Amendment 8: second repub

AMENDMENT 8 TO BAA FA8750-23-S-7004

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 II, Full Text Announcement:
Section III.2.b.2, updates the FOCI guidance;
Section IV.4.b, updates the provision date;
Section V.2.b.2.e; corrects numbering and paragraph e language; Section V.4; updates the thresholds;
Section VI.1, updates proposal formatting language;
Section VI.7, updates the provisions;
Section VI; adds paragraph 10
Section VI, deletes paragraph 12
Section VII: updates the OMBUDSMAN.
No other changes are made.

NAICS CODE: 541715 and 541713

It is expected that NAICS code 541713 will apply to Technical Area 2 and Technical Area 3 due to their alignment with Nanotechnology. 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: Extreme Computing

BAA NUMBER: FA8750-23-S-7004

PART I – OVERVIEW INFORMATION

This announcement is for an Open, 2 Step BAA which is open and effective until 20 Sep 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 hrs. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 20 Sep 2028, the following submission dates are suggested to best align with projected funding:

FY24 by 4 Oct 2023
FY25 by 30 Sep 2024
FY26 by 30 Sep 2025
FY27 by 30 Sep 2026
FY28 by 30 Sep 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 is soliciting white papers under this Broad Agency Announcement for research, development, integration, test and evaluation of technologies/techniques to support research in the focus areas computational diversity and efficient computing architectures, machine learning and artificial intelligence in embedded system and architectures, computing at the edge, nanocomputing, space computing, and robust algorithms and applications. BAA ESTIMATED FUNDING: Total funding for this BAA is approximately $497.9M. Individual awards will not normally exceed 36 months with dollar amounts normally ranging from $1M to $3M. There is also the potential to make awards up to $99.9M