BAA for Advancement of Technologies for Use by Special Operations Forces
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- USSOCOM-BAAST-2020
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US Special Operations Command
Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
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About this opportunity
This Special Notice is a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) titled "BAA for Advancement of Technologies for Use by Special Operations Forces" published by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). The BAA was originally posted on April 21, 2020, and has undergone multiple amendments and updates through July 28, 2025. USSOCOM's Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (SOF AT&L) Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T) is seeking innovative technologies to support special operations forces in future operating environments. The BAA operates under Federal Acquisition Regulation provisions 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016, as well as various sections of Title 10 U.S.C. that authorize research, development, and prototyping projects. The announcement has been extended multiple times and is currently scheduled to remain open until December 31, 2030.
The primary objective of this BAA is to solicit white papers from qualified sources capable of developing disruptive capabilities that can be delivered to Special Operations Forces operators within five to seven years. Eligible participants include industry, academia, individuals, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, National Laboratories, and Government laboratories, all of whom must meet responsible source criteria under FAR 9.1. White papers may be submitted at any time through the BAA's closing date, with periodic evaluation cycles conducted by USSOCOM. The government is particularly interested in proposals targeting Technology Readiness Levels 2-6, with estimated development costs between $5-15 million and completion timelines of 3-5 years. Key technology focus areas include Battlespace Awareness, Multi-Domain Communications & Computing, Human Interface, Scalable Precision Effects, and Emplacement and Access, with emphasis on technologies that can operate effectively in contested or denied environments.
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Update #12 · Latest ·
JULY 28, 2025, UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO UPDATE THE CONTRACTING OFFICER, CHANGING TO JERRYL MCCOY AND ISSUE AMENDMENT 7 TO THE BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT, WHICH WILL TAKE EFFECT ON AUGUST 1, 2025. AMENDMENT 7 INCLUDES EXTENSIVE CHANGES TO THE BAA. INTERESTED PARTIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO REVIEW THE AMENDMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY.
OCTOBER 31, 2024, UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO UPDATE THE CONTRACTING OFFICER, CHANGING TO MICHAEL LONGDON, AND ISSUE AMENDMENT 6, TO THE BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT, WHICH WILL TAKE EFFECT ON NOVEMBER 30, 2024. THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED: 3.0 CLOSING DATE, 4.0 TECHNOLOGY AREAS OF INTEREST, 5.0 SUPPLEMENTAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION AND 6.0 WHITE PAPER REVIEW CRITERIA.
NOVEMBER 16, 2023 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO: (1) DELETE CONTRACTING/AGREEMENTS OFFICER THUY NYUGEN FROM SECTION 2.0; (2) MAKE NUMEROUS REVISIONS TO SECTION 4 “TECHNICAL AREAS OF INTEREST”; (3) REVISE SECTION 5.7 “NOTIONAL EVALUATION PERIOD” CHANGING CURRENT SUBMISSION DATE THROUGH 5 JANUARY 2024 AND CURRENT EVALUATION PERIOD TO REFLECT 2 FEBRUARY 2024 TO 7 MARCH 2024.
OCTOBER 30, 2023 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO: (1) The BAA statutory authority to: FAR 6.102(d)(2), FAR 35.016, 10 U.S.C. 4001, 10 U.S.C. 4021, 10. U.S.C. 4023, 10 U.S.C. 4022, and 10 U.S.C. 4022(f) and (2) the Agreements Officer from Ramona Delamarter to Ronald Reed and Thuy Nguyen.
MARCH 20, 2023 UPDATE: THE 2020 THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO CORRECT THE ATTACHMENT FILE NAME FROM FY20 ST BAA_FNL 15FEB22_AMEND_3.pdf to FY20 ST BAA_FNL 22FEB23_AMEND_3.pdf.
FEBRUARY 22, 2023 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO (1) UPDATE THE CONTRACTING OFFICER, CHANGING FROM THUY NGUYEN TO RAMONA DELAMARTER, (2) UPDATE THE SECONDARY CONTRACTING POC FROM JUANITA REMINGTON TO TERRY ANN LEWIS, AND (3) ISSUE AMENDMENT 3, DATED 15 FEB 2023, TO THE BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT, THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED: 3.0 CLOSING DATE AND 5.0 SUPPLEMENTAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION.
OCTOBER 19 2022 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO UPDATE THE CONTRACTING OFFICER CHANGING FROM RONALD REED TO THUY NGUYEN, ISSUE AMENDMENT 2, DATED 18 OCT 2022, TO THE BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT, AND CHANGE THE TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT EMAIL TO BAAST@SOCOM.MIL
JUNE 25 2021 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO REPLACE THE CLASSIFIED POC. MR. JIM GRIFFIN IS DELETED AS CLASSIFIED POC. DR. CONRAD LOVELL IS THE NEW CLASSIFIED POC.
