HDTRA3-19-S-0001_20190111_RS.pdf

DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY

Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT

HDTRA3-19-S-0001

IMPROVISED THREATS-

DETECT AND DEFEAT

January 2019

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION NO. PAGE NO.

1 INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE

2 PURPOSE

3 BAA APPROACH AND OVERVIEW

4 ELIGIBILITY

5 POINTS OF CONTACT

6 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

7 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY AREAS (TAS) AND TOPICS 16

8 INFORMATION TO BE REQUESTED FROM SUCCESSFUL OFFERORS

9 MILITARY RECRUITING

10 EXPORT CONTROL, ITAR NOTIFICATION

11 TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT BY NON–GOVERNMENT

PERSONNEL

12 SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM)

13 CERTIFICATIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS

14 PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS

15 ANIMAL USE

16 BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE RESEARCH PROGRAM (BDRP) REQUIREMENTS:

BIOSURETY AND SELECT AGENT USE

17 LIFE SCIENCE DUAL-USE RESEARCH OF CONCERN (DURC)

18 ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST (COI) ADVISORY

19 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

20 SUBCONTRACTING PLAN

21 RECOMMENDED PROCUREMENT INSTRUMENT AND PRICING

ARRANGEMENT

22 AUTHORIZED OFFEROR PERSONNEL

23 STATEMENT OF CURRENT AND PENDING SUPPORT

24 MODIFIED PRE-AWARD CHECKLIST

25 ADMINISTRATIVE AND AUDIT OFFICES

26 FORWARD PRICING RATE AGREEMENT

27 CONFIRMED PROPOSAL EXPIRATION DATE

28 LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

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ATTACHMENT 1: RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY AREAS

ATTACHMENT 2: QUAD CHART TEMPLATE

ATTACHMENT 3: TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVEL (TRL) DEFINITIONS

ATTACHMENT 4: PROPOSAL FORMAT AND PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS

ATTACHMENT 5: COST PROPOSAL FORMAT AND PREPARATION

INSTRUCTIONS

ATTACHMENT 6: STATEMENT OF WORK FORMAT AND PREPARATION

INSTRUCTIONS

ATTACHMENT 7: PROPOSAL SUBMISSION CHECKLIST

ATTACHMENT 8: EVALUATION CRITERIA AND SELECTION PROCESS

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1 INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE

1.1 The Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) mission is to safeguard America and its allies from Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives (CBRNE)) by providing capabilities to reduce, eliminate, and counter the threat, and mitigate its effects. The Joint Improvised-threat Defeat Organization’s (JIDO) mission is to enable the DoD to counter improvised explosive devices and emerging improvised threats in order to support combatant commands and deployed warfighters. The JIDO Material Solutions Department (MS8) Technology and Strategy Branch (TSB) is the program office for this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), which is seeking solutions for detecting and defeating improvised threats.

This office will receive and coordinate on all pre-coordination and proposals to this announcement.

1.2 This BAA is an extramural endeavor focused on innovative research and development (R&D) activities and related study efforts that advance technical state-of-the-art or increase knowledge and understanding of overarching challenges for countering improvised threats.

2 PURPOSE

2.1 The JIDO Technology Strategy Branch is seeking proposals for:

2.1.1 Atomic magnetometer – JIDO seeks cost effective ways for sensors to detect magnetic signatures.

In particular, detecting tunneling activities from ground, detecting concealed weapons under clothing, and detecting magnetic anomalies attached to a vehicle (stationary and moving). Such can be highly sensitive magnetometers with machine learning/AI algorithms for localization of the source. For example, one can imagine using array of sensors and be able to detect movement of metallic object by signal processing to eliminate clutter but localizing the source of interest. Low sensitivity magnetometers are unable to detect these at an adequate standoff range, hence greater emphasis is placed on detection range. JIDO is seeking innovative and reliable solutions that can detect faint signatures of these anomalies at a distance. Applications in all three areas that can be demonstrated and show promise for modification to current infrastructure in most cost effective way possible will be considered for funding.

2.1.2 Stand-off battery drain - JIDO seeks the ability to neutralize improvised explosive devices (IEDs) or improvised threats at stand-off distance, without causing them to function. A cursory analysis of IEDs and improvised threats indicates that they share some key common components that could potentially be neutralized or defeated: a trigger/initiator, a main charge, a detonator, something to contain and/or conceal it and a power source. Past efforts have focused on defeating one or more of those components, with some success. To date however, there has been no work done on defeating the power source (batteries). This is primarily because other components have been assessed as being more vulnerable to attack or more easily defeated. However, IEDs and improvised threats are inherently varied in their construction so not all of them will always have all the same components. Thus, a countermeasure to one IED or improvised threat may be ineffective against another because the component that it attacks may not be present. The one component that almost all IEDs and improvised threats will have is a power source. The power source found in these threats is generally a battery or set of batteries. The types of battery span the entire spectrum, from dry cells, to lead acid, to nickel-metal hydride to lithium ion, and they can be in nearly any configuration imaginable. It may be the case that a capability to defeat one or more types of battery will not work against other types; there may not be a one-size-fits-all solution. A capability against some batteries or battery types (i.e. a partial solution) is acceptable. JIDO seeks the capability to neutralize or

HDTRA3-19-S-0001 Page 5 defeat any battery or batteries powering an IED or improvised threat, from stand-off distance (and without requiring physical contact with the device), without requiring a priori knowledge of the location and type of the IED or improvised threat, and through overburden, casings or other obstructions.

