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ONR BAA Announcement #N00014-20-S-B001

Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine

Corps Science and Technology

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section Page #

I. OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY BAA-4

A. Required Overview Content BAA-5

1. Federal Awarding Agency Name BAA-5

2. Funding Opportunity Title BAA-5

3. Announcement Type BAA-5

4. Funding Opportunity Number BAA-5

5. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA Numbers) BAA-5

6. Key Dates BAA-5

7. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

Code

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II. DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE RESEARCH

OPPORTUNITY

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A. Program Description BAA-6

B. Federal Award Information BAA-12

1. Eligibility for Competition BAA-12

2. Contracted Fundamental Research BAA-12

3. Funded Amount and Period of Performance BAA-13

4. Instrument Type BAA-13

5. Model Contracts & Grants BAA-14

C. Eligibility Information BAA-15

1. Eligible Applicants BAA-15

2. Cost Sharing or Matching BAA-15

D. Application and Submission Information BAA-15

1. Address to Request/Access Application Package BAA-15

2. Content and Form of Application Submission BAA-16

3. Unique Entity Identifier and System for Award

Management (SAM)

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4. Submission Dates and Times BAA-19

5. Intergovernmental Review BAA-19

6. Funding Restrictions BAA-19

7. Other Submission Requirements BAA-19

E. Application Review Information BAA-19

1. Criteria BAA-19

2. Review and Selection Process BAA-20

3. Recipient Qualification BAA-23

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F. Award Administration Information BAA-23

1. Federal Award Notices BAA-23

2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements BAA-23

3. Reporting BAA-27

G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts BAA-28

H. Other Information BAA-29

III. APPENDICES

1. Applicable to Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Technology

Investment Agreements (TIAs) Only

2. Applicable to Contracts and Other Transaction Agreements Only

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I. OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY

This publication constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for awards by the

Office of Naval Research (ONR) Contact and Grants Awards Management Division, ONR

Code 25 (or otherwise approved by Code 25) as contemplated in Federal Acquisition

Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016, the Department of Defense Grants and

Agreements regulations (DoDGARS) 32 CFR 22.315(a) and the , Office of the Under

Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Other Transaction Guide version

1.0 dated November, 2018 A formal Request for Proposals (RFP), solicitation, and/or additional information regarding this announcement will not be issued.

The ONR reserves the right to fund all, some, or none of the proposals received under this BAA. ONR provides no funding for direct reimbursement of proposal development costs. Technical and cost proposals (or any other material) submitted in response to this

BAA will not be returned. It is the policy of ONR to treat all proposals submitted under this BAA as sensitive competitive information and to disclose their contents only for the purposes of evaluation.

This BAA utilizes competitive procedures in accordance with 10 USC 2302(2)(B) for the selection for award of science and technology (S&T) proposals. For purposes of this

BAA, S&T includes activities involving basic research, applied research, advanced technology development, and, under certain conditions, may include activities involving advanced component development and prototypes. This Announcement is not for the acquisition of technical, engineering, and other types of support services. For Navy and

Marine Corps Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) programs, refer to N00014-19-S-F003 dated November 20, 2018 or its replacement. Funding Opportunity

Announcement N00014-19-S-F003 may be found at the ONR Broad Agency

Announcement (BAA) webpage: https://www.onr.navy.mil/work-with-us/funding-opportunities.

Special Notices: These Special Notices will be posted to the ONR website under

Special Notices at https://www.onr.navy.mil/work-with-us/funding-opportunities, to https://www.fbo.gov/ and http://www.grants.gov/, as applicable, and will make reference to this BAA for submission instructions.

Each Special Notice will provide a description of the specific research effort being solicited, the application process to be used, as well as the recommended dates for submission of proposals. Proposals submitted in response to the Special Notices shall be submitted under this BAA following the instructions contained in this BAA. Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with the criteria set forth in this BAA. Interested parties are urged to periodically check the ONR website (https://www.onr.navy.mil/work-with-us/funding-opportunities), Federal Business Opportunities (https://www.fbo.gov/) and

Grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov/) websites for new Special Notices.

https://www.onr.navy.mil/work-with-us/funding-opportunities https://www.onr.navy.mil/work-with-us/funding-opportunities https://www.onr.navy.mil/work-with-us/funding-opportunities https://www.onr.navy.mil/work-with-us/funding-opportunities https://www.fbo.gov/ http://www.grants.gov/ https://www.onr.navy.mil/work-with-us/funding-opportunities https://www.onr.navy.mil/work-with-us/funding-opportunities http://www.fbo.gov/ http://www.grants.gov/

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A. Required Overview Content

1. Federal Awarding Agency Name

Office of Naval Research, One Liberty Center

875 N. Randolph Street

Arlington, VA 22203-1995

2. Funding Opportunity Title - Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science & Technology

3. Announcement Type - Initial Announcement

4. Funding Opportunity Number - N00014-20-S-B001

5. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Numbers - 12.300

Department of Defense (DOD), Department of the Navy, Office of Chief of Naval Research, Basic and Applied Scientific Research

6. Key Dates

This announcement will remain open for approximately one (1) year from the date of publication, or until replaced by a successor BAA. Proposals may be submitted at any time during this period. This announcement replaces N00014-19-S-B001 dated 21

December 2018.