MAY 5 2021 UPDATE: THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS NOTICE HAS BEEN AMENDED TO REFLECT 31 DECEMBER 2025, WHICH IS THE DATE THE SOCOM BAA ENDS. THE GOVERNMENT CONTACTS SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED TO ADD MS. JUANITA REMINGTON AS ALTERNATE CONTRACTING POC. LASTLY, THE PEO-SR CLASSIFIED ANNEX HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM SECTION 4.1.2 OF THE BAA.
MAY 21 UPDATE: THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS NOTICE HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 3:00 PM (EASTERN) TUESDAY MAY 26TH. IN ADDITION TO PREVIOUSLY NOTED ISSUES WITH THE URL, THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH SOME FILES NOT MAKING IT THROUGH THE USSOCOM FIRE WALL. IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES PLEASE REDUCE FILES TO LESS THAN 10MB. PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER COMPRESSING FILES THAT ARE LARGER, OR CONVERTING TO PDF.
NOTICE: THIS UPDATE CORRECTS THE URL FOUND IN THE ORIGINAL USSOCOM-BAAST-2020 POSTING. THE CORRECT URL TO SUBMIT WHITE PAPERS IS:
https://www.socom.mil/SOF-ATL/Pages/baa.aspx
PLEASE ENSURE THAT WHEN COPY AND PASTING THIS URL, THE DASH BETWEEN SOF AND ATL IS INCLUDED. THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE DASH BEING DROPPED WHEN COPY AND PASTING.
This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), which sets forth research and development in the focus areas of interest to the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (SOF AT&L), Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T). This BAA is issued under the provisions of 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), which provides for the acquisition of basic, applied, and advanced research and that part of development not related to the development of a specific system or hardware procurement through the competitive selection of proposals, as well as, 10 U.S.C. 4001, 10 U.S.C. 4021, 10 U.S.C. 4022, and 10 U.S.C. 4022(f), which provide the authorities for issuing awards under this announcement for basic, applied research, advance research, development, prototyping projects, and follow-on production. Proposals submitted in response to this BAA and selected for award are considered to be the result of full and open competition and in full compliance with the provisions of Public Law 98-369, "The Competition in Contracting Act of 1984" and subsequent amendments.
USSOCOM is interested in receiving white papers from all responsible sources (reference FAR 9.1) from industry, academia, individuals, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, National Laboratories, and Government laboratories capable of pursuing, developing and evolving disruptive capabilities that must be made available to the SOF Operator within the next five to seven years in order to achieve mission success in the Future Operating Environment (FOE).
***This BAA will remain open for 5 years until 31 December 2025, unless superseded, amended, or cancelled.***
Update #11 ·
OCTOBER 31, 2024, UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO UPDATE THE CONTRACTING OFFICER, CHANGING TO MICHAEL LONGDON, AND ISSUE AMENDMENT 6, TO THE BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT, WHICH WILL TAKE EFFECT ON NOVEMBER 30, 2024. THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED: 3.0 CLOSING DATE, 4.0 TECHNOLOGY AREAS OF INTEREST, 5.0 SUPPLEMENTAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION AND 6.0 WHITE PAPER REVIEW CRITERIA.
NOVEMBER 16, 2023 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO: (1) DELETE CONTRACTING/AGREEMENTS OFFICER THUY NYUGEN FROM SECTION 2.0; (2) MAKE NUMEROUS REVISIONS TO SECTION 4 “TECHNICAL AREAS OF INTEREST”; (3) REVISE SECTION 5.7 “NOTIONAL EVALUATION PERIOD” CHANGING CURRENT SUBMISSION DATE THROUGH 5 JANUARY 2024 AND CURRENT EVALUATION PERIOD TO REFLECT 2 FEBRUARY 2024 TO 7 MARCH 2024.
OCTOBER 30, 2023 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO: (1) The BAA statutory authority to: FAR 6.102(d)(2), FAR 35.016, 10 U.S.C. 4001, 10 U.S.C. 4021, 10. U.S.C. 4023, 10 U.S.C. 4022, and 10 U.S.C. 4022(f) and (2) the Agreements Officer from Ramona Delamarter to Ronald Reed and Thuy Nguyen.
MARCH 20, 2023 UPDATE: THE 2020 THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO CORRECT THE ATTACHMENT FILE NAME FROM FY20 ST BAA_FNL 15FEB22_AMEND_3.pdf to FY20 ST BAA_FNL 22FEB23_AMEND_3.pdf.
FEBRUARY 22, 2023 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO (1) UPDATE THE CONTRACTING OFFICER, CHANGING FROM THUY NGUYEN TO RAMONA DELAMARTER, (2) UPDATE THE SECONDARY CONTRACTING POC FROM JUANITA REMINGTON TO TERRY ANN LEWIS, AND (3) ISSUE AMENDMENT 3, DATED 15 FEB 2023, TO THE BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT, THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED: 3.0 CLOSING DATE AND 5.0 SUPPLEMENTAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION.
