Information Technology Laboratory Commercial Solutions Openings (CSO)
Department of Defense · Department of the Army · W2R2 USA ENGR R & D CTR
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Solicitation details
Solicitation number
W912HZ26SC006
Notice type
Special Notice
NAICS
541519
Product service code
AJ13
Set-aside
Unrestricted
Posted
2026-05-20
Response deadline
Oct 30, 2027, 10:00 AM UTC
Contracting contact
christy.j.love@usace.army.mil
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The Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) is issuing a Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 3458 as implemented by RFO DFARS 212.7000. Under a CSO, the ERDC may competitively select proposals received in response to a general solicitation, similar to a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), based on a review of proposal by scientific, technological, or other subject matter expert peers within the ERDC and/or other federal experts. This CSO will be used to acquire innovative products, services, or technologies, and under this CSO, all products, services, and technologies shall be treated as commercial items. Products, technologies, and services do not have to be ?commercially available? to be submitted in response to this solicitation. If the solution meets the requirements of the DFARS regulation, the solution is treated as commercial whereby the Contracting Officer will utilize commercial procedures to develop and execute the resultant award. This Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) contains broadly defined areas of interest for ERDC?s Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) and intends to obtain ?innovative? solutions or potential new capabilities in support of integrated digital transformation, advanced computing, secure and resilient systems, and data-driven decision-making to address complex defense and civil works challenges. Solutions may include existing technologies or procedures that are not currently in use that would enhance or streamline mission capabilities.?More specific individual program requirements (IPRs) may be added in the future. The AOIs are intentionally broad in nature, generally have no known funding specifically available, and will be posted under this CSO on an open-continuous basis for one (1) year from the date of original posting. Any specific individual program requirements that are posted under the authority of this CSO will describe the desired end results, offer additional context for the needs that seek solutions, provide funding profiles, and will stipulate specific due dates for solutions. All resultant awards will be firm-fixed price. All items, technologies, and services (including research and development) procured via this CSO are treated as commercial. Applicants from universities and/or non-profit organizations should be aware that commercial clauses will be integrated into the award and should coordinate proposals with associated legal counsel prior to submission. ERDC is conducting this CSO on a full and open basis and intends to award contracts in accordance with FAR part 12 and the FAR part that is deemed most appropriate for the solution proposed (i.e., FAR part 13, 15, and/or 35); the government reserves the right to award prototype agreements (e.g. Other Transaction Agreements), in accordance with 10 U.S.C. ?2371b, if deemed appropriate and in the government?s best interest.Go to https://www.erdcwerx.org/information-technology-laboratory-cso/ for all of the CSO details and submission requirements. All solutions must be submitted through the ERDCWERX platform.
Contact
Point of contact
Christy Love
Role
not stated on this notice — SAM publishes a role for only about 5% of them, so this may be a contract specialist rather than the contracting officer
Email
christy.j.love@usace.army.mil
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