Dual Band Decoy BAA

Broad Agency Announcement

The Navy is soliciting for Dual Band Decoy (DBD) Demonstration of Existing Technologies (DET). The goal of this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) is to increase the Government's knowledge and understanding regarding existing technologies that can be applied toward the development of an expanded/wideband RF towed self-protection decoy to counter current and emerging RF threats worldwide. Of specific interest are technologies that can be leveraged and applied where significant size, weight, power and cooling constraints exist, such as those associated with the current ALE-50 and ALE-55 form factor and interface limitations, as installed on the F/A-18E/F aircraft. Proposals in response to this BAA are being solicited per FAR 35.016 and 6.102(d)(2). The information obtained through this BAA will be used to determine the path forward to support the Navy's current and future Dual Band Decoy requirements.

This announcement and any modifications to this announcement will be open through 14 December 2018 in the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOps). Submission instructions are provided in the BAA document attached to this solicitation. The Navy reserves the right to select for award any, all, part or none of the responses received. The BAA is an expression of interest only and does not commit the Government to pay any proposal preparation costs for responding to this BAA. Responses should be forwarded at no cost to the Government.

Attachments to this Announcement are as follows:
-Attachment (A) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) (includes (2) Attachments: (1) Model Contract and BAA Attachment (2) CCDR Data Request)
-Attachment (B) Non-Diclosure Agreement (NDA)

Technical Library

A Technical Library (TL) of information, containing data that may be useful to potential participants for the DBD program, is available to all industry partners that have a valid classified facility clearance. TL information is being provided to assist in understanding potential DBD performance goals, physical design and integration constraints, and technology needs. Access to the TL must be requested regardless of prior access approval associated with draft BAA documents.

The TL consists of unclassified and classified portions. A DD 254 and information regarding transmittal of the TL documents will be provided to the Requestor no later than 5 business days following receipt of a company request and verification of valid classified facility clearance.

The Government POC for this Special Notice is Shannon Buckalew, AIR 2.2, Shannon.buckalew@navy.mil. Please refer to the above announcement number when responding to this notice.

To request access to the documents contained in the TL, contact the Government POC via email with the following company information:
a. Company name
b. Company point of contact (POC) name, phone number and email address (commercial accounts such as Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo are not acceptable)
c. Current and valid CAGE number/Central Contractor Registration (CCR) number
d. A statement as to whether the company is registered by the Department of Defense, United States/Canada Joint Certification Office (i.e., have a DD 2345 approved by said agency).
e. Unclassified mailing address
f. Classified mailing address
g. Facility Security Officer POC name, phone number, and email address
h. Preferred method of classified transmittal (e.g. Mail, SIPR)
i. Signed Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) Attachment (B) to this announcement

Questions and Comments

All questions and comments related to this BAA should be submitted by 4PM EST 14 November 2018 to Shannon Buckalew, AIR 2.2, Shannon.buckalew@navy.mil. Questions received after this date may not be answered. Questions and answers related to publicly released documents will be posted to FedBizOps. Questions and answers related to documents in the technical library will be provided to all respondents granted access to the technical library. Respondents names and identifying information will be removed from questions prior to posting or sharing with other respondents.

While the Navy strongly recommends all questions be provided as UNCLASSIFIED, the Navy will allow CLASSIFIED questions/comments related to documents in the technical library.

CLASSIFED questions/concerns shall be submitted at a level no higher than Collateral SECRET and shall be submitted to the Navy as follows:

Outer Wrap:
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
PROGRAM EXECUTIVE OFFICER PMA 272
ADVANCED TACTICAL AIRCRAFT PROTECTION SYSTEMS
47123 BUSE ROAD, BLDG 2272, SUITE 535
PATUXENT RIVER, MD 20670-1547

Inner Wrap:
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
PROGRAM EXECUTIVE OFFICER PMA 272
ADVANCED TACTICAL AIRCRAFT PROTECTION SYSTEMS
ATTENTION: JOSEPH MURIAS
M/F: DUAL BAND DECOY PROGRAM
47123 BUSE ROAD, BLDG 2272, SUITE 535
PATUXENT RIVER, MD 20670-1547

Any CLASSIFIED responses from the Navy will be simultaneously distributed to all prospective offerors with access to the technical library, though no exact timeframe has been determined for providing responses.

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