U.S. Army Contracting Command – Watervliet Arsenal (ACC-WVA) Organic Industrial Base (OIB) Modernization Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO)
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The U.S. Army Contracting Command – Watervliet Arsenal is conducting a continuously open Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) under the authority of Section 1823 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, which amended Title 10, Section 3458, and is implemented through DFARS Subpart 212.70. This CSO, identified by solicitation number W911PT26SC001 and posted on sam.gov, remains active until September 30, 2027, with the possibility of extension, and is designed to rapidly identify and acquire innovative commercial products, technologies, and services to modernize the Organic Industrial Base at Watervliet Arsenal and Benet Laboratories. The initiative focuses on integrating legacy analogue manufacturing systems with modern digital capabilities, enhancing modeling and simulation for faster decision-making, and ensuring timely delivery of critical materiel to the soldier. Proposals are sought across four specific Areas of Interest: Advanced Cannon Technology to eliminate hexavalent chromium in production, Test Inspection Equipment for improved non-destructive testing, Electrical Infrastructure upgrades at Building 120 to support increased power demands, and Chromium Plating Facility Conversion to repurpose the site into a tooling storage and inspection area. The process follows a three-phase approach—Submission of a Written Solution Brief, Presentation/Pitch (if invited), and Request for a Commercial Solution Proposal—with all submissions governed by FAR Part 12, classifying resulting acquisitions as commercial items and requiring fixed-price contracts, including fixed-price incentive fee structures. Offerors must possess a valid Unique Entity ID and maintain an active SAM.gov profile, be determined responsible by the Contracting Officer, and not be suspended or debarred. All proposals must be unclassified, with no confidential markings, and must be submitted in two separate volumes: a technical volume containing the work plan, technical approach, staffing, and deliverables without cost data, and a price volume providing a rough order of magnitude price for evaluation. Evaluation criteria prioritize relevancy to the Area of Interest, technical merit, innovation, and risk assessment across technical maturity, schedule, business viability, and intellectual property, with awards contingent upon funding, negotiation success, and alignment with program priorities. Proposal preparation costs are not recoverable, awarded contracts must use Wide Area Work Flow for invoicing, and the period of performance for any proposed solution generally does not exceed 12 months unless otherwise noted in the specific Area of Interest.
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The Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) authority is per Section 1823 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026, which amended Section 3458 of Title 10, as codified by Public Law 119-60. DFARS Subpart 212.70 implements 10 U.S.C. 3458 for the acquisition of innovative commercial products or commercial services through the use of a general solicitation known as a Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO).
This CSO is a competitive solicitation posted on a Government Point of Entry (GPE) www.sam.gov continuously open until 30 September 2027. This CSO will be utilized specifically for Watervliet Arsenal, and Benet Laboratories. ACC-WVA reserves the right to extend this CSO beyond the open until date by amendment. Under this CSO the DoW may seek solution briefs, presentations/pitches and/or proposals from traditional and non-traditional business entities. This CSO is intended to seek proposals for innovative commercial products, commercial technologies and services or adaptations/modifications of existing commercial product technologies and services to enable the seamless integration of manufacturing resources from across the enterprise to meet U.S. Army needs.
This includes, but are not limited to, the linking of legacy analogue manufacturing systems with modern digital systems, the expansion of modeling and simulation to speed up decision making and the ability to deliver the right materiel solution to the soldier at the right time and in the right place. This CSO may result in the award of various types of contracts, which may include but are not limited to commercially-available technologies immediately available, commercially-available technologies fueled by commercial or strategic investment, but also concept demonstrations, pilots, and agile development activities that can incrementally improve commercial technologies, existing government-owned capabilities, or concepts for broad defense applications.
ACC-WVA intends to award FAR-based contracts under Part 12 Commercial Item Procedures based on specific Area of Interest (AoI) and industrial base responses to the AoI. The CSO solicitation process may include a multi-phased solicitation and evaluation approach that is dependent upon specific AoIs. The AoIs are focused topic(s)/categories that will be published under this CSO.
The following phases will be used:
Phase 1 – Submission of Written Solution Brief,
Phase 2 – Presentation/Pitch (if applicable), and
Phase 3 – Request for Commercial Solution Proposal (CSP).
A CSO is considered a competitive process, intended to ensure that competitive procedures are used to the maximum extent practicable. All solution briefs, presentations/pitches and/or proposals submitted in response to any AoI will be in response to and governed by this CSO.
Use of a CSO in accordance with DFARS Subpart 212.70 is considered to be a competitive procedure for the purposes of 10 U.S.C. 221 and FAR 6.102. Finally, Contracting Officers shall treat items, technologies, and services acquired using a CSO as commercial items. Contracts or purchase orders resulting under this authority shall be fixed-price, including fixed-price incentive fee contracts.
Additional information inclusive of instructions and definitions can be found on the attachment "CSO-Watervliet Arsenal FY26 Final.pdf"
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