White Paper Call GA-02 (Microsensors).pdf

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BAA: W56KGU-23-R-RTID White Paper Call 010

BAA W56KGU-23-R-RTID

WHITE PAPER CALL 010

Microsensors Topic: GFA-02

Call Date 17 January 2025

This call for White Papers (WP) is under Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) W56KGU-23-R- RTID. The BAA was originally published on sam.gov on 01 November 2022 and amended on 08 November 2022. Respondents must refer to BAA number W56KGU-23-R-RTID, entitled “Research and Technology Integration (RTI) Directorate Broad Agency Announcement”, and it must be read in conjunction with this call for WP’s. All instructions set forth in the BAA W56KGU-23-R-RTID document apply to this call.

To be eligible for consideration and possible contract award, the technology or methodology shall be either basic research, applied research, advanced technology development not for a specific system/hardware, or demonstration and validation.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION:

Problem Statement: The US Army Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center Research and Technology Integration (RTI) Directorate is performing research, development, and prototyping of microsensors for sensing signals of interest.

The C5ISR Center requests the following information for each microsensor:

1. Company Information

• Company Name

• Company Address

• WP Technical POC Name, Email Address, and Phone Number

• WP Business/Contract POC Name, Email Address, and Phone Number

• CAGE Code

• Facility Clearance Level

• Joint Certification Program (JCP) DD Form 2345

(found at https://www.dla.mil/Logistics-Operations/Services/JCP/)

2. Technical Information Please provide detailed technical specifications for each type of microsensor, including detection range, accuracy, resolution, and any other relevant specifications.

Access to additional technical details:

This call provides general public release requirements ONLY. Additional technical detail is available in Attachment 01 to this White Paper Call, entitled Microsensor Technical Information Expanded. Attachment 01 is a controlled document, containing Control Unclassified Information (CUI), and therefore is not available for general release. To gain access to the controlled document, you company/entity must be certified by the Joint Certification Program (JCP). To request download of the controlled attachment, you must click on the document title to request access. Please enter the reason for requesting access and with your JCP certification number and CAGE code. Once approved, you will be granted permission to access the controlled document. You may request access to the controlled document until 31 January 2025.

AWARD INFORMATION:

1. ANTICIPATED AWARD DATE: October 2025

2. ANTCIPATED FUNDING: Under this call, the Government intends to award one (1) to three

(3) contract(s) with a Period of Performance (PoP) of twenty-four 24 months. The option years are not guaranteed and are based on funding availability. The anticipated funding for this call is up to $5M for the total contract ceiling, however, the Government reserves the right to award smaller or larger contracts or assistance instruments.

NOTE: This funding profile is an estimate only and not a contractual obligation for funding. All funding is subject to change due to Government discretion and availability. Potential respondents should be aware that due to unanticipated budget fluctuations funding in any or all areas may change with little or no notice. Awards under this call are expected to range from $100k to $2.5M. The Government reserves the right to select all, part, or none of the WP’s received, subject to the availability of funds.

3. BAA TYPE: This is a call for WPs only and will be governed by the “two-step” process described in the General Information of BAA W56KGU-23-R-RTID. Respondents that submit a proposal without first submitting a WP may not be eligible for award.

4. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: This Call should not exceed ten (10) pages in length (single sided, single spaced, with 12-size font). The ten (10)-page limitation does not include the Rough-Order-of-Magnitude (ROM) or the Cover Page. Refer to baseline BAA W56KGU-23-R- RTID for all other instructions on WP preparation, submission, and evaluation.

5. QUESTIONS DUE DATE AND TIME: Technical questions are due no later than 24 January 2025, 3:00 pm EST via email to RTI Directorate BAA Mailbox listed below. Questions and answers will be posted to sam.gov.

Government will publish questions and answers received by industry to sam.gov, via a revision to this Data Call, per ADDENDUM 001, Technical Questions and Clarifications, herein.

6. WHITE PAPER DUE DATE AND TIME: WPs are due no later than 7 February 2025, 3:00 pm EST via email to the RTI BAA Mailbox.

RTI BAA Mailbox: usarmy.apg.devcom-c5isr.mbx.rti-baa@army.mil

If the submission is classified, Offerors should contact the RTI BAA Management Team at the group mailbox for instructions on how to submit the WP via appropriate methods/channels. The Government shall be informed, in writing, that a classified WP has been submitted, its title and to whom it was submitted to.