Broad Agency Announcement Sources Sought Notice ASVAB Project

W911NF-23-S-0010

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

REQUEST FOR WHITE PAPERS

BAA TOPIC II A.2-8.a.2: Enhancing Job Classification and Assignment “Review of Army Aptitude Area Composites of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery

(ASVAB)”

INTRODUCTION

Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) W911NF-23-S-0010 was publicized on SAM.gov and Grants.gov on 01 May 2023. This Sources Sought Notice calls for White Paper submissions in reference to the BAA Topic II A.2-8.a.2: Enhancing Job Classification and Assignment . The United States Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) Broad Agency announcement W911NF23-S-0010, issued under the provisions of paragraph 6.102(d)(2) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, provides for the competitive selection of basic and applied research and that part of development not related to the development of a specific system or hardware procurement. A Proposal submitted in response to this BAA and selected for award is considered to be the result of full and open competition and in full compliance with the provisions of Public Law 98-369, “The Competition in Contracting Act of 1984," and subsequent amendments. Funding of research and development (R&D) within ARI areas of interest will be determined by funding constraints and priorities set during each budget cycle. Any award related to the submission of a White Paper and subsequent Proposal requested by this Notice is subject to funds availability and priorities. ARI may choose not to select any new award due to unavailability of funds or other factors.
The sequence of steps leading to an award is:
1) Request for White Paper initiated by ARI through this Sources Sought Notice 2) Submission of a timely White Paper no more than six pages in length (one page is the cover page) to the POC for the U.S. Army Contracting Command, [email protected], and copy furnish (CC) the ARI Technical Point of Contact (TPOC), [email protected].
3) ARI will provide written or telephonic feedback for white papers submitted and will provide a response with either “encouraged to submit a proposal” or “not encouraged to submit a proposal”. as per established criteria presented in Part III.
4) If the White Paper merits it, a request of a formal proposal initiated by ARI 5) Submission of a timely, formal proposal
6) Evaluation of the formal proposal as per established criteria presented in Part III 7) Award for selected proposal based on availability of funds or other factors