Amendment 005

HQ0034259WHSCSO

Commercial Solutions Opening

HQ0034259WHSCSO

Amendment 005
Washington Headquarters Services
Acquisition Directorate
I.

INTRODUCTION

a. Background

The Washington Headquarters Services (WHS) Acquisition Directorate (AD) is an essential mission partner and trusted advisor, providing innovative and agile contracting solutions throughout the acquisition life cycle as the Single Enterprise Contracting Office (SECO) to the Office of the Secretary of War (OSW), offices thereunder, and other Department of War (DoW or Department) mission partners. WHS/AD Emerging Capabilities and Defense Prototyping Division (ECDP) awards and manages research and development project awards authorized by 10 United States Code (U.S.C.) Section (§) 3458 and 10 U.S.C. § 4001. The ECDP executes and manages other transaction agreements (OTs) authorized by 10 U.S.C. § 3458 “Authority to acquire innovative commercial products and commercial services using general solicitation competitive procedures”, 10 U.S.C. § 4021 “Research projects: transactions other than contracts and grants”, 10 U.S.C. § 4022 “Authority of the Department to carry out certain prototype projects”, or 10 U.S.C. § 4023 “Procurement for experimental purposes”. In executing the authority in 10 U.S.C. § 4022, the Government partners with nontraditional and traditional defense contractors and non-profit research institutions to carry out prototype projects that are directly relevant to enhancing the mission effectiveness of personnel of the DoW or improving platforms, systems, components, or materials proposed to be acquired or developed by the DoW, or to improvement of platforms, systems, components, or materials in use by the armed forces.
b. Purpose
The purpose of this Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) is to ensure that to the maximum extent practicable, competitive procedures are used to carry out these project awards. This CSO seeks innovative, commercial approaches to accelerate the attainment of defense capabilities through issuing awards under the authorities in 10 U.S.C. § 3458 and/or 10 U.S.C. § 4022. This includes, but is not limited to, commercially available technologies fueled by commercial or strategic investment, innovative commercial products and services, concept demonstrations, pilots, and agile development activities that can improve commercial technologies and existing Government-owned capabilities, and other concepts for defense application.
c. Posting
The CSO solicits solutions via Areas of Interest (AOIs), published separately on the Government Point of