NRL Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Basic and Applied Research

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<p>Amendment 0006</p><p><br></p><p>The purpose of this amendment is to extend the due date for acceptance of White Papers. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged. </p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br></p><p>Amendment 0005</p><p><br></p><p>The purpose of this amendment is to provide a searchable list of Summary Topics contained in Appendix 1. Expanded descriptions of each topic can be found in the full announcement pdf.</p><p><br></p><p>APPENDIX 1 – RESEARCH DESCRIPTION - SUMMARY TOPICS</p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong>II. Detailed information about the funding opportunity</strong></p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p>The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the Navy's corporate laboratory. NRL conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines. The basic research program is driven by perceptions about future requirements of the Navy.</p><p><br></p><p>The Navy's operational effectiveness depends on its ability to keep pace with rapidly developing technologies. NRL contributes to this requirement by conducting research in the following areas, organized into NRL'S three research directorates and Naval Center for Space Technology:</p><p><br></p><p>Systems Directorate Code 5000</p><p>Materials Science and Component Technology Directorate Code 6000 Ocean and Atmospheric Science and Technology Directorate Code 7000 Naval Center for Space Technology Code 8000</p><p><br></p><p>A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SYSTEMS DIRECTORATE - CODE 5000</p><p><u>53-24-01</u> - HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR</p><p><u>53-24-01C</u> - HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR (CLASSIFIED)</p><p><u>53-24-02</u> - LOW-COST WIDEBAND ANTENNA ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES</p><p><u>53-24-03</u> - ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS</p><p><u>55-24-01</u> - INFORMATION AND DECISION SCIENCES</p><p><u>55-24-02</u> - MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS OF HIGH ASSURANCE COMPUTING</p><p><u>55-24-03</u> - HIGH ASSURANCE ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING</p><p><u>55-24-04</u> - ADVANCED NAVAL NETWORK SOLUTIONS</p><p><u>55-24-05</u> - FEDERATED, DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING/NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE</p><p><u>56-24-01</u> - OPTICAL SCIENCES R&amp;D</p><p><u>57-24-01</u>&nbsp;- ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT</p><p><u>57-24-02&nbsp;&nbsp;​</u>- SHIPBOARD ELECTRONIC WARFARE</p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong>B.&nbsp;MATERIALS SCIENCE AND COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE CODE 6000</strong></p><p><u>60-24-01</u> - HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING ON MASSIVELY PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES</p><p><u>61-24-01</u> - ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE, CONVERSION AND COMMAND/CONTROL</p><p><u>61-24-02 </u>- CORROSION PROCESSES, CONTROL, MITIGATION, AND TECHNOLOGY</p><p><u>61-24-03</u> - APPLICATIONS OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY AND ADVANCED LASER TECHNIQUES</p><p><u>61-24-04</u> - MULTIECHELON DIAGNOSTICS (MEDx) TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND TIERED EVALUATION</p><p><u>63-24-01</u> - MATERIALS PERFORMANCE, PROCESSING, AND MODELING</p><p><u>67-24-01</u> - BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH IN PLASMA SCIENCE</p><p><u>68-24-01</u> - RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH</p><p><u>68-24-02</u> - PHOTOVOLTAICS FOR PORTABLE POWER</p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong>C.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE CODE 7000</strong></p><p><u>71-24-01</u> - ACOUSTIC SIMULATION AND TACTICS</p><p><u>72-24-01</u> - LOW FREQUENCY RADIO INTERFEROMETRY</p><p><u>72-24-02</u> - OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING OF THE COASTAL REGIME</p><p><u>72-24-03</u> - REMOTE SENSORS AND IMAGING SYSTEMS</p><p><u>72-24-04</u> - AIRBORNE, SHIPBOARD, AND OVERHEAD DATA ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS</p><p><u>73-24-01</u> - OCEAN DYNAMICS AND PREDICTION OCEANOGRAPHY</p><p><u>73-24-02</u> - SEAFLOOR SCIENCES</p><p><u>73-24-03</u> - GEOSPATIAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY</p><p><u>75-24-01</u> - ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS, ANALYSIS, AND PREDICTION</p><p><u>76-24-01</u> - RESEARCH INTO SPACE, BACKGROUNDS, IMAGING AND MODELING</p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong>D.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NAVAL CENTER FOR SPACE TECHNOLOGY CODE 8000</strong></p><p><u>82-24-01</u> - SPACECRAFT &amp; SPACE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY</p><p><br></p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>Amendment 0004</p><p><br></p><p>The purpose of this amendment is to extend the due date for acceptance of White Papers and revise Appendix 1 Summary Topics and email addresses in it’s entirety.</p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>Amendment 0003</p><p><br></p><p>The purpose of this amendment is to extend the due date for acceptance of White Papers.&nbsp;All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.</p><p><br></p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>Amendment 0002</p><p><br></p><p>The purpose of this amendment is to extend the due date for acceptance of White Papers.&nbsp;All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.</p><p><br></p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>Amendment 0001</p><p><br></p><p>The purpose of this amendment is to extend the due date for acceptance of White Papers.&nbsp;All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.</p><p><br></p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>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 and 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.</p><p>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 Summary Topics contained in Appendix 1, to include a rough cost estimate. If there is interest in the proposed research the offeror will be invited to submit a Formal Proposal.&nbsp;The selection of proposals for award will be based on a scientific review of proposals submitted in response to each BAA Summary 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&nbsp;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 also available at https://www.nrl.navy.mil/Doing-Business/Contracts/Broad-Agency-Announcements/ .</p><p><br></p>