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`DARPA Guide to
`Broad Agency Announcements
`and Research Announcements
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`November 2016
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`Office ADPM when there have been material changes to the content of the briefing. Any
`Review Team Member who does not attend the ethics briefing will be required to document and
`self-certify the date of his or her last ethics briefing in the COi Self-Certification form.
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`Prior to proposal review, all Review Team Members shall be required to complete and
`submit a written self-certification, for the record, to document any known or apparent COis or
`stating that they have none relevant to reviewing BAA proposals, as well as any other
`requirements regarding information access during the Scientific Review Process. Review Team
`Members complete this form after receipt of proposals. The Technical Office will retain the self(cid:173)
`ce1tification forms as part of the documentation in accordance with paragraph 2.E. below. The
`briefing cha1ts and the self-ce1tification form are available on the DARPA portal on the GC
`home page.
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`The PM is responsible for ensuring that each Review Team Member has access to or
`receives a copy of both the briefing chruis and the self-certification form. After verifying that
`each member of the Review Team has sufficiently completed the self-ce1tifications forms, the
`PM will review the forms with the CO and GC regarding potential COis and appearance issues
`in the self-ce1tifications, as necessary. The PM will brief all supp01i contractor personnel having
`access to the proposals and ensure that no supp01t contractor personnel have any COis. Supp01i
`contractor personnel with COis participating in the Scientific Review Process must work out
`their participation in the process with GC, the CO, and the PM. The PM must also ensure that
`supp01t contractor personnel have a nondisclosure agreement on file signed when they began
`their duties with DARPA. The PM shall remind them of the restrictions and requirements that
`are contained in that agreement as they relate to the handling and review of proposal material in
`accordance with section 2.E. below. A sample of a nondisclosure agreement is available in
`DI 70, "Contractor Relationships: Inherently Governmental Functions, Prohibited Personal
`Services, and Organizational Conflicts of Interest."
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`2.F.2. Scientific Review Training. The CO will attend the Scientific Review
`Team Kick-off Meeting and provide training on how to sufficiently document proposal reviews.
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`Protection of Sensitive Data. All participants in the Scientific Review Process
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`(including SMEs and SETAs) are prohibited from, unless permitted by law, lmowingly
`disclosing contractor bid, or proposal information, or source selection information in accordance
`with FAR 2.101, and the Procmement Integrity Act, 41 U.S.C. §§ 2101-2107 (implemented in
`FAR 3.104). Unauthorized disclosure of proprietru-y or confidential information, either before or
`after the award, is prohibited by the Trade Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1905, the Privacy Act,
`5 U.S.C. § 552a, and by other laws and regulations. Prior written authorization from DIRO, or
`the CO must be obtained prior to releasing protected information outside the Scientific Review
`Team. The requirement for prior written authorization does not apply to the personnel associated
`with standard operational suppo1t activities such as preparing/processing/reviewing funding
`requests for selected proposals by Financial/Comptroller personnel, or archiving solicitation
`documentation on the Agency server or SharePoint sites by inform.ation technology or SETA
`support personnel.
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`The PM shall monitor and maintain all source selection information (as defined by FAR
`2.101) within a secured physical and network area. This includes ensuring that information
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