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DoW open call for solutions to address defense industrial base and Warfighter needs

The Department of War is inviting organizations to submit solutions for its APEX Arsenal Solutions Marketplace to address defense industrial base and Warfighter capability needs. - Lead organizations: DoW Office of Industrial Base Growth (IBG), with Applied Research Institute (ARI) as marketplace manager and support from Washington Headquarters Services Acquisition Directorate (WHS/AD). - Opportunity: An ongoing open call to collect, assess, and curate potential solutions for possible procurement through rapid acquisition pathways. - Areas sought: Hardware, software, systems, subsystems, components, materials, manufacturing capabilities, workforce development, and services. - Focus areas: Production and sustainment, scaling emerging technologies, domestic workforce development, critical materials and components, weapon and space systems, and industrial base readiness. - Specifics: No named OEMs, branded products, part numbers, quantities, or individual service line items are provided. The full open call is referenced as an attachment, but no attachment summary is available here.

Description

The Department of War (DoW) Office of Industrial Base Growth (IBG) in conjunction with its marketplace manager, the Applied Research Institute (ARI), and supported by the Washington Headquarters Services Acquisition Directorate (WHS/AD), is initiating this long-term, open call for solutions to support the DoW in advancing the development, demonstration, scaling, testing, procurement, production, fielding, and sustainment of hardware, software, systems, subsystems, components, materials, manufacturing capabilities, workforce development, and service solutions that strengthen the defense industrial base and deliver critical capabilities to the Warfighter. Specifically, the IBG seeks to obtain solutions or potential capabilities that fulfill requirements, close capability gaps, or provide potential technological advancements. This initiative, entitled the “APEX Arsenal Solutions Marketplace (AASM)” will solicit, collect, assess, and curate solutions supporting critical production and sustainment, commercialization and scaling of emerging technologies, domestic workforce development, critical materials and components, weapon and space systems, and broader industrial base readiness, and make those solutions available for procurement through rapid acquisition pathways. Please read the full APEX Arsenal Solutions Marketplace Open Call attached to this Special Notice.  Any and all questions regarding the APEX Arsenal Solutions Marketplace shall be submitted via to success@APEXarsenal.us or visit www.APEXarsenal.us.

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