OCTOBER 19 2022 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO UPDATE THE CONTRACTING OFFICER CHANGING FROM RONALD REED TO THUY NGUYEN, ISSUE AMENDMENT 2, DATED 18 OCT 2022, TO THE BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT, AND CHANGE THE TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT EMAIL TO BAAST@SOCOM.MIL
JUNE 25 2021 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO REPLACE THE CLASSIFIED POC. MR. JIM GRIFFIN IS DELETED AS CLASSIFIED POC. DR. CONRAD LOVELL IS THE NEW CLASSIFIED POC.
MAY 5 2021 UPDATE: THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS NOTICE HAS BEEN AMENDED TO REFLECT 31 DECEMBER 2025, WHICH IS THE DATE THE SOCOM BAA ENDS. THE GOVERNMENT CONTACTS SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED TO ADD MS. JUANITA REMINGTON AS ALTERNATE CONTRACTING POC. LASTLY, THE PEO-SR CLASSIFIED ANNEX HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM SECTION 4.1.2 OF THE BAA.
MAY 21 UPDATE: THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS NOTICE HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 3:00 PM (EASTERN) TUESDAY MAY 26TH. IN ADDITION TO PREVIOUSLY NOTED ISSUES WITH THE URL, THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH SOME FILES NOT MAKING IT THROUGH THE USSOCOM FIRE WALL. IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES PLEASE REDUCE FILES TO LESS THAN 10MB. PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER COMPRESSING FILES THAT ARE LARGER, OR CONVERTING TO PDF.
NOTICE: THIS UPDATE CORRECTS THE URL FOUND IN THE ORIGINAL USSOCOM-BAAST-2020 POSTING. THE CORRECT URL TO SUBMIT WHITE PAPERS IS:
https://www.socom.mil/SOF-ATL/Pages/baa.aspx
PLEASE ENSURE THAT WHEN COPY AND PASTING THIS URL, THE DASH BETWEEN SOF AND ATL IS INCLUDED. THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE DASH BEING DROPPED WHEN COPY AND PASTING.
This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), which sets forth research and development in the focus areas of interest to the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (SOF AT&L), Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T). This BAA is issued under the provisions of 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), which provides for the acquisition of basic, applied, and advanced research and that part of development not related to the development of a specific system or hardware procurement through the competitive selection of proposals, as well as, 10 U.S.C. 4001, 10 U.S.C. 4021, 10 U.S.C. 4022, and 10 U.S.C. 4022(f), which provide the authorities for issuing awards under this announcement for basic, applied research, advance research, development, prototyping projects, and follow-on production. Proposals submitted in response to this BAA and selected for award are considered to be the result of full and open competition and in full compliance with the provisions of Public Law 98-369, "The Competition in Contracting Act of 1984" and subsequent amendments.
USSOCOM is interested in receiving white papers from all responsible sources (reference FAR 9.1) from industry, academia, individuals, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, National Laboratories, and Government laboratories capable of pursuing, developing and evolving disruptive capabilities that must be made available to the SOF Operator within the next five to seven years in order to achieve mission success in the Future Operating Environment (FOE).
***This BAA will remain open for 5 years until 31 December 2025, unless superseded, amended, or cancelled.***
Update #10 ·
NOVEMBER 16, 2023 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO: (1) DELETE CONTRACTING/AGREEMENTS OFFICER THUY NYUGEN FROM SECTION 2.0; (2) MAKE NUMEROUS REVISIONS TO SECTION 4 “TECHNICAL AREAS OF INTEREST”; (3) REVISE SECTION 5.7 “NOTIONAL EVALUATION PERIOD” CHANGING CURRENT SUBMISSION DATE THROUGH 5 JANUARY 2024 AND CURRENT EVALUATION PERIOD TO REFLECT 2 FEBRUARY 2024 TO 7 MARCH 2024.
OCTOBER 30, 2023 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO: (1) The BAA statutory authority to: FAR 6.102(d)(2), FAR 35.016, 10 U.S.C. 4001, 10 U.S.C. 4021, 10. U.S.C. 4023, 10 U.S.C. 4022, and 10 U.S.C. 4022(f) and (2) the Agreements Officer from Ramona Delamarter to Ronald Reed and Thuy Nguyen.
MARCH 20, 2023 UPDATE: THE 2020 THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO CORRECT THE ATTACHMENT FILE NAME FROM FY20 ST BAA_FNL 15FEB22_AMEND_3.pdf to FY20 ST BAA_FNL 22FEB23_AMEND_3.pdf.
FEBRUARY 22, 2023 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO (1) UPDATE THE CONTRACTING OFFICER, CHANGING FROM THUY NGUYEN TO RAMONA DELAMARTER, (2) UPDATE THE SECONDARY CONTRACTING POC FROM JUANITA REMINGTON TO TERRY ANN LEWIS, AND (3) ISSUE AMENDMENT 3, DATED 15 FEB 2023, TO THE BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT, THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED: 3.0 CLOSING DATE AND 5.0 SUPPLEMENTAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION.
