Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
AFTAC Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) 2024
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Air Force · Sol. FA702224S0001
Due in 931 days
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The Air Force Technical Application Center (AFTAC) is asking for research and development proposals through a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA, an open call for ideas rather than a specific purchase). Topics cover nuclear treaty monitoring, detection technology and related areas. Work is at or near Patrick AFB, FL, and awards can be contracts or other transactions.
Watch out for
- Research proposal, not a simple purchase. A BAA expects a technical research proposal with new ideas, which takes more effort and technical depth than a typical quote.
seeks the best RDT&E approaches to meet various technology objectives
- Real requirements are in attachments. The topic details, submission steps and evaluation criteria are not in the notice text, so you cannot judge fit without the attachments.
specific technology topics stated in Attachment 6
- Award may be another type of agreement. Awards can be other transactions, which use different terms than standard FAR contracts.
will be in the form of contracts or other transactions (OT)
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Full brief
What they want
- R&D approaches for nuclear treaty monitoring and counter-proliferation detection
- Topic AFTAC-001: Geophysics and seismology
- Topic AFTAC-002: Atmosphere and space
- Topic AFTAC-003: Directed energy weapon (DEW)
- Topic AFTAC-004: Nuclear and nuclear-related materials analysis
- Topic AFTAC-005: Materials modeling and analysis
- Topics AFTAC-006 to AFTAC-008: Enterprise integration and architecture, asset and lifecycle management, secure cloud and DevOps for data
- Contract type
- BAA; awards may be contracts or other transactions (OT) under 10 U.S.C. 2371b
- Place of performance
- Patrick AFB, FL, USA
- How they'll choose
- Best overall value to the Government; proposals may be funded in any combination
- Offers due
- 2029-04-24T23:59:00-04:00 (response deadline field as listed)
What to include when you submit
- Respond to the specific technology topics stated in Attachment 6
Current contractor
Follow-on to a prior AFTAC BAA (AFTAC_BAA_2023); no named contractor
Not in the notice text
- How to submit proposals and in what format
- Page limits and evaluation factors
- Funding amounts or award sizes
- Security or facility clearance requirements, if any
- Full topic descriptions (Attachment 6)
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Key facts
- Response due
- Apr 25, 2029, 3:59 AM UTC
- Posted
- Apr 21, 2025
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Solicitation
- FA702224S0001
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Air Force
- Office
- FA7022 Amic Det 2 Ol Patrick Pka
- NAICS
- 541
- Product/service code
- AC33
- Business type
- Engineering, architecture & research
- Place of performance
- Patrick Afb, FL, 32925
- Contracting contact
- David Dikedavid.dike.2@us.af.mil
- Versions
- 2 (amended since first posted)
Full notice text from SAM.gov
This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeks the best RDT&E approaches to meet various technology objectives of Air Force Technical Application Center (AFTAC). The Government encourages proposals that span a wide spectrum of possible technical and business solutions in response to the specific technology topics stated in Attachment 6. The Government reserves the right to award funding to any combination of proposals which offer the best overall value to the Government, and to oversee any and all processes and approaches once initiated. Awards of efforts as a result of this announcement will be in the form of contracts or other transactions (OT) as codified in 10 U.S.C. §2371b (section 2371b). AFTAC is looking for new capabilities in nuclear treaty monitoring, advanced detection technologies to support the counter-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and other applied technologies. TOPICS: AFTAC-001, GEOPHYSICS AND SEISMOLOGY AFTAC-002, ATMOSPHERE AND SPACE AFTAC-003, DIRECTED ENEGRY WEAPON (DEW) AFTAC-004, NUCLEAR AND NUCLEAR-RELATED MATERIALS ANALYSIS AFTAC-005, MATERIALS MODELING AND ANALYSIS AFTAC-006, ENTERPRISE WIDE INTEGRATION AND ARCHITECTURE MODERNIZATION AFTAC-007, ENTERPRISE ASSET AND LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS AFTAC-008, HIGH PERFORMANCE AND SECURE CLOUD COMPUTING AND DEV OPS SOLUTIONS FOR DATA INGESTION, EXPLOITATION, AND DISSEMINATION This is a follow-on solicitation to AFTAC_BAA_2023
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