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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF OCTOBER 18, 2024 SAM #8361
SOLICITATION NOTICE

A -- ADVANCED RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (ARA) TITLE: CHARACTERIZATION AND ASSESSMENT FOR SPACE DOMAIN AWARENESS (SDA)

Notice Date
10/16/2024 4:04:37 AM
 
Notice Type
Presolicitation
 
NAICS
541715 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
 
Contracting Office
FA8750 AFRL RIK ROME NY 13441-4514 USA
 
ZIP Code
13441-4514
 
Solicitation Number
FA875024S7005
 
Archive Date
07/13/2029
 
Point of Contact
CAROLYN SHEAFF, Phone: 315-330-7147, Amber Buckley, Phone: 315-330-3605
 
E-Mail Address
Carolyn.Sheaff@us.af.mil, amber.buckley@us.af.mil
(Carolyn.Sheaff@us.af.mil, amber.buckley@us.af.mil)
 
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. Amendment No. 1 to ARA FA8750-24-S-7005 The purpose of this amendment is to: Section III, Paragraph 5, updates S&T Protection language; Section V, paragraph 2.e, updates the language regarding the S&T review; SEE ATTACHMENT FOR FULL AMENDMENT DETAILS
 
Web Link
SAM.gov Permalink
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Record
SN07241183-F 20241018/241016230102 (samdaily.us)
 
Source
SAM.gov Link to This Notice
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