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DoD is now taking applications for 2019’s Rapid Innovation Fund

January 24, 2019 By Andrew Smith

The Department of Defense has opened applications for the 2019 edition of its Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF) — a program that offers up to $3 million in funding for “innovative technologies” that “meet critical national security needs.”

The defense agency posted its broad agency announcement on FedBizOpps on Jan. 11, 2019 and will be taking white paper submissions until March 8, 2019.

What’s the DOD looking for?

Per the announcement, the agency is seeking tech solutions to support the ambitions of the National Defense Strategy.

Keep reading this article at: https://www.fedscoop.com/rapid-innovation-fund-2019/

Gain insights into this development by visiting resources posted at https://gtpac.org/training-video from GTPAC’s Jan. 14th Defense Innovation Conference.

See an explanation of DoD’s Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF) at: https://business.defense.gov/Programs/RIF/

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: breakthrough, contracting opportunities, Creating the Next, Defense Innovation Conference, DoD, Georgia Tech, GTPAC, innovation, OTA, Rapid Innovation Fund, RIF, SBIR, small business, STTR, technology

Defense Innovation Conference less than a week away — Register now!

January 7, 2019 By Andrew Smith

Note: The Defense Innovation Conference referenced in this article was held on Jan. 14, 2019.  For reference, you can find copies of presentations and other resource materials from the conference posted at: https://gtpac.org/training-video/
Let’s start with a few questions …
  • Are you interested in doing business with the Department of Defense (the biggest buyer on earth of everything)?
  • Do you want to learn about the latest programs designed to help innovative small companies do business with DoD?
  • Would you like to know how major Defense contractors select their subcontractors?
  • Are you interested in the new cybersecurity requirements and how they apply to DoD contractors?

If you answered “yes” to any or all of these questions, you need to be in attendance at GTPAC’s Defense Innovation Conference to be held on Monday, Jan. 14, 2019 at the Georgia Tech Hotel & Conference Center in Atlanta.

Hurry — Space Is Limited!

The registration fee to attend this one-of-a-kind, day-long conference is only $50, and includes both breakfast and lunch.  Registration details are at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-the-next-defense-innovation-conference-tickets-53056770228.  Advance registration is required — no registration at the door!

One-of-a-Kind Opportunity

The conference represents a unique and rare opportunity to:

  • Hear directly from Lisa R. Sanders, Director of Science and Technology for the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM).  She will be speaking about SOCOM’s contracting priorities, problems to solve, and doing business with SOCOM.
  • Learn from major defense contractors who will be speaking on their subcontracting needs and their procedures for selecting subcontractors.
  • Meet scores of small businesses who are looking for opportunities to form teaming partnerships to apply their innovative technologies, services, and products.
  • Participate in break-out workshops on topics like compliance with DoD’s cybersecurity requirements.

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to meet and hear from leaders in the Defense industry!  Advance registration is required. 

To register, click here.

Full Agenda and Featured Speakers

An advance copy of the conference agenda is available here: Agenda – Defense Innovation Conference – 01.14.2019 – Final.

Biographical sketches of all the featured speakers is available here: Featured Speakers – Defense Innovation Conference 01.14.2019.

 

Filed Under: GTPAC News Tagged With: breakthrough, contracting opportunities, Creating the Next, Defense Innovation Conference, DoD, Georgia Tech, GTPAC, innovation, OTA, RIF, save the date, SBIR, small business, STTR, technology

Learn what DoD prime contractors want in a subcontractor

December 31, 2018 By Andrew Smith

Note: The Defense Innovation Conference referenced in this article was held on Jan. 14, 2019.  For reference, you can find copies of presentations and other resource materials from the conference posted at: https://gtpac.org/training-video/

How do major Defense Department contractors select their subcontractors?

If you want answers to this question — and even more insights into doing business in the Defense industry — you should plan to be in attendance at “Creating the Next: Defense Innovation Conference” to be held on Monday, January 14, 2019.

Included in the conference is a panel presentation by representatives of large contractors — including Lockheed Martin, LMI, and Huntington Ingalls Industries — who will describe how their companies pick subcontractors.

The Georgia Tech Procurement Assistance Center (GTPAC) is hosting this day-long event to provide businesses with details on how to contribute to the achievement of the Defense Department’s mission.