OCTOBER 19 2022 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO UPDATE THE CONTRACTING OFFICER CHANGING FROM RONALD REED TO THUY NGUYEN, ISSUE AMENDMENT 2, DATED 18 OCT 2022, TO THE BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT, AND CHANGE THE TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT EMAIL TO BAAST@SOCOM.MIL
JUNE 25 2021 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO REPLACE THE CLASSIFIED POC. MR. JIM GRIFFIN IS DELETED AS CLASSIFIED POC. DR. CONRAD LOVELL IS THE NEW CLASSIFIED POC.
MAY 5 2021 UPDATE: THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS NOTICE HAS BEEN AMENDED TO REFLECT 31 DECEMBER 2025, WHICH IS THE DATE THE SOCOM BAA ENDS. THE GOVERNMENT CONTACTS SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED TO ADD MS. JUANITA REMINGTON AS ALTERNATE CONTRACTING POC. LASTLY, THE PEO-SR CLASSIFIED ANNEX HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM SECTION 4.1.2 OF THE BAA.
MAY 21 UPDATE: THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS NOTICE HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 3:00 PM (EASTERN) TUESDAY MAY 26TH. IN ADDITION TO PREVIOUSLY NOTED ISSUES WITH THE URL, THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH SOME FILES NOT MAKING IT THROUGH THE USSOCOM FIRE WALL. IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES PLEASE REDUCE FILES TO LESS THAN 10MB. PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER COMPRESSING FILES THAT ARE LARGER, OR CONVERTING TO PDF.
NOTICE: THIS UPDATE CORRECTS THE URL FOUND IN THE ORIGINAL USSOCOM-BAAST-2020 POSTING. THE CORRECT URL TO SUBMIT WHITE PAPERS IS:
https://www.socom.mil/SOF-ATL/Pages/baa.aspx
PLEASE ENSURE THAT WHEN COPY AND PASTING THIS URL, THE DASH BETWEEN SOF AND ATL IS INCLUDED. THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE DASH BEING DROPPED WHEN COPY AND PASTING.
This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), which sets forth research and development in the focus areas of interest to the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (SOF AT&L), Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T). This BAA is issued under the provisions of 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), which provides for the acquisition of basic, applied, and advanced research and that part of development not related to the development of a specific system or hardware procurement through the competitive selection of proposals, as well as, 10 U.S.C. 4001, 10 U.S.C. 4021, 10 U.S.C. 4022, and 10 U.S.C. 4022(f), which provide the authorities for issuing awards under this announcement for basic, applied research, advance research, development, prototyping projects, and follow-on production. Proposals submitted in response to this BAA and selected for award are considered to be the result of full and open competition and in full compliance with the provisions of Public Law 98-369, "The Competition in Contracting Act of 1984" and subsequent amendments.
USSOCOM is interested in receiving white papers from all responsible sources (reference FAR 9.1) from industry, academia, individuals, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, National Laboratories, and Government laboratories capable of pursuing, developing and evolving disruptive capabilities that must be made available to the SOF Operator within the next five to seven years in order to achieve mission success in the Future Operating Environment (FOE).
***This BAA will remain open for 5 years until 31 December 2025, unless superseded, amended, or cancelled.***
Update #9 ·
OCTOBER 30, 2023 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO: (1) The BAA statutory authority to: FAR 6.102(d)(2), FAR 35.016, 10 U.S.C. 4001, 10 U.S.C. 4021, 10. U.S.C. 4023, 10 U.S.C. 4022, and 10 U.S.C. 4022(f) and (2) the Agreements Officer from Ramona Delamarter to Ronald Reed and Thuy Nguyen.
MARCH 20, 2023 UPDATE: THE 2020 THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO CORRECT THE ATTACHMENT FILE NAME FROM FY20 ST BAA_FNL 15FEB22_AMEND_3.pdf to FY20 ST BAA_FNL 22FEB23_AMEND_3.pdf.
FEBRUARY 22, 2023 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO (1) UPDATE THE CONTRACTING OFFICER, CHANGING FROM THUY NGUYEN TO RAMONA DELAMARTER, (2) UPDATE THE SECONDARY CONTRACTING POC FROM JUANITA REMINGTON TO TERRY ANN LEWIS, AND (3) ISSUE AMENDMENT 3, DATED 15 FEB 2023, TO THE BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT, THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED: 3.0 CLOSING DATE AND 5.0 SUPPLEMENTAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION.
