SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- BAA07-32 - Intrinsically Assurable Mobile Ad-Hoc Network (IAMANET)
- Notice Date
- 4/30/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Contracts Management Office, 3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA, 22203-1714, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- BAA07-32
- Response Due
- 4/29/2008
- Archive Date
- 5/14/2008
- Description
- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) 07-32 Intrinsically Assurable Mobile Ad-Hoc Networking (IAMANET) CLOSING DATE: One year from the date of publication in www.fbo.gov and www.grants.gov; PROPOSALS FOR FIRST SELECTIONS DUE: 4:00 p.m. (Arlington VA local time), June 27 2007. POC: J. Christopher Ramming, DARPA/STO; Email: IAMANET-solicitation@darpa.mil; Website: http://www.darpa.mil/sto/solicitations/IAMANET/index.html. This BAA plus the associated IAMANET Proposer Information Pamphlet (PIP) constitute the full BAA and proposers must obtain and follow the details of submission set forth in the PIP. PROGRAM OBJECTIVE AND DESCRIPTION: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Strategic Technology Office (STO) is soliciting proposals under this BAA for IAMANET. The objective of the IAMANET program is to develop an intrinsically assurable mobile ad-hoc network. An intrinsically assurable mobile ad-hoc network will directly support integrity, availability, reliability, confidentiality, safety, and non-repudiation of MANET communications and data. In contrast, the dominant Internet paradigm is intrinsically insecure. For example, the Internet does not deny unauthorized traffic by default and therefore violates the principle of least privilege. In addition, there are no provisions for accountability and therefore adversaries can probe for vulnerabilities with impunity because the likelihood of attributing bad behavior to an adversary is limited. Finally (although not exhaustively) existing protocols are not robust to byzantine failures and malicious behavior, leaving entire Internet-based systems vulnerable in the case of defensive failure. The broad objectives of the IAMANET program are to address these Internet-paradigm problems and related challenges such as: increasing the probability that bad behavior will be detected; increasing work factor and uncertainty for an adversary; and explicitly identifying a minimal set of critical components that must be deeply evaluated and protected from lifecycle attacks. DARPA BAA 07-32 will solicit only Phase 1 of the IAMANET program. Phase 1 is Research, design, prototyping, and demonstration of network infrastructure and applications. This task will concern primarily the applications, the intrinsically assurable network infrastructure, and any necessary Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). Key security responses of the assurable network infrastructure are expected to involve authenticating and accounting for the use of all network resources, denying all but authorized traffic, and tolerating byzantine (other-than-fail-stop) failures from one or more network nodes and applications. Dynamic reconfiguration, re-provisioning, and reconstitution may also be responses of the network infrastructure. DARPA requests proposals for the full scope of development (e.g., an end-to-end system designed by a team of multidisciplinary research organizations, plus an integrator for coordination and implementation support). Proposals addressing only individual component-level technologies will be considered nonresponsive to this BAA. This BAA shall remain open for one (1) year from the date of publication on www.fbo.gov and www.grants.gov. Although the Government may select proposals for award at any time during this period, it is anticipated that the majority of funding for this program will be committed during the initial selections. Proposers may submit a full proposal at any time up to the BAA closing date. In order to be considered during the initial round of funding, full proposals must be submitted to DARPA, 3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203-1714 (Attn.: BAA 07-32) on or before 4:00 p.m. (local Arlington VA time), June 27, 2007. (NOTE: University (team led) grant submissions may be made via the Grants.gov web site, http://grants.gov by using the "apply for Grants" functions. Dual submissions are not required.) ELIGIBLE PROPOSERS: The Government encourages responses to this BAA by non-traditional defense contractors, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, small businesses, small disadvantaged business concerns, Historically-Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), Minority Institutions (MI), large businesses and Government laboratories. Teaming arrangements between and among these groups are encouraged. However, no portion of this BAA will be set aside for organizations of a specific business classification due to the impracticality of preserving discrete or severable areas of research in the technologies sought. Government/National laboratory proposals may be subject to applicable direct competition limitations, though certain Federally Funded Research and Development Centers are excepted per PL 103-337 Sec 217 and PL 105-261 Sec 3136. Any responsible and otherwise qualified offeror is encouraged to respond. This BAA affords proposers the choice of submitting proposals for the award of a Grant, Cooperative Agreement, Contract, Technology Investment Agreement, Other Transaction for Prototype Agreement, or such other appropriate award instrument. The type of procurement or assistance vehicle is subject to negotiation. The Government intends to issue awards based on the optimum combination of proposals that offer the best overall value to the Government. The Government reserves the right to award without discussion. The Government reserves the right to select for award all, some, or none of the proposals received in response to this BAA. The Government also reserves the right to select for award some portion(s) of the proposals received; in that event, the Government may select for negotiation all, or portions, of a given proposal. The Government may incrementally fund any award issued under this BAA. EVALUATION CRITERIA: The criteria to be used to evaluate and select proposals for this project are described in detail in the IAMANET PIP. Each proposal will be evaluated on the merit and relevance of the specific proposal as it relates to the program rather than against other proposals for research in the same general area, since no common work statement exists. In descending order of importance, the proposal Evaluation Criteria include: (A) technical and architectural approach; (B) assurability of the proposed solution; (C) management approach and qualifications of the key individuals; (D) constructive plan / research agenda realism; (E) potential contribution and relevance to the DARPA mission; and (F) cost and schedule reasonableness and realism. In accordance with FAR 35.016(e) the primary basis for selecting proposals for award shall be technical, importance to agency programs, and funds availability. Cost and schedule reasonableness and realism shall also be considered to the extent appropriate as described in the PIP. Proposals may be evaluated as they are received, or they may be collected and periodically reviewed. SECURITY: Although Phase 1 of this program is currently planned to be unclassified, aspects of subsequent phases will be classified. Proposers to Phase 1 must intend to participate in subsequent phases, and will be expected to outline the means whereby they will be able to continue work in subsequent phases. Proposals not addressing this requirement will be considered noncompliant. This means, at a minimum, that the prime contractor/grantee in Phase 2 and beyond must be a U.S. based institution holding a current facility clearance. Phase 1 proposers will be expected to describe the management plan and a division of labor that will permit the team to propose to subsequent program phases. The prime contractor or grantee will be expected to comply with any necessary Non-Disclosure Agreements, Security Regulations, Export Laws, and other governing statutes that may become applicable. See Paragraph 3.8 of the IAMANET PIP for related information. ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE: Additional information regarding program objectives, anticipated schedule, technical milestone criteria, and proposal preparation and submittal is provided in the IAMANET PIP. Proposers choosing to respond to this BAA must obtain the IAMANET PIP. You can access these documents at www.fbo.gov and www.grants.gov. This BAA and PIP together constitute the full BAA for this project. NOTE: Do not contact the contracting officer identified below with respect to this announcement. All questions should be sent to IAMANET-solicitation@darpa.mil .
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