NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE FY2020 DIRECTOR'S INNOVATION INITIATIVE PROGRAM
NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE FY2020 DIRECTOR'S INNOVATION INITIATIVE PROGRAM
SOLICITATION: NRO000-19-R-0222
DESCRIPTION:
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is interested in receiving research and development proposals for the Director's Innovation Initiative (DII) Program focusing on the following areas: 1) Remote Sensing 2) Apertures 3) Communications 4) System Design 5) Sense-making and 6) Other Disruptive Concepts and Technology.
This notice constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) as contemplated in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2) for US domestic private industry and educational institutions. This announcement declares the NRO's intent to competitively fund research and development for innovative technologies that meet the areas of interest set forth in the BAA. The BAA can be found on the NRO's Acquisition Resource Center (ARC) website located at https://acq.westfields.net. Offerors that do not already have an ARC account must register for one. This is a one-time registration. Instructions for registering for the ARC can be found at https://acq.westfields.net under Help Resources. There is a User's Guide and a video explaining how to register for an account. Offerors first create an account on the unclassified ARC. If the Offeror possesses a security clearance, his or her user account will automatically be transferred to the classified ARC within 1 to 2 business days. The classified ARC utilizes the same user log-in. Once an Offeror has obtained an ARC account and has logged on to either the unclassified or classified site, the Offeror should select Current Efforts from the menu ribbon on the top of the Home Page. The Current Efforts view displays a grid listing of all ACE-supported full and open competitive source selections. Under the Effort Name column, select FY20 DII BAA/GSSA. The FY20 DII BAA/GSSA home page will then appear. It will be defaulted to the Announcement tab. For detailed BAA/GSSA registration and submission instructions select the Contractors Bidders Library (CBL) tab and view the file titled "BAA/GSSA Registration and Submission Instructions". To submit a proposed project, an Offeror must register for the specific effort. To register, select the BAA Submission tab and select the Register button. The detailed instructions in the CBL outline all of the registration steps. Offerors must download from the website all applicable information necessary to submit a proposed project. Offerors who have registered for previous DII solicitations must still register for this solicitation as previous registrations are no longer valid.
No other request for proposal, solicitation, or other announcement will be made. Proposals are sought from US domestic educational institutions, non-profit and not-for-profit organizations and private industry. Proposals may be considered from US based organizations and industry that are foreign owned or controlled as long as (1) access to proscribed information is not necessary to perform the resultant contract, and (2) foreign ownership or control does not present an unacceptable security threat. Awards shall take the form of contracts only. Before preparing a proposed project, potential offerors should read the information provided in the BAA for details regarding the areas of interest, format, submission, and evaluation. This year's solicitation will implement several key changes to the process in an effort to streamline proposal evaluation and lead to faster contract awards. Offerors will be required to submit full proposals to be considered qualified. Proposals will be due on 19 July 2019. It is expected that multiple awards will result from proposals received, at a maximum funding level of $500,000.00 with a nine (9) month period of performance. Proposals will not be returned after evaluation. Except as otherwise stated herein, no additional written information is available regarding this announcement. Requests for the same will be disregarded. The Government reserves the right to select all, some, or none of the proposals received in response to the announcement.
Crystal L. Champion, Contract Specialist, Phone 703-808-4441, Email champioc@nro.mil - Colleen Rutar, Technical POC, Phone 703-808-4852
