Here's how you know
 **Official websites use .mil** .mil
 **Secure .mil websites use HTTPS** lock () https://


Skip to main content (Press Enter).
 Toggle navigation
                
                Defense Intelligence Agency
                        COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE IN DEFENSE OF THE NATION
                    Defense Intelligence Agency
            Search
                        Search DIA:
                            Search
                    Search DIA:
                        Search
                        
                        Facilities Operating StatusEmployee Resources
    Home

    About
    
        FAQs

    Organization
        
        Locations

    Missile and Space Intelligence Center

    Joint Military Attache School

    Joint Military Intelligence Training Center

    Office of the Inspector General

    Equal Opportunity & Diversity

    Military Integration Office

    History
        
        DIA Museum

    George Washington Letters

    Directors of DIA

    The Historians

    Patriots Memorial

    Sexual Assault Prevention and Response

    Contact Us

    News & Features
    
        Articles

    Videos

    DIA in the News

    Threat Reports

    Photo Gallery

    No FEAR

    Podcasts

    DIA Comics

    Careers & Opportunities
    
        Career Fields
        
        Analysis

    Counterintelligence

    Finance & Acquisition

    Human Intelligence

    Human Services

    Information Technology

    Inspector General

    Legal

    Mission Management

    Office Management & Infrastructure

    Science & Technology

    Security

    Search Vacancies

    Apply to DIA

    Hiring Process

    Internships

    Veteran Programs

    Business
    
        Contractor Personnel Security

    SIA3

    SITE III

    Innovation

    NeedipeDIA

    Office of Small Business Programs

    Small Business FAQs  HOME BUSINESS
 To be an innovation leader, an organization must efficiently leverage ideas, practices and
        capabilities created anywhere, especially outside the organization. DIA has enhanced its ability to efficiently
        leverage solutions from industry and academia. NeedipeDIA expands the ongoing dialogue between DIA and
        innovative solution providers (industry, academia, labs) to address mission critical needs, and creates a direct
        communication channel to the solution providers with emerging technology that enhances DIA's mission
        capabilities. NeedipeDIA enables DIA to express capability needs, clearly and concisely, to a larger
        community of innovators and encourage participation from established partners and companies that have never
        before worked with Federal agencies. The list of needs below is designed to communicate the solutions DIA is
        seeking, while providing an entry point into Government acquisition through an Open Broad Agency Announcement
        and Commercial Solutions Opening. The content on this webpage consists of a dynamic list of needs that is updated
        frequently. All individuals, companies and academic institutions interested in receiving grants or
        contracts through the Open BAA (HHM402-23-S-0001) and Open CSO (HHM402-23-SC-0002), found on www.sam.gov and https://grants.gov/,
        must identify the specific need by number using the list below. Detailed instructions for expressing your
        solution(s) are found within the Open BAA and CSO.
 WHAT IS NEEDIPEDIA?NeedipeDIA is an unclassified website that communicates mission needs to innovators and
                        invites collaborative engagement with industry and academia. It is a mechanism that enables:

                    Linkage of mission needs to innovative ideas and solutions.
                        Open engagement with industry and academia. WHO ARE NEEDIPEDIA STAKEHOLDERS?Stakeholders include:

                    Internal DIA workforce.
                        Academic institutions.
                        External industry solution providers.
                        Other Intelligence Community partners.
                        Other Government agencies. HOW ARE DIA NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS DERIVED?Needs and requirements map to DIA mission areas:

                    Artificial intelligence and machine learning.
                        New analysis technologies and methods.
                        Enhanced counterintelligence and security.
                        Intelligence collections.
                        Mission enhancing science and technology.
                        Improves mission support capabilities.
                        Increase organizational effectiveness.
                        Empower partnerships.
                        Emerging and innovative technologies for rapid operations transition.
                        Other innovative capabilities. HOW ARE SOLUTIONS SUBMITTED TO DIA THROUGH THE NEEDIPEDIA PROCESS?A Broad Agency Announcement and Commercial Solutions Opening contain the instructions for
                        submitting a proposal. This process meets Federal acquisition regulations, and is an entry point
                        for the acquisition process. WHAT ARE THE INCENTIVES FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE NEEDIPEDIA PROCESS?Incentives include:

                    Promotes an agile process for solution responses from industry and academia.
                        Enables mission elements to acquire mission solutions rapidly.
                        Enables mission elements to point industry and academia to a specific mission area or need,
                            thus limiting responses to unsolicited communications.
                        Communicates clearly expectations of review timelines.
                        Clearly telegraphs to the interagency and Intelligence Community opportunities to partner on
                            specific needs or existing solutions. HOW IS NEEDIPEDIA DIFFERENT FROM CURRENT DIA PROCESSES AND DOES IT REPLACE
                    EXISTING BAAS AND CSOS?NeedipeDIA is a rapid and agile process that is responsive to evolving mission needs.
                        It is dynamically updated significantly reducing the time required by traditional
                            acquisition practices.
                        NeedipeDIA does not replace existing BAAs or preclude the publishing of future BAAs by DIA.
                            NeedipeDIA is just one tool among many acquisition mechanisms available for satisfying DIA
                            needs. It is meant to enable a legal and ethical conversation with industry and academia on
                            needs in timely manner. NeedipeDIA ensures an even playing field for conversations with
                            industry and academia as needs are refined, possible solutions are investigated, and most
                            importantly, mission practitioners discover what they did not know to ask for. HOW DOES NEEDIPEDIA AFFECT THE CONTRACT PRACTICES THAT TAKE PLACE AFTER A
                    FUNDING DECISION IS MADE?NeedipeDIA does not address the contract practices after a funding decision is made. It only
                        provides a mechanism for transitioning to the next stage in the acquisition phase. CONTACT INFORMATIONE-mail: **Ideas2Action@dodiis.mil**.
 STEPS TO SUBMIT A WHITE PAPERRead the **Open BAA** and **Open CSO** instructions (these links will lead directly
                            to the BAA/CSO instructions documents).
                        Identify one of the CURRENT NEEDS from the list below that best matches your proposed
                            solution.
                        Prepare a white paper by following the format requirements, starting on page 8 of the Open
                            BAA, and use the most current coversheet.
                        Submit your unclassified white paper to **Ideas2Action@dodiis.mil**. If you
                            have a classified white paper, please send us an email and someone will walk you through the
                            steps. HINTS FOR A SUCCESSFUL REVIEWProperly aligning your capability to a mission need is essential for successful review.
                        Specifically:

