IARPA-BAA-18-04_Questions_&_Answers_Round_2_FINAL_C.pdf

Questions & Answers – MAEGLIN Phase 2 IARPA-BAA-18-04 Responses to Questions #12 to #13 (Second Round)

Q12: Is there an attendees list from the MAEGLIN Industry Day? RIX Industries designs and manufactures oil-free military qualified compressors that could be used for air sampling. I’d like to reach out to some of the companies involved in MAEGLIN to see if they require any type of air collection device. Thanks in advance.

A12: The MAEGLIN Proposer's Day attendee list has not been prepared for public release.

Vendors interested in teaming for MAEGLIN Phase 2 should register on the Interested Vendors List for the IARPA-BAA-18-04 solicitation on FedBizOpps. Additionally, as discussed in section 1.G of IARPA-BAA-18-04, there is a data package available for potential Offerors that includes responses to IARPA-RFI-18-04, which includes system concepts and contact information from a number of MAEGLIN Phase 1 Performers, and other vendors interested in participating in MAEGLIN Phase 2.

Q13: Can you provide additional guidance on export control restrictions beyond those listed in 6.B.6? In Phase I we understand that certain academic performers were able to obtain a basic research designation that was compatible with their open access environment and thus avoided certain aspects of export control regulation. Can you anticipate whether there would be an export control incompatibility for a team that includes both academic and industrial organizations having different export control requirements?

A13: As explained in Section 6.B.6 of IARPA-BAA-18-04, IARPA requires Proposers to determine and certify the export control status of proposed research. IARPA does not perform independent ITAR/EAR determinations, and IARPA cannot waive export control requirements. If an Offeror is proposing research for MAEGLIN Phase 2 that has export controlled components, the offeror could consider a plan where some members of the offeror’s team would conduct research that was export controlled, and some members would not. For example, if an offeror’s MAEGLIN Phase 2 prototype met the criteria to require export control, that would not necessarily mean that every component would be export controlled as well, so some component development might be able to be done without export control requirements at an academic subcontractor, while system integration and testing might be performed at a prime’s facility with export control requirements observed. In cases where a “hybrid” system of export control compliance is proposed based on component maturity and integration state, the prime’s export control officer shall review and certify the overall system development plan to ensure export control compliance at every step of the proposed development plan.