NRL Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Basic and Applied Research
Funding Agency:
- Department of Defense
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 research conducted at NRL is a broadly based multidisciplinary program of scientific research and advanced technological development directed toward maritime applications of new and improved materials, techniques, equipment, systems and ocean, atmospheric, and space sciences and related technologies. Although NRL conducts most of its research programs within NRL facilities and associated warfare centers, NRL intends to fund research conducted with educational facilities and industry partners which are related to specific topics included in this BAA announcement. NRL announcements may be accessed at https://www.nrl.navy.mil/Doing-Business/Contracts/Broad-Agency-Announcem...
NRL requests white papers for long-range Science and Technology (S&T) projects which may offer advancement and improvement potential for Navy and Marine Corps operations. This announcement emphasizes NRL’s broad role in the competitive funding of meritorious research across a spectrum of science and engineering disciplines. NRL Program Code descriptions and NRL science and technology pursuits are provided at https://www.nrl.navy.mil/research/directorates-divisions/.
Please note that this BAA announcement is an expression of interest and does not commit the Government to make any award or to pay for any proposal preparation costs. The costs associated with proposal preparation in response to this BAA are not considered allowable direct charges under any resultant contract; however, proposal preparation may be an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect costs specified in FAR 31.205-18.
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Each interested offeror must first submit a white paper (WP). WPs are continuously accepted prior to the closing date of this BAA announcement. The purpose of a WP is to preclude unwarranted effort on the part of an offeror whose proposed work is not of interest to NRL at present.
Dec 31, 2024
Mary A Johnson
Contract Specialist Phone 202-923-1558