NRL-Wide Broad Agency Announcement

The Naval Research Laboratory is interested in receiving innovative proposals that offer potential for advancement and improvement in the technical topic areas listed. This notice constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) as contemplated in FAR 6.302(d) that provides for the competitive selection of research proposals. The Government reserves the right to select for award all, some, or none of the proposals received. Awards under this BAA are expected to take the form of contracts. Grants, cooperative agreements, other transactions may also be awarded if appropriate. NRL encourages Educational Institutions, Small Businesses (SBs), Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns (SDBs) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Institutions (MIs) to submit proposals under this BAA. In order to conserve valuable offeror and Government resources, prospective offerors shall first submit a White Paper (WP) to the email address identified in the individual topic summary, to include a rough cost estimate. The selection of proposals for award will be based on a scientific review of proposals submitted in response to each BAA topic. The major purpose of the evaluation will be to determine the relative merit of the technical approach of each proposal. Business and contractual aspects, including proposed cost and cost realism, will also be considered as part of the evaluation. Selection of proposals for award will be based on the potential benefits to the Government weighed against the cost of the proposals, in view of the availability of funds. The complete BAA including proposal preparation instructions, award considerations, and evaluation criteria is available at http://heron.nrl.navy.mil/contracts/index04.htm. Specific research topics of interest include: 53-15-01 HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR 53-15-01C HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR (CLASSIFIED) 53-15-02 LOW COST WIDEBAND ANTENNA ARRAY TECHNOLOGY 53-15-03 ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS 55-15-01 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND DECISION ARCHITECTURES 55-15-02 MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS OF HIGH ASSURANCE COMPUTING 55-15-03 HIGH ASSURANCE ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING 55-15-04 ADVANCED NAVAL NETWORK SOLUTIONS 55-15-05 ADVERSARIAL BEHAVIORAL MODELING AND ANALYSIS 55-15-06 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING FOR HIGH ASSURANCE COMPUTER SYSTEMS 55-15-07 FEDERATED, DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING/NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE 56-15-01 OPTICAL SCIENCES R&D CODE 57-15-01 INNOVATIVE ANTI-SHIP MISSILE - ELECTRONIC WARFARE SIMULATION TECHNOLOGY 57-15-02 ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 57-15-03 OFFBOARD COUNTERMEASURE TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 57-15-04 AIRBORNE ELECTRONIC WARFARE 61-15-01 POWER/ENERGY SOURCE MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS 61-15-02 CORROSION PROCESSES, CONTROL, MITIGATION, AND TECHNOLOGY 61-15-03 DEVELOPMENT OF MICROSENSORS AND MICROSYSTEMS FOR PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL, AND BIOCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS 61-15-04 APPLICATIONS OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY AND ADVANCED LASER TECHNIQUES 63-15-01 MATERIALS PERFORMANCE, PROCESSING AND MODELING 64-15-01 HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING ON MASSIVELY PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES 67-15-01 BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH IN HIGH TEMPERATURE PLASMAS 68-15-01 RF VACUUM ELECTRONICS 68-15-02 RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH 68-15-03 PHOTOVOLTAICS FOR PORTABLE POWER 68-15-04 ANALOG AND MIXED SIGNAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN AND CHARACTERIZATION 69-15-01 RESEARCH IN BIO-MOLECULAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 71-15-01 ACOUSTIC SIMULATION, MEASUREMENTS AND TACTICS 72-15-01 LOW FREQUENCY RADIO INTERFEROMETRY 72-15-02 OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING OF THE COASTAL REGIME 72-15-03 REMOTE SENSORS AND IMAGING SYSTEMS 73-15-01 OCEAN DYNAMICS AND PREDICTION OCEANOGRAPHY 74-15-01 AIRBORNE AND SHIPBOARD DATA ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS 74-15-02 SEAFLOOR SCIENCES 74-15-03 GEOSPATIAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY 75-15-01 ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS, ANALYSIS, AND PREDICTION 76-15-01 RESEARCH INTO SPACE, BACKGROUNDS, IMAGING AND MODELING 82-15-01 SPACE AND SPACE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY