GVSC CSO AMD09

Ground Vehicle Systems Center Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) Amendment 09

PURPOSE OF REVISION: The purposes of Amendment 09 is to: In Section 6.1, Areas of Interest:
1. Removed the word “Continuously” from title of Section 6.1 2. Moved “note” from Section 1.3 to Section 6.1
3. Closed and removed the following Areas of Interest:
i. Temporary and Re-locatable Shelters paragraph
ii. Vehicle Electronics and Architecture/High Performance Compute Solution paragraphs iii. Ground Vehicle Modeling & Simulation/CBRN Autonomous Operations paragraphs 4. Extended Next-Generation Vehicle Protection Systems Base Kit Area of Interest from 10/16/2025 to 12/19/2025.
1.General Information

1.1 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.

1.2 Background:

The United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC), located in Warren, Michigan, is the U.S Armed Forces’ research and development facility for advanced technology in ground systems. The U.S Army DEVCOM is a major subordinate command of the U.S Army Futures Command (AFC) and shares its facilities with the U.S Army Tank- Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM). GVSC’s current technology focus areas include Power and Mobility, Autonomous Systems, Force Projection, Survivability & Protection, Electronics and Architecture, Cyber Engineering and Software Integration, Human Machine Integration, Advance Manufacturing and Modeling,