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.