Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Enterprise Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO)
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The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Enterprise Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO), solicitation FA8652-26-S-C003, is an overarching framework established under 10 USC 3458 and DFARS Subpart 212.70 to acquire innovative commercial products and services. The CSO defines broad Areas of Interest (AOI) across domains including Air, Space, Cyberspace/Electronic Warfare, Cross-Domain, and Basic Research Technologies. It serves as the foundation for issuing competitive solicitations known as Spirals, which may be centralized or decentralized. Resulting awards are typically fixed-price FAR Part 12 contracts or Other Transactions for Prototype (OTP). Foreign participation is not authorized. The solicitation process generally follows a two-step approach for centralized open spirals. In step one, offerors submit a Commercial Solutions Brief (CSB) consisting of a PowerPoint briefing and a white paper. Selected offerors are then invited to step two to submit a full Commercial Solutions Proposal (CSP), which includes a technical proposal, a detailed statement of work, and a price proposal with an editable Excel pricing model. Evaluation is conducted via a peer review process by subject matter experts, focusing on technical merit, applicability, importance to agency programs, and funding availability. Key compliance requirements include rigorous security risk reviews for all senior and key personnel to mitigate foreign influence, as well as mandatory organizational conflict of interest (OCI) analyses. Administrative requirements include the use of the Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF) system for invoicing and adherence to strict marking standards for technical data and software. The CSO is intended to remain active indefinitely with annual updates, and interested parties are directed to monitor SAM.gov for active Spiral solicitations.
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8 Sep 2026:
The CSO is amended. Attachment 1 - Areas of Interest and Mission Organization Alignment is revised to correct Tables 1.4 and 1.5. All other attachments remain unchanged.
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8 July 2026:
The CSO is amended to remove all references to the Centralized Open Spiral. Attachment 1 - Areas of Interest is updated to include Mission Organization Alignment. All other attachments remain unchanged. The Spiral Tracker posted 4 June 2026 is unchanged.
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4 June 2026:
Spiral Tracker is updated.
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29 April 2026:
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Procurement Headquarters (PK), located at 1864 4th St, Bldg. 15, Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433, has issued the AFRL Enterprise CSO under the authority of 10 USC 3458, as implemented by DFARS Subpart 212.70. The CSO serves as the overarching enterprise announcement broadly defining Areas of Interest (AOI) that encompass the full range of AFRL requirements. It provides the framework for the issuance of competitive centralized and decentralized Spirals releases which will solicit innovative technologies and services that fulfill the needs of the AFRL enterprise. Spirals will be posted to the Governmentwide Point of Entry (GPE), https://sam.gov, as separate solicitations. Refer to the enclosed Spiral Tracker for active Spiral solicitation numbers and search for the soliciation within the GPE accordingly.
Resulting solutions awarded under the CSO shall meet the definition of "innovative", which is defined as:
(1) Any technology, process or method, including research and development, that is new as of the date of submission of a proposal; or (2) Any application that is new as of the date of submission of a proposal of a technology, process or method existing as of such date.
Resultant awards will be fixed-price type FAR Part 12 contracts, or 10 USC 4022 Other Transactions for Prototype (OTP).
Foreign participation is not authorized.
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27 April 2026: Q&A is posted in anticipation of the final CSO Announcement and Centralized Open Spiral posting later this week.
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26 February 2026: Presolicitation Notice and Draft Announcement.
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