Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for NSWC Crane

AMENDMENT 0006: 

Subj: Amendment 06 - updates Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist contact information and extends opportunity to 7 July 2027.

I. OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY

  This publication constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for awards by Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division (NSWC Crane) Contracts Department, as well as other federal entities where appropriate, as contemplated in Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016, the Department of Defense Grants and Agreements Regulations (DoDGARS) 32 CFR 22.315(a) and the, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Other Transaction Guide version 2.0 dated July 2023. A formal Request for Proposals (RFP), solicitation, and/or additional information regarding this announcement will not be issued.

   NSWC Crane reserves the right to fund all, some, or none of the proposals received under this BAA. NSWC Crane 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. It is the policy of NSWC Crane to treat all proposals submitted under this BAA as sensitive competitive information and to disclose their contents only for the purposes of evaluation.

A. Required Overview Content

     1. Federal Awarding Agency Name:
     Naval Surface Warfare
     Center Crane Division
     300 HWY 361
     Code T2 Bldg 34
     CRANE, IN 47522-5001
     Email: usn.crane.nswc-cd-crane-in.mbx.NSWC-Crane-T2-BACA@us.navy.mil

Agency Contact:
       o Contracting Officer: Scotland R. McKinzie (scotland.r.mckinzie.civ@us.navy.mil)
       o Requiring Technical Activity: Maria Duran
         (usn.crane.nswc-cd-crane-in.mbx.NSWC-Crane-T2-BACA@us.navy.mil)

2. Funding Opportunity Title: Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for NSWC Crane

Anticipated individual awards: Multiple awards are anticipated.

Anticipated funding type: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4

Types of instruments that may be awarded: Procurement contract (Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) based), grant, cooperative agreement, or other transaction.

3. Announcement Type: Amendment 06 to Initial Announcement
4. Funding Opportunity Number: N0016424SNB35

5. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers (CFDA): 12.335 Navy Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance

6. Key Dates

    Dates: (All times listed herein are Eastern Time)

• • Posting Date: Initial Announcement posted on 1 February 2024.
  • Amendment Posting Date: Amendment 01 posted on 15 March 2024, Amendment 02 posted on 17 April 2024, and Amendment 03 posted on 08 May 2024. Amendment 04 posted on 09 August 2024. Amendment 05 posted on 27 January 2025. Amendment 06 posted 30 October 2025.
  • Abstract Due Date: Abstracts may be submitted on a rolling basis.
  • Proposal Due Date: Proposals may be submitted on a rolling basis.
  • Closing Date: Not applicable.
  • Estimated period of performance start: start dates are unique to each action.

7. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code:

541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). The NAICS code for contracts under this announcement is “541715” with a small business size standard of “1,000 employees.”

I. DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

A. Program Description
This announcement seeks revolutionary research ideas, and technology demonstrators that offer potential for advancement and improvement of NSWC Crane’s primary mission areas.

 Funding Opportunity Description

NSWC Crane is a field activity of the Naval Sea Systems Command. NSWC Crane supports a wide range of government agencies in the interest of national security. NSWC Crane may publish BAAs and other solicitations in response to specific needs.
This BAA is issued to seek innovative solutions and ideas for topics not covered via other means.

It is strongly encouraged that potential proposers review existing NSWC Crane solicitations to avoid duplication of effort and to contact the identified points of contact for each BAA topic to discuss specific details of the needs.

 Crane Mission and Technical Capabilities

The mission of NSWC Crane is to provide research, development, test and evaluation, acquisition engineering, in-service engineering, and technical support in its assigned technical capabilities for the United States Navy, Department of Defense components and agencies, and other federal agencies and components engaged in national security. NSWC Crane also works to apply component and system-level product and industrial engineering to surface sensors, strategic systems, special warfare devices and electronic warfare systems, as well as to execute other responsibilities as assigned by the Commander, Naval Surface Warfare Center.

The focus of NSWC Crane is “Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter.” Crane specializes in total lifecycle support in three broad focus areas: Expeditionary Warfare, Strategic Missions, and Electronic Warfare, which support ten assigned
technical capabilities (TCs) listed below.

1. Electronic Warfare (EW)
2. Infrared and Pyrotechnic Countermeasures
3. Strategic Systems Hardware
4. Expeditionary Warfare and Systems
5. Advanced Electronics
6. Sensors and Surveillance Systems
7. Hypersonic Weapon Systems
8. Power and Energy Systems
9. Electro-optic and Infrared Technologies
10. Force level EW Mission Analysis, Advanced Concepts and Technologies 

Within each of the TCs, there are multiple thrust areas, which present considerable opportunities for innovative research and solutions to support national security imperatives. There is intentional overlapping space within the listed TC such that a potential technology or research idea may support multiple TCs. Any proposal should list the principal TC as well as any adjunct TCs that should be considered. Proposals that support multiple TCs are strongly desired but not necessary.

AMENDMENT 0005:

Amendment 05 – extends opportunity deadline

AMENDMENT 0004:

Amendment 04 – adds Hypersonic Weapon System Point of Contact.

Hypersonic Weapon Systems – Sarah Armstrong, sarah.e.armstrong12.civ@us.navy.mil

AMENDMENT 0003:
Amendment 03 – adds technical point of contact, Charlie Walker (Charles.d.walker130.civ@us.navy.mil) to the following technical areas: Electronic Warfare and Force Level EW Mission Analysis, Advanced Concepts, and technologies.

AMENDMENT 0002:

Amendment 02 – corrects Mr. Patrick Shaffer’s email address to patrick.j.shaffer.civ@us.navy.mil.

AMENDMENT 0001:

Amendment 01 - Removes language referring to Technical and Cost proposal templates and updates White Paper format page limit information.

*See attachment for the BAA in its entirety.