Neutralization/defeat may include draining, overheating, burning or other forms of physical destruction of the battery/batteries, but must NOT cause the IED or improvised threat to function as intended. Further, defeat must be verifiable under all the same conditions stated above.

2.1.3 Person-borne improvised explosive device detection - Develop a capability to employ portable wearable sensor technologies to detect individuals bearing person-borne improvised explosive devices. Detection must take place when the potential bomber is either approaching or in an unstructured crowd (i.e, not at a checkpoint). Detection activities must be covert, and detection must occur with sufficient time and opportunity to interdict the bomber prior to detonation.

Multiple sensors are acceptable, provided that they are sufficiently mature and require only minor modifications to meet this requirement. Multiple operators-either with the same suite of sensors or different ones-are also acceptable. Size, weight, power, and data linkage requirements for potential solutions should be commensurate with current needs for military personnel on foot patrol.

2.2 The focus of this BAA is on discovering and accelerating innovations through three broad technical approaches that contribute to JIDO overarching research, development, technology, and engineering (RDT&E) goals. R&D Technology Areas, detailed in section 2.1 through 2.3, may address one or more of the RDT&E goals outlined below:

2.2.1 Analytic investigations are studies that increase JIDO’s knowledge or understanding of emerging improvised threats and how JIDO might anticipate and counter them. JIDO is interested in solutions addressing all aspects of detect, track, identify, and defeat of improvised threats.

2.2.2 Innovative capability research and development advances JIDO’s state-of-the-art of technical capabilities and methods used to find, monitor, characterize, assess, plan against, deter, delay, disrupt, neutralize or destroy improvised threats at any point in their lifecycle.

2.2.3 Mission-oriented experiments are designed to model, simulate, test and/or evaluate analytic methods or technical capabilities intended to counter improvised threats, or to mitigate the risks/impacts that they pose to JIDO’s critical assets, operations or interests under operationally relevant conditions.

2.3 JIDO is interested in technologies able to reach a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of 6 at the conclusion of the period of performance. Offerors should note that across all of the areas of interest detailed below that low cost solutions are strongly encouraged. Shorter schedules for achieving field-able prototype will be considered favorable (i.e. 3 months > 6 months > 9 months > 12 months…). The duration of the efforts will be no more than 18 months.See Attachment 3 for TRL definitions. Offerors and performers must note that advancement of technology beyond TRL 6 will not be permitted during the period of performance of any award made under this BAA.

2.4 Most known single improvised threat detect and/or defeat technology modalities are incapable of adequately detecting or countering multiple improvised threats in theater. As such, JIDO is seeking approaches which systematically integrate various technology modalities in order to appropriately address requirements.

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3 BAA APPROACH AND OVERVIEW

3.1 This BAA is in effect from January 9, 2019 through February 8, 2019. The Government reserves the right to cancel or suspend the BAA at any time during the effective period of the BAA.

Changes to the core content of this BAA will be made via amendments. This BAA, all Addenda to this BAA, and all amendments issued in conjunction with this BAA, will be posted to the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website (www.fbo.gov), and for informational purposes on the DTRA website (www.dtra.mil). It is the responsibility of the Offerors and interested parties to be aware of BAA amendments by regularly checking the FedBizOpps website and registering at www.fbo.gov to receive notifications and updates to this specific solicitation.

3.2 The Government encourages proposals that span a wide spectrum of solutions and approaches in response to this BAA. The Government reserves the right to award any combination of approaches that offer the best overall value to the Government, and to oversee any and all processes and approaches once initiated.

3.3 DTRA is issuing this BAA under provisions of the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984, Public Law Number (Pub. L. No.) 98-369, § 2701-2753, 98 Statute (Stat.) 1175 (1984), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 35.016.

3.4 The Government actions under this BAA shall adhere to the requirements of the FAR and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) depending on type of instrument awarded. However, Offerors should note that DTRA executes awards to Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) via interagency orders (IOs) and military interdepartmental purchase requests (MIPRs).

3.5 Submittals to this BAA will be conducted in two phases. See Section 6.

3.5.1 The first phase of the submission will consist of a white paper and Quad Chart.

3.5.2 Quad charts shall conform to the template included in Attachment 2.

3.5.3 White Papers submitted in response to this RFP will be composed in three Sections.

3.5.3.1 Section 1 will provide administrative information, including the name of the submitting party, mailing address (and overnight delivery address if different) phone number, fax number, and email address of the designated point of contact.

