integrated suite of products, or a novel combination or reconfiguration of currently-fielded Army systems. All WP capabilities should be programmatically controllable and observable with releasable transports, protocols, and interfaces to be included in a published, open architecture. All licensing and property rights required within a WP shall be disclosed. The Government requires source code and Government purpose rights for all Odin software for testing and sustainment. Vendors are encouraged to include algorithm descriptions, truth tables, class diagrams, sequence diagrams, performance data and other available artifacts to establish technical understanding and confidence.

Access to additional technical details:

This call provides general public release requirements ONLY. Additional technical detail is available in Attachment 01 to this White Paper Call, entitled “Decision Support Tools”. Attachment 01 is a controlled, containing Control Unclassified Information (CUI), therefore, is not available for general release. To gain access to the controlled document, you company/entity must be certified by the Joint Certification Program (JCP). To request download of the controlled attachment, you must click on the document title to request access. Please enter the reason for requesting access and with your JCP certification number and CAGE code. Once approved, you will be granted permission to access the controlled document. You may request access to the controlled document until 2 August 2023.

AWARD INFORMATION:

1. ANTICIPATED AWARD DATE: September 2023

2. ANTCIPATED FUNDING: Under this call, the Government intends to award up to three contract(s) with a Period of Performance (PoP) of 12-month base, with two (2) 23-month options. The option years are not guaranteed and are based on funding availability. The anticipated funding for this call is up to $20M for the total project value, however, the Government reserves the right to award smaller or larger contracts or assistance instruments.

NOTE: This funding profile is an estimate only and not a contractual obligation for funding. All funding is subject to change due to Government discretion and availability. Potential respondents should be aware that due to unanticipated budget fluctuations funding in any or all areas may change with little or no notice. The Government reserves the right to select all, part, or none of the WP’s received, subject to the availability of funds.

3. BAA TYPE: This is a call for WP’s only, and will be governed by the “two-step” process described in the General Information of BAA W56KGU-23-R-RTID. Respondents that submit a proposal without first submitting a WP may not be eligible for award.

4. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: This Call should not exceed fifteen (15) pages in length (single sided, single spaced, with 12-size font). The fifteen (15)-page limitation does not include the Rough-Order-of-Magnitude (ROM) or the Cover Page. Refer to baseline BAA W56KGU-23-R-RTID for all other instructions on WP preparation, submission, and evaluation.

5. QUESTIONS DUE DATE AND TIME: Technical questions are due no later than 26 July 2023, 3:00 pm EST or EDT via email RTI Directorate BAA Mailbox listed below. Questions and answers will be posted to sam.gov.

Government will publish questions and answers received by industry to sam.gov, via a revision to this Data Call, per ADDENDUM 001, Technical Questions and Clarifications, herein.

6. WHITE PAPER DUE DATE AND TIME: WP’s are due no later than 2 August 2023, 3:00 pm EST or EDT via email to the RTI BAA Mailbox.

RTI BAA Mailbox: usarmy.apg.devcom-c5isr.mbx.rti-baa@army.mil

If the submission is classified, Offerors should contact the RTI BAA Management Team at the group mailbox for instructions on how to submit the WP, via appropriate methods/channels. The Government shall be informed, in writing, that a classified WP has been submitted, its title and to whom it was submitted to.

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