NGA - Boosting Innovative GEOINT - Science & Technology Broad Agency Announcement (BIG-ST BAA)

The Boosting Innovative GEOINT-Science and Technology (BIG-ST) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) invites proposers to submit innovative concepts to address hard GEOINT problems that align to one or more of the following technical domains: (1) Foundational GEOINT, (2) Advanced Phenomenologies, and (3) Analytic Technologies. BAA Process and Topic Call Publication: The BIG-ST BAA is a general announcement of NGA's research interest, including criteria for selecting proposals and soliciting the participation of all offerors capable of satisfying the Government's needs. The requests for abstracts and/or proposals are transmitted via Topic Calls that are published separately under the BIG-ST BAA general solicitation at various times during the open period of the general solicitation. Topic Calls will be published via updates of the BIG-ST BAA General Solicitation site on Sam.gov and Grants.gov (Opportunity ID:351404). Interested parties should periodically check these websites for updates. No submissions shall be accepted to the general solicitation; abstracts and proposals will only be reviewed in response to Topic Calls. Please refer to the Topic Calls for Abstract and Proposal due dates. The BIG-ST BAA General Solicitation, HM047623BAA0001, is posted and applies to Topic 1 and forward. See Attachments/Links. Active Topics: Topic 1 - Geospatial-Intelligence Foundational Model (GFM) is active. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topic 01: 'Geospatial-Intelligence Foundational Model' (GFM) published on 12/15/2023. See Attachments/Links. Important update: Topic 01 Revision 1 will be published on 01/24/2024; the revision will include the Q&A. Abstract and Proposal due dates are extended: Abstracts Due on 02/02/2024 @ 5:00pm ET Proposals Due on 03/22/2024 @ 5:00pm ET (Note: Proposers who do not submit an abstract are ineligible to submit a proposal.) Contact Email for Topic 01: Unclassified: [email removed] (Email Subject: 'TOPIC 01 - GFM') --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Solicitation, Appendix 1 & 2 were updated on 01/16/2024. See Attachments/Links: Appendix 1 was updated to -change the header, -add instructions that list of acronyms is allowed outside of the page count, and -change the margins to 1 inch to match the instructions in the document. Appendix 2 was updated to -add instructions that list of acronyms is allowed outside of the page count ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------