3.5.3.2 Section 1 will identify business type (large business, small business, small disadvantaged business, 8(a)-certified small disadvantaged business, HUBZone small business, woman-owned small business, very small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business) based upon North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes. “Small business concern” means a concern, including its affiliates that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the criteria and size standards in 13 CFR part 121. Please refer to Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR 19 for additional detailed information on Small Business Size Standards. The FAR is available at http://www.arnet.gov.

3.5.3.3 Section 2 will clearly present the responding party’s detailed response to the RFP requirement.

Demonstrate full understanding the government’s intent and the desired end-state at the conclusion of the work. Detail the incremental steps towards this end-state, with a reasonable expected timeline for each.

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3.5.3.4 The narrative for Section 2 will be limited to ten (10) typed pages, single spaced, not smaller than font 12 Times New Roman. In addition, a single-page PowerPoint slide or PDF ‘quad’ that will help express the most important ideas presented in the White Paper. A sample ‘quad’ is on attachment Attachment 2.

3.5.3.5 Section 3 will present the unique qualifications of the responding party. This will include any recent successful relevant or related work, the qualifications of employees or associates that would be assigned to this work if a contract was awarded, a description of the physical facilities where the work will be accomplished, and any other relevant circumstances or expected developments.

3.5.3.6 Section 3 will limited to no more than two (2) pages and represent efforts for which the responding party conducted more than 50% of the work.

3.5.4 JIDO will review all first phase submissions using the published evaluation criteria (detailed in Attachment 8).

3.5.4.1 Offerors who do not receive approval of their white paper are not eligible to submit a proposal.

3.5.4.2 Offerors who receive a tentative approval of their white paper will be eligible to submit a proposal at a later time when funding is available. Offerors will be notified to submit a proposal at the appropriate time. Proposals submitted prior to notification will not be accepted.

3.5.5 Once a proposal has been submitted, additional technical discussions between DTRA PMs and the Offeror will no longer be allowed.

3.7 Offerors choosing to use the services of Government Laboratories in the performance of work proposed may be required to enter into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Laboratory. A CRADA is not a FAR-based agreement; it is authorized by 15 United States Code (U.S.C.) Section (§) 3710(a). A CRADA will be separate from the JIDO procurement instrument, with its own unique terms, in particular related to Intellectual Property. It would be prudent for the Offeror to discuss those unique terms with the Laboratory prior to submitting a proposal under this BAA. JIDO will not facilitate, nor be involved in, the negotiation of the agreements with Government Laboratories.

3.8 The full range of acquisition-related statutory authority arrangements available to JIDO are possible resultants from this announcement including contracts and other transaction agreements (OTAs); awards to FFRDCs will be via IOs and MIPRs, as appropriate. Grants and Cooperative Agreements will not be awarded via this BAA. Periods of performance for each award may be up to five (5) years.

3.8.1 Each procurement instrument offers different advantages, liabilities and responsibilities for Offerors and the Government.

3.8.2 Offerors must specify in their proposal submittal their recommended procurement instrument; however, the Government reserves the right to negotiate and award the types of procurement instruments determined most appropriate under the circumstances.

3.8.3 If warranted, portions of resulting awards may be segregated into pre-priced options.

3.8.4 Except for other transaction agreements, the Government actions under this BAA shall adhere to the requirements of the FAR and DFARS.

3.8.5 R&D contracts are typically Cost Reimbursement contracts. In accordance with FAR

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16.301-3(a)(3), Cost Reimbursement contracts require that the contractor’s accounting system is adequate for determining costs applicable to the contract. Therefore, JIDO will request that the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) perform an audit on your proposal and accounting system prior to entering into contract negotiations. Failure to have a DCAA approved (“adequate”) accounting system will preclude the Offeror from receiving a cost-type contract and instead will require a non-cost reimbursable award, e.g. a firm-fixed price contract, etc., if appropriate.

3.9 JIDO intends to create an environment where potential Offerors are willing to share commercially generated R&D with the Government. The Government will negotiate terms and conditions to leverage the successful Offerors’ advances. The Government seeks to ultimately acquire the best commercial products and technology in addition to offering the appropriate level of protection of corporate and institutional intellectual property rights, thus encouraging participation by a broad spectrum of leading-edge technology developers.

3.10 Official coordination and communication between Offerors and the Government will be conducted using the e-mail address associated with this BAA as specified in Section 5.

3.11 Participation in this program is highly competitive. Awards resulting from this BAA will be made based on the evaluation results of the proposal process described in Attachment 8.

3.12 The Government reserves the right to fund all, some, one, or none of the proposals received in response to this announcement. In all cases, the Program Office will have the ultimate authority and responsibility to make final scope determinations for selections of proposals that will not be funded to ensure the portion selected meets the requirements. The Government reserves the right to incrementally fund any or all awards and/or fund proposals in phases with options for continued work at the end of one or more of the phases.

3.13 In addition, the Government reserves the right to create and maintain a reserve list of proposals for potential funding, in the event that sufficient funding becomes available. The Government may offer funding for any proposals or portions of proposals at any time during the lifetime of this BAA. If a proposal is selected for funding at a date beyond the confirmed expiration date, the Government will verify with the Offeror that the originally proposed approach, costs, and capability, as well as the interest to perform the work remains valid. If an updated technical and/or cost proposal is required, JIDO reserves the right to review the submissions in accordance with this BAA and to rescind the selection of the proposal based on this review.

