NAVAL SUPPORT AREA (NSA) CUTLER SHORELINE RESTORATION, COASTAL RESILIENCY, AND ASSET PROTECTION

Thisis a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation:  The Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is issuing a Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) authorized by the Department of Defense (DoD) Class Deviation 2022-O0007. Under a CSO, the ERDC may competitively award proposals received in response to a general solicitation, similar to a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), to acquire innovative commercial products, technologies, or services based on a review of solutions by scientific, technological, or other subject matter expert peers within the ERDC. “Innovative,” for CSO purposes, means any new technology, process, or method, including research and development (R&D), or any new application of an existing technology, process, or method. Under this CSO, all products, technologies, and services shall be treated as commercial items; products, technologies, and services do not have to be “commercially available” to be submitted in response to this solicitation. If the solution meets the requirements of the regulation, the solution is treated as commercial whereby the Contracting Officer will utilize commercial procedures to develop and execute the resultant award. 

The ERDC, Environmental Laboratory (EL) seeks expert technical support and innovation to develop a new application for natural and hybrid infrastructure (NHI) technology and methodology for NHI placement in a complex landscape in the northeastern-most region of the continental US.  This region has traditionally been thought of as inhospitable for the use and deployment of interventions such as NHI due to the combination of extreme weather events and extreme variability in temperature.  Innovation to develop applications of NHI at this location would greatly accelerate practice and expand its utility and use beyond traditional landscapes where it is typically observed.  Go to https://www.erdcwerx.org/advancing-shoreline-resilience/ for all of the CSO details and submission requirements. All solutions must be submitted via the ERDCWERX platform. Solutions for the general areas of interest will be accepted on a open and continuous basis through January 9, 2026.