NRL-Wide Broad Agency Announcement

This announcement amends BAA N00173-17-S-BA01 posted on 1 March 2017 by adding summary topic 81-17-02 - CYBER SECURE OPEN SOURCE INFORMATION AND ANALYTICS.

This announcement amends BAA N00173-17-S-BA01 posted on 1 March 2017 by adding summary topic 71-17-02 ELASTO-ACOUSTIC META MATERIALS.

This announcement amends BAA N00173-17-S-BA01 posted on 1 March 2017 by adding summary topic 81-17-01 Low Cost Optical Space Surveillance System.

The Naval Research Laboratory is interested in receiving innovative proposals that offer potential for advancement and improvement in the technical topic areas listed. This notice constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
as contemplated in FAR 6.302(d) that provides for the competitive selection of research proposals. The Government reserves the right to select for award all, some, or none of the proposals received. Awards under this BAA are expected to take the form of contracts. Grants, cooperative agreements, other transactions may also be awarded if appropriate. NRL encourages Educational Institutions, Small Businesses (SBs), Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns (SDBs) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Institutions (MIs) to submit proposals under this BAA. In order to conserve valuable offeror and Government resources, prospective offerors shall first submit a White Paper (WP) to the email address identified in the individual topic summary, to include a rough cost estimate.

The selection of proposals for award will be based on a scientific review of proposals submitted in response to each BAA topic. The major purpose of the evaluation will be to determine the relative merit of the technical approach of each proposal. Business and contractual aspects, including proposed cost and cost realism, will also be considered as part of the evaluation. Selection of proposals for award will be based on the potential benefits to the Government weighed against the cost of the proposals, in view of the availability of funds.

The complete BAA including proposal preparation instructions, award considerations, and evaluation criteria is available at https://www.nrl.navy.mil/doing-business/contracting-division/baa/current.

Specific research topics of interest include:

53-17-01 HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR
53-17-01C HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR (CLASSIFIED)
53-17-02 LOW COST WIDEBAND ANTENNA ARRAY TECHNOLOGY
53-17-03 ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS
53-17-04 RADIOFREQUENCY AND MILLIMETER-WAVE RADAR SYSTEMS, COMPONENTS, & TECHNOLOGIES
55-17-01 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND DECISION ARCHITECTURES
55-17-02 MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS OF HIGH ASSURANCE COMPUTING
55-17-03 HIGH ASSURANCE ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING
55-17-04 ADVANCED NAVAL NETWORK SOLUTIONS ANALYSIS
55-17-05 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING FOR HIGH ASSURANCE COMPUTER SYSTEMS
55-17-06 FEDERATED, DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING/NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
56-17-01 OPTICAL SCIENCES R&D
57-17-01 INNOVATIVE ANTI-SHIP MISSILE - ELECTRONIC WARFARE SIMULATION TECHNOLOGY
57-17-02 ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
57-17-03 OFFBOARD COUNTERMEASURE TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
57-17-04 AIRBORNE ELECTRONIC WARFARE
60-17-01 HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING ON MASSIVELY PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES
61-17-01 POWER SOURCE MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS
61-17-02 CORROSION PROCESSES, CONTROL, MITIGATION, AND TECHNOLOGY
61-17-03 DEVELOPMENT OF MICROSENSORS AND MICROSYSTEMS FOR PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL,
61-17-04 APPLICATIONS OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY AND ADVANCED LASER TECHNIQUES
61-17-05 DEVELOPMENT OF DISTINGUISHING MARKS ON FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES
63-17-01 MATERIALS PERFORMANCE, PROCESSING AND MODELING
67-17-01 BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH IN HIGH TEMPERATURE PLASMAS
68-17-01 RF VACUUM ELECTRONICS
68-17-02 RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH
68-17-03 PHOTOVOLTAICS FOR PORTABLE POWER
68-17-04 ANALOG AND MIXED SIGNAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN AND CHARACTERIZATION
69-17-01 RESEARCH IN BIO-MOLECULAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
71-17-01 ACOUSTIC SIMULATION, MEASUREMENTS AND TACTICS
72-17-01 LOW FREQUENCY RADIO INTERFEROMETRY
72-17-02 OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING OF THE COASTAL REGIME
72-17-03 REMOTE SENSORS AND IMAGING SYSTEMS
73-17-01 OCEAN DYNAMICS AND PREDICTION OCEANOGRAPHY
74-17-01 AIRBORNE, SHIPBOARD, AND OVERHEAD DATA ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS
74-17-02 SEAFLOOR SCIENCES
74-17-03 GEOSPATIAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY
75-17-01 ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS, ANALYSIS, AND PREDICTION
76-17-01 RESEARCH INTO SPACE, BACKGROUNDS, IMAGING AND MODELING
82-17-01 SPACE AND SPACE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY