The requirement is to establish and strengthen networks that connect the U. S. Department of Defense and U. S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory DEVCOM ARL and its government partners with academia, industry, and other government agencies. The solicitation is set aside for woman-owned small business concerns. Industry questions must be submitted in writing by 06 February 2026. The maximum total ceiling for contract awardee shall not exceed $49,000,000. The ordering period for the indefinite delivery indefinite quantity multiple award IDIQ MAC contracts will be five (5) years. The government will only accept one (1) proposal from each corporation. The offeror must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to receive a contract award. The offeror must submit their proposal via email before 06 March 2026. The offeror's entire proposal shall remain valid for a minimum of 180 calendar days from the date of proposal receipt by the government.
The period of performance for orders will be determined at the task order level.
The government will make payments to the contractor when requested as work progresses, but except for small business concerns not more often than once every 2 weeks, in amounts determined to be allowable by the contracting officer in accordance with federal acquisition regulation far subpart 31. The contractor may submit to an authorized representative of the contracting officer, in such form and reasonable detail as the representative may require, an invoice or voucher supported by a statement of the claimed allowable cost for performing this contract.
This is a best value source selection conducted in accordance with federal acquisition regulation far subpart 15. 3, source selection, as supplemented by the defense federal acquisition regulation supplement dfars, and the army federal acquisition regulation supplement afars. Multiple awards will be made based on the best overall value proposal that is determined to be the most beneficial to the government, with appropriate consideration given to the four (4) evaluation factors: management, technical, past performance, and cost/price.
The product, manufacturer, or source must be qualified at the time of award whether or not the name of the product, manufacturer, or source is actually included on a qualified products list, qualified manufacturers list, or qualified bidders list. Offerors should contact the agency activity designated below to obtain all requirements that they or their products or services, or their subcontractors or their products or services, must satisfy to become qualified and to arrange for an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities to meet the standards specified for qualification.
All questions shall be submitted via email to ***@***. *. * no later than 04:00 pm eastern standard time est on 06 february 2026.
The total maximum ceiling for contract awardee shall not exceed $49,000,000.