OpportunityTitle: FY 15 ACQUISITION RESEARCH PROGRAM
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: All responsible sources from U.S. academia, U.S. research institutions, nonprofit organizations, industry and laboratories outside the U.S. Federal Government as well as accredited foreign universities, may submit proposals under this BAA.Federally Funded Research &amp; Development Centers (FFRDCs), including Department of Energy National Laboratories, are not eligible to receive awards under this BAA. U.S. Government schools of higher education, Navy laboratories and warfare centers as well as other Department of Defense and civilian agency laboratories are also not eligible to receive awards under this BAA and should not directly submit either white papers or full proposals in response to this BAA. If any such organization is interested in research described herein, the organization should contact the Technical Point of Contact at arp@nps.edu.A University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) is a U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) research center associated with a university. UARCs are eligible to apply unless precluded from doing so by their DOD UARC contract.
Description: The Government is interested in stimulating and supporting scholarly research in academic disciplines that bear on public policy and management in the field of government acquisition. These include economics, finance, financial management, information systems, organization theory, operations management, human resources management, risk management, and marketing, as well as the traditional acquisition areas such as contracting, program/project management, logistics, test and evaluation and systems engineering management.The ARP primarily supports scholarly research through assistance vehicles that will benefit the general public and/or private sector to a larger extent than any direct benefits that may be gained by the Department of Defense (DOD). Studies of government processes, systems, or policies should focus on expanding the body of knowledge, theory and/or research methodologies that are relevant to processes, systems, or policies of interest to academia, industry and the general public.The Government in this BAA is interested only in proposals that will provide unclassified and non- proprietary findings suitable for publication in open scholarly literature.Offerors bear prime responsibility for the design, management, direction, and conduct of research, and exercise judgment and original thought toward attaining the goals within broad parameters of the research areas proposed and the resources provided.Note: Proposals for workshops, conferences, and symposia, or for acquisition of technical, engineering, advisory and assistance, and other types of support services for the direct benefit of the DOD will not be considered.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Business POC
GrantorContactText: Janet Norton &lt;br/&gt;Contract and Grant Officer &lt;br/&gt;