Submission of Late Proposals (Applicable to White Papers and Full Proposals) -The

Government reserves the right not to review proposals submitted after 30 September

2020, or after a successor to this Long Range BAA is issued, whichever occurs first.

7. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code - The NAICS code for contracts under this announcement is “541715” with a small business size standard of “1,000 employees”.

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II. DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

A. Program Description –

ONR, ONR Global, and the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab (MCWL) are interested in receiving proposals for Long-Range Science and Technology (S&T) Projects which offer potential for advancement and improvement of Navy and Marine Corps operations.

Readers should note that this is an announcement to declare ONR’s broad role in competitive funding of meritorious research across a spectrum of science and engineering disciplines.

ONR

Technology areas that ONR is pursuing are provided at the ONR website at https://www.onr.navy.mil/our-research/technology-areas. Click on the technology area of interest for a brief description of that research area being pursued by ONR.

Potential offerors are urged to check the above website throughout the year for updates to technology areas. Prior to preparing proposals, potential offerors are strongly encouraged to contact the ONR point of contact (POC) identified for each technology area. The POC for each technology area will be listed at the bottom of each technology area page.

ONR Global

ONR Global serves as an external network facilitator for ONR headquarters and the Naval

Research Enterprise by ensuring connections are maintained with the international science and technology community, the Fleet/Forces, and our international partners. ONR Global facilitates fundamental research efforts to address the needs of the Navy and Marine Corps and enhance the science and technology priorities of ONR and the Naval Research

Enterprise. ONR Global fields a team of internationally located scientists and engineers

(Science Directors) who seek out and engage international researchers.

ONR Global supports fundamental research seed grants, conferences, and workshops that foster collaboration between the U.S. Navy, and international scientists and technologists.

ONR Global does not fund U.S. institutions or foreign government entities. ONR Global deploys over 20 Science Directors in field offices around the world to liaise with scientists in their home countries. Science Directors assess international science and technology innovation while conducting liaison visits to international scientists, research institutions, and industries. To discuss your grant proposal, please contact a Science Director specializing in your field or located in your region.

Visit the ONR Global website at the following link for more information:

https://www.onr.navy.mil/en/Science-Technology/ONR-Global https://www.onr.navy.mil/our-research/technology-areas https://www.onr.navy.mil/en/Science-Technology/ONR-Global

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MCWL

The Marine Corps Warfighting Lab (MCWL) utilizes concept-based experimentation as a primary means to explore both material and non-material solutions enabling warfighting concepts. The concept-based experimentation process provides the unique opportunity to assess the utility of experimental technologies employed in operational scenarios and environments. MCWL leverages ONR’s science and technology efforts to inform and support the concept-based experimentation process.

Amplifying instructions on White Paper submissions to MCWL can be found at http://www.mcwl.marines.mil/Divisions/Science-and-Technology/Future-Technology-

Office/TISO/.

Focus areas for MCWL experimentation include:

1. Expeditionary Logistics. Technologies to sustain distributed operations in austere and remote environments.

a. Efficient generation of energy and purified water at points of consumption.

b. Reduced consumption of energy.

c. Demand and resupply visibility and efficiency.

d. Autonomous/unmanned support and resupply capabilities.

e. Secure resupply in urban environments.

f. Operations from a sea base comprised of either US Navy amphibious shipping or alternate platforms.

g. New and efficient additive manufacturing technologies for metal.

h. Rapidly establish, operate, and displace numerous forward arming and refueling points (FARPs) capable of supporting Navy and Marine Corps aircraft.

2. Interoperable Command and Control (C2) Systems. Technologies that enhance information sharing within the Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) and among

Joint, Naval and Coalition forces that are Tactical Service Oriented Architecture

(TSOA) compliant.

a. Efficient data sharing in a multi-level classification/security environment.

b. Common Operational Picture accessible and tailorable to command needs.

3. C2 Afloat or the Naval Operational Architecture. Technologies that integrate fleet and MAGTF tactical grids to command and control distributed operations afloat and ashore.

a. Modular systems that enable rapid installation of communications and networking capabilities aboard ships that can quickly transition from a sea based platform to a land based configuration.

4. Communications and Networking. Technologies to improve secure information http://www.mcwl.marines.mil/Divisions/Science-and-Technology/Future-Technology-Office/TISO/ http://www.mcwl.marines.mil/Divisions/Science-and-Technology/Future-Technology-Office/TISO/

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exchange over the horizon and on the move.

a. Self-forming/self-healing secure, high bandwidth voice and data mesh networks.

b. Novel approaches for National Security Agency (NSA) Commercial Systems for

Classified Program (CSFC) compliant, multi-layer mobile device security.

5. Lightening the Load. Technologies that reduce the size and weight of the total load of the MAGTF as well as the individual Marine.

a. Reduced weight/size of equipment embarked on amphibious shipping.

b. Reduced weight/size of equipment carried/worn by individual Marines.

c. Autonomous/unmanned systems used for small unit logistic enablers or armed surveillance roles.