3.14 All awards are subject to the availability of funds.

3.15 Offerors that are not responsive to Government requests for information in a timely manner, defined as meeting Government deadlines established and communicated with the request may be removed from award consideration.

4 ELIGIBILITY

4.1 Proposals submitted for this BAA will be considered from the following U.S. and Foreign Enterprises:

Industrial/commercial entities including small businesses

Accredited degree granting colleges and universities

Not-for-profit organizations

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Foreign research organizations

University Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs), provided that it is permitted by the UARC's Department of Defense (DoD) sponsor

DoD-sponsored FFRDCs specified in DoD FAR Supplement 235.017-1. DoD-sponsored FFRDCs shall review FAR 35.017(a)(2) to ensure compliance with the requirement for an Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) Risk Mitigation Plan that shall accompany the proposal submission.1

Department of Energy (DoE)-sponsored FFRDCs provided that authorization is obtained from the DoE sponsor. DoE-sponsored FFRDCs shall review FAR 35.017(a)(2) to ensure compliance with the requirement for an Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) Risk Mitigation Plan that shall accompany the proposal submission.1 In accordance with FAR 17.503(e), DoE Order 481.1C and DoE Acquisition Regulation DEARS 970.1707-3, DoE-sponsored FFRDCs must provide a copy of the written certification from the DoE sponsor authorizing its performance of the proposed effort. The DoE sponsor must provide written certification that the proposed work:

1) is consistent with or complimentary to missions of DoE and the facility to which the work is to be assigned,

2) will not adversely impact programs assigned to the facility, and

3) will not create a detrimental future burden on DoE resources.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)-sponsored FFRDCs provided that authorization is obtained from the NASA sponsor. NASA-sponsored FFRDCs shall review FAR 35.017(a)(2) to ensure compliance with the requirement for an Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) Risk Mitigation Plan that shall accompany the proposal submission.1

4.2 Proposals are encouraged from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (as determined by the Secretary of Education to meet requirements of Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965 as amended, 20 U.S.C. § 1061) and from Minority Institutions defined as institutions “whose enrollment of a single minority or a combination of minorities…exceeds 50 percent of the total enrollment,” 20 U.S.C. § 1067k(3) and 10 U.S.C. § 2323(a)(1)(C).

4.3 The following entities may not participate as prime contractors nor furnish principal investigators in awards made under this BAA, but may act as subcontractors:

Federal laboratories (including FFRDCs) other than those DoD-, DoE-, and NASA-sponsored FFRDCs specified in Section 4.1. In accordance with FAR 17.503(e), 35.017(a)(2) and 35.017- 3, FFRDC participants must provide documentation from the FFRDC sponsor authorizing its performance of the proposed effort.

U.S. Government agencies and organizations

Academic institutions that are U.S. Government organizations (e.g., Naval Postgraduate School)

1 The conflict of interest policy in DFARS 235.017-1 pertains to personal conflicts of interest by board members of FFRDCs and not organizational conflicts of interest.

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4.4 All Offerors must be registered in the DoD System for Award Management (SAM) database.

For additional information, see Section 12.

5 POINTS OF CONTACT

This BAA is open for submission of white papers relevant to the subject technology areas from 11 January 2019 to 12 February 2019. White Papers and Questions regarding the technical and administrative content of this BAA must be sent to the following e-mail address:

dtra.belvoir.jd.mbx.jd-baa@mail.mil. (No white papers will be accepted or reviewed after the closing date of 12 February 2019.) Question submission period ends at 4:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, 29 January 2019 (No questions will be accepted or replied after deadline). All email submissions must include the BAA number, Technology Area and Purpose (ie White Paper –or- Question) in the subject line. DTRA will post questions and answers to the FedBizOpps website (www.fbo.gov) that are relevant to all potential Offerors. It is the Offeror’s responsibility to periodically check the FedBizOpps website to view postings of questions and answers, in addition to any applicable amendments to the BAA.

6 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

6.1 Submission Overview.

6.1.1 This BAA will be conducted via a two-phase proposal submission process. Offerors may submit white papers to this BAA’s Technology Areas or Topic Calls at any time. If an Offeror’s white papers is approved, the Offeror will be requested to submit a proposal.

Any unsolicited proposals submitted will be rejected.

6.1.2 UNCLASSIFIED proposals must be submitted electronically through the DTRA proposal submission website, dtra.belvoir.jd.mbx.jd-baa@mail.mil Unclassified proposals submitted by any means other than the proposal submission email (e.g., hand-carried, postal service, and commercial carrier) will not be considered. See Section 6.6 for guidance on classified communications with JIDO in response to this BAA.

6.1.3 All information provided in the documents submitted to the JIDO proposal submission email, dtra.belvoir.jd.mbx.jd-baa@mail.mil, that is marked appropriately will be considered proprietary information, as indicated in Section 6.5.

