Wideband Communication Links in Contested Environments

Amendment No. 2 to BAA FA8750-18-S-7008 

The purpose of this amendment is to republish the original announcement, incorporating any previous modifications, pursuant to FAR 35.016(c).

This republishing also includes the following changes:

•1.      Update to Contracting Focal Point throughout;

•2.      Part I Overview Information-updated Type of Instruments that May be Awarded;

•3.      Section III.2: updated Foreign Participation/Access;

•4.      Section VI.1: updated to reference the most recent version of the RI-Specific Proposal Preparation Instructions, dated Jun 2018

•5.      Section VI.4: updated to revise and add new Administrative and National Policy Requirements;

•6.      Section VI.7: added paragraph (d)

•7.      Section VII: updated the Alternate OMBUDSMAN.

No other changes have been made.

NAICS CODE:  541715

FEDERAL AGENCY NAME:  Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL - Rome Research Site, AFRL/Information Directorate, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, NY, 13441-4514

BAA ANNOUNCEMENT TYPE:  Modification

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) TITLE:  Wideband Communication Links in Contested Environments

BAA NUMBER: FA8750-18-S-7008

PART I - OVERVIEW INFORMATION

This announcement is for an Open, 2 Step BAA which is open and effective until 30 Sep 2022.  Only white papers will be accepted as initial submissions; formal proposals will be accepted by invitation only.  While white papers will be considered if received prior to 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 30 Sep 2022, the following submission dates are suggested to best align with projected funding:

FY18 by 6 Apr 2018

FY19 by 6 Aug 2018

FY20 by 5 Aug 2019

FY21 by 3 Aug 2020

FY22 by 2 Aug 2021

Offerors should monitor the Federal Business Opportunities website at http://www.fbo.gov in the event this announcement is amended.

CONCISE SUMMARY OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY:  The Air Force Research Laboratory, Information Directorate is seeking to develop and demonstrate innovative, secure, affordable links for both line-of-sight (LOS) and beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) communications capabilities across air, space, and terrestrial platforms. The goal is to provide warfighters an interoperable, modular, and sustainable network connectivity fabric that satisfies Joint Service, Interagency, and Coalition tactical information exchange requirements from the relay of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) sensor data, to shared situational awareness and reliable command & control (C2) dissemination.

BAA ESTIMATED FUNDING:  Total funding for this BAA is approximately $49.9M. Individual awards will normally not exceed 36months with dollar amounts typically ranging from $100K to $3M. There is also the potential to make awards up to any dollar value as long as the value does not exceed the available BAA ceiling amount.

ANTICIPATED INDIVIDUAL AWARDS:  Multiple Awards are anticipated.

TYPE OF INSTRUMENTS THAT MAY BE AWARDED:  Procurement contracts, grants, cooperative agreements or other transactions (OT) depending upon the nature of the work proposed. In the event that an Other Transaction for Prototype agreement is awarded as a result of this competitive BAA, and the prototype project is successfully completed, there is the potential for a prototype project to transition to award of a follow-on production contract or transaction. The Other Transaction for Prototype agreement itself will also contain a similar notice of a potential follow-on production contract or agreement.

AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION:  All white paper and proposal submissions and any questions of a technical nature shall be directed to the cognizant Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) as specified below (unless otherwise specified in the technical area):

BAA MANAGER:

Frances Rose

AFRL/RITE

525 Brook Rd

Rome, NY 13441

Telephone: (315)330-2038

Email: AFRL.RITE.WCLCE_BAA@us.af.mil

Questions of a contractual/business nature shall be directed to the cognizant contracting officer, as specified below (email requests are preferred):

Amber Buckley

Telephone (315) 330-3605

Email:  Amber.Buckley@us.af.mil

Emails must reference the solicitation (BAA) number and title of the acquisition.

Pre-Proposal Communication between Prospective Offerors and Government Representatives:  Dialogue between prospective offerors and Government representatives is encouraged. Technical and contracting questions can be resolved in writing or through open discussions. Discussions with any of the points of contact shall not constitute a commitment by the Government to subsequently fund or award any proposed effort. Only Contracting Officers are legally authorized to commit the Government. 

Offerors are cautioned that evaluation ratings may be lowered and/or proposal rejected if proposal preparation (Proposal format, content, etc.) and/or submittal instructions are not followed.

