Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for NSWC Crane

AMENDMENT 0002: Amendment 02 � corrects Mr. Patrick Shaffer�s email address to patrick.j.shaffer.civ@us.navy.mil. AMENDMENT 0001: Removes language referring to Technical and Cost proposal templates and updates White Paper format page limit information. I. OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY This publication constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for awards by Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division (NSWC Crane) Contracts Department, as well as other federal entities where appropriate, as contemplated in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016, the Department of Defense Grants and Agreements regulations (DoDGARS) 32 CFR 22.315(a) and the, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Other Transaction Guide version 2.0 dated July 2023. A formal Request for Proposals (RFP), solicitation, and/or additional information regarding this announcement will not be issued. NSWC Crane reserves the right to fund all, some, or none of the proposals received under this BAA. NSWC Crane provides no funding for direct reimbursement of proposal development costs. Technical and cost proposals (or any other material) submitted in response to this BAA will not be returned. It is the policy of NSWC Crane to treat all proposals submitted under this BAA as sensitive competitive information and to disclose their contents only for the purposes of evaluation. A. Required Overview Content Federal Awarding Agency Name: Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division 300 HWY 361 Code T2 Bldg 34 CRANE, IN 47522-5001 Email: usn.crane.nswc-cd-crane-in.mbx.NSWC-Crane-T2-BACA@us.navy.mil Agency Contact: o Contracting Officer: Danielle Peter (danielle.m.peter.civ@us.navy.mil) o Requiring Technical Activity: Maria Duran (usn.crane.nswc-cd-crane-in.mbx.NSWC-Crane-T2-BACA@us.navy.mil) 2. Funding Opportunity Title: Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for NSWC Crane Anticipated individual awards: Multiple awards are anticipated. Anticipated funding type: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 Types of instruments that may be awarded: Procurement contract (Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) based), grant, cooperative agreement, or other transaction. 3. Announcement Type: Initial Announcement 4. Funding Opportunity Number: N0016424SNB35 5. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers (CFDA): 12.335 Navy Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance 6. Key Dates Dates: (All times listed herein are Eastern Time) o Posting date: 2 February 2024 o Abstract Due Date: Abstracts may be submitted on a rolling basis Proposal Due Date: Proposals may be submitted on a rolling basis Closing Date: 1 February 2025 o Estimated period of performance start: start dates are unique to each action 7. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code: 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). The NAICS code for contracts under this announcement is �541715� with a small business size standard of �1,000 employees.� I. DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY A. Program Description This announcement seeks revolutionary research ideas, and technology demonstrators that offer potential for advancement and improvement of NSWC Crane�s primary mission areas. Funding Opportunity Description NSWC Crane is a field activity of the Naval Sea Systems Command. NSWC Crane supports a wide range of government agencies in the interest of national security. NSWC Crane may publish BAAs and other solicitations in response to specific needs. This BAA is issued to seek innovative solutions and ideas for topics not covered via other means. It is strongly encouraged that potential proposers review existing NSWC Crane solicitations to avoid duplication of effort and to contact the identified points of contact for each BAA topic to discuss specific details of the needs. Crane Mission and Technical Capabilities The mission of NSWC Crane is to provide research, development, test and evaluation, acquisition engineering, in-service engineering and technical support in its assigned technical capabilities for the United States Navy, Department of Defense components and agencies, and other federal agencies and components engaged in national security. NSWC Crane also works to apply component and system-level product and industrial engineering to surface sensors, strategic systems, special warfare devices and electronic warfare systems, as well as to execute other responsibilities as assigned by the Commander, Naval Surface Warfare Center. *See attachment for the BAA in its entirety.