GVSC CSO Amendment 06

Ground Vehicle Systems Center Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) Amendment 06

PURPOSE OF REVISION: The purposes of Amendment 06 are to: In Section 3.2.3:
Added “Ryan Stacey, [email protected]. NOTE: Additional points of contact may be defined for areas of interest that include closing dates.” In Section 6.1, Continuously Open AoIs:
Added the word operations after United States Marine Corps (USMC) under the Smart Fuel Metering and Management Area of Interest Added “CBRN Autonomous Operations” Area of Interest Under GROUND VEHICLE MODLEING & SIMULATION Corrected Mr. Philip Smith’s email address from, [email protected] to [email protected], under GROUND VEHICLE ROBOTICS Area of Interest. Updated Technical Point of Contact from “Dr. Katie Sebeck, [email protected]” to “Frederick Ricket, [email protected]” under COMPOSITE AND TRANSPARENT ARMOR Area of Interest.

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.

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, and Simulation and Prototyping.