OCTOBER 19 2022 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO UPDATE THE CONTRACTING OFFICER CHANGING FROM RONALD REED TO THUY NGUYEN, ISSUE AMENDMENT 2, DATED 18 OCT 2022, TO THE BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT, AND CHANGE THE TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT EMAIL TO BAAST@SOCOM.MIL
JUNE 25 2021 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO REPLACE THE CLASSIFIED POC. MR. JIM GRIFFIN IS DELETED AS CLASSIFIED POC. DR. CONRAD LOVELL IS THE NEW CLASSIFIED POC.
MAY 5 2021 UPDATE: THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS NOTICE HAS BEEN AMENDED TO REFLECT 31 DECEMBER 2025, WHICH IS THE DATE THE SOCOM BAA ENDS. THE GOVERNMENT CONTACTS SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED TO ADD MS. JUANITA REMINGTON AS ALTERNATE CONTRACTING POC. LASTLY, THE PEO-SR CLASSIFIED ANNEX HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM SECTION 4.1.2 OF THE BAA.
MAY 21 UPDATE: THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS NOTICE HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 3:00 PM (EASTERN) TUESDAY MAY 26TH. IN ADDITION TO PREVIOUSLY NOTED ISSUES WITH THE URL, THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH SOME FILES NOT MAKING IT THROUGH THE USSOCOM FIRE WALL. IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES PLEASE REDUCE FILES TO LESS THAN 10MB. PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER COMPRESSING FILES THAT ARE LARGER, OR CONVERTING TO PDF.
NOTICE: THIS UPDATE CORRECTS THE URL FOUND IN THE ORIGINAL USSOCOM-BAAST-2020 POSTING. THE CORRECT URL TO SUBMIT WHITE PAPERS IS:
https://www.socom.mil/SOF-ATL/Pages/baa.aspx
PLEASE ENSURE THAT WHEN COPY AND PASTING THIS URL, THE DASH BETWEEN SOF AND ATL IS INCLUDED. THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE DASH BEING DROPPED WHEN COPY AND PASTING.
This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), which sets forth research and development in the focus areas of interest to the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (SOF AT&L), Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T). This BAA is issued under the provisions of 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), which provides for the acquisition of basic, applied, and advanced research and that part of development not related to the development of a specific system or hardware procurement through the competitive selection of proposals, as well as, 10 U.S.C. 4001, 10 U.S.C. 4021, 10 U.S.C. 4022, and 10 U.S.C. 4022(f), which provide the authorities for issuing awards under this announcement for basic, applied research, advance research, development, prototyping projects, and follow-on production. Proposals submitted in response to this BAA and selected for award are considered to be the result of full and open competition and in full compliance with the provisions of Public Law 98-369, "The Competition in Contracting Act of 1984" and subsequent amendments.
USSOCOM is interested in receiving white papers from all responsible sources (reference FAR 9.1) from industry, academia, individuals, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, National Laboratories, and Government laboratories capable of pursuing, developing and evolving disruptive capabilities that must be made available to the SOF Operator within the next five to seven years in order to achieve mission success in the Future Operating Environment (FOE).
***This BAA will remain open for 5 years until 31 December 2025, unless superseded, amended, or cancelled.***
Update #8 ·
MARCH 20, 2023 UPDATE: THE 2020 THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO CORRECT THE ATTACHMENT FILE NAME FROM FY20 ST BAA_FNL 15FEB22_AMEND_3.pdf to FY20 ST BAA_FNL 22FEB23_AMEND_3.pdf.
FEBRUARY 22, 2023 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO (1) UPDATE THE CONTRACTING OFFICER, CHANGING FROM THUY NGUYEN TO RAMONA DELAMARTER, (2) UPDATE THE SECONDARY CONTRACTING POC FROM JUANITA REMINGTON TO TERRY ANN LEWIS, AND (3) ISSUE AMENDMENT 3, DATED 15 FEB 2023, TO THE BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT, THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED: 3.0 CLOSING DATE AND 5.0 SUPPLEMENTAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION.
OCTOBER 19 2022 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO UPDATE THE CONTRACTING OFFICER CHANGING FROM RONALD REED TO THUY NGUYEN, ISSUE AMENDMENT 2, DATED 18 OCT 2022, TO THE BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT, AND CHANGE THE TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT EMAIL TO BAAST@SOCOM.MIL
JUNE 25 2021 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO REPLACE THE CLASSIFIED POC. MR. JIM GRIFFIN IS DELETED AS CLASSIFIED POC. DR. CONRAD LOVELL IS THE NEW CLASSIFIED POC.
MAY 5 2021 UPDATE: THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS NOTICE HAS BEEN AMENDED TO REFLECT 31 DECEMBER 2025, WHICH IS THE DATE THE SOCOM BAA ENDS. THE GOVERNMENT CONTACTS SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED TO ADD MS. JUANITA REMINGTON AS ALTERNATE CONTRACTING POC. LASTLY, THE PEO-SR CLASSIFIED ANNEX HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM SECTION 4.1.2 OF THE BAA.
