Amendment 27

Ground Vehicle Systems Center Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) Amendment 27

PURPOSE OF REVISION: The purpose of Amendment 27 is to:

In Section 3.2.3, Phase 1 Solution Brief Basis of Evaluation: Change “Rachel Serra, [email protected]” to “Dave Daniels, [email protected]” and “Ed Leathers, [email protected]”.

In Section 5, CSO GVSC POC:
Change “Rachel Serra, [email protected]” to “Dave Daniels, [email protected] and Ed Leathers, [email protected]”.

In Section 6.1, Open AoIs:
Add “i. Advanced Heat Transfer Fluids” under “GROUND VEHICLE ADVANCED POWER SYSTEMS”. Add “h. Rapid Oil/Fluid Extraction and Refill Efficiency for Armored Platforms” under “FORCE PROJECTION TECHNOLOGY (FPT)”. Remove the following Sections in SOFTWARE ENGINEERING CENTER (SEC): “a. Government-Off-the-Shelf (GOTS) Common Operating System” “b. Embedded Software Maintenance”
“d. Diagnostic Software (DS) for Vehicle Maintenance”
“e. Software Configuration Management (SCM)”
“f. CI/CD Pipelines”
“h. Simulated/Emulated Hardware Targets for Automated Testing and Digital Twins” “i. Multi-Tenant Cloud Solutions for Embedded Software Development” “j. Adoption and Use of Containerization in Embedded Systems” “k. Software Test Automation”
“l. Software Safety”
“m. Digital Distribution”
“n. Software Bill of Materials (SBOM)”
“o. Hardware Line Replacement Unit (LRU) Simulation

General Information

Authority

The 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) established innovation as a central line of effort in the national defense strategy of the United States. The decisive military advantage of the United States over its adversaries and peer competitors is steadily eroding. Consequently, under 10 U.S.C. 3458, Contracting Officers may acquire innovative commercial items, technologies, or services using a competitive procedure called a Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO). Under a CSO, the Department of Defense may competitively select proposals received in response to a general solicitation, similar to a broad agency announcement, based on a review of proposals by scientific, technological, or other subject-matter expert peers. 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 products and commercial services. Contracts or agreements under this authority shall be fixed-price, including fixed-price incentive fee contracts. White Papers/Proposed Solutions that may meet needs of other Federal Agencies may be shared, as appropriate.