6. Counter Improvised Explosive Device (IED)/Mine. Technologies that enhance

IED/mine detection, neutralization or pre- detonation.

a. IED detection, neutralization or pre-detonation from standoff distances, to include explosive hazards on unmanned platforms.

b. Detection and neutralization of suicide bombers and vehicular bombs.

7. Persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR). Technologies that enhance sensor acquisition, fusion and data distribution, technologies to maximize payload flexibility and endurance of unmanned systems.

a. Unmanned airborne systems that can be launched from ship or land to provide over the horizon, long endurance surveillance capabilities.

b. Unmanned systems (air or ground) that can be launched from larger unmanned systems to extend operational reach.

c. Technologies that can fuse data and provide scalable information to the end user

(small unit leader to commander).

d. Technologies that leverage open source information, to include social media.

e. Landward technologies to conduct passive and, when advantageous, active sensing and geolocation of the surface and subsurface portions of the sea space, airspace above, and electromagnetic spectrum.

8. Urban Operations. Technologies that enable the ability to operate in densely populated cities.

a. Sensors to improve surveillance in an urban environment.

b. Technologies that enable secure, inter-squad communications in high rise buildings.

c. Technologies that provide rapid, stealth ingress/egress of urban centers.

d. Technologies that enable urban mobility in vertical, subterranean, or ground level environments.

9. Amphibious Operations Enablers. Technologies that enhance the ability to operate

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from ship to shore.

a. Technologies to assess maneuverability of the shallows, beach and shore with respect to obstacles, mines, enemy presence, landing and driving conditions.

b. Sea wall breaching technologies.

c. Technologies that reduce or eliminate ship to shore signature of surface craft.

d. Technologies that speed the transport of armored vehicles ashore.

10. Precision Fires.

a. Technologies that reduce target location error and extend the reach of ship- to-shore fires.

b. Technologies that allow Marines ashore to support naval warfare areas (surface warfare, antisubmarine warfare, air and missile defense, information operations warfare, and strike warfare).

c. Technologies to conduct airborne early warning and maritime patrols/antisubmarine warfare using tilt-rotor, rotary wing, or unmanned systems operating from small flight decks or austere forward arming and refueling points ashore (as opposed to fixed wing aircraft operating from aircraft carriers or established runways).

d. Increase the range and timeliness of air, ground and naval fires.

e. Improve the ability to provide all weather fire support among distributed forces.

f. Technologies to counter adversary unmanned systems (air, ground and sea surface).

g. Technologies to maintain precise application of fires in a GPS denied environment.

h. Technologies that locate location of enemy indirect fires.

11. Cyberspace Operations. Technologies to defend networks, evade/react to attacks and counter or exploit enemy networks.

a. Create, maintain and provide cyberspace situational awareness, command and control, planning and decision support.

b. Capabilities to enable reconnaissance of network activities and response to attacks and threats.

c. Enabling operations in support of information warfare and electronic warfare support needs.

d. Create meaningful, accurate, and specific fires coordinated adversarial effects.

e. Prevent intrusion, compromise, and/or data exfiltration of our own information systems (IS).

f. Reconstitute compromised information systems to a usable, trustworthy state with minimum downtime.

g. Live, virtual, and constructive cyber training.

h. Cyber hardening and security to include hand held devices and unmanned systems.

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i. Identification and attribution of network activity of users and devices.

12. Electronic Warfare. Technologies enabling electronic warfare support, attack, and protection in order to ensure maneuver in the electromagnetic spectrum and deny the adversary the same.

a. Create, maintain, and provide electronic warfare situational awareness, command and control, planning and decision support.

b. Interoperability of sensors, emitters, and electronic warfare platforms within

Marine Corps architecture.

c. Live, virtual, and constructive training within geographical and spectrum limitations.

d. Maneuver in electromagnetic environment, including electromagnetic feints and signature masking.

e. Multi-band wide spectrum detection, geolocation, and classification of electromagnetic signatures.

f. Identifying and/or defeating adversarial attempts to deny or degrade communications, sensors, or ISR operations.

g. Denying or degrading adversarial attempts to use communications, sensors, or other operations in the electromagnetic environment.

h. Special tactical edge considerations including high frequency (HF) detection and geolocation, small form factor sensors, and intuitive systems requiring limited to no subject matter expertise

i. Incorporation of automation and artificial intelligence into electronic warfare processes

13. Information Operations. Technologies enabling information related capabilities.

a. Create, maintain, and provide situational awareness, planning and decision support for information operations

b. Training aids to enable training in the information environment that are compliant with statutory and policy limitations

14. Simulation, Training & Human Performance. Adaptable and deployable training systems and technologies that enhance the speed and effectiveness of training.

a. Integration of live, virtual and simulated training through networked venues.

b. Simulation systems that immerse individuals in operationally realistic training scenarios.

c. Technologies that link actors at the tactical and operational levels.

15. Medical Technologies. Technologies to improve the medical care for Marines through prevention, protection and casualty response.

a. Networked, hand held real-time health assessment devices.

b. Technologies to increase casualty survivability through improved forward care and speed of casualty transport.

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c. Containerized Medical Systems for Alternative Shipping: Ability to utilize ship power and water, to load on/off alternative shipping with capability modules for emergency rooms, operating rooms, wards, burn care, labs, communications, and pharmacy.

d. Blood Storage: Ruggedized ability to store blood with redundant power, constant monitoring, and Marine aircraft compatible.

e. Patient Warming: Uninterrupted warming throughout evacuation chain with ability to raise and maintain patient temperature. Flexible power sources (solar, batteries, etc.) and near silent operation.

f. Mobile Power: Technologies capable of providing power for medical equipment while maneuvering with ground forces, and is internally transportable by all Marine aircraft.

g. Energy Efficient Medical Shelter: Hybrid material shelters that require low energy/small footprint heating for forward surgery.

h. Mobile loading systems for Medical Operations: Ability to move medical supplies autonomously on/off Marine aircraft with a mobile pallet that has organic medical life support (power, heating, water purification).

16. Counter Shooter/Counter Surveillance. Situational awareness and options to counter enemy surveillance and direct fire targeting.

a. Pre-shot identification of shooters and enemy observation/surveillance.

b. Detection of optics used for observation and recording.

17. Signature Management. Technologies that improve friendly force signature management, to include the ability to monitor “own force” signatures, improve camouflage, concealment, and deception.

18. Other Supporting Missions.

a. Scalable, flexible-range non-lethal weapons.

b. Automated, hand held language translation systems.

c. Systems to improve boarding of vessels for search and seizures.

d. Technologies that can detect and/or neutralize small unmanned aerial systems.

e. Technologies that enable operations in a Global Positioning System (GPS) denied environment.

f. Technologies that enable ‘swarming’ of unmanned systems.

B. Federal Award Information

1. Eligibility for Competition. Proposals for supplementation of existing projects are eligible to compete with applications for new Federal awards under this BAA.

2. Contracted Fundamental Research. With regard to any restrictions on the conduct or outcome of work funded under this BAA, ONR will follow the guidance on and definition of “contracted fundamental research” as provided in the Under Secretary

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of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics) Memorandum of 24 May 2010.

The memorandum can be found at https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/pgi/docs/2012-

D054%20Tab%20D%20OUSD%20(ATL)%20memorandum%20dated%20May%2024

%202010.pdf

As defined therein, the definition of “contracted fundamental research,” in a DoD contractual context, includes research performed under grants and contracts that are (a) funded by RDT&E Budget Activity 1 (Basic Research), whether performed by universities or industry or (b) funded by Budget Activity 2 (Applied Research) and performed on campus at a university. The research shall not be considered fundamental in those rare and exceptional circumstances where the applied research effort presents a high likelihood of disclosing performance characteristics of military systems or manufacturing technologies that are unique and critical to defense, and where agreement on restrictions have been recorded in the contract or grant.

Pursuant to DoD policy, research performed under grants and contracts that are (a) funded by Budget Activity 2 (Applied Research) and NOT performed on-campus at a university or (b) funded by Budget Activity 3 (Advanced Technology Development) or

Budget Activity 4 (Advanced Component Development and Prototypes) does not meet the definition of “contracted fundamental research.” In conformance with the USD (AT&L) guidance and National Security Decision Directive found at https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/pgi/docs/National_Security_Decision_Directive_189.p df , ONR will place no restriction on the conduct or reporting of unclassified “contracted fundamental research,” except as otherwise required by statute, regulation or executive order. For certain research projects, it may be possible that although the research being performed by the prime contractor is restricted research, a subcontractor may be conducting “contracted fundamental research.” In those cases, it is the prime contractor’s responsibility in the proposal to identify and describe the subcontracted unclassified research and include a statement confirming that the work has been scoped, negotiated, and determined to be fundamental research according to the prime contractor and research performer.

Normally, fundamental research is awarded under grants with universities and under contracts with industry. Non-fundamental research is normally awarded under contracts and may require restrictions during the conduct of the research and DoD pre-publication review of such research results due to subject matter sensitivity. Potential offerors should consult with the appropriate ONR Technical POCs to determine whether the proposed effort would constitute fundamental or non-fundamental research.

3. Funded Amount and Period of Performance. The funded amount and period of performance of each proposal selected for award may vary depending on the technology area and the technical approach to be pursued by the offeror selected.

4. Instrument Type(s). Awards may take the form of contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, technology investment agreements, and other transaction agreements, as appropriate. The following provides brief descriptions of potential instrument types:

https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/pgi/docs/2012-D054%20Tab%20D%20OUSD%20(ATL)%20memorandum%20dated%20May%2024%202010.pdf https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/pgi/docs/2012-D054%20Tab%20D%20OUSD%20(ATL)%20memorandum%20dated%20May%2024%202010.pdf https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/pgi/docs/2012-D054%20Tab%20D%20OUSD%20(ATL)%20memorandum%20dated%20May%2024%202010.pdf https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/pgi/docs/National_Security_Decision_Directive_189.pdf https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/pgi/docs/National_Security_Decision_Directive_189.pdf

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a. Procurement Contract. A legal instrument, consistent with 31 U.S.C. 6303, which reflects a relationship between the Federal Government and another entity/contractor when the principal purpose of the instrument is to acquire property or services for the direct benefit or use of the Federal Government.

b. Assistance Instruments.

i. Any assistance instrument awarded under this announcement will be governed by the award terms and conditions that conform to DoD’s implementation of

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) circulars applicable to financial assistance. The

DoD Terms and Conditions are located at https://www.onr.navy.mil/work-with-us/manage-your-award/manage-grant-award/grants-terms-conditions.

ii. Grant. A legal instrument consistent with 31 U.S.C. 6304, is used to enter into a relationship:

The principal purpose of which is to transfer a thing of value to the recipient to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States, rather than to acquire property or services for the Federal Government’s direct benefit or use.

