(RPP): Validation Of Emerging Defense & Detection Equipment for Readiness (VEDDER) Prototype Accelerator
Contact and place of performance
Aaron Skinner
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
USA
The CPE-CBRND is issuing this Request for Project Proposal (RPP) to identify only qualified 501(c)(3) non-profit (NFP) organizations capable of establishing and operating a technology accelerator for the VEDDER Prototype Accelerator (PA) under an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement under Broad Other Transaction Authority Announcement (BOTAA) W911SR-24-R-CWMD. The VEDDER PA is designed to execute in alignment with Section 236 (Pilot Program on Development of Near-Term Use Cases and Demonstration of Artificial Intelligence Toward Biotechnology Applications for National Security).
The Department of the Army, through the ACC-APG contracting office, has issued a Request for Project Proposal under a Special Notice to identify qualified 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations. The selected organization will establish and operate the Validation of Emerging Defense & Detection Equipment for Readiness (VEDDER) Prototype Accelerator. This initiative is managed under an Other Transaction Authority agreement in alignment with Section 236, which focuses on developing near-term use cases and demonstrating artificial intelligence within biotechnology applications for national security.
Performance for this effort is centered at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, and is classified under NAICS 541715 for Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) and PSC AC12 for National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense - Military; Applied Research. The project is governed by the Broad Other Transaction Authority Announcement W911SR-24-R-CWMD.
The response deadline for this opportunity is June 24, 2026. Documentation associated with the notice includes the formal Request for Project Proposal and a CWMD-BOTAA file. Aaron Skinner serves as the primary point of contact for this requirement.
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