A featured speaker at the event is Lisa R. Sanders who is Director of Science and Technology for the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM).  She will be speaking about SOCOM’s contracting priorities, problems to solve, and doing business with SOCOM — with a focus on options available to small businesses.

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to meet and hear from leaders in the Defense industry!  Advance registration is required. 

To register, click here.

The Jan. 14th event is being held at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center in Atlanta, Georgia.  Both breakfast and lunch are included in the $50 registration fee.

Full Agenda and Featured Speakers

An advance copy of the conference agenda is available here: Agenda – Defense Innovation Conference – 01.14.2019 – Final.

Biographical sketches of all the featured speakers is available here: Featured Speakers – Defense Innovation Conference 01.14.2019.

 

 

Filed Under: GTPAC News Tagged With: breakthrough, contracting opportunities, Creating the Next, Defense Innovation Conference, DoD, Georgia Tech, GTPAC, innovation, OTA, RIF, save the date, SBIR, small business, STTR, technology

Special Operations’ science and technology director is speaking at Jan. 14 GTPAC event

December 17, 2018 By Andrew Smith

Note: The Defense Innovation Conference referenced in this article was held on Jan. 14, 2019.  For reference, you can find copies of presentations and other resource materials from the conference posted at: https://gtpac.org/training-video/

Lisa R. Sanders, Director of Science and Technology for the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), is a featured speaker at the Defense Innovation Conference being hosted by the Georgia Tech Procurement Assistance Center (GTPAC) on Monday, Jan. 14, 2019.

Registration details for the conference are at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-the-next-defense-innovation-conference-tickets-53056770228

Ms. Sanders is responsible for all research and development funded activities for Special Operations Forces, Acquisition, Technology & Logistics (SOF AT&L), SOCOM, at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

A Defense Intelligence Senior Leader, Ms. Sanders will be speaking at the Jan. 14th event on SOCOM’s Priorities, Problems to Solve, and Doing Business with SOCOM — with a focus on options available to small businesses.

Don’t miss out on hearing from Ms. Sanders and other leaders in the federal government’s innovation arena.  Register to attend today!

Full Agenda and Featured Speakers

An advance copy of the conference agenda is available here: Agenda – Defense Innovation Conference – 01.14.2019 – Final.

Biographical sketches of all the featured speakers is available here: Featured Speakers – Defense Innovation Conference 01.14.2019.

Filed Under: GTPAC News Tagged With: breakthrough, contracting opportunities, Creating the Next, Defense Innovation Conference, DoD, Georgia Tech, GTPAC, innovation, OTA, RIF, save the date, SBIR, small business, STTR, technology

GTPAC to host Defense Innovation Conference on Jan. 14th

November 21, 2018 By Andrew Smith

Note: The Defense Innovation Conference referenced in this article was held on Jan. 14, 2019.  For reference, you can find copies of presentations and other resource materials from the conference posted at: https://gtpac.org/training-video/

If you and your company have the next key discovery or the next great idea that could benefit the Department of Defense (DoD), block-out January 14, 2019 on your calendar right now.

On that date, the Georgia Tech Procurement Assistance Center (GTPAC) will host a day-long event designed to benefit innovative small businesses – with priority given to small technology companies that have the potential to directly enhance achievement of DoD’s mission.

Registration is now open at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-the-next-defense-innovation-conference-tickets-53056770228     Advance registration is required for this event; on-site registration will not be allowed.  The registration fee is $50.

By attending, you’ll learn all about the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, the Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF), Other Transaction Authority (OTA) for prototype projects, and additional contracting vehicles aimed at attracting innovative companies to help the U.S. Department of Defense.

See promotional flyer here: Defense Innovation Conference – Jan. 14 2019 Event

So, save the date!  Registration is at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-the-next-defense-innovation-conference-tickets-53056770228

Full Agenda and Featured Speakers

An advance copy of the conference agenda is available here: Agenda – Defense Innovation Conference – 01.14.2019 – Final.

Biographical sketches of all the featured speakers is available here: Featured Speakers – Defense Innovation Conference 01.14.2019.

