Freshwater Oil Spill Preparedness and Response Research FY26

Revision (1) One: In accordance with FAR 43.103(b) Changed NAICS, BAA Title, Q&A deaadline and added summarized flyer of requirement

This announcement is being made to support the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Great Lakes Oil Spill Center of Expertise to open a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) 70Z02326RBAAGLCOE and will be funded with FY 2026 funds. This document supports a BAA as contemplated under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 35.016(d) and (e). Contracts and/or Agreements based on responses to this BAA are the result of full and open competition and in full compliance with the provisions of Public Law (PL) 98-369, “The Competition in Contracting Act of 1984.” This announcement constitutes a solicitation. This BAA is gathering interest for proposal and white papers and this announcement does not commit the Government to any contractual agreements or arrangements. No entitlement or payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the USCG will arise because of submission of responses to this announcement and USCG use of such information. USCG reserves the right to select for award and fund all, some, or none of the submissions received in response to this BAA. USCG will not provide funding or reimbursement for proposal development costs. Full submissions or any other material submitted in response to this BAA will not be returned. All submissions shall be unclassified. USCG reserves the right to use this announcement and responses received as part of market research efforts and may appropriately use other FAR parts to procure services.

This announcement is full and open competition with the intent to engage with research and development contractors that are fully capable to fulfill the requirements within the attached performance work statement. 

The Great Lakes Oil Spill Center of Expertise’s (GLCOE) purpose is to operationalize innovative ideas that improve freshwater and icy water oil spill responses. The GLCOE is an independent, non-operational body with a legislative mandate to conduct research in the domain of oil spill response. The functions of the GLCOE are to:

• Monitor and assess, on an ongoing basis, the current state of knowledge regarding freshwater oil response technologies and the behavior and effects of oil spills in the Great Lakes.
• Identify any specific gaps in the Great Lakes Oil spill research, including as assessment of major scientific or technological deficiencies in responses to past spills in the Great Lakes and other freshwater bodies, and seek to fill those gaps.
• Conduct research, development, testing, and evaluation for freshwater oil spill response equipment, technologies, and techniques to mitigate and respond to oil spills in the Great Lakes.

There is a selection from (4) four themes per the performance work statement (PWS). A bidder must select at least one theme to submit technical and price proposals for consideration and review. 

This announcement is being made to support the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Great Lakes Oil Spill Center of Expertise to open a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) 70Z02326RBAAGLCOE and will be funded with FY 2026 funds. This document supports a BAA as contemplated under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 35.016(d) and (e). Contracts and/or Agreements based on responses to this BAA are the result of full and open competition and in full compliance with the provisions of Public Law (PL) 98-369, “The Competition in Contracting Act of 1984.” This announcement constitutes a solicitation. This BAA is gathering interest for proposal and white papers and this announcement does not commit the Government to any contractual agreements or arrangements. No entitlement or payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the USCG will arise because of submission of responses to this announcement and USCG use of such information. USCG reserves the right to select for award and fund all, some, or none of the submissions received in response to this BAA. USCG will not provide funding or reimbursement for proposal development costs. Full submissions or any other material submitted in response to this BAA will not be returned. All submissions shall be unclassified. USCG reserves the right to use this announcement and responses received as part of market research efforts and may appropriately use other FAR parts to procure services.

This announcement is full and open competition with the intent to engage with research and development contractors that are fully capable to fulfill the requirements within the attached performance work statement. 

The Great Lakes Oil Spill Center of Expertise’s (GLCOE) purpose is to operationalize innovative ideas that improve freshwater and icy water oil spill responses. The GLCOE is an independent, non-operational body with a legislative mandate to conduct research in the domain of oil spill response. The functions of the GLCOE are to:

• Monitor and assess, on an ongoing basis, the current state of knowledge regarding freshwater oil response technologies and the behavior and effects of oil spills in the Great Lakes.
• Identify any specific gaps in the Great Lakes Oil spill research, including as assessment of major scientific or technological deficiencies in responses to past spills in the Great Lakes and other freshwater bodies, and seek to fill those gaps.
• Conduct research, development, testing, and evaluation for freshwater oil spill response equipment, technologies, and techniques to mitigate and respond to oil spills in the Great Lakes.

There is a selection from (4) four themes per the performance work statement (PWS). A bidder must select at least one theme to submit technical and price proposals for consideration and review.