The Government continues to evaluate the submitted White Papers under BAA N00019-17-R-0070 and a Government response should be provided within 30 days. The following statements have been added to Attachment (2) and can be viewed in Attachment (2) as well: On page 4: "White Papers that are not found to be applicable to the PEO(T) mission as defined above may be deemed non-conforming and removed from consideration. All White Papers must provide sufficient information to assess the validity/feasibility of their claims as well as comply with the requirements outlined herein for submission formatting, content and transmission to the Government. AND On page 11: The Government reserves the right to make awards without discussions with offerors, and conduct discussions with offerors if it is later determined necessary. Discussions may include areas that are lacking in the White Paper pertaining both to format and technical information. The PEO(T) Industry Collaborative Exchange has been re-scheduled to 30 March 2017 at MITRE Corporation in McLean, VA. If you have already registered, there is no need to re-register, but you will have to resubmit your JPAS information for the date of the event. If you would like to change out participants from those already registered, please contact Laura Day at
[email protected] and provide your company's official attendance list. New registrants may register at the RSVP website (listed below) until 22 March 2017. Any new registrants will need to submit their clearance information by 22 March 2017 to attend the meeting. The NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND (NAVAIR), Program Executive Office for Tactical Aircraft Programs (PEO(T)), is soliciting White Papers for emerging technologies, demonstrations, and capabilities in the following areas: (1) Readiness Improvements, (2) Speed to the Fleet, (3) Cyber, (4) Electromagnetic Maneuver Warfare (EMW), (5) Integration and Interoperability (I&I) and (6) Other technologies or capabilities. See Solicitation Number N00019-17-R-0070, attached. This notice constitutes a NAVAIR Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) contemplated in FAR 6.102(d)(2)(i). This announcement and any modifications to this announcement will be open through 21 April 2017 in the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOps). Per N00019-17-R-0070, UNCLASSIFIED proposed white papers shall be submitted to: NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, Michele Estep, Patuxent River, MD. One UNCLASSIFIED soft copy shall be submitted to
[email protected]. There will be no formal Request for Proposal (RFP) or other Solicitation issued with regard to this requirement. The Navy reserves the right to select for award any, all, part or none of the responses received. The BAA is an expression of interest only and does not commit the Government to pay any proposal preparation costs for responding to this BAA. Responses should be forwarded at no cost to the Government. The cost of preparing proposals in response to this announcement must be in accordance with the provisions of FAR 31.205-18. A PEO(T) Industry Collaborative Exchange will be conducted to provide industry an opportunity to learn about the threats facing PEO(T) programs currently and to the 2025 timeframe, the need to improve readiness, cyber, EMW, I&I, and delivering other capabilities to the warfighter in short order, as well as the technology needs of PEO(T) Program Managers. The PEO(T) Industry Collaborative Exchange will be held on 30 March 2017 at MITRE in McLean, Virginia. The address is 7515 Colshire Drive, McLean, VA 22102. The Industry Collaborative Exchange is open to companies that have developed or are developing new and innovative capabilities that have direct application to PEO(T) programs. Only contractors performing a current DoD contract containing a DD254 will be allowed to the meeting. The meeting will be held at the Secret Level and only those with proper clearance will be permitted to attend. In order to participate in the PEO(T) Industry Collaborative Exchange, please register via the Industry Day Website: https://einvitations.afit.edu/inv/anim.cfm?i=328877&k=01634A017C50 no later than 22 Mar 2017, if your information is not submitted by this date you will not be allowed to attend the meeting. Due to space limitations, each company is limited to one (1) participant per Sector, Division, or Business Unit, up to a maximum five (5) participants per company. Registration will be based on a first come, first served basis with a maximum number of 150 industry participants. Attendees will need to be pre-cleared (Secret level). Attendance at the scheduled Industry Collaborative Exchange and any discussions/release of information is strictly voluntary. The Government will not pay for any information provided or costs associated with travel. Please see Attachment (1) for the Industry Collaborative Exchange Agenda. (TENTATIVE) Please see Attachment (2) for the BAA, N00019-17-R-0070.