# (RPP): Validation Of Emerging Defense & Detection Equipment for Readiness (VEDDER) Prototype Accelerator

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/aa1afc83c2444641b9be3c137641d3a6

- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Closed. Deadline was June 25, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of the Army
- Agency: Department of the Army
- Contracting office: W6QK ACC-APG (W911SR)
- NAICS: 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Product or service code: AC12 National Defense R&D Services; Department Of Defense - Military; Applied Research
- Place of performance: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
- County: Harford County (FIPS 24025). https://abierto.us/counties/harford-county-md-24025
- City: Aberdeen Proving Ground. https://abierto.us/cities/aberdeen-proving-ground-md-2400175
- First posted: June 18, 2026
- Last posted: June 18, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/aa1afc83c2444641b9be3c137641d3a6/view

## Description

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).

## Publications

- June 18, 2026: Special notice, due June 25, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice aa1afc83c2444641b9be3c137641d3a6. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/aa1afc83c2444641b9be3c137641d3a6/view

## Points of contact

- Aaron Skinner, aaron.d.skinner.civ@army.mil
- Lionel Love, lionel.d.love.civ@army.mil

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