From the notice

This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), which sets forth technology areas of interest to the U.S. Department of the Army, Joint Program Executive Office Armaments & Ammunition (JPEO A&A), Project Lead Joint Services (PLJS), Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, is issued under the paragraph 6.102(d)(2) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), which provides for the competitive selection of proposals. Proposals submitted in response to this BAA and selected for award are considered to be the result of full and open competition and in full compliance with the provision of Public Law 98-369, "The Competition in Contracting Act of 1984" and subsequent amendments. Proposals and white papers putting forth new and novel ideas are sought to address Industrial Base (IB) technology gaps in line with Government Owned Contractor Operated (GOCO) Modernization Goals through interactive collaborations with industry and academia and the Government expects to advance the development and maturation of areas of technology as applied to JPEO A&A Portfolio. Proposals and white papers shall be evaluated only if they are for scientific study and experimentation directed toward identifying state of the art industry manufacturing processes necessary to maintain overmatch capabilities for our U.S. warfighters.

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