**Note: Amendment 001 is being issued to revise some of the research topics for the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL). Updates have also been made to some of the technical points of contact for the Cold Regions and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL). The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for various research and development topic areas. The ERDC consists of the Coastal and Hydraulics Lab (CHL), the Geotechnical and Structures Lab (GSL), the Reachback Operations Center (UROC), the Environmental Lab (EL) and the Information Technology Lab (ITL) in Vicksburg, Mississippi, the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab (CRREL) in Hanover, New Hampshire, the Construction Engineering Research Lab (CERL) in Champaign, Illinois, and the Geospatial Research Laboratory (GRL) in Alexandria, Virginia. The ERDC is responsible for conducting research in the broad fields of hydraulics, dredging, coastal engineering, instrumentation, oceanography, remote sensing, geotechnical engineering, earthquake engineering, soil effects, vehicle mobility, self-contained munitions, military engineering, geophysics, pavements, protective structures, aquatic plants, water quality, dredged material, treatment of hazardous waste, wetlands, physical/mechanical/ chemical properties of snow and other frozen precipitation, infrastructure and environmental issues for installations, computer science, telecommunications management, energy, facilities maintenance, materials and structures, engineering processes, environmental processes, land and heritage conservation, and ecological processes. The BAA is available as an attachment to this posting and is also available at http://erdc.usace.army.mil. The BAA is open until superseded by another announcement. Proposals may be accepted at any time. ERDC prefers to receive pre-proposals and proposals electronically. Pre-proposals and proposals for CHL, EL, GRL, GSL, ITL and UROC regarding this BAA should be submitted via email to
[email protected]. For inquiries, please contact the ERDC at
[email protected]. You may also contact either or both of the following: Mr. Reginald J. Bryant at 601-634-7166 or
[email protected] or Anitra Wilson at
[email protected]. Pre-proposals and proposals for CERL shall be submitted via email to
[email protected]. For inquiries, please contact Ms. Andrea Thomas via email at
[email protected] or phone at 217-373-6746. Pre-proposals and proposals for CRREL shall be submitted via email to
[email protected]. For inquiries, please contact Ms. Melodie Fisher via email at
[email protected] or phone at 601-634-4687. Contact the technical personnel listed at the end of each topic area for questions concerning the topic areas themselves. The following information must be included in the body of the e-mail when submitting the proposal electronically: 1. Laboratory Name and Topic number (Spell out the complete name of the laboratory. Do not use the acronym.) 2. Vendor name and Address 3. Proposal Title 4. Total Dollar Amount Please note: Proposals should not be submitted to the technical personnel listed at the end of each topic area. Proposals shall be submitted as stated at Section 2, Paragraph C of the announcement.