6.2.1 Section Deleted..

6.3 Using the DTRA proposal submission website, dtra.belvoir.jd.mbx.jd-baa@mail.mil, all Offerors must prepare a coversheet to include basic identifying information for the institution and the Offeror points of contact. The Offeror will be required to submit the proposal to the most applicable technology area.

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All data point requirements must be completed in every cover sheet. Once the cover sheet is saved, the system will assign a unique tracking number for each submission.

6.3.1 If multiple proposals are being submitted by the same institution, separate cover sheets must be generated for each submission as the required documents must be uploaded with the associated cover sheet.

6.3.2 All documents submitted to the DTRA proposal submission email, dtra.belvoir.jd.mbx.jd-baa@mail.mil, are considered works in progress and are not eligible for evaluation until the applicant submits the proposal package for consideration. Applicants are responsible for ensuring compliant and final submission of their proposals.

6.4 Proposal Submission and Content. The proposal must be prepared in three separate volumes:

Volume I – Technical Proposal; Volume II – Cost Proposal; and Volume III – Supplemental Information, to include a Statement of Work (SOW) and a Quad Chart. A checklist of required information is included in Attachment 7 for informational purposes.

6.4.1 Volume I – Technical Proposal. The technical proposal must not exceed 15 pages. A page is defined as 8½ x 11 inches, single-spaced, with one-inch margins in the specific font format of Times New Roman, 12 point font or larger. Technical proposals that do not conform to these requirements will not be reviewed. The technical proposal must include the components included in the template as shown in Attachment 4 of this BAA.

6.4.2 Volume II – Cost Proposal. The cost volume shall contain cost estimates sufficiently detailed for meaningful evaluation. The proposal must include the total cost of the project, and the cost proposal must provide a breakdown of the amount(s) by task. The cost proposal must include the components as detailed in Attachment 5 of this BAA. The same level of detail shall be provided and incorporated into Volume II for any subcontracts or consultants.

The exception is any proprietary subcontract or consultant cost data (e.g., indirect rates) that may be submitted directly to the Government at time of negotiation.

A cost summary must be prepared and submitted in conjunction with the detailed cost proposal. The cost summary is not to exceed two (2) pages; however, the cost proposal does not have a page limit.

Additionally, each Offeror must prepare and submit details on Equipment and Government Property in conjunction with the other cost proposal files.

6.4.3 Volume III – Supplemental Information. This volume contains required supplemental data (See Table 1). If any particular item is not relevant to the proposed effort, include a reference to the requested information and state that the particular information is not applicable in order to confirm a negative response.

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TABLE 1

Item Required? Reference ✓ Quad Chart Yes Attachment 2

SOW (separate, stand‐alone document) Yes Attachment 6

For FFRDCs , written certification from the sponsor authorizing the performance of the proposed effort

If applicable Section 4

For FFRDCs, OCI Risk Mitigation Plan If applicable Section 4

System for Award Management (SAM) Yes Section 12

Certifications and Representations Yes Section 13

Human Subjects If applicable Section 14

Animal Use If applicable Section 15

BioSurety and Select Agent Use If applicable Section 16

Life Science Dual‐Use Research of Concern If applicable Section 17

Organizational Conflict of Interest Advisory Yes Section 18

Intellectual Property Yes Section 19

List of Patents Yes Section 19.2

Data Rights Assertion Table Yes Section 19.3

Subcontracting Plan If applicable Section 20

Recommended Procurement Instrument and Pricing Arrangement

Yes Section 21

Authorized Offeror Personnel Yes Section 22

Statement of Current and Pending Support Yes Section 23

Modified Pre‐Award Checklist (SF 1408) Yes Section 24

Administrative and Audit Offices Yes Section 25

Forward Pricing Rate Agreement Yes Section 26

Confirmed Proposal Expiration Date Yes Section 27

Table 1: Summary of required supplemental data for Volume III – Supplemental Information, with section references.

6.4.4 Other Submission Information.

6.4.4.1 The Volume I – Technical Proposal and Volume III – Supplemental Information must each be submitted as a separate Portable Document File (PDF) compatible with Adobe Acrobat®. The SOW is an exception; the SOW shall be submitted as a stand-alone Microsoft Word document.

The files for the Volume II – Cost Proposal shall be submitted as three separate files. The cost summary and detailed cost proposal shall be submitted as individual Microsoft Excel files. The third file detailing equipment and Government property shall be submitted as a PDF compatible with Adobe Acrobat®.

6.4.4.2 No individual file will exceed 10 MB of storage space.

6.4.4.3 No Movie and sound file attachments, or other additional files, will be accepted.

6.4.4.4 Perform a virus check before uploading any proposal files. If any proposal files are found to have a virus the proposal will be rejected.

6.4.4.5 Do not encrypt any files you upload.

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6.4.4.6 All quad charts must be prepared and submitted in landscape format. See Attachment 2 for additional instructions. All other files within the three volumes of the proposal must be provided in portrait layout.

6.4.4.7 Proposal submissions that do not adhere to the requirements detailed may be rejected without further consideration.

