Chemical Biological Operational Analysis 2023 (CBOA 23)

UPDATE 01/03/2023:  The Technology Submission Deadline has been extended from Friday, December 30, 2022 to Friday, January 13, 2023 at 12:00pm. Additionally, a revised version of the Input Planning Form and Technology Quad documents are provided and respondents should utilize the updated forms for all submissions. However, please note that if a respondent has provided a submission prior to 01/03/2023 using the original attachments, no revisions and/or resubmissions are required.

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY - This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes - it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the United States Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary; the United States Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the United States Government. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the SAM.gov website: https://sam.gov/. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

The purpose of this RFI is to gain information leading to Government/Industry partnering to accelerate the development of technologies that will enable the Warfighter to assess, understand, protect  and mitigate chemical, biological and radiological (CBR) threats.

This RFI intends to identify innovative technologies that are interested in being part of a scenario-based Chemical Biological Operational Analysis (CBOA) event at the West Virginia Army National Guard facility on Camp Dawson, WV, 8-12 May 2023. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Research and Development-Chemical and Biological Technologies Department (RD-CB) in its role as the Joint Science and Technology Office (JSTO) for Chemical and Biological Defense sponsors the CBOA event with the intent of obtaining Warfighter insight on emerging CBR defense capabilities that will advance the way the military fights in contested environments. User feedback from the event identifies potential areas for improvement and supports vulnerability and system limitation analysis in a non-attributional and learning environment early in the technology development cycle. 

This event is conducted with representatives from Government Research and Development (R&D) organizations, academia, and industry. It provides an opportunity for technology developers (Field Service Representatives [FSR]) to interact with operational personnel and determine how their efforts might support future military capability gaps and high priority mission deficiencies. The environment facilitates a collaborative working relationship among participants; supports the identification, assessment, and dissemination of emerging and mature technology information; and accelerates the delivery of capabilities  to the Warfighters and those they support.

PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.