Revolution in Fiber Lasers (RIFL)

Added: Sep 22, 2008 1:37 pm *

Added: August 21, 2007 Modified: December 4, 2007Track Changes This modification changes the response date from 11 January 2008 to 25 January 2008. The revised BAA document also reflects this change.

Added: August 21, 2007 Modified: October 19, 2007Track Changes Amendment 3:

The purpose of this modification is to incorporate the following language into this solicitation:



(For Proposers Submitting to an Electronic Business Application such as the TFIMS BAA Tool (Not Submitting Hard Copies/CD-ROM)):



All proposals submitted electronically by means of an Electronic Business Application Tool or proposal submission web site (not including Grants.gov) must be encrypted using Winzip or PKZip with 256-bit AES encryption. Only one zipped/encrypted file will be accepted per proposal and proposals not zipped/encrypted will be rejected by DARPA. An encryption password form must be completed and emailed to (insert THE APPROPRIATE BAA MAILBOX) at the time of proposal submission. See https://www.tfims.darpa.mil/baa/ for the encryption password form.



Note the word ?PASSWORD? must appear in the subject line of the above email and there are minimum security requirements for establishing the encryption password. Failure to provide the encryption password may result in the proposal not being evaluated. For further information and instructions on how to zip and encrypt proposal files, see https://www.tfims.darpa.mil/baa/.



A Revised BAA has been attached.

Added: August 21, 2007 Modified: October 3, 2007Track Changes Amendment 02:

The purpose of Amendment 02 to BAA07-34 is to clarify the following:



The proposal submission dates have been changed to allow for additional time for potential performers to prepare a quality proposal. The proposal due date has been changed from Dec. 7, 2007 to Jan. 11, 2008.



A revised BAA has been attached to this modification.

Added: August 21, 2007 Modified: August 29, 2007Track Changes Amendment 01:

The purpose of Amendment 01 to BAA07-34 is to clarify the following:



The abstract and proposal submission dates have been changed to allow for additional time for potential performers to prepare a quality proposal. The abstract submission date has been changed from Sept. 7, 2007 to Sept. 28, 2007. The proposal due date has been changed from Nov. 16, 2007 to Dec. 7, 2007. The archive date has been changed from Nov.16, 2008 to Dec. 7, 2008. The revised BAA is provided as an attachment to this amendment.

Added: August 21, 2007 DARPA Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) No. 07-34, entitled Revolution in Fiber Lasers, is provided as an attachment to this solicitation notice and includes information on the specific areas of interest; the submission process; proposal formats; evaluation and selection/funding processes; as well as all other pertinent administrative and contractual information. The BAA may be obtained from the FedBizOpps website: http://www.fedbizopps.gov/, Grants.gov website: http://www.grants.gov/, World Wide Web (WWW) at URL http://www.darpa.mil/mto (go to solicitation area) or by fax, electronic mail, or mail request to the administrative contact address given below. Proposals not meeting the format or following the submission instructions described in the BAA may not be reviewed.