In which substantial involvement is not expected between the Federal

Government and the recipient when carrying out the activity contemplated by the grant.

No fee or profit is allowed

iii. Cooperative Agreement. A legal instrument which, consistent with 31

U.S.C 6305, is used to enter into the same kind of relationship as a grant, except:

Substantial involvement is expected between the Federal Government and the recipient when carrying out the activity contemplated by the cooperative agreement. (For information on the substantial involvement ONR expects to have in cooperative agreements, prospective offerors should contact the Technical Point of Contact identified in the technology area of interest.)

No fee or profit is allowed.

iv. Technology Investment Agreement (TIA). An assistance instrument as described in 32 CFR Part 37. A TIA may be a cooperative agreement with provisions tailored for involving commercial firms or an assistance transaction under 10 U.S.C. §

2371. An assistance transaction may be used when the use of a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement is not feasible or appropriate for basic, applied, and advanced research projects, but the research shall not be duplicative of research being conducted under an existing DoD program. To the maximum extent practicable, TIAs shall provide https://www.onr.navy.mil/work-with-us/manage-your-award/manage-grant-award/grants-terms-conditions https://www.onr.navy.mil/work-with-us/manage-your-award/manage-grant-award/grants-terms-conditions

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for a 50/50 cost share between the Government and the applicant. An applicant’s cost share may take the form of cash, independent research and development (IR&D), foregone intellectual property rights, equipment, access to unique facilities, or other means. Due to the extent of cost share, and the fact that a TIA does not qualify as a

“funding agreement” as defined at 37 CFR 401.2(a), the intellectual property provisions of a TIA can be negotiated to provide expanded protection to an applicant’s intellectual property. No fee or profit is allowed on TIAs.

c. Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) for Research. A legal instrument, consistent with 10 U.S.C. 2371, which may be used for basic, applied, and advanced research projects. To the maximum extent practicable, an OTA for research shall provide for a 50/50 cost share between the Government and the performer. The effort covered under an OTA shall not be duplicative of effort being conducted under an existing DoD program. Please refer to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Other Transaction Guide version 1.0 dated November, 2018 for additional information. This document, along with other OTA resources, may be accessed at the following link:

https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/cpic/cp/10usc2371Bots.html

d. Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) for Prototypes. A legal instrument, consistent with 10 U.S.C. 2371b, which may be used for prototype projects directly relevant to enhancing the mission effectiveness of military personnel and the supporting platforms, systems, components, or materials proposed to be acquired or developed by the Department of Defense, or for improvement of platforms, systems, components, or materials in use by the armed forces. The effort covered under an OTA shall not be duplicative of effort being conducted under an existing DoD program. Please refer to the

DoD “Other Transactions Guide” dated November 2018, for additional information. This document, along with other OTA resources, may be accessed at the following link:

https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/cpic/cp/10usc2371Bots.html

5. Model Contracts and Grants – The model contracts and grants at the links below are only provided as examples. In the event of any conflict between these examples and current FAR, DFARS, NMCARS, or ONR clauses, current FAR, DFARS, NMCARS, or

ONR clauses will govern.

Examples of model contracts can be found on the ONR website at the following link: https://www.onr.navy.mil/work-with-us/how-to-apply/submit-contract-proposal

Examples of model grants can be found on the ONR website at the following link: https://www.onr.navy.mil/work-with-us/how-to-apply/submit-grant-application

C. Eligibility Information https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/cpic/cp/10usc2371Bots.html https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/cpic/cp/10usc2371Bots.html https://www.onr.navy.mil/work-with-us/how-to-apply/submit-contract-proposal https://www.onr.navy.mil/work-with-us/how-to-apply/submit-contract-proposal https://www.onr.navy.mil/work-with-us/how-to-apply/submit-grant-application

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1. Eligible Applicants

All responsible sources from academia, industry and the research community may submit proposals under this BAA. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Institutions (MIs) are encouraged to submit proposals and join others in submitting proposals. However, no portion of this BAA will be set aside for HBCUs/MIs, small businesses or other socio-economic participation. All businesses, both small and large, are encouraged to submit proposals and compete for funding consideration.

Federally Funded Research & Development Centers (FFRDCs), including Department of Energy National Laboratories, are not eligible to receive awards under this BAA.

However, teaming arrangements between FFRDCs and eligible principal Offerors are allowed so long as such arrangements are permitted under the sponsoring agreement between the Government and the specific FFRDC.

