S&TCD BAA Solicitation Number: W56KGU17RA424
This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), solicitation number W56KGU-13-RA424,
sponsored by the US Army Communications, Electronics, Research,
Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC), Space and Terrestrial
Communications Directorate (S&TCD), is valid through 31 January 2018,
unless terminated sooner.
The BAA is issued under the provisions of Parts 35.016 and 6.102(d)(2)(i) of
the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), which provides for the competitive
selection of research and development proposals submitted in response to
this announcement. Accordingly, proposals selected for award are considered
to be the result of full and open competition and fully compliant with PL 98-
369, entitled "The Competition in Contracting Act of 1984."
This BAA is an expression of interest only and does not commit the
Government to make an award or pay proposal preparation costs generated
in response to this announcement. The cost of proposal preparation for
response to a BAA is not considered an allowable direct charge to any
resultant contract or any other contract.
CERDEC encourages industry interested in conducting scientific research,
educational institutions, small businesses, and small disadvantaged business
concerns, historically black colleges, university and minority business
enterprises and institutions to submit proposals. Eligible prospective offerors
also include Canadian firms participating in the Defense Development Sharing
Program.
Technical questions should be directed to the Technical Point of Contact
(TPOC) (listed at each topic heading) to request clarification of their areas of
interest and/or to engage in informal discussions. White papers may be
required before the presentment of a full proposal. Please refer to the
individual subtopics for directions on white paper submissions. All
submissions should be sent via Federal Business Opportunities (FBO). No
discussions by the technical staff are to be held with offeror, after proposal
submission, without permission of the Army Contracting Command
Contracting Officer.
Funds are not presently available for all of the research interests represented
in this Broad Agency Announcement. No contract award will be made unless appropriated funds are available for research and development. Prospective
offeror is reminded that only a duly warranted Contracting Officer may obligate
the Government to an agreement involving expenditure of Government funds.
There will be no formal Request for Proposals or any further solicitation
document issued concerning this BAA. However, this BAA may be amended
to add new topics. Interested parties should be alert for any BAA amendments
that may be published on the FBO Webpage, https://www.fbo.gov
Andrew Pilone, Contract Specialist, Phone 4438614614, Email andrew.m.pilone.civ@mail.mil - Johanna Hersch, Contracting officer, Phone (609) 562-8428, Email johanna.t.hersch.civ@mail.mil
