MDA IST BAA_CALL 0002_ DPAL STUDY_20220519.pdf

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Missile Defense Agency (MDA)

Innovation, Science & Technology (IS&T)

Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

FAR and Non-FAR Solutions

Broad Agency Announcement No. HQ0860-21-S-0001

Call No. 0002

Innovation, Science and Technology Directorate

Missile Defense Agency

5222 Martin Road

Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION I: ANNOUNCEMENT OVERVIEW

SECTION II: ANNOUNCEMENT DESCRIPTION

SECTION III: ELIGIBLE OFFERORS/APPLICANTS

SECTION IV: RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

SECTION V: GENERAL INFORMATION

SECTION VI: PROCUREMENT CONTRACT (FAR-BASED) REQUIREMENTS

SECTION VII: WHITE PAPER SUBMISSION

SECTION VIII: WHITE PAPER EVALUATION

SECTION IX: AWARD INFORMATION

SECTION X: ATTACHMENTS

SECTION XI: REFERENCES

SECTION XII: DEFINITIONS

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SECTION I: ANNOUNCEMENT OVERVIEW

A. Agency Name: Missile Defense Agency

B. Program Name: Innovation, Science & Technology

C. Broad Agency Announcement Title: Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Innovation, Science & Technology (IS&T) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) FAR and Non-FAR

Solutions

D. Broad Agency Announcement Type: Two-Step Open Broad Agency Announcement

E. Broad Agency Announcement Number: HQ0860-21-S-0001 (supersedes Missile

Defense Science and Technology Advanced Research (MSTAR) BAA, HQ0147-19-S-

0001 and Advanced Technology Innovation (ATI) BAA, HQ0147-19-S-0002)

F. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code:

541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences

(except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

541713 – Research and Development in Nanotechnology

G. Instrument Type: FAR Solutions (Procurement Contract) and Non-FAR Solutions

(Cooperative Agreement or Other Transaction (See Section V. for more information))

H. Call Title: “Diode-Pumped Alkali Laser (DPAL) Technology Study”

I. Call Number: HQ0860-21-S-0001 Call 0002

SECTION II: ANNOUNCEMENT DESCRIPTION

This is a Call for white papers against Research Area #3 Directed Energy Systems under the FY21 MDA IS&T BAA. All requirements of the FY21 MDA IS&T BAA, HQ0860-21-S-

0001 (herein referred to as the “baseline BAA”), apply unless specifically amended and addressed in this Call. The baseline BAA provides information on the overall program, white paper preparation and submission requirements, white paper review and evaluation criteria, etc.

Offerors are advised to review the baseline BAA thoroughly when preparing white papers in response to this Call. For complete information regarding the baseline BAA, refer to HQ0860-

21-S-0001 at https://www.sam.gov.

This Call is executed under a Two-Step Open BAA issued under the provisions of FAR

6.102(d)(2), which provides for the competitive selection of research proposals. The following information is relative to Step-One, which is the call for submission of white papers. MDA will contact those offerors whose white papers are selected to proceed to Step-Two and provide instructions for them to follow. Step-Two is submission of a formal proposal. DO NOT submit a formal proposal until requested by the MDA Contracting Office.

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SECTION III: ELIGIBLE OFFERORS/APPLICANTS

MDA seeks responses from the following qualified offerors who meet the requirements of this BAA:

Private industry (large and small businesses)

Commercial and/or nontraditional defense contractors

Offerors may propose subcontracting and teaming arrangements; however, it is expected for FAR based solutions that the submitting offeror will lead and perform 50% of the effort by cost. For Other Transactions, the lead offeror, if seeking to qualify as a non-traditional defense contractor, must participate to a "significant extent." There is no set dollar amount or percentage of work that is considered a "significant extent" and offerors must provide justification to support a determination by MDA that they are participating to a "significant extent."

In accordance with 32 CFR Part 117 NISPOM Rule, offerors are required to have access to classified information in performance of this effort, and thus companies under foreign ownership, control or influence (FOCI) will be excluded from responding to this announcement.

SECTION IV: RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

A. Program Overview

Refer to baseline BAA, HQ0860-21-S-0001.

B. Research Areas

This call is issued under Research Area #3 Directed Energy Systems of the baseline

BAA, HQ0860-21-S-0001.

The offeror’s response must address the following baseline objective. Response to the baseline objective should not exceed 20% of the overall cost of the proposed effort.

Conduct a study of diode-pumped alkali laser (DPAL) technology and its application to the Missile Defense System (MDS), to include industry recommendations on platform and mission, as well as industry determination of the necessary performance of DPAL in order to be relevant to the MDS.

The offeror’s response may also include, but is not limited to, the following technical objectives. For each choice objective, the offeror must provide an estimated cost and schedule, independent of any other choice objective, though each choice objective may have a cost and schedule that is not independent of the baseline objective.

Study the mechanism for scaling DPAL technology to a performance level relevant to

MDA missions and provide the technical approach to scale DPAL to that performance level.

