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BAA PROCESS

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Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Process
What is the BAA?
BAA defined in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 35
Basic Authority of the BAA originated from the Competition in Contracting Act (CICA) of 1984.
For the acquisition of Basic and Applied Research and that part of development not related to the development of a specific system or hardware procurement.” (i.e., RDT&E Budget Activities 1 through 3)

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Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Process
Evaluation performed in accordance with evaluation criteria specified in BAA through peer or scientific review process.
Written evaluation reports required on individual proposals
Proposals need not be evaluated against each other since they are not submitted against a common work statement.

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What are the BAA's limitations
Only for work defined in RDT&E Budget Activities 1 through 3 (formerly Research Categories 6.1 through 6.3a)
Can’t be used for Program Management, Engineering, or any other type of support services.
“Color” of money will have to be for S&T work.

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How does the authority of the “Unsolicited Proposal” fit in the picture:
Policy of Federal Government to encourage submission of new and innovative ideas through BAAs, SBIR topics, STTR topics, Program R&D Announcements, or any other Government-initiated solicitation or program. When the new and innovative ideas do not fall under topic areas publicized under those programs or techniques, the ideas may be submitted as unsolicited proposals. (FAR )

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Other Topics
Program Specific BAAs, particularly for FNCs and INPs
Proposal Format Templates
Processing time and other issues.