Defense Acquisition Challenge Program BAA - FY12

The Office of the Secretary of Defense Comparative Testing Office (CTO) is interested in receiving research and development proposals for the Defense Acquisition Challenge (DAC) Program focusing on the following areas: Hostile Fire/Aircrew Protection (small arms & man-portable air-defense systems); Extended Range Small Arms; Improved Unmanned Systems & Sensors (Autonomous, Portable, Air, Ground, and Underwater); Tactical Unit Field Medical Capabilities; Decision Support/Cognitive Assistance for Operational Planning; Enhanced/Lightweight Soldier Protection & Cooling; Space & Situational Awareness; Improved Efficiencies/Alternative Power Sources & Synthetic Fuels; Trusted Cell Phones with Improved Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP); Electro-Optic/Infrared (EO/IR) turrets with improved SWaP; Live, Virtual, Immersive, Mobile and Adaptable Training; Non-Lethal Weapons; Fast Craft "Swarm" Protection; Underwater Craft Detection; Sea-Mine Neutralization; Man-Portable Electronic Countermeasures; Low to No-Metal Signature Mine/Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Detection/Defeat; Expeditionary Forensics; Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Robotics; Personal Small Arms Fire Detection; Standoff Suicide Bomber Detection; Tunnel Detection; Composite and Alloy Structures; Aircraft Sensor Fusion; Blue Force/Red Force Battlefield Tracking; Proactive Information Assurance; Vehicle Restraint & Occupant Protection Systems; Affordable Precision Munitions; Scalable Effects Munitions; Extended Range Munitions; Parasitic Weight Reduction; Infrared Signature Reduction; Detection of Low Observables; Improved Hearing Protection; Cyber Defense; Counter Anti-Access and Area Denial; Counter-Proliferation; Ordnance/Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Detection, Identification, Safing, and Disposal; Urban/Cultural Geospatial Situational Awareness; Frequency Spectrum Management and Optimization; and Chemical-Biological Protection/Detection Capabilities. This announcement declares the CTO's intent to competitively fund transition of innovative technologies that meets the focus areas set forth in a BAA. The BAA can be found on the BAA Information Delivery (BIDS)Home Page, accessible through the CTO's Acquisition Center website located at https://cto.acqcenter.com/ on or around February 17, 2012. All applicable information necessary to submit a proposal is on the BIDS website. Proposals are sought from US domestic educational institutions, non-profit and not-for-profit organizations and private industry. Proposals may be considered from US-based organizations and industry that are foreign owned or controlled as long as (1) access to proscribed information is not necessary to perform the resultant contract, and (2) foreign ownership or control does not present an unacceptable security threat. Awards shall take the form of contracts only. Before preparing a proposal, potential offerors should read the information provided in the BAA or on the BIDS website for details regarding the areas of interest, proposal format, proposal submission, and proposal evaluation. It is expected that multiple awards will result from proposals received. Proposals will not be returned after evaluation. Except as otherwise stated herein, no additional written information is available regarding this announcement. Requests for the same will be disregarded. The Government reserves the right to select all, some, or none of the proposals received in response to the announcement. More information can be found at: https://cto.acqcenter.com/ Primary Point of Contact: Dan Cundiff [email protected] Phone: 571-372-6807