Filed Under: GTPAC News Tagged With: breakthrough, contracting opportunities, Creating the Next, Defense Innovation Conference, DoD, Georgia Tech, GTPAC, innovation, OTA, RIF, save the date, SBIR, small business, STTR, technology

Small businesses preferred in DoD’s search for innovative technology to support nation’s security

March 30, 2016 By Andrew Smith

The Department of Defense (DoD) is accepting — until May 3, 2016 — white papers as part of a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the Fiscal Year 2016 Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF).  RIF facilitates the rapid deployment of innovative technologies as a part of military systems or programs that address critical national security needs.  DoD is seeking mature prototypes for final development, testing, evaluation, and integration under this program, and awards may be as much as $3 million with two years to perform the work.

RIF places a preference on technology proposals from small businesses, and small businesses may choose to collaborate with universities, large businesses, and other small businesses.

Topics of interest include areas identified by DoD as operational or national security needs, or technologies that will accelerate or enhance military capability or support a major defense acquisition program.  Proposals should indicate how the proposed solution:

  • stimulates innovative technologies,
  • reduces acquisition or lifecycle costs, or
  • addresses technical risk.

A broad range of requirements are covered.  Examples include:

  • sensor fusion data systems;
  • unmanned aircraft system command and control, software test suites, and multi-unmanned aircraft systems;
  • enhanced forensic analysis methods;
  • advanced technologies for lighter weight, better performing, and soldier protective equipment;
  • lightweight and portable power generation and storage systems;
  • affordable Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) technologies;
  • additive manufacturing technologies;
  • enhanced space situational awareness;
  • advanced data analytics;
  • cybersecurity;
  • medical informatics and telemedicine; and
  • counter-unmanned aircraft system capabilities.

Due Dates: An amendment to the RIF that provides answers to questions posed to date will be posted on FedBizOpps by April 15, 2016.  Proposals consisting of a three-page white paper and quad chart are due by 3:00 PM (EDT) on May 3, 2016.  Invitations to submit full proposals are expected by September 15, 2016, and awards are anticipated by January 3, 2017.

RIF Schedule

Total Funding and Award Size: Total funding available for RIF awards is $250 million in FY 2016.  In previous years, about 2,000 white papers were submitted, and of those submitted between 150 and 200 were asked to submit full proposals.  About 100 awards were made annually, primarily to small businesses, and teams led by small businesses, at an average of $2.1 million.  Awardees are given 24 months to complete their funded efforts.

Eligibility and Limitations: The competition is open to all businesses and academic institutions capable of satisfying the government’s needs.   Emphasis is placed on source selection of technologies from small businesses or teams with small business participation.

Sources and Additional Background:

  • A presentation on the FY16 RIF, including examples of projects selected in the past, can be accessed at: http://www.defenseinnovationmarketplace.mil/resources/RIF_Overview_Mar2016.pdf
  • The full solicitation can be found on FedBizOpps by searching for “HQ-0034-16BAA-RIF-0001” or at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/WHS/REF/HQ0034-16-BAA-RIF-0001B/listing.html.
  • More information on the FY 2016 Rapid Innovation Fund can be found at http://www.defenseinnovationmarketplace.mil/rif.html.
  • The proposal submission links are available at https://www.dodrif.com/.

Filed Under: Contracting Tips Tagged With: BAA, contracting opportunities, cybersecurity, DoD, innovation, Rapid Innovation Fund, RIF, security, small business, technology

Air Force layoffs could lead to contract opportunities

January 20, 2016 By Andrew Smith

The Air Force’s secretary and chief of staff have made plain on many recent occasions that a decade of budget pressures have taken an excessive toll on the size of the service’s uniformed force and that some growth is now in order.

But the Air Force’s bosses’ views are exactly the opposite when it comes to the civilian workforce. Even after several recent rounds of voluntary early retirement initiatives and a headquarters restructuring that the service said had trimmed its management layers, the Air Force said last week that it has about 1,000 civilian “overages” across all of its major commands, and needs to use reduction in force (RIF) authorities to eliminate those positions.

The reductions will be carried out between now and April, officials said.

Keep reading this article at: http://federalnewsradio.com/dod-reporters-notebook-jared-serbu/2016/01/air-force-will-use-rif-authority-trim-civilian-workforce/

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: Air Force, contracting opportunities, contracting out, reduction in force, restructuring, RIF

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