DEVCOM Broad Agency Announcement Revised

Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground
Edgewood Contracting Division

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) FOR CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL RADIOLOGICAL NUCLEAR AND EXPLOSIVE (CBRNE) DEFENSE EFFORTS UNDER PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, AND PROTOTYPES UNDER OTHER TRANSACTIONS AGREEMENTS

92240142796500

CCDC-BAA-24-XX

W911SR-24R-00XX

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I.INTRODUCTION1

II.ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS3

III.GENERAL INFORMATION6

AWARDS6

TYPE OF AWARDS6

ACCOUNTING FOR CONTRACT SERVICES6

BASIC DEVCOM CBC AWARD PROCEDURES6

CONFLICT OF INTEREST16

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION OUTSIDE OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT16

U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATION16

INFORMATION SERVICE16

PREPROPOSALS16

FULL PROPOSALS17

IV.APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS18

GENERAL FORMATTING GUIDELINES18

CONTRACTS19

COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS INSTRUCTIONS22

V.EVALUATION AND SELECTION23

EVALUATION FACTORS FOR PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS23

SELECTION FOR PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS26

VI.AWARD ADMINISTRATION26

PAYMENTS26

INFORMATION RELEASE27

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUESTS27

SITE VISITS28

REPORTS / MEETINGS / KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION28

AUDITS AND COST PRINCIPLES28

VII.DEVCOM CBC MISSION STATEMENTS AND AREAS OF INTEREST29

SCOPE OF PROPOSALS SOUGHT29

DEVCOM CBC MISSION STATEMENT AND BAA TECHNICAL POINTS OF CONTACT29

MISSION AREAS29

SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES AND BIOMATERIALS29

AEROSOL TECHNOLOGY30

BIOLOGICAL POINT DETECTION32

CHEMICAL POINT DETECTION36

EARLY WARNING AND DETECTION37

SMOKE AND OBSCURANTS38

MODELING, SIMULATION, AND ANALYSIS FOR CB SMOKE AND OBSCURANTS39

COLLECTIVE PROTECTION40

RESPIRATORY PROTECTION41

DECONTAMINATION43

CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, NUCLEAR, AND EXPLOSIVES COUNTERMEASURES TO TERRORISM43

FLAME AND INCENDIARY TECHNOLOGY44

EXPLOSIVES POINT, PROXIMAL, AND STANDOFF DETECTION44

CHEMICAL FORENSICS45

CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL ADVANCED MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING SCIENCE45

ANALYTICAL TOXICOLOGY46

TARGET DEFEAT TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS46

ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE/ MACHINE LEARNING47

MICROSENSORS47

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING/ MATERIAL SCIENCE48

VIII.OTHER TRANSACTIONS (OT) FOR PROTOTYPES48

GENERAL INFORMATION48

SUBMISSION PROCEDURES49

EVALUATION54

SELECTION FOR AWARD OF PROTOTYPE AGREEMENTS55

AWARD ADMINISTRATION55

PAYMENT55

AUDITS AND COST PRINCIPALS56

IX.ATTACHMENTS AND APPENDICES57

I. INTRODUCTION:

The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) mission is to provide innovative chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) defense capabilities to enable the Joint Warfighters’ dominance on the battlefield and interagency defense of the homeland. Mission areas and technical points of contact for within DEVCOM CBC are shown in Section VII of this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). Proposals are sought from all eligible sources as specified herein, including educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, and private industry. This BAA provides general information, proposal preparation instructions, evaluation and selection criteria, and award administration.