DHS BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION (CWMD)
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The Department of Homeland Security Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office has issued Broad Agency Announcement 70RWMD24R00000003 to solicit research and development proposals from business and academia. This five year initiative, effective from May 7, 2024, through May 6, 2029, aims to identify and demonstrate innovative technologies and capabilities to prevent, protect against, respond to, and mitigate nuclear, chemical, radiological, and biological threats. The overarching strategy provides the agency with the flexibility to address evolving operational gaps and urgent issues through a streamlined acquisition process. Under this BAA, the government will periodically post specific Areas of Interest with unique Notice IDs on SAM.gov. Prospective proposers are required to submit white papers and proposals according to the scope, instructions, and deadlines outlined in these individual notices. While the general BAA remains open for five years, submissions are only accepted during the specific timeframes designated for each Area of Interest. All activities are managed by the CWMD Acquisition Division based in Washington, DC, under NAICS code 541715.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (CWMD) is announcing to business and academia its intent to solicit Research and Development (R&D) proposals under this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). This BAA is contemplated in Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016. Responses from proposers will be requested in the form of white papers and/or proposals in response to the various Areas of Interest (AOI) under this BAA. From time to time, this BAA will be related to add specific AOIs and their respective Notice IDs on SAM.gov. Notice IDs for specific AOIs will be posted on SAM.gov and each AOI will outline scope, specific proposal instructions or evaluation criteria, and open/close dates.
The over-arching strategy involves the use of this 5-year BAA to quickly and efficiently execute R&D to identify, explore, and demonstrate new technologies and capabilities that will help enable CWMD and stakeholders to prevent, protect against, respond to, and mitigate nuclear, chemical, radiological, and biological threats and incidents. This strategy will provide DHS an acquisition tool with the flexibility to solicit proposals and make awards to provide innovative solutions to countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), as ever-changing urgent operational issues and capability gaps are identified.
This BAA will remain "open" for 5 years; however, white papers and proposals will only be solicited and accepted during the timeframes specified within the AOIs posted periodically throughout the life of this over-arching BAA. All prospective proposers can learn more about the available AOIs by reading the notice IDs to BAA No. 70RWMD24R00000003, which will detail all open AOIs. More detail on AOIs is provided in Section 8 of this BAA. All AOIs will be posted on SAM.gov. It is expected notice IDs for AOIs will be added regularly, modifications to existing AOI topics, changes in submission details, deadlines, etc. Therefore, proposers will be responsible for reviewing and ensuring submissions adhere to the AOI details.
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