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. 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 revision 2 (dated 04/04/2025) is posted. revision 3 (dated 04/25/2025) is posted and applies to topic 5 and forward. see 'related documents'. closed topics: topic 1 - geospatial-intelligence foundational model (gfm) is closed topic 2 - magnifying university science expertise (muse) is closed. topic 3 - vlbi+g signal chain development (vlbi+g) is closed. canceled topics: topic 4 - production of radio frequency (rf) surveys from commercial on-orbit passive rf (rf-cop) is canceled. active topics: topic 5 - better ingested geoint - identifying artificial intelligence and manually manipulated media (bigisland) is open. interested parties must have an account to log into the classified ic-arc to see the notice, and all associated rfp documents. instructions for obtaining an acquisition research center (arc) account can be found in the big-st baa hm047623baa0001 general solicitation under section 4.5.8.3. the following documents have been updated/added in 'related documents' updated: bigst_baa_hm047623baa0001_generalsolicitation_rev2_20250402.pdf updated: bigst_baa_hm047623baa0001_provisions_clauses_20250402.pdf updated: bigst_baa_hm047623baa0001_generalsolicitation_rev3_20250425.pdf new: appendix 1 abstract template.docx new: appendix 2 proposal template.docx new: appendix 5 grants coops.docx new: ngai 8400.4.pdf on the classified ic-arc, the following documents have been updated/added in contractor bidders library: “20250404-big-st updated” folder: updated: bigst_baa_hm047623baa0001_generalsolicitation_rev2_20250402.pdf updated: bigst_baa_hm047623baa0001_provisions_clauses_20250402.pdf "20250425-big-st updated" folder: updated: bigst_baa_hm047623baa0001_generalsolicitation_rev3_20250425.pd new: appendix 1 abstract template.docx new: appendix 2 proposal template.docx new: appendix 5 grants coops.docx new: ngai 8400.4.pdf additionally, on the classified ic-arc, a separate section has been created for topic 5 bigisland. within this section, topic call documents have been uploaded to the "t5 documents" tab. please review the following documents: updated: bigst-baa_topic 05_bigisland_rev1_25apr2025.pdf new: t5_cdrl_a001_topic_call_meeting.pdf new: t5_cdrl_a002_written_reports.pdf new: t5_cdrl_a003_written_project_plans.pdf new: t5_cdrl_a004_source_code_of_developed_algorithms.pdf new: t5_cdrl_a005_demonstration_of_capability.pdf to access the notice and all associated rfp documents, follow the below instructions: after logging in to classified ic-arc: go to "nga" --> go to "efforts" --> under acronyms search "big-st" --> go to section titled "topic 5 bigisland." for additional support with account access, please contact the ace helpdesk at secure 855-4ace or unclassified 703-230-6300.