6.4.5 Notification to Offerors. Offerors submitting a proposal will receive a notification from DTRA with a statement as to whether the project is selected, placed on a reserve list, or non-selected for funding; notifications may be received within 120 days. A debriefing summary will be included in notification emails to Offerors. Additional details may be provided upon written request (to the e-mail address in Section 5), at DTRA’s discretion.

6.5 Marking of the Proposal and Disclosure of Proprietary Information. Any proprietary information will be minimized and WILL BE CLEARLY MARKED. To aid the Government in proper handling, proprietary information will be clearly segregated. All submissions become Government property and will not be returned

6.5.1 The quad chart will not contain information deemed trade secret, confidential, or proprietary by the Offeror.

6.5.2 The SOW will not contain information deemed trade secret, confidential, or proprietary by the Offeror.

6.5.3 Any document(s) other than the white paper, quad chart, and SOW submitted in response to this BAA may contain technical and other data that the Offeror does not want disclosed to the public or used by the Government for any purpose other than proposal evaluation. Public release of information submitted will be subject to existing statutory and regulatory requirements.

6.5.4 If proprietary information that constitutes a trade secret, proprietary commercial or financial information, confidential personal information, or data affecting the national security is provided by an Offeror in any document submitted in response to this BAA, it will be treated in confidence to the extent permitted by law, provided that the following legend appears and is completed on the front of the document:

“For any purpose other than to evaluate the white paper/proposal, this data shall not be disclosed outside the Government and shall not be duplicated, used, or disclosed in whole or in part, provided that if an award is made to the Offeror as a result of or in connection with the submission of this data, the Government shall have the right to duplicate, use or disclose the data to the extent provided in the agreement. This restriction does not limit the right of the Government to use information contained in the data if it is obtained from another source without restriction. The data subject to this restriction is contained in page(s) of this white paper/proposal.”

No other legend will be acceptable to the Government and will constitute grounds for removing the proposal from further consideration without assuming any liability for inadvertent disclosure.

The Government will limit dissemination of properly marked information to within official channels.

The pages indicated as restricted must be marked with the following legend:

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“Use or disclosure of proposal data on lines specifically identified by asterisk (*) are subject to the restriction on the front page of this proposal.”

6.5.5 The Government assumes no liability for disclosure or use of unmarked data and may use or disclose such data for any purpose.

6.5.6 In the event that properly marked data contained in documents submitted in response to this BAA is requested pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C 552, the Offeror will be advised of such request and, prior to such release of information, will be requested to expeditiously submit to JIDO a detailed listing of all information in the proposal documents that the Offeror believes to be exempt from disclosure under the Act. Such action and cooperation on the part of the Offeror will ensure that any information released by JIDO pursuant to the Act has been properly identified.

6.5.7 By submission of a proposal, the Offeror understands that proprietary information may be disclosed in accordance with Section 11 for the sole purpose of technical evaluation.

6.6 Security Information. Classified submissions at the level of Secret or Confidential shall be transmitted in accordance with the guidance contained herein.

6.6.1 ***Top Secret, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) or Special Access Program (SAP) submissions are not allowed in this BAA.***

6.6.2 Additional information on the subjects discussed in this section may be found at http://www.dss.mil/. If a submission contains Classified National Security Information as defined by Executive Order 13526, the information must be appropriately and conspicuously marked with the proposed classification level and declassification date. Similarly, when the classification of a submission is in question, the submission must be appropriately and conspicuously marked with the proposed classification level and declassification date.

Submissions requiring DTRA to make a final classification determination shall be marked as follows:

“CLASSIFICATION DETERMINATION PENDING. Protect as though classified (insert the recommended classification level, e.g., Secret or Confidential).”

NOTE: Classified submissions must indicate the classification level of not only the submitted materials, but also the anticipated classification level of an award, if different. If the award classification is anticipated to be the same as the proposal, so state.

6.6.3 Offerors submitting classified information must have, or be able to obtain prior to contract award, cognizant security agency approved facilities, information systems, and appropriately cleared/eligible personnel to perform at the classification level proposed. All Offeror personnel performing Information Assurance (IA)/Cybersecurity related duties on classified Information Systems shall meet the requirements set forth in DoD Manual 8570.01-M (Information Assurance Workforce Improvement Program).

6.6.4 Offerors choosing to submit classified information from other collateral classified sources (i.e., sources other than DTRA) must ensure (1) they have permission from an authorized individual at the cognizant Government agency (e.g., Contracting Officer, Program Manager); (2) the proposal is marked in accordance with the source Security Classification Guide (SCG) from which the material is derived; and (3) the source SCG is submitted along with the proposal.

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6.6.5 JIDO anticipates that submissions received under this BAA will be unclassified. Security classification guidance and direction via a SCG and/or DD Form 254, “DoD Contract Security Classification Specification,” will not be provided at this time since JIDO is soliciting ideas only. After reviewing the incoming proposals, if a determination is made that an award instrument may result in access to classified information, a SCG and/or DD Form 254 will be issued and attached as part of the award.

