Open tender · United States · Public tender
NRL Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Basic and Applied Research
Naval Research Laboratory · DC 20375
Naval Research Laboratory in the United States is inviting bids for “NRL Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Basic and Applied Research”. Bids close on 30 December 2026, 16:00 EST. Reference: N00173-24-S-BA01. Who can bid: Open to all responsible sources from academia, industry and the research community; Federally Funded Research and Development Centers cannot receive awards, but may team. askTender lists every requirement to qualify and checks whether your company meets them.
The tender in brief
Navy research funding for basic and applied science, open to academia, industry and research organisations
The Naval Research Laboratory invites white papers for basic and applied scientific research across radar, information science, computing, networks, optics, electromagnetics, materials, chemistry and energy topics. Awards may be contracts, grants, cooperative agreements or other transactions; the announcement stays open about one year. One topic covers fluorine-free firefighting foam compatibility with shipboard sprinkler nozzles.
Who can win it
- Open to all responsible sources from academia, industry and the research community
- Federally Funded Research and Development Centers cannot receive awards, but may team
- Navy laboratories, military universities and warfare centers cannot receive awards
Key facts
- Procedure
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Contract period
- Approximately one year from publication, or until replaced by a successor announcement
- How bids are judged
- Technical merit, importance to agency programs and availability of funds, with cost realism also considered
- Published
- 30 Sep 2026
- Reference
- N00173-24-S-BA01
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