Amendment 6: Broad Agency Announcement 23-08 add focus areas v2

AMENDMENT 6 to BAA FA8750-23-S-7008

The purpose of this amendment is to modify:
Part I:
Adds a white paper due date for Focus Area B3;
Updates BAA estimated funding language;

Part II:
Section I, adds Focus Areas B3 and B4, and adds paragraph D with Focus Area D1; Section IV, paragraph 1, adds a white paper due date for Focus Area B3; Section VI, adds paragraph 10;

No other changes are made.

NAICS CODE: 541715

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

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA)

TITLE: Adaptive Fusion, Analysis & Reasoning of multi-source data (AFAR)

BAA NUMBER: FA8750-23-S-7008

PART I – OVERVIEW INFORMATION

This announcement is for an Open, 2 Step BAA which is open and effective until 29 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 11:59PM Eastern Standard Time (EST), the following submission dates are suggested to best align with projected funding: FY24 by 12 Sep 2023 (Please note: For only FY24, AFRL is seeking whitepapers for just the following Focus Areas: A - Adaptive Knowledge and Information for Target Analysis and B - Enhancing Moving Target Engagement at Scale (EMoTES)) FY25 by 15 Jul 2024
FY26 Focus Area B3 by 28 APR 2025
FY26 by 15 Jul 2025
FY27 by 15 Jul 2026
FY28 by 15 Jul 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: The Air Force Research Laboratory, Information Directorate is seeking innovative approaches for the fusion, analysis and reasoning of multi-source data to advance their analytical operations in support of their Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) and Cyber Science mission. This announcement is comprised of three research areas: (A) Adaptive Knowledge and Information for Target Analysis (AKITA), (B) Enhancing Moving Target Engagement at Scale (EMoTES) and (C) Publicly Available Information (PAI) Ensemble Fusion (PEF), where each has research areas that taken together comprise the focus of AFAR research and development. BAA ESTIMATED FUNDING: Total funding for this BAA is approximately $37M. Individual awards will not normally exceed 36 months with dollar amounts normally ranging from $500K to $1.5M. There is also the potential to make awards up to any dollar value as long as the value does not exceed the available BAA ceiling amount. Any anticipated funding listed reflects estimated program funding only. This estimate is not a promise of funding. Funding is uncertain and is subject to change. Changes in availability may occur as a result of the exercise of Government discretion.