Navy laboratories, military universities and warfare centers as well as other Department of Defense and civilian agency laboratories are also not eligible to receive awards under this

BAA and should not directly submit either white papers or full proposals in response to this

BAA. If any such organization is interested in one or more of the programs described herein, the organization should contact an appropriate ONR Technical POC to discuss its area of interest.

University Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs) are eligible to submit proposals under this BAA unless precluded from doing so by their Department of Defense UARC contract.

Teams are also encouraged and may submit proposals in any and all areas. However, Offerors must be willing to cooperate and exchange software, data and other information in an integrated program with other contractors, as well as with system integrators, selected by ONR.

2. Cost Sharing or Matching - Cost sharing is not expected and will not be used as a factor during the merit review of any proposal hereunder. However, the Government may consider voluntary cost sharing if proposed.

D. Application and Submission Information

1. Address to Request (Access) Application Package - This BAA may be accessed from the sites below. Amendments, if any, to this BAA will be posted to these websites when they occur. Interested parties are encouraged to periodically check these websites for updates and amendments.

a. Grants.gov (www.grants.gov)

b. FedBizOpps (www.fbo.gov)

c. ONR website https://www.onr.navy.mil/work-with-us/funding-opportunities

2. Content and Format of Application Submission http://www.fbo.gov/

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a. General Information

All submissions will be protected from unauthorized disclosure in accordance with

FAR Subpart 15.207, applicable law, and DoD/DoN regulations. Offerors are expected to appropriately mark each page of their submission that contains proprietary information.

Titles given to the submissions should be descriptive of the work they cover and not be merely a copy of the title of this announcement.

b. Security Classification

White Papers and Proposals submitted under this BAA are expected to be unclassified; however, classified proposals are permitted. If a classified proposal is submitted and selected for award, the resultant contract will be unclassified. An

‘unclassified’ Statement of Work (SOW) must accompany any classified proposal.

Classified proposals shall be submitted directly to the attention of ONR’s Document

Control Unit at the following address and marked in the following manner:

OUTSIDE ENVELOPE - (no classification marking):

“Office of Naval Research

Attn: Document Control Unit

ONR Code 43

875 North Randolph Street

Arlington, VA 22203-1995”

The inner wrapper of the classified White Paper and/or Full Proposal should be addressed to the attention of the cognizant Technical POC, ONR Code XX and marked in the following manner:

INNER ENVELOPE - (stamped with the overall classification of the material)

“Program Name:

Office of Naval Research

ATTN: ONR Program Officer Name

ONR Code: ONR Program Officer Code

875 North Randolph Street

Arlington, VA 22203-1995”

c. Non-Proprietary Statement of Work

For all proposals, a non-proprietary version of the Statement of Work must also be submitted. Do not put proprietary data or markings in or on the Statement of Work.

For proposals containing data that the offeror does not want disclosed to the public for any

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purpose, or used by the Government except for evaluation purposes, the contractor shall mark the title page with the following legend:

“This proposal includes data that shall not be disclosed outside the

Government and shall not be duplicated, used, or disclosed--in whole or in part--for any purpose other than to evaluate the proposal. If, however, a contract is awarded to this 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 resulting contract. This restriction does not limit the Government’s right to use information contained in this data if is obtained from another source without restriction. The data subject to this restriction are contained in (insert numbers or other identification of sheets).”

Each sheet of data that the offeror wishes to restrict must be marked with the following legend:

“Use or disclosure of data contained on this sheet is subject to the restriction on the title page of this proposal.”

d. White Paper Requirements. White Papers are frequently desired by ONR Program

Officers. Offerors should consult the cognizant ONR Program Officer for each technology area regarding the desirability of White Paper submissions.

i. White Paper Format

Paper Size – 8.5 x 11-inch paper

Margins – 1 inch

Spacing –single-spaced

Font – Times New Roman, 12 point

Page limit– 5 pages excluding cover page.

ii. White Paper Submission. When e-mail submission is required (per the instructions below), the white paper must be at least Microsoft Word 2016 compatible, or

PDF-compatible format attachment to the email. There is an email size limit of 5MB per email.

For ONR Only: Electronic (email) submissions must be sent to the email address listed at the bottom of each technology area under Our Research on the ONR website. Sending to the Technical POC listed on the technology area page is optional. The subject line of the email shall read:

“N00014-20-S-B0001” White Paper Submission”. Do not send ZIP files.

Password protected files are discouraged.

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For ONR Global Only (Assistance): Electronic submissions of white papers must be submitted directly to ONR Global at ONRG.GrantProposals@mail.mil.

Only electronic submissions will be accepted and reviewed.

For Marine Corps Warfighting Lab (MCWL) Only electronic submissions will be accepted and reviewed. Electronic submissions of white papers addressing MCWL topics of interest should be sent to the following email accounts of the Future Technology Office: John.e.moore4@usmc.mil; Chandler.hirsch.ctr@usmc.mil

iii. White Paper Content: White papers shall include the following:

• Cover Page: The Cover Page can be found at https://www.onr.navy.mil/work-with-us/how-to-apply/submit-contract-proposal for contract submissions and at https://www.onr.navy.mil/work-with-us/how-to-apply/submit-grant-application for grant submissions.

