Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Research Interests in Advanced Undersea Technologies in the areas of Submarine and Surface Ship Sensors and Signal Processing

Amendment 6 to BAA N00024-17-IWS5A-01 is to notify Offerors the due date for White Paper submission is hereby extended for the subject BAA and has been broken out into two separate submission due dates as follows:

1. For Offerors who requested any of the following briefs; Computing Technologies, Sensors, Active, Torpedo Defense;

The due date for White Paper submission is extended to 10 January 2020.  

2. For Offerors who additionally requested any of the following briefs; Imaging, Electronic Warfare;

The due date for White Paper submission is extended to 20 January 2020.

Note: There is no extension to Material Request Forms. The period to submit Material Request Forms has concluded for White Papers due in January 2020.

Amendment 5 to BAA N00024-17-IWS5A-01 is issued to provide an update to the original BAA posted on 27 June 2017. Amendment 5 includes request for White Papers on additional topic areas, updated POC information, and one (1) Attachment.

Per BAA Section 1.2, if you would like to receive a hard copy power point brief(s) on a topic, complete the Broad Agency Announcement Material Request Form and Terms of Use Agreement, Attachment 1, and submit no later than 18 October 2019.

Per BAA Section 3.2, to be considered for the third round of White Paper technical evaluations, White Papers for the applicable topic areas shall be submitted to NAVSEA PEO IWS 5.0 no later 06 December 2019.

Amendment 5 to BAA N00024-17-IWS5A-01 is issued to provide an update to the original BAA posted on 27 June 2017. Amendment 5 includes request for White Papers on additional topic areas, updated POC information, and one (1) Attachment.

Per BAA Section 1.2, if you would like to receive a hard copy power point brief(s) on a topic, complete the Broad Agency Announcement Material Request Form and Terms of Use Agreement, Attachment 1, and submit no later than 18 October 2019.

Per BAA Section 3.2, to be considered for the third round of White Paper technical evaluations, White Papers for the applicable topic areas shall be submitted to NAVSEA PEO IWS 5.0 no later 06 December 2019.

The purpose of Amendment 4 to BAA N00024-17-IWS5A-01, is to extend the due date of White Papers from 09 August 2018 to 21 September 2018.

Amendment 3, to BAA N00024-17-IWS5A-01, is issued to provide an update to the original BAA posted on 27 June 2017. Amendment 3 includes updated information and a request for White Papers on additional topic areas.

Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Number N00024-17-IWS5A-01 was posted to Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) on 27 June 2017. This BAA will be open for eighteen (18) months from the date of posting to FBO for Phase I, during which time White Papers describing technical approach, experience of key personnel, capabilities, past performance and a cost estimate shall be submitted. The Navy's areas of interest, at this time only, are White Paper submittals for the topics of Computing Technologies and Sensors.  
 
The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), Advanced Development Office, for Undersea Warfare within PEO IWS 5.0, will begin conducting the first round of technical evaluations of White Papers submitted to BAA N00024-17-IWS5A-01 on the topics of Computing Technologies and Sensors.  To be considered for this first round of technical evaluations, White Papers shall be submitted to NAVSEA PEO IWS 5.0 by 28 March 2018 to the following address: Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, ATTN: Code PEO IWS 5A (Robert McNeal), 1333 Isaac Hull Avenue, SE, Stop 2040, Washington Navy Yard, D.C. 20376. Please follow proper security guidelines, if applicable, when mailing White Papers (Note: Email submittals will not be accepted). NAVSEA PEO IWS 5.0 will accept White Paper submissions after the initial technical evaluation period subject to the availability of funds. All contractual and technical questions regarding the BAA must be directed to the Contract Specialist: Tracey Carothers at 202-781-0480 or email: tracey.carothers@navy.mil.

This notice constitutes Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) (N00024-17-IWS5A-01), as contemplated in FAR 35.016 and provides for the competitive selection of research proposals. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Advanced Development Office, for Undersea Warfare within the Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS), is intending to solicit proposals through the use of a BAA for research interests in advanced undersea technologies in the areas of submarine and surface ship sensors and signal processing.

This BAA will be open for eighteen (18) months from the date of posting to Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) for Phase I, during which time White Papers shall be submitted. The Navy's primary objective for this BAA will be the acquisition of applied research for the advanced development of capabilities. Innovative concepts, methods or approaches are solicited rather than focusing on a specific system or hardware/software solution.  These concepts, methods or approaches will be tested in a prototype system to ensure compatibility with existing solutions/systems before being rapidly transitioned to Fleet introduction via appropriate acquisition programs. For undersea technologies in the areas of submarine and surface ship sensors and signal processing, the Navy's priority areas of interest are as follows and the requirements for each topic are classified at the Secret Level: Computing Technologies and Sensors.

Atwo phased (Phase I and Phase II) proposal selection process will be utilized under this BAA. This approach will save the Navy and offerors considerable expense by not requiring development of full scale proposals unless necessary and desired by the Navy.  Phase I will invite offerors to submit White Papers describing technical approach, experience, capabilities and past performance with a cost estimate in the selected technology improvement areas.  The selection of White Papers to continue through to Phase II of this process will be based on the potential benefits to the Government weighed against the cost estimates provided in the White Papers, and the availability of funds. The complete BAA including preparation instructions, technical point of contact, and evaluation criteria are found in the attachments to this announcement.  The Navy will not be conducting an Industry Day but will provide technical information, upon request, during the open period of this BAA in order to elaborate on the areas of research interest. To request the technical information, please complete the provided material request form per the BAA.