CWMD 5-Year Research and Development (R&D) Open Broad Agency Announcement (OBAA) 70RDND19R00000003 and Topic Solicitations

Government responses to industry Pitch Paper questions.

Topic Solicitation No. 2 70RWMD19R00000005

Amendment 2

Topic Solicitation No. 2 70RWMD19R00000005 issued under overarching OBAA Solicitation No. 70RDND19R00000003 is being amended as follows:

This Amendment clarifies that Topic Solicitation No. 2 is 70RWMD19R00000005. This number should be referenced on all email correspondences and submissions in response to this Topic Solicitation, to include pitch paper materials, proposal materials, and company-to-company Non-Disclosure Agreements.

(70 RWMD 19 R 0000000 5)

The solicitation number has an "R". in it.

Topic Solicitation No. 2 70RWMD19R00000005
Amendment 1

Topic Solicitation No. 2 70RWMD19R00000005 issued under overarching OBAA Solicitation No. 70RDND19R00000003 is being amended as follows:

This Amendment clarifies that Topic Solicitation No. 2 is 70RWMD1900000005. This number should be referenced on all email correspondences and submissions in response to this Topic Solicitation, to include pitch paper materials, proposal materials, and company-to-company Non-Disclosure Agreements.

(70 RWMD 19 0000000 5)

Topic Solicitation No. 2: 70RWMD1900000005 issued under the overarching Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Research & Development (R&D) Open Broad Agency Announcement Solicitation No. 70RDND19R00000003 is now open for submission of pitch papers. Pitch paper format and submission instructions can be found in Section 5.2 of the Open Broad Agency Announcement Solicitation No. 70RDND19R00000003. The pitch paper due date & time is October 17, 2019 at 3pm Eastern Time. Any questions concerning this Topic Solicitation must be submitted via email per the guidance in Section 16 of the Topic Solicitation no later than September 23, 2019 at 3pm EST.  See the Topic Solicitation No. 2 for due dates in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation notice an submission period of a 15 day notice and 45 day solicitation period.    

The following are included as 8 separate attachments with this posting:

1. Topic Solicitation No. 2 70RWMD19R00000005
2. Attachment 1 Open Broad Agency Announcement No. 70RDND19R00000003
3. Attachment 2 Clauses for Firm Fixed Price
4. Attachment 3 Clauses for Cost Plus Fixed Fee
5. Attachment 4 Non-Disclosure Agreement - Gryphon Schafer Government Services, LLC
6. Attachment 5 Related Party Individual Non-Disclosure Agreement, Engility Corporation
7. Attachment 6 IAA SOW Template
8. Attachment 7 R&D contracts SOW Template

This Amendment does the following:

1. Amends the OBAA Solicitation 70RDND19R00000003 language.

2. Provides Questions and Answers to Topic Solicitation 1 70RDND19R00000004.

Government response to vendor question(s) for the pitch papers for the Topic Solicitation 1 70RDND19R00000004. See attachment.

Topic Solicitation No. 1: 70RDND19R00000004 issued under Open Broad Agency Announcement Solicitation No. 70RDND19R00000003 is now open for submission of pitch papers. Pitch paper format and submission instructions can be found in Section 5.2 of the Open Broad Agency Announcement Solicitation No. 70RDND19R00000003. The pitch paper due date & time is May 17, 2019 at 3pm Eastern Time. Any questions concerning this Topic Solicitation must be submitted via email per the guidance in Section 16 of the Topic Solicitation no later than May 9, 2019 at 3pm EST.

The slides, attendee list, and questions & answers from the May 1, 2019 Industry Day for the Open Broad Agency Announcement are included as 3 separate attachments with this posting.

This Research and Development (R&D) Open Broad Agency Announcement (OBAA) is being posted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Procurement Operations (OPO) to support the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Office R&D mission. This is a 5-year OBAA that will be utilized for the purpose of soliciting research through Topic Solicitations to engage industry and encourage innovative research and development ideas that will help to identify, explore, and demonstrate new technologies and capabilities. These ideas will assist CWMD and stakeholder efforts to prevent, protect against, respond to, and mitigate nuclear, chemical, radiological, and biological threats and incidents. This OBAA provides DHS an acquisition tool having the flexibility to solicit pitch papers and proposals, and then follow-up with awards that are determined to be innovative solutions to the countering of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), as ever-changing urgent operational issues and capability gaps are identified. The R&D Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) for this OBAA are dependent on the specific CWMD threat being addressed. For chemical/biological/radiological/nuclear threats, TRL 1-7 will be encompassed.

The OBAA will remain "open" for 5 years; however, pitch papers and proposals will only be solicited and accepted during Topic Solicitations. These Topic Solicitations will be posted periodically throughout the 5-year OBAA period as amendments to the OBAA and will provide the details of the Topic Solicitation, i.e. topics, due dates, etc. The first of these Topic Solicitations is included in the OBAA as Attachment A with this notice. Interested Offerors should be on alert for any future Topic Solicitations being issued via an amendment and any changes that would also be issued as amendments to the OBAA, i.e. changes in due dates, etc. All information will be posted on http://www.fbo.gov.

Event and Estimated Completion Date

Pre-solicitation (15 days) and release of the OBAA and Topic Solicitation No. 70RDND19R0000004 (45 days), total of 60 days April 17, 2019

Industry Day May 1, 2019

Topic Solicitation No. 70RDND19R0000004 open for Pitch Paper submissions See Topic Solicitation No. 70RDND19R0000004 in Attachment A of the OBAA

Topic Solicitation No. 70RDND19R0000004 Pitch Paper Deadline See Topic Solicitation No. 70RDND19R0000004 in Attachment A of the OBAA

Topic Solicitation No. 70RDND19R0000004 Pitch Paper Notifications See Topic Solicitation No. 70RDND19R0000004 in Attachment A of the OBAA

Topic Solicitation No. 70RDND19R0000004 Proposal Deadline See Topic Solicitation No. 70RDND19R0000004 in Attachment A of the OBAA

Topic Solicitation No. 70RDND19R0000004 Selection of Awards See Topic Solicitation No. 70RDND19R0000004 in Attachment A of the OBAA

Topic Solicitation No. 70RDND19R0000004 Award Date See Topic Solicitation No. 70RDND19R0000004 in Attachment A of the OBAA

Questions or comments regarding the materials provided with this notice are to be directed to CWMDOBAA@hq.dhs.gov not later than 12:00pm Eastern on April 30. Responses will be posted as soon as possible, but approximately within one week after this deadline.

DHS CWMD will hold an Industry Day webinar on May 1, 2019 at 2:30pm Eastern. The purpose of the on-line webinar is to communicate the new OBAA process to interested potential Offerors, as well as share details about upcoming research and development opportunities, which may drive development of Topic Solicitation ideas for this OBAA in the near future. Organizations interested in attending should RSVP via email at CWMDOBAA@hq.dhs.gov on or before April 29, 2019 stating their interest. A URL and conference bridge number will be provided for the Industry Day date and time designated. Since this event will be open to all parties interested in being potential Offerors to OBAA, it is requested that the number of participants per organization, as well as the number of connections per organization be limited to no more than two (2).

This posting is for planning purposes only and does not commit the Government to any contractual agreement. The Government will not award a contract based upon vendor responses to this announcement. The Government does not assume any costs associated with obtaining the draft pre-solicitation documents or industry responses to the draft pre-solicitation documents.