Notice for scientific or research proposals which may lead to contracts.
A Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) (FAR 35.016) is a notice from the government that requests scientific or research proposals from private firms concerning certain areas of interest to the government. The proposals submitted by the private firms may lead to contracts.
- Acquisition of basic and applied research and that part of development not related to the development of a specific system or hardware procurement
- Allows for funding of state-of-the-art advances without a specific programmatic requirement in place
- Similar to a regular BAA, DHS"s Long-Range BAA covers a wide range of subjects and is short on details. This enables DHS to contemplate proposals for original research that fall outside the scope of its more narrowly defined BAAs
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