Open Broad Agency Announcement

This publication constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) as contemplated in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016, the Department of Defense Grants and Agreements Regulations (DoDGARS) 22.315(a).This open BAA is for Aerospace science research with focuses on weapons and aerospace technologies which directly support naval science and technology requirements for joint strike warfare involving air superiority and precision attack, and air and surface battle space requirements of joint littoral aircraft involving aircraft, naval surface fire support and ship self-defense.A formal Request for Proposals (RFP), solicitation, and additional information regarding this announcement will not be issued.The Naval Air Weapons Center, Weapons Division (NAWCWD) will not issue paper copies of this announcement. NAWCWD reserves the right to select for award all some or none of the proposals in response to this announcement. NAWCWD provides no funding for direct reimbursement

of proposal development costs.Technical and cost proposals (or any other material) submitted in response to this BAA will not be returned.It is the policy of NAWCWD to treat all proposals as sensitive competitive information and to disclose their contents only for the purposes of evaluation by the Government.Specific details regarding the BAA are provided in Attachment 1.All responsible sources must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at the following website: https://sam.gov/content/home Written responses shall be submitted by e-mail to the point(s) of contact listed below or mailed to the Contracting Office Address listed below no later than 30 Sep 2024.Contractors must be certified through Defense Logistics Information Services (DLIS) in order to access Controlled Unclassified Information within FBO. See the DLIS website for registration details: https://public.logisticsinformationservice.dla.mil/jcp/search.aspxGoing forward, all new entities registering in GSA's System for Award Management (SAM). Effective June 11, 2018, entities who create or update their registration in SAM.gov to apply only for federal assistance opportunities such as grants, loans, and other financial assistance programs, have a notarized letter on file within 30 days of registration. Additionally, Effective June 29, 2018, all non-Federal entities who create or update their registration in SAM.gov, have a notarized letter on file within 30 days of registration. It is recommended that all interested parties be aware that processing this additional information may take several days and are proactive in maintaining the SAM registrations in an "Active" status as the government cannot award to an entity without an "Active" SAM registration. More information can be found at www.gsa.gov/samupdate