FBI Enterprise Technology Broad Agency Announcement

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

FINANCE DIVISION | PROCUREMENT SECTION

Broad Agency Announcement

FBI ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Effective from 5/17/2023 – 05/16/2027

Revision, date June 10, 2026

INTRODUCTION

Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs) are solicitation methods for Research and Development (R&D) efforts that provide for full and open competition in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 6.101(b)(3)(ii)(A). BAAs are established in FAR 35.102 and are authorized for the acquisition of basic and applied research and that part of development not related to the development of a specific system or hardware procurement.

The objective of this BAA is to encourage participation by science and technology firms and educational institutions in meeting FBI Research and Development goals for innovative ideas and approaches for research that is general in nature.

This BAA establishes a Two-Step process under the provisions of FAR 6.101(b)(3)(ii)(A). which provides for the competitive selection of research proposals. The following information is relative to Step-One, which is the call for submission of white papers. The FBI will contact those offerors whose white papers are selected to proceed to Step-Two and provide instructions for completing the second step. Step-Two is submission of a formal proposal. DO NOT submit a formal proposal until requested by the FBI Contracting Officer.

PROBLEM SET AREAS

Refer to Attachment A – FBI ENTERPRISE BAA PROBLEM SETS for a description of the Problem Set Areas to be addressed under this BAA.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Response Date & Email Address
This announcement will remain open until 05/16/2027, unless superseded, extended, cancelled, or replaced. White papers may be submitted at any time during the BAA open period to [email protected]. The Government also reserves the right to issue Calls against this BAA calling attention to a particular topic and specifying dates for white paper submission. Offerors are responsible for monitoring the Government Point of Entry websites at HYPERLINK "https://sam.gov" https://sam.gov and https://www.biz.fbi.gov for any amendments to this announcement.

This announcement does not commit the Government to pay for the preparation of white papers. The cost of preparing a response to this announcement is not considered an allowable direct charge to any resulting award. White papers submitted after the specified response date will not be reviewed or considered further under this announcement.