• Technical Concept: A description of the technology innovation and technical risk areas.

Future Naval Relevance (where applicable) – A description of potential

Naval relevance and contributions of the effort to the agency’s specific mission.

Operational Naval Concept (where applicable) – A description of the project objectives, the concept of operation for the new capabilities to be delivered, and the expected operational performance improvements.

Operational Utility Assessment Plan (where applicable) – A plan for demonstrating and evaluating the operational effectiveness of the Offeror’s proposed products or processes in field experiments and/or tests in a simulated environment.

Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) cost estimate

e. Full Proposals: See Appendix 1 for Instructions for Grants, Cooperative

Agreements, and TIAs and Appendix 2 for instructions for Contracts and Other

Transaction Agreements.

3. Unique Entity Identifier and System for Award Management (SAM) - All offerors submitting proposals or applications must:

a. Be registered in the SAM prior to submission;

b. Maintain an active SAM registration with current information at all times during which it has an active Federal award or an application under consideration by any agency; and mailto:ONRG.GrantProposals@mail.mil mailto:John.e.moore4@usmc.mil mailto:Chandler.hirsch.ctr@usmc.mil https://www.onr.navy.mil/work-with-us/how-to-apply/submit-contract-proposal https://www.onr.navy.mil/work-with-us/how-to-apply/submit-contract-proposal

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c. Provide its DUNS number in each application or proposal it submits to the agency.

SAM may be accessed at https://www.sam.gov/SAM/

4. Submission Dates and Times - See Section A.6 above, “Key Dates” for information.

5. Intergovernmental Review: RESERVED.

6. Funding Restrictions: RESERVED.

7. Other Submission Requirements: See Appendix 1 for Instructions for Grants, Cooperative Agreements and TIAs and Appendix 2 for instructions for Contracts and

Other Transaction Agreements.

E. Application Review Information

1. Criteria. Awards under this BAA will be made in accordance with FAR

35.016(e). The primary basis for selecting proposals for acceptance will be technical merit, importance to agency programs, and fund availability. To the extent appropriate, cost realism and reasonableness will also be considered when selecting proposals. ONR reserves the right to request and require any additional information and documentation after it makes the type of award instrument determination. ONR reserves the right to remove Offerors from award consideration when the parties fail to reach agreement on award terms, conditions, and cost/price within a reasonable time, or when the Offeror fails to timely provide requested or required additional information.

Offerors’ white papers and full proposals will be evaluated against the following criteria:

1) Overall scientific and technical merits of the proposal and responsiveness to the topic, i.e., the degree of innovation, soundness of technical concept, Offeror's awareness of the state of the art and understanding of the scope of the problem, significance and originality of the technical approach and effort needed to address/solve the problem, and anticipated scientific impact within the field. The following areas will also be considered: (A) the

Offeror’s capabilities, related experience, facilities, techniques or unique combinations of these which are integral factors for achieving the proposal objectives, and (B) the qualifications, capabilities and experience of the proposed Principal Investigator (PI), team leader and key personnel who are critical to achieving the proposal objectives.

2). Potential Naval relevance and contribution to the ONR and Department of Navy mission.

3) The availability of funds. (Not applicable to white papers.)

Criteria 1, 2, and 3 are equally important.

https://www.sam.gov/SAM/

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2. Review and Selection Process

a. Evaluation - Proposals will not be evaluated against each other since they are not submitted in accordance with a common work statement. ONR’s intent is to review all proposals received as soon as possible after they arrive; however, proposals may be reviewed periodically for administrative reasons.

The ultimate recommendation for award of proposals is made by ONR's scientific/technical community. Recommended proposals will then be forwarded to the ONR

Contracts and Grant Awards Management office. Any notification received from ONR that indicates that the Offeror's full proposal has been recommended does not ultimately guarantee an award will be made. This notice indicates that the proposal has been selected in accordance with the evaluation criteria stated above and has been sent to the Contracting

Department to conduct cost analysis, determine the offeror's responsibility, to confirm whether funds are available, and to take other relevant steps necessary prior to making an award.

b. Commitment to Small Business- (For Contract Awards Only)

The Office of Naval Research is strongly committed to providing meaningful prime and subcontracting opportunities for small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses

(SDBs), woman-owned small businesses (WOSBs), historically underutilized business zone

(HUB Zone) small businesses, veteran-owned small business (VOSBs), service disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs), historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions, and other concerns subject to socioeconomic considerations through its awards.

Businesses unfamiliar with doing business with the government and that require assistance may contact the state-specific Department of Defense (DoD) Procurement

Technical Assistance Center (PTAC). DoD PTACs serve as a resource for businesses pursuing and performing under contracts with DoD, other federal agencies, state and local governments and with government prime contractors. Assistance provided by the PTACs is usually free of charge. PTAC support includes registration in systems such as SAM, identification of contract opportunities, understanding requirements and preparing and submitting proposals. The PTACs have a presence in each state, Puerto Rico and Guam.