MAY 21 UPDATE: THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS NOTICE HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 3:00 PM (EASTERN) TUESDAY MAY 26TH. IN ADDITION TO PREVIOUSLY NOTED ISSUES WITH THE URL, THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH SOME FILES NOT MAKING IT THROUGH THE USSOCOM FIRE WALL. IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES PLEASE REDUCE FILES TO LESS THAN 10MB. PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER COMPRESSING FILES THAT ARE LARGER, OR CONVERTING TO PDF.
NOTICE: THIS UPDATE CORRECTS THE URL FOUND IN THE ORIGINAL USSOCOM-BAAST-2020 POSTING. THE CORRECT URL TO SUBMIT WHITE PAPERS IS:
https://www.socom.mil/SOF-ATL/Pages/baa.aspx
PLEASE ENSURE THAT WHEN COPY AND PASTING THIS URL, THE DASH BETWEEN SOF AND ATL IS INCLUDED. THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE DASH BEING DROPPED WHEN COPY AND PASTING.
This publication is a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), USSOCOM-BAAST-2020, as contemplated in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016. United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (SOF AT&L), Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T) is interested in receiving white papers from all responsible sources (reference FAR 9.1) from industry, academia, individuals, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, National Laboratories, and Government laboratories capable of pursuing, developing and evolving disruptive capabilities that must be made available to the SOF Operator within the next five to seven years in order to achieve mission success in the Future Operating Environment (FOE).
***This BAA will remain open for 5 years until 31 December 2025, unless superseded, amended, or cancelled.***
Update #7 ·
FEBRUARY 22, 2023 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO (1) UPDATE THE CONTRACTING OFFICER, CHANGING FROM THUY NGUYEN TO RAMONA DELAMARTER, (2) UPDATE THE SECONDARY CONTRACTING POC FROM JUANITA REMINGTON TO TERRY ANN LEWIS, AND (3) ISSUE AMENDMENT 3, DATED 15 FEB 2023, TO THE BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT, THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED: 3.0 CLOSING DATE AND 5.0 SUPPLEMENTAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION.
OCTOBER 19 2022 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO UPDATE THE CONTRACTING OFFICER CHANGING FROM RONALD REED TO THUY NGUYEN, ISSUE AMENDMENT 2, DATED 18 OCT 2022, TO THE BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT, AND CHANGE THE TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT EMAIL TO BAAST@SOCOM.MIL
JUNE 25 2021 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO REPLACE THE CLASSIFIED POC. MR. JIM GRIFFIN IS DELETED AS CLASSIFIED POC. DR. CONRAD LOVELL IS THE NEW CLASSIFIED POC.
MAY 5 2021 UPDATE: THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS NOTICE HAS BEEN AMENDED TO REFLECT 31 DECEMBER 2025, WHICH IS THE DATE THE SOCOM BAA ENDS. THE GOVERNMENT CONTACTS SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED TO ADD MS. JUANITA REMINGTON AS ALTERNATE CONTRACTING POC. LASTLY, THE PEO-SR CLASSIFIED ANNEX HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM SECTION 4.1.2 OF THE BAA.
MAY 21 UPDATE: THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS NOTICE HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 3:00 PM (EASTERN) TUESDAY MAY 26TH. IN ADDITION TO PREVIOUSLY NOTED ISSUES WITH THE URL, THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH SOME FILES NOT MAKING IT THROUGH THE USSOCOM FIRE WALL. IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES PLEASE REDUCE FILES TO LESS THAN 10MB. PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER COMPRESSING FILES THAT ARE LARGER, OR CONVERTING TO PDF.
NOTICE: THIS UPDATE CORRECTS THE URL FOUND IN THE ORIGINAL USSOCOM-BAAST-2020 POSTING. THE CORRECT URL TO SUBMIT WHITE PAPERS IS:
https://www.socom.mil/SOF-ATL/Pages/baa.aspx
PLEASE ENSURE THAT WHEN COPY AND PASTING THIS URL, THE DASH BETWEEN SOF AND ATL IS INCLUDED. THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE DASH BEING DROPPED WHEN COPY AND PASTING.
This publication is a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), USSOCOM-BAAST-2020, as contemplated in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016. United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (SOF AT&L), Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T) is interested in receiving white papers from all responsible sources (reference FAR 9.1) from industry, academia, individuals, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, National Laboratories, and Government laboratories capable of pursuing, developing and evolving disruptive capabilities that must be made available to the SOF Operator within the next five to seven years in order to achieve mission success in the Future Operating Environment (FOE).
***This BAA will remain open for 5 years until 31 December 2025, unless superseded, amended, or cancelled.***
Update #6 ·
OCTOBER 19 2022 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO UPDATE THE CONTRACTING OFFICER CHANGING FROM RONALD REED TO THUY NGUYEN, ISSUE AMENDMENT 2, DATED 18 OCT 2022, TO THE BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT, AND CHANGE THE TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT EMAIL TO BAAST@SOCOM.MIL
JUNE 25 2021 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO REPLACE THE CLASSIFIED POC. MR. JIM GRIFFIN IS DELETED AS CLASSIFIED POC. DR. CONRAD LOVELL IS THE NEW CLASSIFIED POC.
