BAA for Advancement of Technologies for Use by Special Operations Forces

MAY 21 UPDATE: THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS NOTICE HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 3:00 PM (EASTERN) TUESDAY MAY 26TH. IN ADDITION TO PREVIOUSLY NOTED ISSUES WITH THE URL, THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH SOME FILES NOT MAKING IT THROUGH THE USSOCOM FIRE WALL. IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES PLEASE REDUCE FILES TO LESS THAN 10MB. PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER COMPRESSING FILES THAT ARE LARGER, OR CONVERTING TO PDF. NOTICE: THIS UPDATE CORRECTS THE URL FOUND IN THE ORIGINAL USSOCOM-BAAST-2020 POSTING. THE CORRECT URL TO SUBMIT WHITE PAPERS IS: https://www.socom.mil/SOF-ATL/Pages/baa.aspx PLEASE ENSURE THAT WHEN COPY AND PASTING THIS URL, THE DASH BETWEEN SOF AND ATL IS INCLUDED. THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE DASH BEING DROPPED WHEN COPY AND PASTING. This publication is a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), USSOCOM-BAAST-2020, as contemplated in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016. United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (SOF AT&L), Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T) is interested in receiving white papers from all responsible sources (reference FAR 9.1) from industry, academia, individuals, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, National Laboratories, and Government laboratories capable of pursuing, developing and evolving disruptive capabilities that must be made available to the SOF Operator within the next five to seven years in order to achieve mission success in the Future Operating Environment (FOE). ***This BAA will remain open for 5 years until 31 December 2025, unless superseded, amended, or cancelled.***