ADVANCED RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (ARA) TITLE: CHARACTERIZATION AND ASSESSMENT FOR SPACE DOMAIN AWARENESS (SDA)
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General Information
- Contract Opportunity Type: Presolicitation (Original)
- Original Published Date: Jul 16, 2024 07:43 am EDT
- Original Response Date:
- Inactive Policy: Manual
- Original Inactive Date: Jul 13, 2029
- Initiative:
- None
Classification
- Original Set Aside:
- Product Service Code: AC12 - NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; APPLIED RESEARCH
- NAICS Code:
- 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Place of Performance:
Description
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
ARA ANNOUNCEMENT TYPE: Initial announcement
ADVANCED RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (ARA) TITLE: CHARACTERIZATION AND ASSESSMENT FOR SPACE DOMAIN AWARENESS (SDA)
ARA NUMBER: FA8750-24-S-7005
PART I – OVERVIEW INFORMATION
This announcement is for an Open, 2 Step ARA which is open and effective until 12 JUL 2029. 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 5pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 12 JUL 2029, the following submission dates are suggested to best align with projected funding:
FY25 by 30 NOV 2024
FY26 by 30 NOV 2025
FY27 by 30 NOV 2026
FY28 by 30 NOV 2027
FY29 by 30 NOV 2028
Offerors should monitor the Contract Opportunities on the SAM website at https://SAM.gov in the event this announcement is amended.
CONCISE SUMMARY OF TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENT: Seeking research to design, develop, demonstrate and test technologies for intelligent tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, analysis and dissemination of data/information in support of Space Domain Awareness (SDA) and Space Superiority; High-Performance Computational SDA: Experimental techniques and applications from ground, orbital and cyber intelligence analysis to provide an integrated, predictive SDA capability.
ARA ESTIMATED FUNDING: Total funding for this ARA is approximately $99M. Individual awards will not normally exceed 48 months with dollar amounts normally ranging from $1M to $10M. There is also the potential to make awards up to any dollar value as long as the value does not exceed the available ARA ceiling amount.
ANTICIPATED INDIVIDUAL AWARDS: Multiple Awards are anticipated. However, the Air Force reserves the right to award zero, one, or more Procurement Contracts or Other Transactions, for all, some, or none of the solicited effort based on the offeror’s ability to perform desired work and funding fluctuations. There is no limit on the number of OTs that may be awarded to an individual offeror.
TYPE OF INSTRUMENTS THAT MAY BE AWARDED: FAR based procurement contracts or other transactions (OT) under 10 USC 4021, 10 USC 4022 and 10 USC 4023 (previously 10 USC 4002, 2371, 10 USC 4003, 2371b and 4004, 2373)
In the event that an Other Transaction for Prototype agreement is awarded as a result of this competitive ARA, 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 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):
ARA PROGRAM MANAGER:
Carolyn Sheaff
AFRL/RIED
525 Brooks Rd
Rome, NY 13441-4505
Email: AFRL.RIEDBAA.2024@us.af.mil
ARA DEPUTY PROGRAM MANAGER:
Peter Rocci
AFRL/RIED
525 Brooks Rd
Rome, NY 13441-4505
Email: AFRL.RIEDBAA.2024@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
Email: Amber.Buckley@us.af.mil
Emails must reference the solicitation ARA 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 through email. Communication 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.
SEE ATTACHMENT FOR FULL ANNOUNCEMENT DETAILS.
Attachments/Links
Contact Information
Contracting Office Address
- CP 315 330 7298 26 ELECTRONIC PKWY BLDG 106 RM E125
- ROME , NY 13441-4514
- USA
Primary Point of Contact
- CAROLYN SHEAFF
- Carolyn.Sheaff@us.af.mil
- Phone Number 315-330-7147
Secondary Point of Contact
- Amber Buckley
- amber.buckley@us.af.mil
- Phone Number 315-330-3605
History
- Oct 16, 2024 07:04 am EDTPresolicitation (Updated)
- Jul 16, 2024 07:43 am EDTPresolicitation (Original)