6.6.6 Classified submissions shall be transmitted in accordance with the following guidance:

Confidential and Secret Information

6.6.6.1 Offerors must use transmission, classification, handling, and marking guidance provided by previously issued SCGs, the DoD Information Security Manual (DoDM 5200.01, Volumes 1 - 4), and the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual, including the Supplement Revision 1, (DoD 5220.22-M and DoD 5200.22-M Sup. 1) when submitting Confidential and/or Secret classified information.

6.6.6.2 Confidential and Secret classified information may be submitted via U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Registered Mail or USPS Express Mail. All classified information will be enclosed in opaque inner and outer covers and double wrapped. The inner envelope shall be sealed and plainly marked with the assigned classification and addresses of both sender and addressee.

The inner envelope shall be addressed to:

Defense Threat Reduction Agency

ATTN: JIDO J8 TSB

Reference: HDTRA3-19-S-0001 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Stop 6201 Ft Belvoir, VA 22060-6217

The outer envelope shall be sealed with no identification as to the classification of its contents and addressed to:

(if sending via U.S. Postal Service)

Defense Threat Reduction Agency

JIDO J8 TSB

8725 John J. Kingman Road, Stop 6201 Ft Belvoir, VA 22060-6217

(if sending via commercial parcel carrier, e.g. UPS, FedEx)

Defense Threat Reduction Agency

JIDO J8 TSB

8725 John J. Kingman Road, Stop 6201 Ft Belvoir, VA 22060-6217

(if sending via commercial parcel

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6.7 Withdrawal of Proposals. Proposals may be withdrawn by written notice received at any time before award. Withdrawals are effective upon receipt of notice via the e-mail address listed in Section 5.

6.8 The Government will reject proposal submissions that are deemed non-compliant, i.e., those that significantly deviate from the instructions in this BAA.

7 R&D TECHNOLOGY AREAS AND TOPICS

7.1 Attachment 1 presents the list of R&D technology areas with associated requirements for which proposals are sought. On a limited basis, topics that align to the technology areas may be published via Addenda to this BAA. Offerors should note that topics are likely to have proposal deadlines and be available for a limited time.

7.2 Each proposal submitted may address one technology area or topic only. If a single submission applies to more than one technology area or topic, the Offeror should select the most appropriate technology area or topic and reference in the submitted proposal the other technology areas or topics to which this submission may also apply.

7.3 It is incumbent on the Offeror to conduct independent research to understand how the specific technology proposed can be properly applied to JIDO’s goals/objectives and associated capability areas.

8 INFORMATION TO BE REQUESTED FROM SUCCESSFUL OFFERORS

8.1 Offerors whose proposals are selected for potential award may be contacted before award to provide additional information required for award. Such information may include revisions to the costs or cost explanations and other information applicable to the proposed award.

8.2 Offerors that are not responsive in a timely manner to Government requests for information (defined as meeting Government deadlines established and communicated with the requests) may be removed from award consideration.

8.3 Offerors that request significant revisions to their proposals subsequent to their selection for potential award may be removed from award consideration.

8.4 Offerors may also be removed from award consideration if the Offeror and the Government fail to negotiate mutually agreeable terms within a reasonable period.

9 MILITARY RECRUITING

9.1 Any award made under this announcement to an institution of higher education must include the following term and condition: “As a condition for receipt of funds available to the DoD under this award, the recipient agrees that it is not an institution of higher education (as defined in 32 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 216) that has a policy of denying or preventing the Secretary of

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Defense from obtaining for military recruiting purposes: entry to campuses or access to students on campuses; or access to directory information pertaining to students. Using procedures in 32 CFR Part 216, if the recipient is determined to be such an institution of higher education during the period of performance of this agreement, and therefore to be in breach of this clause, the Government will cease all payments of DoD funds under this agreement and all other DoD grants and cooperative agreements, and it may suspend or terminate such grants and agreements unilaterally for material failure to comply with the terms and conditions of award.”

9.2 The 32 CFR Part 216 may be accessed electronically at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ cfr/index.html. If an institution has been identified under the procedures established by the Secretary of Defense to implement Pub. L. No. 103-337 § 558, then: (1) no funds available to the DoD may be provided to the institution through any grant, including any existing grant; (2) as a matter of policy this restriction also applies to any cooperative agreement; and (3) the institution is not eligible to receive a grant or cooperative agreement in response to this solicitation. This is to notify potential Offerors that each contract awarded under this announcement to an institution of higher education must include the clause: DFARS 252.209-7005, Reserve Officer Training Corps and Military Recruiting on Campus.

10 EXPORT CONTROL, ITAR NOTIFICATION

Offerors are responsible for ensuring compliance with any export control laws and regulations that may be applicable to the export of and foreign access to their proposed technologies. Offerors may consult with the Department of State with any questions regarding the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR) (22 CFR Parts 120 – 130) and/or the Department of Commerce regarding the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730-774). The Department of State publishes guidance on the ITAR at http://www.pmddtc.state.gov. Department of Commerce guidance on the EAR is located at http://www.bis.doc.gov.

11 TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT BY NON–GOVERNMENT

PERSONNEL

11.1 It is the intent of JIDO to use both Government and non-Government personnel to assist with the review and administration of all submittals for this BAA.

