Office of Net Assessment

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT

This publication constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d) (2) and Part 35.016. A formal Request for Proposal (RFP), solicitation and/or additional information regarding this announcement will not be issued. This BAA is issued by Washington Headquarters Services, Acquisition Directorate (WHS/AD) on behalf of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Office of Net Assessment (OSD/NA). The community of interest for this BAA is the OSD/NA. WHS/AD will not issue paper copies of this announcement. The government reserves the right to select all, some, or none of the proposals for award in response to this announcement. The government reserves the right to fund all, some, or none of the proposals received under this BAA. The government provides no funding for direct reimbursement of proposal development costs.
Technical and Cost Proposals (or any other material) submitted in response to this BAA will not be returned. WHS/AD will treat all proposals as sensitive competitive information and disclose their contents only for the purposes of evaluation.
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ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION

This BAA is open to all profit and non-profit businesses as well as institutions of higher education. All entities may submit a proposal for consideration by the government. Non-U.S. organizations and/or individuals may participate to the extent that such participants comply with any necessary nondisclosure agreements, security regulations, export control laws, and other governing statutes applicable under the circumstances. See Section V.D.6. All offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). Information on SAM registration is available at https://sam.gov/.
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GENERAL INFORMATION

Agency Name:
Washington Headquarters Service Acquisition Directorate (WHS/AD) 4800 Mark Center Drive Alexandria, VA 22350

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Research Opportunity Title and Program Name:
Research and Studies for OSD/NA

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Research Opportunity Number:

HQ0034-ONA-23-BAA-0001

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Response Dates:
Proposals will be accepted for a period of five (5) years from June 14, 2023 through June 13, 2028. See Section VIII for proposal submission cut-off dates.

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Questions and Communications:

All questions must be sent via email to the following WHS/AD mailbox: [email protected]
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RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION

OSD/NA develops and coordinates independent net assessments of the standing, trends, and