Amendment 14: third repub

AMENDMENT 14 TO BAA FA8750-23-S-7006

The purpose of this modification is to republish the original announcement, incorporating any previous amendments, pursuant to FAR 35.016(c). This republishing also includes the following changes:
Part I, Overview Information:
Updates the Federal Agency Name;

Part II, Full Text Announcement:
Section I, in the attachment “Attachment to FA8750-23-S-7006 Technical Areas 8 SEP 2026”; the following changes are made: TA2; TPOCs are updated;
TA4; closes this TA;
TA5; closes this TA;
TA6; closes this TA;
TA7; closes this TA;
TA8; TPOC is updated;
TA9: closes this TA;
TA10: closes this TA;
Section V.3, updates the Simplified Acquisition Threshold to $350,000; Section V.4, updates the certified cost and pricing data threshold to $10M for large businesses; Section VI.1, updates the proposal formatting language; Section VI.3, updates the debriefing language;
Section VI.5.b.3, updates the DFARS clause;
Section VI.5.c, updates the DFARS clause;
Section VI.7, updates the provisions;
Section VI.9; updates the DFARS reference;
Section VII: updates the OMBUDSMAN language.

No other changes have been made.

NAICS CODE: 541715

FEDERAL AGENCY NAME: Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL - Rome Research Site, AFRL/Information & Spectrum Warfare Directorate, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, NY, 13441-4514 BAA ANNOUNCEMENT TYPE: Modification

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) TITLE: Artificial Intelligence and Next Generation Distributed Command and Control

BAA NUMBER: FA8750-23-S-7006

PART I – OVERVIEW INFORMATION

This announcement is for an Open, 2 Step BAA which is open and effective until 30 AUG 2028. 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 1600 hours Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 30 AUG 2028, the following submission dates are suggested to best align with projected funding:

FY24 by 13 SEP 2023

FY25 by 15 Mar 2024
FY26 by 15 Mar 2025

FY26 TA 9 4 SEP 2025

FY26 TA10 16 JAN 2026

FY27 by 15 Mar 2026
FY28 by 15 Mar 2027

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:

Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds great potential in transforming the Department of the Air Force (DAF) and Joint Force Command and Control (C2) capabilities across strategic, operational, and tactical levels by enabling decision makers to effectively assess the battlespace, rapidly explore, create, and select the best plan, and direct and monitor forces at pace and scale in a distributed setting. This BAA is interested in exploring new and advancing existing AI and distributed C2 concepts.