Amendment 6: second repub 2026

AMENDMENT 6 TO ARA FA8750-24-S-7007

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:

1. Part I, Overview Information:

a. Updates the Federal Agency Name;

2. Part II, Full Text Announcement:

a. Section I, Important Notes Regarding paragraph 3, removes the word “basic” from the Other Transaction for Research Projects paragraph;
b. Section I, Important Notes Regarding, paragraph 4.b, updates the 10 USC 4023 language; c. Section IV.2.a.iii, updates the 10 U.S.C. 4023 language; d. Section V.3, updates the Simplified Acquisition Threshold to $350,000; e. Section V.4, updates the certified cost and pricing data threshold to $10M for large businesses;
f. Section VI.1, updates the proposal formatting language; g. Section VI.3, updates the debriefing language;
h. Section VI.5.b.3, updates the DFARS clause;
i. Section VI.5.c, updates the DFARS clause;
j. Section VI.7, updates the provisions;
k. Section VI.8; updates the DFARS reference;
l. Section VII: updates the OMBUDSMAN language.
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 & Spectrum Warfare Directorate, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, NY, 13441-4514
ARA ANNOUNCEMENT TYPE: Modification
ADVANCED RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (ARA) TITLE: Signals Intelligence Focused Technologies for Exploitation and Reporting (SIFTER)

ARA NUMBER: FA8750-24-S-7007

PART I – OVERVIEW INFORMATION

This announcement is for an Open, 2 Step ARA which is open and effective until 28 September 2029. 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 3pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 28 September 2029, the following submission dates are suggested to best align with projected funding:

FY25 by 21 OCT 2024

FY26 by 25 SEP 2025

FY27 by 25 SEP 2026

FY28 by 25 SEP 2027

FY29 by 25 SEP 2028

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: Seeking innovative research to investigate algorithms, methodologies, and techniques for the demonstration and evaluation of enhanced signal information exploitation, dissemination, and analytics of existing and emerging adversarial