Center for Disease Control Fiscal Year 19 Broad Agency Announcement

The purpose of this amendment is to issue Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Number 75D301-19-R-67835. The NAICS code for this BAA is 541715, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology and Nanotechnology) with a size standard of 1,000 employees.

This BAA is open and in effect for 26 days from the date of issuance (November 21, 2018 through December 17, 2018). THIS IS AN IMMEDIATE CALL FOR WHITE PAPERS. Prior to submission of a white paper offerors are strongly encouraged to contact the CDC BAA technical point of contact for the research topic/subtopic of interest. White papers must be received electronically by 3:00 PM EST for December 17, 2018 in order to be considered for further evaluation. White papers should be submitted electronically to the mailbox at oadsbaaprojects@cdc.gov with a copy to the BAA Technical Coordinator, Dr. Mim Kelly at MKelly2@cdc.gov, and with a copy to Ms. Kathleen Hayes at KHayes2@cdc.gov
**Please allow adequate time for your submission to get through the CDC firewall. We highly recommend allowing 5 or more minutes for this process. All white papers received after the 3:00 p.m. deadline will not be considered for review*

Lastly, the powerpoint presentation and the recorded webinar from the BAA on November 30, 2018 is attached.

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The purpose of this amendment is to issue Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Number 75D301-19-R-67835. The NAICS code for this BAA is 541715, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology and Nanotechnology) with a size standard of 1,000 employees.

This BAA is open and in effect for 26 days from the date of issuance (November 21, 2018 through December 17, 2018). THIS IS AN IMMEDIATE CALL FOR WHITE PAPERS. Prior to submission of a white paper offerors are strongly encouraged to contact the CDC BAA technical point of contact for the research topic/subtopic of interest. White papers must be received electronically by 3:00 PM EST for December 17, 2018 in order to be considered for further evaluation. White papers should be submitted electronically to the mailbox at oadsbaaprojects@cdc.gov with a copy to the BAA Technical Coordinator, Dr. Mim Kelly at MKelly2@cdc.gov, and with a copy to Ms. Kathleen Hayes at KHayes2@cdc.gov
**Please allow adequate time for your submission to get through the CDC firewall. We highly recommend allowing 5 or more minutes for this process. All white papers received after the 3:00 p.m. deadline will not be considered for review*

Lastly, CDC will be hosting a webinar for the BAA on November 30th from 10:00 - 12:00 EST. Information about the webinar and how to register to participate in the webinar can be found on FedBizOpps under "Special Notice"

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The Center of Disease control and Prevention's (CDC) intends to issue Fiscal Year 2019 Broad Agency Announcements (BAA) for Applied Research to Address Emerging Public Health Priorities under Request for Proposal number 75D301-19-R-67835. This BAA is an expression of interest only and does not commit the Government to make an award or pay white paper or proposal preparation costs generated in response to this announcement. The BAA will invite interested offerors to contribute innovative ideas in specific areas of interest. The specific areas of interest will be detailed in the BAA.
Moreover, the CDC will host an online webinar for the fiscal year 2019 BAA on November 30, 2018 at 10:00 am EST to 12:00 PM EST. Details about the webinar will be released on FedBizOpps under Special Notice on or about November 13, 2018.
This notice is not a request for white papers or proposals. No response to this notice is requested or required. The solicitation will be posted on FedBizOpps on or about November 21, 2018. Interested parties must respond to the solicitation in order to be considered for award of any resultant contract. The Government will not maintain a bidder's list for this procurement. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring FedBizOpps regularly for release of the solicitation and any amendments.
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