To locate a local PTAC visit:

http://www.dla.mil/HQ/SmallBusiness/PTAC.aspx or http://www.aptac-us.org/new/.

i. Subcontracting Plan - For proposed contract awards exceeding $700,000, large businesses and non-profits (including educational institutions) shall provide a

Subcontracting Plan (hereafter known as ‘the Plan’) that contains all elements required by FAR 19.704, FAR 52.219-9 and as supplemented by DFARS 252.219-7003.

http://www.dla.mil/SmallBusiness/Pages/ProcurementTechnicalAssistanceCenters.aspx http://www.aptac-us.org/new/

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NOTE: Small businesses are exempt from this requirement to submit a subcontracting plan.

The Plan must be submitted as an attachment to the “Proposal Checklist” and will not be included in the page count. If a company has a Master or Individual

Subcontracting Plan, as described in FAR 19.701 or a Comprehensive Subcontracting Plan, as described in DFARS 219.702, a copy of the Plan shall also be submitted as an attachment to the “Proposal Checklist”.

Plans will be reviewed for adequacy, ensuring that the required information, goals, and assurances are included. FAR 19.702 requires an apparent successful offeror to submit an acceptable Plan. If the apparent successful offeror fails to negotiate a Plan acceptable to the contracting officer within the time limit prescribed by the contracting officer, the offeror will be ineligible for award.

Offerors shall propose a plan that ensures small businesses (inclusive of

SDBs, WOSBs, HUBZone, VOSBs and SDVOSBs) will have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in contract performance consistent with efficient performance.

As a baseline, Offerors shall, to the best extent possible, propose realistic goals to ensure small business participation in accordance with the current or most recent fiscal year subcontracting goals found on the DoD Office of Small Business Program website at:

https://business.defense.gov/. If proposed goals are below the statutory requirements, then the offeror shall include in the Plan a viable written explanation as to why small businesses are unable to be utilized and what attempts were taken to ensure that small business were given the opportunity to participate in the effort to the maximum extent practicable.

ii. Subcontracting Resources -

Subcontracting to a prime contractor can be a good way to participate in the contracting process. The following is a list of potential resources that may assist in locating potential subcontracting partners/opportunities/resources:

*Companies Participating in DoD Subcontracting Program Report

*DAU Small Business Community of Practice (SB COP)

*DefenseLink ≥ $7.0 M Award Notices

*DoD OSBP Prime Contractors and Subcontractors with Subcontracting Plans

*Dynamic Small Business Search

*Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS)

*Federal Business Opportunities (FEDBIZOPPS)

*Navy SBIR/STTR Search – Website or Brochure

*DoD Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTAC)

*U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Subcontracting Opportunities Directory

*U.S. SBA Subnet

In accordance with FAR 5.206, the following entities may transmit a notice to the https://business.defense.gov/

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Government wide Point of Entry (GPE) at https://www.fbo.gov/ to seek competition for subcontracts, to increase participation by qualified small businesses, VOSBs, SDVOSBs, HUBZones, SDBs, and WOSBs, and to meet established subcontracting plan goal as follows:

(1). A contractor awarded a contract exceeding $150,000 that is likely to result in the award of any subcontracts;

(2). A subcontractor or supplier, at any tier, under a contract exceeding

$150,000, which has a subcontracting opportunity exceeding $15,000.

The notices must describe:

(a) The business opportunity;

(b) Any prequalification requirements; and

(c) Where to obtain technical data needed to respond to the requirement.

In addition, another example of a place in which prime contractors may post solicitations or sources sought notices for small business is the U.S. SBA SUB-Net:

https://eweb.sba.gov/gls/dsp_sbabanner.cfm. The SUB-Net database provides a listing of subcontracting solicitations and opportunities posted by large prime contractors and other non-federal organizations.

c. Options - The Government will evaluate options for award purposes by adding the total cost for all options to the total cost for the basic requirement. Evaluation of options will not obligate the Government to exercise the options during contract or grant performance. The Government reserves the right to exercise options at time of award.

d. Evaluation Panel - Technical and cost proposals submitted under this BAA will be protected from unauthorized disclosure in accordance with FAR 3.104-4 and 15.207.

The cognizant Program Officer and other Government scientific experts will perform the evaluation of technical proposals. Restrictive notices notwithstanding, one or more support contractors may be utilized as subject-matter-expert technical consultants. However, proposal selection and award decisions are solely the responsibility of Government personnel. Each support contractor’s employee having access to technical and cost proposals submitted in response to this BAA will be required to sign the ONR Non-

Disclosure Agreement (NDA) for Contractor Support prior to receipt of any proposal submissions. This NDA includes third-party beneficiary language giving the submitter of proprietary information a right of direct action against the contractor employee and/or his/her employer in the event that the NDA is violated.

3. Recipient Qualifications

a. See Appendix 1 for Instructions for Grants, Cooperative Agreements and TIAs and

Appendix 2 for instructions for Contracts and Other Transaction Agreements.

F. Federal Award Administration Information https://www.fbo.gov/ https://eweb.sba.gov/gls/dsp_sbabanner.cfm

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1. Federal Award Notices

All applicants will receive a notification email advising if their proposal has been selected or not selected for award.

Applicants whose proposals are recommended for award may be contacted by a

Contract or Grant specialist to discuss additional information required for award.