Broad Agency Announcement

What is the BAA? 

The Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) is a tool used by government agencies for acquisition of basic and applied research and that part of development not related to the development of a specific system or hardware procurement.

How is it used?

BAAs may be used by agencies to fulfill requirements for scientific study and experimentation directed toward advancing the state-of-the-art or increasing knowledge or understanding rather than focusing on a specific system or hardware solution. The BAA technique shall only be used when meaningful proposals with varying technical/scientific approaches can be reasonably anticipated.

Where to find announcement?

Open BAAs can be found on the System for Award Management web page (SAM.gov) and by using the search term "National Defense Stockpile". Open BAAs will be listed with areas of interest and submission instructions within the document.

BAAs are an expression of interest only and do not commit the Government to make an award or pay proposal preparation prices generated in response to this announcement. The price of proposal preparation for response to a BAA is not considered an allowable direct charge to any resultant contract or any other contract.

Currently open BAAs are listed below. Proposals and questions may be directed to   DCSO-c3Contracting@dla.mil.

BAA for Basic Research and Qualification (PDF)

DLA Strategic Materials’ need for this BAA stems from emerging and rapidly expanding requirements to restore and stabilize domestic strategic and critical materials supply chains that have been compromised by decreased or abandoned domestic mining and refining activities or lack of domestic reserves within the United States. Most of these requirements are in the form of research of materials and alloys and development of solutions including stockpiling, substitution, and/or conservation. Other emergent requirements come from Military Services, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and Congressional requests for information on the availability of specific materials. These requirements can address virtually any critical or strategic materials topic and each year generally presents a mixture of new projects and different materials.

The key materials of focus that are currently being prioritized for the BAA are:

Priority 1 Priority 2 Priority 3 Priority 4
Antimony Graphite ZOC & Related Materials High Purity Aluminum
Bismuth Battery Materials Indium Beryllium
Gallium Magnesium PGMs Cobalt
Germanium Refractory Metals Neon Scandium & Yttrium
REEs & REE Magnet Materials Energetics Manganese Flurospar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Areas of Interest:

  • Refining, Processing, and Beneficiation
  • Recycling, Conservation and Substitution Options
  • Qualification of Materials

This BAA will remain open until January 30, 2029