Emergent III Research & Development Program

Amendment 06 hereby closes the DLA Emergent III Research and Development Program BAA and all Areas of Interest contained in Attachment B as of 2:00pm est on 13 June 2022. The DLA Emergent IV Research and Development Program BAA is now posted on SAM.gov at https://sam.gov/opp/e814c9a7aea248b6a2b4ee26129ab898/view *Note that there have been minimal changes to the Areas of Interest. Amendment 05 clarifies the amendment number on the previous amendment and provides a revised listing of the Areas of Interest. Amendment 04 closes Area of Interest H Lead Time Estimation Artificial Intelligence Data Pilot on 25 April 2022. Amendment 03 adds Areas of Interest L through P to Attachment B. Amendment 02 has been added to update Area of Interest K to Attachment B This notice constitutes a combined synopsis and Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the acquisition of research and development in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 35.016, Broad Agency Announcement, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. No other solicitation will be issued. Only the information provided in this notice is available. Requests for other forms of solicitations shall be disregarded This BAA will remain open for five years. This BAA addresses DLA's need for scientific study and experimentation directed toward advancing the state-of-the-art or increasing knowledge or understanding in Areas of Interest not anticipated by DLA's annual R&D program planning and development processes. Interested parties may submit an initial synopsis, referred to as a "White Paper," describing a specific project related to an Area of Interest listed in Attachment B to this BAA, which DLA may amend from time to time to add, modify, or delete Areas of Interest. If a White Paper is of sufficient interest, DLA may request technical and cost proposals for the effort described by the White Paper.