MAY 5 2021 UPDATE: THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS NOTICE HAS BEEN AMENDED TO REFLECT 31 DECEMBER 2025, WHICH IS THE DATE THE SOCOM BAA ENDS. THE GOVERNMENT CONTACTS SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED TO ADD MS. JUANITA REMINGTON AS ALTERNATE CONTRACTING POC. LASTLY, THE PEO-SR CLASSIFIED ANNEX HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM SECTION 4.1.2 OF THE BAA.
MAY 21 UPDATE: THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS NOTICE HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 3:00 PM (EASTERN) TUESDAY MAY 26TH. IN ADDITION TO PREVIOUSLY NOTED ISSUES WITH THE URL, THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH SOME FILES NOT MAKING IT THROUGH THE USSOCOM FIRE WALL. IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES PLEASE REDUCE FILES TO LESS THAN 10MB. PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER COMPRESSING FILES THAT ARE LARGER, OR CONVERTING TO PDF.
NOTICE: THIS UPDATE CORRECTS THE URL FOUND IN THE ORIGINAL USSOCOM-BAAST-2020 POSTING. THE CORRECT URL TO SUBMIT WHITE PAPERS IS:
https://www.socom.mil/SOF-ATL/Pages/baa.aspx
PLEASE ENSURE THAT WHEN COPY AND PASTING THIS URL, THE DASH BETWEEN SOF AND ATL IS INCLUDED. THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE DASH BEING DROPPED WHEN COPY AND PASTING.
This publication is a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), USSOCOM-BAAST-2020, as contemplated in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016. United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (SOF AT&L), Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T) is interested in receiving white papers from all responsible sources (reference FAR 9.1) from industry, academia, individuals, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, National Laboratories, and Government laboratories capable of pursuing, developing and evolving disruptive capabilities that must be made available to the SOF Operator within the next five to seven years in order to achieve mission success in the Future Operating Environment (FOE).
***This BAA will remain open for 5 years until 31 December 2025, unless superseded, amended, or cancelled.***
Update #5 ·
JUNE 25 2021 UPDATE: THE 2020 SOCOM BAAST IS AMENDED TO REPLACE THE CLASSIFIED POC. MR. JIM GRIFFIN IS DELETED AS CLASSIFIED POC. DR. CONRAD LOVELL IS THE NEW CLASSIFIED POC.
MAY 5 2021 UPDATE: THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS NOTICE HAS BEEN AMENDED TO REFLECT 31 DECEMBER 2025, WHICH IS THE DATE THE SOCOM BAA ENDS. THE GOVERNMENT CONTACTS SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED TO ADD MS. JUANITA REMINGTON AS ALTERNATE CONTRACTING POC. LASTLY, THE PEO-SR CLASSIFIED ANNEX HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM SECTION 4.1.2 OF THE BAA.
MAY 21 UPDATE: THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS NOTICE HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 3:00 PM (EASTERN) TUESDAY MAY 26TH. IN ADDITION TO PREVIOUSLY NOTED ISSUES WITH THE URL, THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH SOME FILES NOT MAKING IT THROUGH THE USSOCOM FIRE WALL. IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES PLEASE REDUCE FILES TO LESS THAN 10MB. PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER COMPRESSING FILES THAT ARE LARGER, OR CONVERTING TO PDF.
NOTICE: THIS UPDATE CORRECTS THE URL FOUND IN THE ORIGINAL USSOCOM-BAAST-2020 POSTING. THE CORRECT URL TO SUBMIT WHITE PAPERS IS:
https://www.socom.mil/SOF-ATL/Pages/baa.aspx
PLEASE ENSURE THAT WHEN COPY AND PASTING THIS URL, THE DASH BETWEEN SOF AND ATL IS INCLUDED. THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE DASH BEING DROPPED WHEN COPY AND PASTING.
This publication is a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), USSOCOM-BAAST-2020, as contemplated in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016. United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (SOF AT&L), Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T) is interested in receiving white papers from all responsible sources (reference FAR 9.1) from industry, academia, individuals, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, National Laboratories, and Government laboratories capable of pursuing, developing and evolving disruptive capabilities that must be made available to the SOF Operator within the next five to seven years in order to achieve mission success in the Future Operating Environment (FOE).
***This BAA will remain open for 5 years until 31 December 2025, unless superseded, amended, or cancelled.***
Update #4 ·
MAY 5 2021 UPDATE: THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS NOTICE HAS BEEN AMENDED TO REFLECT 31 DECEMBER 2025, WHICH IS THE DATE THE SOCOM BAA ENDS. THE GOVERNMENT CONTACTS SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED TO ADD MS. JUANITA REMINGTON AS ALTERNATE CONTRACTING POC. LASTLY, THE PEO-SR CLASSIFIED ANNEX HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM SECTION 4.1.2 OF THE BAA.
