Sensor Technology Research, Development, Test & Evaluation Open-Ended Broad Agency Announcement (STROEB) II.

BAA-09-01-PKS is hereby amended to

A. Add the following clarifications:

FY09 CTC 1 Anticipated Requirements

1.) Enhanced SSA Concept Study. Anticipated funding changed from $4,500,000.00 to $450,000.00.

2.) Spectrum Dominance for Distributed, Layered Sensing. Anticipated funding changed from $6,000,000.00 to $600,000.00.

and B. Revise the Contracting Points of Contact as shown in the attached Amendment 1.

The Sensors Directorate (AFRL/RY) of the Air Force Research Laboratory, is announcing to business and academia its intent to solicit proposals under this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). This announcement does not request any proposals at this time. Solicitations (or calls) for proposals will be accomplished via amendments to this BAA.

The over-arching strategy of the BAA involves the use of this 5-year open-ended BAA which spans the seven (7) major Core Technical Competencies (CTCs) of:

1) Radio Frequency (RF) Sensors
2) Electro-Optical (EO) Sensors
3) RF Electronic Warfare (EW)
4) EO Battlespace Access
5) Automatic Target Recognition (ATR)/Performance Driven Sensing
6) Enabling Sensor Devices/Components
7) Trusted Collaborative Sensing

This strategy will provide AFRL/RY an acquisition tool with the flexibility to solicit proposals and make awards to develop technologies to meet present and future Air Force needs as ever-changing technology issues are identified.

The BAA will remain "open" for 5 years; however, proposals will only be solicited and accepted during calls. Each call will identify solicitation topics and contain a common cut-off date for proposal submission. Proposal receipt after the specified due date and time shall be governed by the provisions of FAR 52.215-1(c)(3).

Calls for proposals (made by amendments to this BAA) will occur periodically throughout the life of this over-arching BAA. Each call will: (1) identify specific technology development topics within the seven major CTCs; (2) identify any changes to the standard evaluation criteria or proposal preparation instructions, and; (3) contain common cutoff dates for proposal submissions.

It is anticipated that solicitations issued under this BAA will be unrestricted. Small businesses are encouraged to propose on all of the solicitations. The NAICS code, unless otherwise stated in the BAA amendments, shall be 541712, and the size standard is 500 employees. Proposals submitted shall be in accordance with this BAA and it's appropriate amendment(s).

Interested offerors should be alert for any BAA amendments that call for proposals, permit extensions to the proposal submission dates, or otherwise change the requirements of this BAA or its subsequent amendments.