SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- (RFI): Validation of Emerging Defense & Detection Equipment for Readiness (VEDDER) Prototype Accelerator
- Notice Date
- 5/21/2026 4:12:04 PM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541715
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- W6QK ACC-APG ABERDEEN PROVING GROU MD 21010-5424 USA
- ZIP Code
- 21010-5424
- Solicitation Number
- W911SR-24-R-CWMD
- Response Due
- 5/27/2026 10:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 06/11/2026
- Point of Contact
- Aaron Skinner, Phone: 520-671-4499, Lionel Love, Phone: 520-716-9636
- E-Mail Address
-
aaron.d.skinner.civ@mail.mil, lionel.d.love.civ@army.mil
(aaron.d.skinner.civ@mail.mil, lionel.d.love.civ@army.mil)
- Description
- The United States and the Portfolio Acquisition Executive-Layered Protection &Integration (PAE-LPI) is engaged in a critical, persistent innovation race against strategic competitors, most notably the People's Republic of China (PRC), which leverages Military-Civil Fusion to mandate the immediate transfer of commercial breakthroughs to military applications. Traditional Department of War (DoW) acquisition models operating on 7-to-15-year timelines are structurally incapable of pacing the threat in rapidly evolving domains like biotechnology and artificial intelligence (AI). To maintain technological overmatch and secure the United States� biotechnology ecosystem (projected to exceed $1.5 trillion), the Government requires an asymmetric response that harnesses the dynamic, free-market ecosystem of private capital, academia, and commercial enterprise. Drawing inspiration from venture-backed intelligence community models, this Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) establishes a public-private nexus. The objective of this OTA is to establish a technology accelerator with a 501(c)(3) partner. Supported by Government investment, this accelerator will speed the prototyping of new technologies; specifically medical countermeasures (MCMs), by bridging the private sector, elite national High-Performance Computing (HPC) resources, and the Government.
- Web Link
-
SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/6ba0dcb1860f42188399e6f7a1fc4bea/view)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN07826530-F 20260523/260521230105 (samdaily.us)
- Source
-
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