NRL Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Basic and Applied Research

Amendment 0008

The purpose of this amendment is to extend the due date for acceptance of White Papers. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

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Amendment 0007

The purpose of this amendment is to add Summary Topic 61-24-06 - AFFF ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM COMPATIBILITY OF FLUORINE-FREE FOAM (F3) WITH NON-ASPIRATING SPRINKLER NOZZLES to Appendix 1 in it’s entirety. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

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Amendment 0006

The purpose of this amendment is to extend the due date for acceptance of White Papers. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

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Amendment 0005

The purpose of this amendment is to provide a searchable list of Summary Topics contained in Appendix 1. Expanded descriptions of each topic can be found in the full announcement pdf.

APPENDIX 1 – RESEARCH DESCRIPTION - SUMMARY TOPICS

II. Detailed information about the funding opportunity

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the Navy's corporate laboratory. NRL conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines. The basic research program is driven by perceptions about future requirements of the Navy.

The Navy's operational effectiveness depends on its ability to keep pace with rapidly developing technologies. NRL contributes to this requirement by conducting research in the following areas, organized into NRL'S three research directorates and Naval Center for Space Technology:

Systems Directorate Code 5000

Materials Science and Component Technology Directorate Code 6000 Ocean and Atmospheric Science and Technology Directorate Code 7000 Naval Center for Space Technology Code 8000

A.   SYSTEMS DIRECTORATE - CODE 5000

53-24-01 - HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR

53-24-01C - HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR (CLASSIFIED)

53-24-02 - LOW-COST WIDEBAND ANTENNA ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES

53-24-03 - ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS

55-24-01 - INFORMATION AND DECISION SCIENCES

55-24-02 - MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS OF HIGH ASSURANCE COMPUTING

55-24-03 - HIGH ASSURANCE ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING

55-24-04 - ADVANCED NAVAL NETWORK SOLUTIONS

55-24-05 - FEDERATED, DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING/NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE

56-24-01 - OPTICAL SCIENCES R&D

57-24-01 - ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

57-24-02  ​- SHIPBOARD ELECTRONIC WARFARE

B. MATERIALS SCIENCE AND COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE CODE 6000

60-24-01 - HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING ON MASSIVELY PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES

61-24-01 - ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE, CONVERSION AND COMMAND/CONTROL

61-24-02 - CORROSION PROCESSES, CONTROL, MITIGATION, AND TECHNOLOGY

61-24-03 - APPLICATIONS OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY AND ADVANCED LASER TECHNIQUES

61-24-04 - MULTIECHELON DIAGNOSTICS (MEDx) TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND TIERED EVALUATION

63-24-01 - MATERIALS PERFORMANCE, PROCESSING, AND MODELING

67-24-01 - BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH IN PLASMA SCIENCE

68-24-01 - RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH

68-24-02 - PHOTOVOLTAICS FOR PORTABLE POWER

C.   OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE CODE 7000

71-24-01 - ACOUSTIC SIMULATION AND TACTICS

72-24-01 - LOW FREQUENCY RADIO INTERFEROMETRY

72-24-02 - OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING OF THE COASTAL REGIME

72-24-03 - REMOTE SENSORS AND IMAGING SYSTEMS

72-24-04 - AIRBORNE, SHIPBOARD, AND OVERHEAD DATA ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS

73-24-01 - OCEAN DYNAMICS AND PREDICTION OCEANOGRAPHY

73-24-02 - SEAFLOOR SCIENCES

73-24-03 - GEOSPATIAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

75-24-01 - ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS, ANALYSIS, AND PREDICTION

76-24-01 - RESEARCH INTO SPACE, BACKGROUNDS, IMAGING AND MODELING

D.   NAVAL CENTER FOR SPACE TECHNOLOGY CODE 8000

82-24-01 - SPACECRAFT & SPACE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY

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Amendment 0004

The purpose of this amendment is to extend the due date for acceptance of White Papers and revise Appendix 1 Summary Topics and email addresses in it’s entirety.

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Amendment 0003

The purpose of this amendment is to extend the due date for acceptance of White Papers. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

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Amendment 0002

The purpose of this amendment is to extend the due date for acceptance of White Papers. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

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Amendment 0001

The purpose of this amendment is to extend the due date for acceptance of White Papers. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

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The Naval Research Laboratory is interested in receiving innovative proposals that offer potential for advancement and improvement in the technical topic areas listed. This notice constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) as contemplated in FAR 6.302(d) that provides for the competitive selection of research proposals. The Government reserves the right to select for award all, some, or none of the proposals received. Awards under this BAA are expected to take the form of Contracts, Grants, Cooperative Agreements and Other Transactions may also be awarded if appropriate. NRL encourages Educational Institutions, Small Businesses (SBs), Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns (SDBs) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Institutions (MIs) to submit proposals under this BAA.

In order to conserve valuable offeror and Government resources, prospective offerors shall first submit a White Paper (WP) to the email address identified in the individual Summary Topics contained in Appendix 1, to include a rough cost estimate. If there is interest in the proposed research the offeror will be invited to submit a Formal Proposal. The selection of proposals for award will be based on a scientific review of proposals submitted in response to each BAA Summary Topic. The major purpose of the evaluation will be to determine the relative merit of the technical approach of each proposal. Business and contractual aspects, including proposed cost and cost realism, will also be considered as part of the evaluation. Selection of proposals for award will be based on the potential benefits to the Government weighed against the cost of the proposals, in view of the availability of funds. The complete BAA including proposal preparation instructions, award considerations, and evaluation criteria is also available at https://www.nrl.navy.mil/Doing-Business/Contracts/Broad-Agency-Announcements/ .