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HQ0034-SCO-24-BAA-0001 Amendment 1 Questions and Answers

1) Can you confirm that there are no controlled attachments to the subject BAA in SAM.gov?

A: Confirmed

2) Can you clarify that due dates will be spelled out in separate issued calls?

A: Please refer to BAA Amendment 1 Section IV.B. When a separate call is issued, it will contain due dates.

3) Is there an extension for submitting a proposal?

A: There has not been a request for proposals as of this date. Per BAA Section V, competition will generally consist of a white paper phase, a down-select, a proposal phase, and a final selection decision. A request for a proposal may be issued by invitation after evaluation of a white paper and will contain submission instructions.

4) Can FFRDC receive an award through an interagency agreement?

A: Refer to BAA Amendment 1 Section IV.A.1.a for information on FFRDCs.

5) When will SCO start accepting white papers? When is the submission date?

A: Refer to BAA Amendment 1 Section IV.B. The Government will solicit white paper submissions via individual calls. Unsolicited white paper submissions received outside of an individual call may or may not be reviewed at the sole discretion of the Government.

6) Is there a funding minimum or maximum associated with the BAA?

A. No.

7) Can SCO assist in determining whether an unsolicited proposal is worth the effort?

A. Whether to submit a white paper outside of a call is a business decision by the offeror.

8) Does the language on Page 10 regarding individual calls in one or more of the five technical areas mean that there will be more clarification on topics of interest (than the five listed) via additional calls before industry should submit white papers?

A. The individual topic calls may contain more specific information within the five topics of interest.

9) Are you available for a technical discussion prior to the white paper submission?

A. The Government is not having technical discussions at this time. Once a call for individual topics is posted, technical questions may be submitted to the technical point of contact in BAA Amendment 1 Section I. Questions and answers may be posted via amendment to the BAA.

10) Is there any funding cap for the feasibility study or the optional phase II to develop and demo a prototype?

A. This will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

11) Are technologies in these areas relevant to the cyber topics in the BAA? Would you be able to give some feedback about this?

HQ0034-SCO-24-BAA-0001 Amendment 1 Questions and Answers

- Vulnerability assessment and real-time intrusion monitoring/response for new distributed applications which use large-scale containerization

- Security technologies for industrial control systems and networked industrial control systems.

A. Vulnerability assessment and real-time intrusion monitoring/response are not relevant to this

BAA.

Security technologies for industrial control systems and networked industrial control systems are relevant to this BAA.

12) Will there be a call under Autonomous Systems, Deep Learning, and Cross Domain Kill Chain topics?

A. The Government has not decided on specific calls at this time.

13) Should we provide an unsolicited white paper submission, and what should the timing be?

A. Refer to Question/Answer 5.

14) Are you not yet taking white papers for the 5 primary technical areas? Do you have an approximate timeline for separate calls?

A. Refer to Question/Answer numbers 5 and 12. The Government does not yet have a timeline for specific calls.

15) I am having trouble accessing the BAA website with my user name and password.

A. See BAA Amendment 1 Section V.A.1 for information regarding accounts at https://baa.sco.mil. Accounts are typically deleted following 75-90 days of inactivity. If you are unsure when the account was last used, it is recommended that you create a new account. If no account currently exists, visit the website to complete the two-step registration process.

https://baa.sco.mil/