Basic Information Awareness Operations (BIAO) Request for Information (RFI)
Subject: Basic Information Awareness Operations (BIAO) Request for Information (RFI)Solicitation Number: BIAO-RFI-2026Notice Type: SRCSGTNAICS: 54171Notice Published: 07-30-26Response Due: 08-21-26Agency: DEPT OF DEFENSEOffice: IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSEContact: BIAO Team This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Office Address: WASHINGTON, DC 20301Place of Performance: Chantilly, VA Related Notices:
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The Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) is pursuing Basic Information Awareness Operations (BIAO), a rapid prototyping effort to deliver a layered, modular capability to detect adversary cognitive domain operations, generate and deliver counter-narrative responses with accurate information, model and validate effectiveness, and deploy and measure outcomes in operationally relevant settings. SCO intends to acquire capability on a technologycomponent basis and to integrate those components into a single, scalable operating environment ? referred to notionally as the Layered Information Nexus (LIN), which will serve as the common operational picture and workbench ? for use across a broad operational user base. Submission Deadline: Responses must be submitted electronically no later than 8:00 PM Eastern/5:00 PM Pacific Time on August 21, 2026. Inquiries: All questions regarding this RFI/Sources Sought Notice must be submitted via email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the subject line: BIAO RFI Question ? [Your Company?s Full Name]. To ensure fair competition, the Government will not answer questions on a one-on-one basis. A consolidated list of all questions and official answers will be posted publicly on SAM.gov on or around August 14, 2026. No new questions will be accepted after 5:00 PM Eastern Time on August 10, 2026.