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Being that Broad Agency Announcements (BAA?s) consistent with FAR 35.016 are considered a competitive procedure under FAR 6.102; can Contracting Officer?s (CO's) consider FAR based contract awards, in response to proposals received under BAA?s, an exception under FAR 15.403-1((1) to obtaining cost or pricing data or should CO's obtain cost or pricing data per FAR 15.403-4? Particularly for those BAA?s that describe an agency?s research interest for an individual program requirement.