A--DOI-ETA-FY26-30

This solicitation, A--DOI-ETA-FY26-30, issued under Solicitation Number DOIDFBO260047 by the Department of the Interior’s Interior Business Center Acquisition Services Directorate, seeks innovative technical proposals under the Emerging Technologies Accelerator (ETA) Program through an Other Transaction (OT) authority, bypassing standard FAR contract structures. Proposals must be submitted electronically via the IDEAS platform by June 11, 2026, and are evaluated based on equal weighting of Technical Merit (50%) and Funding Availability (50%), with pass/fail selectability serving as a mandatory gate—non-selectable proposals are disqualified without further consideration. The program focuses on advancing capabilities in technical document processing, definition generation for rare or unattested terms using multilingual inputs, and building a modular software system with a user-friendly interface. Deliverables include software with full containerization via Docker and REST APIs, requiring the entire system—including preprocessing and postprocessing—to be packaged in a reproducible format that enables third-party reconstruction using exact models, weights, and dependencies. Intellectual property must be clearly identified within the packaging, and all software must conform to standardized industrial methods to be provided at kickoff. Proposers are required to submit a comprehensive set of attachments, including a mandatory Cover Sheet, Academic Institution Acknowledgment (if applicable), Intellectual Property Rights statement (not to exceed 4 pages), OCI Certification or Notification, a Three Chart Summary, Research Data Management Plan, Privacy Plan, Bibliography, Relevant Papers, Consultant Commitments (if used), and HSR Documentation for human subject research. Cost proposals must be submitted in a structured format via Appendix B2, detailing labor by category and rate, separate listings for subcontractors, materials, equipment, software/IP, travel, other direct costs, and indirects including overhead, G&A, cost of money, and profit/fee. All proposers must register in SAM, provide a Unique Entity ID, CAGE Code, and Taxpayer Identification Number, and certify lawful data acquisition under U.S. law and privacy protections. Payments are milestone-driven through the Treasury’s IPP system, with withheld payments permitted for unmet or deficient deliverables. Key personnel must submit biographical sketches and certify they are not involved in malign foreign talent programs. The program spans 14 months with monthly technical and financial reporting, site visits at months 4 and 13, a collaborative transition workshop in month 12, and a final report due in month 1