SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Army Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
- Notice Date
- 7/17/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- ACC-APG - RTP, ATTN: AMSSB-ACR, Research Triangle Park Contracting Division, P.O. Box 12211, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2211
- ZIP Code
- 27709-2211
- Solicitation Number
- W911NF12R0019
- Archive Date
- 10/15/2012
- Point of Contact
- Chris Justice, 919-549-4287
- E-Mail Address
-
ACC-APG - RTP
(christopher.d.justice4.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This Announcement pertains to the Army Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) W911NF-12-R-0019. The BAA invites the submission of White Papers ONLY, not full proposals. Submissions shall be made in accordance with the instructions provided in Section 5 of the BAA. The BAA is primarily for the transition of technologies developed by small businesses, including those resulting from the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and DoD reimbursed Independent Research and Development (IR&D). IR&D does not include R&D performed under a grant or contract from the Government. IR&D is defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 31.205-18(a). The goals of the RIF reflect DoD's emphasis on rapid, responsive acquisition and the engagement of small, innovative businesses in solving defense needs. The RIF is seeking projects that address innovative technology that resolve operational challenges or other critical national security needs, and has a demonstration path into a defense acquisition program, including, but not limited to capabilities that: * Accelerate or enhance a military capability; * Reduce the development, acquisition, sustainment, or lifecycle costs of defense acquisition programs or fielded systems; * Reduce technical risk; * Improve the timeliness and thoroughness of test and evaluation outcomes. The Army RIF is seeking solutions to Army challenges specified in Section 10 of the BAA. Each white paper MUST address an Army challenge in Section 10 of this BAA, and submitted solutions MUST also involve one or more of the Defense research and development Rapid Innovation Program science and technology thrust areas specified in Section 11 of this BAA. Technology maturity will be identified to assess technical risks for candidate proposals in direct support of major defense acquisition programs, programs of record, or the next phase of research and development. For purposes of this BAA, the Army seeks a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of at least 6 for the final product of proposed solution. In circumstances of exceptional technical merit, proposals with a lower TRL rating will be considered for award, as warranted by the Source Selection Authority. Contact information is as follows: BUSINESS RELATED QUESTIONS: General BUSINESS questions related to this BAA shall be submitted to the email address listed below and must include a subject line of "BUSINESS QUESTION - ARMY RIF BAA" in order to ensure an answer is received. This email address is used ONLY for business questions related to the BAA and white paper submission. There are SEPARATE email addresses included in this BAA for white paper submission and technical questions. Emails asking technical questions, submitting white papers, requesting status of white paper receipt and evaluations and requesting status of full proposal invitations and evaluations will NOT be answered by submission to the address below. Christopher Justice US Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground Research Triangle Park Division Email: usarmy.rtp.aro.mbx.baa3qa@mail.mil TECHNICAL QUESTIONS: TECHNICAL questions must be addressed to the technical points of contact identified with each requirement in Section 10.0 of the BAA in order to ensure an answer is received. Technical questions can be discussed with the technical points of contact either telephonically or via email (using the email addresses provided in Section 10.0) -if the question is via email the subject line of the email shall include the "ARMY RIF BAA" and the Army Requirement number. All email correspondence and conversations shall be unclassified.
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