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Analyze current DPAL models, system design and commissioning, and engineering and energetics models and their suitability for use in predicting performance of future DPAL systems, as well as identify additional experiments and data needed to validate and improve current models, along with their cost and schedule.

Provide the technical approach, cost, and schedule of transitioning DPAL technology to an industry partner, designing, and building a DPAL of sufficient performance as needed for use by MDA.

Compare the advantages and disadvantages of DPAL technology in its current and future state to the current and future state-of-the-art laser weapon technology as relevant to

MDA missions.

Provide the cost, schedule, and technical approach to minimize Size, Weight, and Power

(SWAP) of a future DPAL system.

Any other proposed aspects of DPAL.

The deliverables for this effort will be studies, no hardware or software will be required to be delivered. Outcomes of the studies may be used by the Agency to inform future acquisition activities.

White papers should clearly identify what technical objectives the offeror proposes to include in their study. Offerors are required to provide a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) that includes an estimated cost for each technical objective. See Section VII. for additional details.

C. Technical Data Package

A technical data package on a current DPAL technology is available to offerors that have a valid U.S. security clearance of collateral Secret or higher. In order to receive the technical data package, offerors must submit a request to advancedresearch@mda.mil that includes the following information relative to where the information will be received and handled:

Company Name

Company Address

Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code

Recipient Information – Name, Title, Phone Number, Email Address (include

SIPR Email Address if available)

If the request is approved, the Government will provide a DoD Contract Security

Classification Specification, DD Form 254, along with the technical data package. Requests for the technical data package must be received by MDA no later than Friday June 3, 2022 at

12:00 noon Central Standard Time (CST).

SECTION V: GENERAL INFORMATION

A. Response Date mailto:advancedresearch@mda.mil

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White papers must be received by MDA no later than Friday July 8, 2022 at 12:00 noon

CST.

B. Anticipated Awards

Multiple awards are anticipated as a result of this Call. However, MDA is under no obligation to make any awards in response to the white papers submitted. MDA also reserves the right to award all, some or none of a particular white paper. The funded amount and period of performance for each white paper selected for award may vary depending on the technical objectives to be pursued by the offeror.

C. Funding Availability

Awards are anticipated not to exceed $1,000,000 per award. Offerors should be aware that funding availability might change with little or no notice.

D. Period of Performance

The anticipated period of performance for this effort is six (6) months from date of award.

E. Communications

All communication regarding this announcement should be UNCLASSIFIED and submitted via email to advancedresearch@mda.mil. DO NOT EMAIL CLASSIFIED

INFORMATION. If classified communication is necessary, send an unclassified email to the address listed above for assistance.

Dialogue with any Government representative shall not constitute a commitment by the

Government to subsequently fund or award any proposed effort. Any dialogue that takes place will not be taken into consideration during the evaluation of white papers. Only

Contracting/Agreements Officers are legally authorized to commit the Government.

F. Instrument Type

It is anticipated that any awards as a result of this announcement will be firm-fixed-price.

MDA reserves the right to award the instrument best suited to the nature of the research proposed. Accordingly, MDA may award any appropriate contract type under the FAR or any appropriate non-FAR instrument such as an Other Transaction (OT) or cooperative agreement.

No opportunities for grants exist under this BAA.

Any OTs resulting from this BAA will maximize the use of commercial/industry standards. OTs are not subject to the FAR or Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation

Supplement (DFARS) that govern procurement contracts. Therefore, offerors proposing an OT are not required to comply with the FAR and DFARS regulations stated in Section VI. of this

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Any procurement contracts awarded as a result of this announcement will incorporate the appropriate FAR, DFARS, and local MDA clauses including those stated in Section VI.

G. Other Transactions

H. System for Award Management Registration

I. Export Control Requirements

J. Security Requirements

All white papers submitted in response to this Call are expected to be submitted at the unclassified level. Performance of the effort, is however expected, at a minimum, at the collateral Secret level. Offerors therefore must have a valid U.S. security clearance of collateral

Secret or higher in order to respond to this announcement. All classified material must be handled in accordance with the applicable National Industrial Security Program Operating

Manual (NISPOM) (32 CFR Part 117 NISPOM Rule) and National Industrial Security Program:

Industrial Security Procedures for Government Activities (DoD Manual 5220.32, Volume 1).

K. Disclosure of Information and Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense

Information Controls

L. Organizational Conflicts of Interest

M. Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software

SECTION VI: PROCUREMENT CONTRACT (FAR-BASED) REQUIREMENTS

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SECTION VII: WHITE PAPER SUBMISSION

A. White Paper Submissions

B. White Paper Submission Guidelines

White papers should be submitted via unclassified email to advancedresearch@mda.mil .

The subject line of the email should read “HQ0860-21-S-0001_DPAL Technology

Study_White Paper Submission”.

The white paper must be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format and included as an attachment to the email. The email size limit is 10MB.

