Broad Agency Announcement (BAA): Cost Estimating Modeling Data, Analytics Research (CEMDAR)

The Air Force Cost Analysis Agency (AFCAA) is issuing a two‑step Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) to solicit white papers for a research effort focused on modernizing cost‑estimating data, pipelines, and predictive analytics across the Department of the Air Force. The effort, termed CEMDAR, seeks a small‑business prime contractor with an active Top‑Secret Facility Clearance to design, build, and continuously improve cloud‑based data pipelines (ETL/ELT), develop cost‑and‑schedule predictive models, enhance the AFCAA contracts database, and provide surge‑capacity support for emergent analytical needs. The award ceiling is $24 million, with a performance period ranging from 12 to 60 months, and the solicitation is set‑aside 100 % to small businesses. • Deliver a secure, enterprise‑scale data pipeline architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold medallion layers) ingesting multiple DAF data sources (CSDR, EVM, SAR, AFTOC, etc.). • Create predictive cost‑estimating, schedule‑estimating, and technical‑estimating models, dashboards, and reusable analytics applications. • Modernize the AFCAA contracts database and provide training/virtual‑in‑person courses. • Offer on‑demand surge support for RDT&E and high‑priority research tasks. • All key personnel must hold at least Secret clearances; the prime must maintain a Top‑Secret Facility Clearance and perform ≥ 50 % of direct labor.