MAY 21 UPDATE: THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS NOTICE HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 3:00 PM (EASTERN) TUESDAY MAY 26TH. IN ADDITION TO PREVIOUSLY NOTED ISSUES WITH THE URL, THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH SOME FILES NOT MAKING IT THROUGH THE USSOCOM FIRE WALL. IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES PLEASE REDUCE FILES TO LESS THAN 10MB. PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER COMPRESSING FILES THAT ARE LARGER, OR CONVERTING TO PDF.
NOTICE: THIS UPDATE CORRECTS THE URL FOUND IN THE ORIGINAL USSOCOM-BAAST-2020 POSTING. THE CORRECT URL TO SUBMIT WHITE PAPERS IS:
https://www.socom.mil/SOF-ATL/Pages/baa.aspx
PLEASE ENSURE THAT WHEN COPY AND PASTING THIS URL, THE DASH BETWEEN SOF AND ATL IS INCLUDED. THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE DASH BEING DROPPED WHEN COPY AND PASTING.
This publication is a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), USSOCOM-BAAST-2020, as contemplated in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016. United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (SOF AT&L), Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T) is interested in receiving white papers from all responsible sources (reference FAR 9.1) from industry, academia, individuals, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, National Laboratories, and Government laboratories capable of pursuing, developing and evolving disruptive capabilities that must be made available to the SOF Operator within the next five to seven years in order to achieve mission success in the Future Operating Environment (FOE).
***This BAA will remain open for 5 years until 31 December 2025, unless superseded, amended, or cancelled.***
Update #3 ·
MAY 21 UPDATE: THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS NOTICE HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 3:00 PM (EASTERN) TUESDAY MAY 26TH. IN ADDITION TO PREVIOUSLY NOTED ISSUES WITH THE URL, THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH SOME FILES NOT MAKING IT THROUGH THE USSOCOM FIRE WALL. IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES PLEASE REDUCE FILES TO LESS THAN 10MB. PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER COMPRESSING FILES THAT ARE LARGER, OR CONVERTING TO PDF.
NOTICE: THIS UPDATE CORRECTS THE URL FOUND IN THE ORIGINAL USSOCOM-BAAST-2020 POSTING. THE CORRECT URL TO SUBMIT WHITE PAPERS IS:
https://www.socom.mil/SOF-ATL/Pages/baa.aspx
PLEASE ENSURE THAT WHEN COPY AND PASTING THIS URL, THE DASH BETWEEN SOF AND ATL IS INCLUDED. THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE DASH BEING DROPPED WHEN COPY AND PASTING.
This publication is a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), USSOCOM-BAAST-2020, as contemplated in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016. United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (SOF AT&L), Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T) is interested in receiving white papers from all responsible sources (reference FAR 9.1) from industry, academia, individuals, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, National Laboratories, and Government laboratories capable of pursuing, developing and evolving disruptive capabilities that must be made available to the SOF Operator within the next five to seven years in order to achieve mission success in the Future Operating Environment (FOE).
***This BAA will remain open for 5 years until 31 December 2025, unless superseded, amended, or cancelled.***
Update #2 ·
NOTICE: THIS UPDATE CORRECTS THE URL FOUND IN THE ORIGINAL USSOCOM-BAAST-2020 POSTING. THE CORRECT URL TO SUBMIT WHITE PAPERS IS:
https://www.socom.mil/SOF-ATL/Pages/baa.aspx
PLEASE ENSURE THAT WHEN COPY AND PASTING THIS URL, THE DASH BETWEEN SOF AND ATL IS INCLUDED. THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE DASH BEING DROPPED WHEN COPY AND PASTING.
This publication is a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), USSOCOM-BAAST-2020, as contemplated in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016. United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (SOF AT&L), Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T) is interested in receiving white papers from all responsible sources (reference FAR 9.1) from industry, academia, individuals, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, National Laboratories, and Government laboratories capable of pursuing, developing and evolving disruptive capabilities that must be made available to the SOF Operator within the next five to seven years in order to achieve mission success in the Future Operating Environment (FOE).
***This BAA will remain open for 5 years until 31 December 2025, unless superseded, amended, or cancelled.***
Update #1 ·
This publication is a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), USSOCOM-BAAST-2020, as contemplated in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016. United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (SOF AT&L), Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T) is interested in receiving white papers from all responsible sources (reference FAR 9.1) from industry, academia, individuals, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, National Laboratories, and Government laboratories capable of pursuing, developing and evolving disruptive capabilities that must be made available to the SOF Operator within the next five to seven years in order to achieve mission success in the Future Operating Environment (FOE).
***This BAA will remain open for 5 years until 31 December 2025, unless superseded, amended, or cancelled.***
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