BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT: Ground Processing Demonstrations (GPD)   6

**AMENDMENT 001**

• The Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) has been updated and has been attached to this posting titled "Amendment 001_Broad Agency Announcement_NOAA OSAAP JV_GPD." Changes have been indicated in bold red font.
• The Community Day slide deck has been provided and is now included in the attachments/links section of this posting.
• The attendee list for the GPD Community Day is now provided in the attachments/links section of this posting.
• A consolidated list of the Questions & Answers (Q&A) received for the GPD BAA is now included in the attachments/links section of this posting.

The "Ground Processing Demonstrations" Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) is posted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 35.016. The United States Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Environmental and Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), Office of Systems Architecture and Advanced Planning (OSAAP) is requesting for submission of white papers to conduct studies and demonstrations of new technologies and novel concepts that support reimagining NESDIS's future approach to its ground operations. The NESDIS Ground Enterprise Study (NGES) has pointed out that the current ground operational architecture does not scale economically and would begin to absorb a larger fraction of the projected overall budget. The strategic goal of NESDIS is to ensure that NOAA can support the anticipated increase in the number of operational satellites and other data streams of environmental observations in the 2030+ timeframe. This BAA is exploratory only and currently there is no planned mission for GPD.

NESDIS is interested in entering into partnerships with industry, academia, and other federal agencies for the purpose of assessing new and innovative technologies and novel concepts to realize an efficient and cost-effective ground processing enterprise of the future. In addition, NESDIS is interested in learning from these studies and demonstrations to complement its own internal assessment based on NGES and to potentially consider these approaches in its long- term planning and possible acquisition in support of the ground processing of the future. Additional details and technical requirements are included in the attached documents.

A virtual Community Day will be held on April 27, 2023 to allow for engagement with the Government on this requirement. It is required that all partners from industry, academia, and Government pre-register for this event at the link listed in the attachments/links section of this posting titled, "GPD - VIRTUAL COMMUNITY DAY: Registration Form."

Attendees are encouraged to submit questions pertaining to the BAA in advance of Community Day to ensure that thorough responses to these inquiries are incorporated into the presentations and question response sessions. All questions shall be submitted NO LATER THAN May 2, 2023 at 12:00 PM to the Contracting Officer, Gabriela Bravo (gabriela.bravo@noaa.gov), and Contract Specialists, Bryton Curtis (bryton.curtis@noaa.gov) and Jadwiga Baranowski (jadwiga.baranowski@noaa.gov). Upon registration for the event, attendees will have the opportunity to register for a limited number of 1-on-1 Question and Answer breakout sessions with Government representatives. The purpose of these 1-on-1 sessions is to give industry partners the opportunity to ask Government representatives questions that may reveal information that is sensitive in nature pertaining to their approach. A link to the registration page for the NOAA GPD BAA 1-on-1 sessions is listed in the attachments/links section of this posting titled, "GPD - COMMUNITY DAY: 1-on-1 Session Sign-up Sheet."

** Registration for both the Community Day and the 1-on-1 sessions occurs on a third party site. You will be exiting the government site to register. **