Strategic Technology Office (STO) Broad Agency Announcement

Added: Aug 11, 2011 2:33 pm DARPA-BAA-10-83 Amendment 2

The purpose of Amendment 2 to DARPA-BAA-10-83, Strategic Technologies, is to extend the due date for receipt of proposals. The following changes are made:

A. Page 4, change the "BAA Closing Date" from 7 September 2011 to 7 November 2011.

B. Page 23, section 4.4, the first sentence is changed to read as follows:

This BAA shall be open from date of publication through 4:00 p.m. local time Arlington, Virginia, 7 November 2011.

All other terms and conditions of this announcement remain unchanged.

Added: Feb 08, 2011 2:22 pm Amendment 1 to DARPA-BAA-10-83

The purpose of this amendment to DARPA-BAA-10-83 is:

1. To remove "Cyber" from the list of broad mission objectives in the second paragraph of the Funding Opportunity Description (Section 1, pg. 5).
2. To remove the Cyber topic areas of interest from the Program Overview (Section 1.1, II, pgs. 6-7) and renumber the remaining paragraphs in Section 1.1.
3. To add the following two (2) topics to the list of Core Strategic Technologies in the Program Overview: "Cyber physical/embedded systems" and "Cyber Testing" (Section 1.1, V, k and l, pg. 9).
4. To reword the section providing instruction to those proposers posting to Grants.gov, in order to avoid repetitious language about the use of the Grants.gov "Apply" function (Section 4.3.1, pg. 15).
5. To correct the reference from 48 CFR part 23 to 48 CFR part 31 in the paragraph about indirect cost rates (Section 4.3.8.2, pg. 22).
6. To amend the requirement for "cost or pricing data" as defined in FAR Subpart 15.4 for proposed contract awards of "$700,000 or greater"; this requirement was formerly set at "$650,000 or greater" (Section 4.3.8.2, pg. 22).
7. To move the "Central Contractor Registration (CCR)" section from 6.3.1 to 6.2.9 and to amend it to include information about Universal Identifier Requirements (pg. 31).
8. To add Section 6.2.10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (pgs. 31-34).
9. To add Section 6.2.11, Updates of Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (pgs. 34-35).
10. To renumber the Representations and Certifications section to 6.3.1 and the Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF) section to 6.3.2 (pg. 35).

The entire DARPA-BAA-10-83 has been re-stated with above-listed changes included and is attached.

Added: Sep 08, 2010 2:04 pm The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Strategic Technology Office (STO) is soliciting innovative proposals under this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the performance of research, development, design, and testing that directly supports the Strategic Technology Office (STO). This includes Communications, Networks and Electronic Warfare; Cyber; Energy and Self-Sufficient Operations; Finding Difficult Targets; Recapturing Surprise; and Core Strategic Technologies. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice.

DARPA-BAA-10-83, entitled Strategic Technologies, is provided as an attachment to this solicitation notice and includes information on the specific areas of interest, the submission process, proposal formats, as well as all other pertinent administrative and contractual information. The BAA is attached as a PDF File, DARPA-BAA-10-83 Final 08 September 2010.

Administrative, technical, or contractual questions should be sent via email to BAA10-83@darpa.mil. All requests must include the name, address, and phone number of a point of contact.