BAA FA8750-18-S-7008 - AMENDMENT 1:

The purpose of this amendment is to:

      1) Revise the technical Point of Contact (TPOC) email under the following sections:
          a) PART I - OVERVIEW INFORMATION 
          b) PART II - SECTION IV - Application and Submission Information; Paragraph 3- Handling and Mailing Instructions; Subparagraph c - Mailing Instructions;  Subparagraph 2 - Soft Copy Submissions
          c) PART II - SECTION VII - Agency Contacts

NOTE: This is a Change to the POC's Email Address. Please be sure to use the new email address for all future electronic submissions.

CHANGES:

    1) The TPOC's information listed in PART I - Overview and also SECTION VII - Agency Contacts is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

BAA MANAGER:
Frances Rose
AFRL/RITE
525 Brook Rd
Rome, NY 13441
Telephone: (315)330-2038
Email: AFRL.RITE.WCLCE_BAA@us.af.mil

    2) The TPOC's information listed in PART II - SECTION IV.3.c.2 -Soft Copy Submission is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

"SOFT COPY SUBMISSIONS. Unclassified electronic submission may be submitted to AFRL.RITE.WCLCE_BAA@us.af.mil. Encrypt or password-protect all proprietary information prior to sending. Offerors are responsible to confirm receipt with the TPOC listed in Section VII. AFRL is not responsible for undelivered documents. If electronic submission is used, only one copy of the documentation is required."

No other changes are being made.

NAICS CODE: 541715

FEDERAL AGENCY NAME: Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL - Rome Research Site, AFRL/Information Directorate, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, NY, 13441-4514

BAA ANNOUNCEMENT TYPE: Initial announcement

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) TITLE: Wideband Communication Links in Contested Environments

BAA NUMBER: FA8750-18-S-7008

PART I - OVERVIEW INFORMATION

This announcement is for an Open, 2 Step BAA which is open and effective until 30 Sep 2022. Only white papers will be accepted as initial submissions; formal proposals will be accepted by invitation only. While white papers will be considered if received prior to 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 30 Sep 2022, the following submission dates are suggested to best align with projected funding:

FY18 by 6 Apr 2018
FY19 by 6 Aug 2018
FY20 by 5 Aug 2019
FY21 by 3 Aug 2020
FY22 by 2 Aug 2021

Offerors should monitor the Federal Business Opportunities website at http://www.fbo.gov in the event this announcement is amended.

CONCISE SUMMARY OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: The Air Force Research Laboratory, Information Directorate is seeking to develop and demonstrate innovative, secure, affordable links for both line-of-sight (LOS) and beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) communications capabilities across air, space, and terrestrial platforms. The goal is to provide warfighters an interoperable, modular, and sustainable network connectivity fabric that satisfies Joint Service, Interagency, and Coalition tactical information exchange requirements from the relay of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) sensor data, to shared situational awareness and reliable command & control (C2) dissemination.

BAA ESTIMATED FUNDING: Total funding for this BAA is approximately $49.9M. Individual awards will normally not exceed 36 months with dollar amounts typically ranging from $100K to $3M. There is also the potential to make awards up to any dollar value as long as the value does not exceed the available BAA ceiling amount.

ANTICIPATED INDIVIDUAL AWARDS: Multiple Awards are anticipated.

TYPE OF INSTRUMENTS THAT MAY BE AWARDED: Procurement contract, grant, cooperative agreement or other transactions.

AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION: All white paper and proposal submissions and any questions of a technical nature shall be directed to the cognizant Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) as specified below (unless otherwise specified in the technical area):

BAA MANAGER:
Frances Rose
AFRL/RITE
525 Brook Rd
Rome, NY 13441
Telephone: (315)330-2038
Email: frances.rose@us.af.mil

Questions of a contractual/business nature shall be directed to the cognizant contracting officer, as specified below (email requests are preferred):

Gail Marsh
Telephone (315) 330-7518
Email: Gail.Marsh@us.af.mil

Emails must reference the solicitation (BAA) number and title of the acquisition.

Pre-Proposal Communication between Prospective Offerors and Government Representatives: Dialogue between prospective offerors and Government representatives is encouraged. Technical and contracting questions can be resolved in writing or through open discussions. Discussions with any of the points of contact shall not constitute a commitment by the Government to subsequently fund or award any proposed effort. Only Contracting Officers are legally authorized to commit the Government.

Proposers are cautioned that evaluation ratings may be lowered and/or proposal rejected if proposal preparation (Proposal format, content, etc.) and/or submittal instructions are not followed.