Industry Questions and Govt Answers to BAA 20-04 Round 1 01-12-2021 Final C.pdf

Question number Industry Questions Paragraph & Page #

Government Responses Change to BAA (Yes/No)

Paragraph & Page #

1 Are we at this time able to setup a call to discuss the needs of this project to better help us understand the criteria?

N/A No, IARPA is not accepting any meetings or calls related to this BAA or the BRIAR program. Additional clarity on BRIAR can be found in the Proposers' Day material contained on the IARPA website (https://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/research-programs/briar/baa). Note that the formal BAA supercedes all Proposers' Day content.

No N/A

2 Is the Place of Performance limited to US or can it be company sites located in the UK? 1.J, p. 29 3.A, p. 30

See SECTION 3: ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION Company sites outside of the US are permitted. Foreign entities and/or individuals may participate but only as a part of a U.S. based team. The prime contractor must be a U.S. organization. Foreign entities and individuals may participate as subcontractors or employees of a U.S.

organization, however, all foreign participation must comply with any necessary Non- Disclosure Agreements, Security Regulations, Export Control Laws, and other governing statutes applicable under the circumstances. The Prime contractor must be a U.S. organization and therefore have a primary address of correspondence in the U.S.

No N/A

3 We tried to register to submit a proposal, but we cannot find a selection for BAA-20-04. 4.C.2, p. 44 The issue has been resolved and potential offerors are now able to register for BAA- 20-04 in IDEAS.

No N/A

4 Do you have the solicitation written in Spanish also? N/A No, the solicitation is only available in English. No N/A

5 We would benefit from teaming with a larger organization that is both commercially capable as well as technically savvy to fully appreciate our capabilities in visual analytics.

N/A Teaming information submitted by interested parties as part of the BRIAR Proposer's Day event is available on the IARPA website at https://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/research-programs/briar/baa. No further teaming information submissions are being accepted.

No N/A

6 We do not use visual images for identification, (as noted in your request for submissions), I would like to know whether our proposal would still be considered.

1.C, p. 9 No. Approaches that rely on non-optical sensors to carry out biometric matching tasks are out of scope.

No N/A

7 The BAA mentions that performers have to do their own data collections on at least 200 volunteer subjects (Section 1.D.1.2). Will IARPA provide the 200 subjects or do the performers have to recruit their own subjects?

1.D.1.2, p. 13 6.B.3, p. 49

No, IARPA will not be providing access to subjects for Researcher Collections. As per 1.D.1.2, each Performer will be responsible for planning and executing BRCs.

This includes site logistics, subject recruitment, and the IRB approvals governing both.

No N/A

8 Pg. 14 of the (IARPA-BAA-20-04) BAA specifically indicates “The UAVs to be used in the BRIAR program by Performers will be suitable for operation at both a DoD training facility (pending approvals) or a civilian facility (e.g., university campus) and allowable for purchase and operation by third party organizations with foreign national staff (i.e., non-US citizens). “

There is some confusion around the wording of “both” with “or” appearing in the UAV requirements description.

The DoD has established specific rules on UAS and UAS components that can be purchased or utilized on DoD projects or at DoD facilities. These rules in particular forbid the use of UAS and certain UAS components that are manufactured in China. Will the use of UAS on this project (targeting a civilian collection site) be subject to these restrictions? In particular, this restriction would impact the selection of camera payload systems and may increase project costs.

1.D.1.2, p. 14 UAVs and their sensor payloads shall be suitable for operation at both DoD AND civlian facilities. DoD rules restricting the purchase or utilization of certain foreign manufactured equipment are relevant and applicable to the BRIAR program.

Compliance with these rules will be addressed during contract negotiations and/or program kickoff prior to any equipment purchases.

Yes 1.D.1.2, pg 14

IARPA will accept questions until January 15, 2021 @ 5:00 pm EST. via email at dni-iarpa-baa-20- 04@iarpa.gov

Industry Questions and Government Answers - ROUND 1 - January 12, 2021

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