                    If you can't articulate how your capability addresses the mission need, then you have
                            probably selected the wrong mission need.
                        Section 4 of your white paper is used to route the proposed innovative method,
                            process or technology to the end users closest to the mission need.
                        The more specific the need, the better chance of aligning funds to support.
                        If you need clarity on a mission need, ask us and we will work to enhance clarity.
                        Mission relevance is the most important review criteria.
                        White papers should avoid technical jargon and product branding.
                        Mission review of mission enhancing science and technology is more technical. Feel free
                            to expound on the technical merit of your approach.
                        For all other categories, white papers should speak to direct mission impact. Technical
                            merit will be formally established later during the proposal review stage.
                        NeedipeDIA is designed to support DIA's "Start Small. Scale Fast. Fail Cheap."
                            approach.
                        Smaller (<$650,000) initiatives are preferred.
                        Quick win (within 6 months) initiatives are preferred.
                        For mission enhancing science and technology, longer projects (<18 months) may be
                            warranted.
                        Other solicitation methods are used for major systems acquisitions."Considering" indicates a more general DIA mission area need that is under
                        consideration, while "Active" indicates an innovative solution is currently being
                        sought.
 Collapse All Expand All
 1. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNINGThe Defense Intelligence Agency is further enhancing capabilities with artificial intelligence
                        and
                        machine learning
                        supporting mission requirements of business operations, data science, finished intelligence
                        products, etc.
                    Current Status: Open/Considering
                    Cutoff Date: 29 December 2028
                    Additional Evaluation Criteria: None 2. [CLOSED]Current Status: Closed
                    Cutoff Date: 29 December 2028
                    Additional Evaluation Criteria: None 3. ENHANCE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITYThe Defense Intelligence Agency is further expanding efforts and to
                        optimize counterintelligence capabilities for
                        indications and warning.
                    Current Status: Open/Considering
                    Cutoff Date: 29 December 2028
                    Additional Evaluation Criteria: None 4. INTELLIGENCE COLLECTIONSThe Defense Intelligence Agency is strengthening its intelligence
                        collection and analysis of new and existing weapon
                        systems, and other innovative technologies.
                    Current Status: Open/Considering
                    Cutoff Date: 29 December 2028
                    Additional Evaluation Criteria: None 5. MISSION ENHANCING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYThe Defense Intelligence Agency is broadening technologies to enhance existing capabilities with
                        biometrics, space,
                        detection, etc.
                    Current Status: Open/Considering
                    Cutoff Date: 29 December 2028
                    Additional Evaluation Criteria: None 6. IMPROVES MISSION SUPPORT CAPABILITIESThe Defense Intelligence Agency is escalating its mission support functions, data management,
                        processes, systems, and
                        technologies.
                    Current Status: Open/Considering
                    Cutoff Date: 29 December 2028
                    Additional Evaluation Criteria: None 7. INCREASE ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESSThe Defense Intelligence Agency is increasing new and emerging technologies for rapid transition
                        into operational
                        environments, advanced communications, and innovative research.
                    Current Status: Open/Considering
                    Cutoff Date: 29 December 2028
                    Additional Evaluation Criteria: None 8. EMPOWER PARTNERSHIPSThe Defense Intelligence Agency is building on the capability to expand outreach and partnerships
                        with divergent
                        research and development entities in order to anticipate developments impacting workplace
                        learning and performance
                        practices. Specifically, those with experience in designing adaptive human performance solutions
                        that easily adjust to
                        changing organizational technologies.
                    Current Status: Open/Considering
                    Cutoff Date: 29 December 2028
                    Additional Evaluation Criteria: None 9. MACHINE-ASSISTED ANALYTIC RAPID-REPOSITORY SYSTEMThe Defense Intelligence Agency continues to develop innovative technology solutions to support
                        the development of
                        mission analysis and reporting systems.
                    Current Status: Open/Considering
                    Cutoff Date: 29 December 2028
                    Additional Evaluation Criteria: None 10. QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCES.The Defense Intelligence Agency continues to influence technology solutions leveraging quantum
                        sciences to deliver
                        decisive results and decision-advantage to our nation's leadership.
                    Current Status: Open/Considering
                    Cutoff Date: 29 December 2028
                    Additional Evaluation Criteria: None 11. EMERGING TECHNOLOGIESThe Defense Intelligence Agency continues to emerge novel and experimental technologies and
                        techniques awaiting
                        development, modification, and/or postured for rapid transition to operational environments.
                    
                    Current Status: Open/Considering
                    Cutoff Date: 29 December 2028
                    Additional Evaluation Criteria: None
 Link Disclaimer
 Web Policy
 No FEAR Act
 DIA Inspector
                                                General
 OPM.gov
 DIA Facility Status
 Equal Opportunity & Diversity
 Employee Resources
 Web Policy & Security
 Defense.gov
 Intel.gov
 FOIA
 Contact Us
 Open GOV
 Site Map
 Back to top
            Upward pointing chevron graphic
 Hosted by Defense Media Activity - WEB.mil