Broad Agency Announcement 23-04 Amendment 3 first repub

Amendment No. 3 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 I, Overview Information:
Updated the type of instruments that may be awarded language;

Part II, Full Text Announcement:
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) reference updated to Assistance Listing number; Section I; updates the description for Technical Area 3; Section IV.2, updates the Content and Format language;
Section IV.3, updates the Information Protection contact info; Section IV.4.c, updates the CFR hyperlink;
Section IV.4.e, adds language;
Section VI.1; updates the proposal formatting language; Section VI.3, updates debriefing language;
Section VII, updates the OMBUDSMAN.

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: 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