DO NOT SEND – Hardcopies of white papers (including facsimiles), ZIP files, and/or password-protected files. Oral presentations are not permitted as an acceptable substitute for a white paper submission.

C. White Paper Requirements

White papers submitted in response to this announcement must include the following:

1. Title Page

2. Executive Summary

3. Program Description

4. Program Plan and Milestone Chart

5. Description of Relevant Prior Work

6. Rough Order of Magnitude

7. Program Summary Quad Chart

White papers are limited to 10 pages, should be letter size (8.5 x 11 inches), have one-inch margins on all sides, and use a 12-point font. Any pages beyond these limitations will not be evaluated. The white paper should address the entire proposed period of performance. The

Title Page, Rough Order of Magnitude and Program Summary Quad Chart are not included in the page limitations.

D. White Paper Content

1. Title Page (not included in page count):

a. Labeled “WHITE PAPER, BAA NUMBER HQ0860-21-S-0001 CALL 0002, DPAL STUDY”

b. Research area

c. Responsible organization and business type (large, small, non-traditional, non-profit, university, FFRDC, other)

d. Proposer’s reference number

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e. Proposed title

f. Award instrument proposed (procurement contract (specify type), cooperative agreement, other transaction)

g. Name, title, telephone number, and email address of offeror’s technical point of contact

h. Name, title, telephone number, email address, official mailing address, and signature of the authorized contracting representative

i. Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code

j. Date offer is submitted and duration of validity statement

k. Non-proprietary abstract paragraph not to exceed 250 words

2. Executive Summary (included in the page count): Summarize the proposed program, objectives, and approach to provide innovation and benefits to MDA. Include the significance of the proposed effort to the advancement of scientific knowledge as it relates to MDA objectives and applications.

3. Program Description (included in page count): Describe the techniques, methods, materials, or ideas that will be addressed in the white paper, the innovation aspect, and to what degree they advance the state-of-the-art technologies. Discuss relationships to similar research and fundamental science. Identify the nature and extent of the anticipated results and how the results will be demonstrated. Describe key transition oriented objectives that will support future analysis and acquisition processes. Describe the facilities hosting the research activities and approach to safeguard and execute the tasks described, including the ability to protect controlled unclassified and classified data, as applicable to the research objectives. The effort shall be segmented into logical tasks and be clearly severable between the base period and subsequent option periods.

Identify the type of support, if any, the offeror requests of the Government, such as facilities, equipment, demonstration sites, test ranges, software, personnel or materials.

Offerors shall indicate any Government coordination that may be required for obtaining equipment or facilities necessary to perform any simulations or exercises that would demonstrate the proposed capability.

4. Program Plan and Milestone Chart (included in page count): Describe, in detail, the management plan, technical objectives, and how the plan will be executed.

Milestones should indicate when specific objectives are expected to be met in the overall schedule of the program and should identify the specific accomplishments necessary to proceed on to the next task. Describe, in detail, the critical path of activities for the entire research project. Identify areas of risk and scientific uncertainties and describe resolution or mitigation approaches. Note: Program Plan and Milestone Chart must reflect each technical objective separately.

5. Description of Relevant Prior Work (included in page count): Include a list of both in-house efforts funded by internal research funds and contracts funded by others.

For each such effort, provide a list that includes the title of effort, contract number, funding organization (customer), and a brief summary of results. Identify and provide

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Principal Investigator (PI), Program Manager (PM), and key personnel team members’ resumes, highlighting relevant education and experience related to the proposed research topic.

6. Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) (not included in page count): Furnish Tables

1-3 (provided as Attachment 2) with the white paper submission for the entire performance period, including a breakout by task. Note: ROM tables must provide a separate cost for each technical objective.

7. Program Summary Quad Chart (not included in page count): The non-proprietary and unclassified Quad Chart shall be prepared in landscape orientation as an editable PowerPoint and provided as an attachment to the white paper. A Quad Chart template is provided as Attachment 3. The Quad Chart should be formatted as stated and include the following information:

a. Heading

i. Title of White Paper

b. Upper Left Quadrant: Contribution to Missile Defense System

i. Summary statement indicating significant contribution to the MDS, overall system performance improvements, cost reduction, regret statement if not funded, enabler of certain mission, etc.

c. Upper Right Quadrant: Description of Technology

i. Picture or graphic illustrating proposed technology development

d. Lower Left Quadrant: Top Level Tasks and Milestones

i. Goals or accomplishments in chronological order (max of ten (10))

e. Lower Right Quadrant: Program Execution

i. Company Name

ii. Period of Performance (number of months)

iii. Estimated Total Cost

iv. Annual Funding Profile

v. Transition Strategy Summary

SECTION VIII: WHITE PAPER EVALUATION

SECTION IX: AWARD INFORMATION

Refer to baseline BAA, HQ0860-21-S-0001

SECTION X: ATTACHMENTS

Refer to baseline BAA, HQ0860-21-S-0001.

SECTION XI: REFERENCES

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SECTION XII: DEFINITIONS