DAC Broad Agency Announcement

DEVCOM ANALYSIS CENTER

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR

APPLIED RESEARCH

W911NF-23-S-0003

05 January 2023 – 04 January 2028

ISSUED BY:

U.S. Army Contracting Command
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Research Triangle Park Division

P. O. Box 12211

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2211

Special Notes

1. Formatting of the Announcement

The following table provides an overview of the outline structure of this announcement: I.
A.
1.
a.
i.
(1)
(a)
(i)

2. See Appendix 1 for a Table of Acronyms used in this announcement. 3. See Appendix 2 for a Schedule of Amendments. Applicants are encouraged to frequently check grants.gov and sam.gov for updates and amendments to this BAA. Special Notices issued against this BAA will be posted to sam.gov.

I. OVERVIEW OF THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

A. Required Overview Content

1. Agency Name

2. Issuing Acquisition Office

3. Research Opportunity Title

4. Announcement Type

5. Research Opportunity Number

6. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number and Title

7. Response Dates

B. Additional Overview Information

II. DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDING

OPPORTUNITY

A. Program Description

1. Applied Research Topics of Interest

B. Federal Award Information

C. Eligibility Information

1. Eligible Applicants

2. Cost Sharing or Matching

3. Other

D. Application and Submission Information

1. Address to View Broad Agency Announcement
2. Content and Form of Application Submission
a. The Application Process Overview
b. Preliminary Inquiries*
c. Whitepaper Preparation and Submission
d. Full Proposal Preparation and Submission
e. General Information

E. Submission of Proposal

1. Email Submission

2. Grants.gov Submission

3. Unique Entity Identifier and System for Award
Management (SAM)

4. Submission Dates and Times

5. Intergovernmental Review

6. Funding Restrictions

7. Other Submission Requirements

F. Proposal Review Information

1. Email Submissions

2. Grants.gov Submissions

3. Recipient Qualification

G. Award Administration Information

1. Award Notices

2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements

a. Required Representations and Certifications
b. Policy Requirements

3. Reporting

H. Agency Contacts

I. Other Information

1. Contract Proposals

2. Grant and Cooperative Agreement Proposals

APPENDIX 1: TABLE OF ACRONYMS

APPENDIX 2: SCHEDULE OF AMENDMENTS

I.

OVERVIEW OF THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

The purpose of this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 35 and Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) under 2 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 200.204 (henceforth referred to as “BAA”) is to solicit research proposals for