Call_for_White Papers_003.pdf

Solicitation: 692M15-19-R-00020-0002 Call 003

692M15-19-R-00020; Amendment 0002

WHITEPAPER CALL 003

DEVELOPMENT OF NON-SYSTEM SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGY TO

INTEGRATE UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (UAS) INTO THE

NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM (NAS)

Date: September 27, 2021

I. BACKGROUND

This call for Whitepapers (WP) is being issued under Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) #692M15-19-R-00020; Amendment 002 was published on the https://sam.gov/content/home website at https://sam.gov/ on September 27, 2021. Offerors must review BAA #692M15-19-R- 00020; Amendment 002 in its entirety, in conjunction with this request for WPs when responding to this Call.

The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Office (UASIO) is issuing this call for WP’s for the Interest Topics identified within BAA 692M15-19-R-00020; Amendment 002. To be eligible for consideration and potential contract award, the Offeror must meet UASIO requirements as stated in section 2 of this Call for WP.

Since 2013, the UAS Test Sites have supported the FAA with UAS integration by providing an avenue for the UAS industry and stakeholder community to conduct advanced research and operational concept validation. There are seven designated UAS Test Sites1 listed as follows:

• University of Alaska Fairbanks (AK)

• North Dakota Department of Commerce (ND)

• New Mexico State University (NM)

• State of Nevada (NV)

• Griffiss International Airport (NY)

• Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi (TX)

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (VA)

II. UASIO REQUIREMENT

1. The Offeror has a requirement to demonstrate or validate technologies that the FAA considers essential to the safe integration of UAS into the NAS at FAA designated UAS Test Sites.

2. This Call is for the demonstration or validation of UAS technology with a Technical Readiness Level (TRL) between 5 and 7.

1 49 USC Section 44803 refers to UAS Test Ranges. The UAS Test Sites are those Test Ranges.

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3. Scope and Essential UAS Integration Interest Topics relevant to Call 003:

a. UAS001 - Detect and Avoid (DAA) Capability

b. UAS002 - Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight Operations (BVLOS)

c. UAS003 - Operation of Multiple Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS)

d. UAS004 - Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM)

e. UAS005 – Improvement of Privacy Protections Through the Use of Advances in

UAS Technology

f. UAS006 - Command & Control (C2)

g. UAS007 - Other Critical Priorities

III. WHITE PAPER SUBMISSION REQUIREMENT

1. The Offeror must submit a whitepaper associated with one or more of the Topic Areas listed above. Instructions on submission requirements for the whitepaper can be found in Section III of BAA 692M15-19-R-00020; Amend 002.

NOTE: Offerors that submit a WP without the Letter of Attestation or TRL Calculation Spreadsheet may not be considered for proposal requests.

2. The Offeror must submit a Letter of Attestation, signed by a representative from one of the seven (7) UAS Test Sites who has the authority to represent the UAS Test Site in this specific capacity, confirming that there is a formal working relationship between the Offeror and the UAS Test Site.

3. The Offeror must submit a completed TRL Calculation Spreadsheet (see attached file, TRL Calculation PP v3) that represents the readiness level of their proposed technology prototype using the TRL 5-7 definitions found in the BAA Amendment 002 - Section I, General Information, Paragraph 10. Please note that the information provided within the TRL Calculation Spreadsheet will be validated for accuracy via review of the associated White Paper. To use the MS Excel file, click on the “Read Only” button to open it, fill it out, and save it using the naming convention explained in section 6 below.

4. Any Offeror proposing testing at multiple UAS Test Site locations must submit a unique Whitepaper for each UAS Test Site individually.

5. The Offeror must provide a rough order of magnitude (ROM) for the federally funded award. For awareness, the FAA is providing notice that any resulting awards made from receipt of whitepapers for Call 003 will be awarded on a firm fixed price basis.

6. WHITEPAPER FORMAT:

a. File Naming Format:

i. For each Whitepaper, the Offeror must create an Offeror identifier with 8 characters: BAAC3 - CCCCCC-TT

1. BAAC3 – This code identifies BAA Call 003. Do not change.

2. CCCCCC - 6 alpha/numeric characters for the commercial entity name

3. TT – State abbreviation of the UASTS

ii. All Whitepapers and attachments must be submitted using the correct file naming convention.

1. Whitepaper Format: File name: BAAC3-CCCCCC- TT_WP_yyyymmdd

a. yyyy - year; mm - month; dd – day; where yyyymmdd is date of email submission

2. Letter of Attestation Format: BAAC3-CCCCCC-TT_LOA

3. TRL Calculation Spreadsheet Format: BAAC3-CCCCCC-TT_TRL

7. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: An Offerors response to Call 003 must not exceed four (4) pages in length (single sided, single-spaced, Times Roman 12-size font, with 1-inch margins). The four (4)-page limitation does not include the Cover Page, Letter of Attestation, the TRL Calculation Spreadsheet, or the ROM pricing.

Offerors are advised to refer to baseline 692M15-19-R-00020-0002 Section III for instructions on WP preparation, submission, and review procedures.

IV. OTHER INFORMATION:

1. ANTICIPATED AWARD DATE: September 30, 2022

2. FUNDING: Funding is subject to change due to Government discretion and availability.

Potential Offerors 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 for a proposal, 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 section of BAA #692M15-19-R-0020; Amendment

002. Awards resulting from this two-step approach will be on a firm fixed price basis.

4. QUESTIONS DUE DATE AND TIME: Technical questions must be received no later than October 11, 2021 at 3:00 pm EST and must be submitted via email to the Contracting Officer at kristin.t.frantz@faa.gov. Questions received after this time and date may not be considered. Questions and answers will be posted to www.sam.gov.

5. WHITEPAPER DUE DATE AND TIME: WP’s are due no later than October 29, 2021 at

3:00 pm EST via email to kristin.t.frantz@faa.gov.

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