11.2 Participation in this BAA requires JIDO support contractors to have access to proposal information, including information that may be considered proprietary or otherwise marked with restrictive legends. Existing JIDO contractors include but may not be limited to the following:

****DEFTEC, Zeltech, Corvus and Deloitte.**** The contracts with these companies contain Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) provisions and include contractual specifications for non-disclosure of proprietary contractor information. The Offeror, by submitting a quad chart, white paper, or proposal is deemed to have consented to the disclosure of its information to the aforementioned contractors under the conditions and limitations described herein.

11.3 All individuals having access to any proprietary data shall execute non-disclosure agreements certifying that they will not disclose any information pertaining to this BAA including any submittal, the identity of any submitters, or any other information relative to this BAA.

11.4 See Section 6.5 for additional information on appropriately marking proprietary information.

12 SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM)

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12.1 IMPORTANT: Prospective contractors must be registered in the DoD SAM database (www.sam.gov). DTRA requires that all Offerors be registered in the SAM database at the time of proposal submission. SAM registration information must be included in Volume III – Supplemental Information, of the proposal.

12.2 Offerors may register with SAM online at www.sam.gov or by calling the SAM Customer Service Center at (866) 606-8220. It is estimated that it will take approximately 45 minutes to complete registration if you already have all the necessary information on hand, depending upon the size and complexity of your entity. Note that new registrations can take an average of 7-10 business days to process in SAM.

12.2.1 SAM must send out some information for validation with outside parties before your registration can be activated; this includes Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) validation with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and CAGE validation/assignment with the DoD.

This timeframe may be longer if the information you provide is flagged for manual validation by either party.

12.2.2 If you notice your registration is labeled with a ‘Submitted’ status for longer than 10 business days and you have not otherwise been contacted to correct or update information, please contact the Federal Service Desk at 866-606-8220 or https://www.fsd.gov.

12.2.3 According to the IRS, if Offerors do not currently have an EIN and need to apply for one over the phone or internet, they will be given a tentative EIN, but the EIN may not become active for up to two weeks. Questions regarding an EIN may be directed to (800) 829-4933.

12.3 By submission of a proposal to this BAA, the Offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective contractor must be registered in the SAM database (www.sam.gov) prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract/agreement resulting from this BAA.

13 CERTIFICATIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS

13.1 Certifications and representations must be completed at the time of the proposal submission. This information must be included in Volume III – Supplemental Information.

Additional information beyond these certifications may be required from successful Offerors and may be requested at any time.

The SAM website (www.sam.gov) is used for entry of certifications and representations.

13.2 The certifications list below must be submitted separately (as part of Volume III – Supplemental Information) as they are not included in SAM. As applicable, the Offeror is required to complete the representation or to acknowledge in writing that they have read and understand the following:

Information Regarding Responsibility Matters: FAR 52.209-7 (Jan 2011), Information Regarding Responsibility Matters, is a certification that is required. Review it in its entirety and acknowledge in the affirmative that you are aware of its requirement and will comply as delineated.

DFARS 252.203-7996, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements-Representation. (DEVIATION 2016-O0003)(OCT 2015)

DFARS 252.203-7005, Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials.

DFARS 252.204-7008, Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls.

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13.3 The SOW must not contain information deemed trade secret, confidential or proprietary by the Offeror. Offerors shall submit a specific acknowledgement that should it be awarded a contract under this BAA, it consents to the potential public release of its SOW (as part of Volume III – Supplemental Information).

14 PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS

14.1 If the proposed research involves human subjects or materials, Offerors are asked to outline the human use and to include the source of the human subjects or materials involved in the research.

This information, if applicable, must be included in Volume III – Supplemental Information, of the proposal. Further information may be required if the proposal is successful.

14.2 All research under any award made under this BAA involving human subjects must be conducted in accordance with 32 CFR Part 219, 10 U.S.C. § 980, and DoD Instruction 3216.02, and, as applicable, 21 CFR Parts 11, 50, 56, GCP, the ICH as well as other applicable federal and state regulations. Contractors must be cognizant of and abide by the additional restrictions and limitations imposed on the DoD regarding research involving human subjects, specifically as regards vulnerable populations (32 CFR Part 219 modifications to subparts B-D of 45 CFR Part 46), recruitment of military research subjects (32 CFR Part 219), and surrogate consent (10 U.S.C. § 980).

14.3 DTRA Directive 3216.01 of June 9, 2010, modified March 18, 2015, established the DTRA Human Subjects Protection Program, set forth the policies, defined the applicable terms, and delineated the procedures necessary to ensure DTRA compliance with federal and DoD regulations and legislation governing human subject research. The regulations mandate that all DoD activities, components, and agencies protect the rights and welfare of human subjects of study in DoD-supported research, development, test and evaluation, and related activities hereafter referred to as “research.” The requirement to comply with the regulations applies to new starts and to continuing research.

14.4 The DTRA Directive requires that research using human subjects may not begin or continue until the DTRA Research Oversight Board (ROB) has reviewed and approved the…