AoI Advanced Tooling Manufacturing for Radial Forging

Federal Agency: U.S. Army Tank and Automotive Command- Watervliet Arsenal (TACOM) Contracting Office: Army Contracting Command-Watervliet Arsenal (ACC-WVA) Area of Interest (AoI) Title: Advanced Tooling Manufacturing for Radial Forging Commercial Solution Opening (CSO) AoI Number: W911PT26CS001-A009 AoI Release Date: 8 October 2026
Responses: See W911PT26CS001 for Procedure Details

1. General Information

1.1 Introduction

This announcement is for Advanced Tooling Manufacturing for Radial Forging /Area of Interest (AoI) A009 under the ACC-WVA Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) W911PT26SC001. Interested parties are highly encouraged to visit the Government Point of Entry (www.sam.gov) to review the ACC-WVA CSO posting in its entirety to obtain more information on the process for submission and evaluation of the CSO AoI Responses. This CSO AoI seeks to solicit solutions that meet the objectives detailed in Section 1.2 and 1.3 below. The authority to issue this CSO AoI is derived from ACC-WVA Commercial Solutions Opening W911PT26CS001 dated 15 April 2026. The CSO authority is per Section 1823 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, which amended Section 3458 of Title 10, as codified by Public Law 119-60.

1.2 AoI Background

U.S. Army Tank and Automotive Command- Watervliet Arsenal is seeking solutions in Advanced Tooling Manufacturing for Radial Forging. The tool package must be compatible with existing radial forge equipment as an enhancement to the current process.
1.3

Advanced Tooling Manufacturing for Radial Forging

WVA is requesting state of the art and innovative equipment for the following examples of capabilities: -Advanced Radial Forging to achieve a higher forge reduction ratio, as well as straighter parts which allows for more consistent post-forge processing and improved part fatigue life. -Solutions should take into consideration pre-form variables, process variables, and machine and tooling variables.
-The solutions should also take into consideration any gains in the increase of ductility of the forgings, along with product robustness and a longer barrel lifetime in the field.

2. AoI Constraints

a.

Any selected company/companies will be required to be registered in the System for Award

Management (www.sam.gov).
b.
Solutions will be selected based on the existing needs, best qualification after technical review and price reasonableness. c.
ACC-WVA is not obligated to extend a request for proposal or make an award as a result of