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Special notice

Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Enterprise Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO)

FA865226SC003

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Research Laboratory. Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology).

Response deadline

April 30, 2030 at 5:00 PM EDT

Closed in 1277 days. Posted October 29, 2026, first published February 26, 2026. Scheduled to archive May 1, 2030.

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127 like it are open now in research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology)

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Description

As published on SAM.gov.

29 Oct 2026:

The CSO is amended to incorporate changes pursuant to Class Deviation 2026-O0028 Rev 1, 22 Oct 2026, and to correct the Attachment 1 - Areas of Interest - file name. No other attachments are affected. 

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8 Sep 2026:

The CSO is amended. Attachment 1 - Areas of Interest and Mission Organization Alignment is revised to correct Tables 1.4 and 1.5. All other attachments remain unchanged. 

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8 July 2026:

The CSO is amended to remove all references to the Centralized Open Spiral. Attachment 1 - Areas of Interest is updated to include Mission Organization Alignment. All other attachments remain unchanged. The Spiral Tracker posted 4 June 2026 is unchanged. 

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4 June 2026:

Spiral Tracker is updated.  

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29 April 2026:

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Procurement Headquarters (PK), located at 1864 4th St, Bldg. 15, Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433, has issued the AFRL Enterprise CSO under the authority of 10 USC 3458, as implemented by DFARS Subpart 212.70. The CSO serves as the overarching enterprise announcement broadly defining Areas of Interest (AOI) that encompass the full range of AFRL requirements. It provides the framework for the issuance of competitive centralized and decentralized Spirals releases which will solicit innovative technologies and services that fulfill the needs of the AFRL enterprise. Spirals will be posted to the Governmentwide Point of Entry (GPE), https://sam.gov, as separate solicitations. Refer to the enclosed Spiral Tracker for active Spiral solicitation numbers and search for the soliciation within the GPE accordingly. 

Resulting solutions awarded under the CSO shall meet the definition of "innovative", which is defined as:

(1) Any technology, process or method, including research and development, that is new as of the date of submission of a proposal; or (2) Any application that is new as of the date of submission of a proposal of a technology, process or method existing as of such date.

Resultant awards will be fixed-price type FAR Part 12 contracts, or 10 USC 4022 Other Transactions for Prototype (OTP). 

Foreign participation is not authorized. 

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27 April 2026: Q&A is posted in anticipation of the final CSO Announcement and Centralized Open Spiral posting later this week. 

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26 February 2026: Presolicitation Notice and Draft Announcement.

Attachments

Files listed on SAM.gov. The ones we hold a copy of download from here; the rest open SAM's download, which needs no account.

Publications

Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.

  1. February 26, 2026

    Special notice

    Due March 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 33fd343112ac4698a5ce8671e2bcb9b5

    7 revisions on SAM
    • September 8, 2026: publish, special notice
    • July 8, 2026: publish, special notice
    • June 11, 2026: publish, special notice
    • April 30, 2026: publish, special notice
    • April 27, 2026: publish, special notice
    • April 27, 2026: publish, special notice
    • February 26, 2026: publish, special notice
  2. April 27, 2026

    Special notice

    Due March 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 26623b505ef14ea28caf2fe20395f83a

    7 revisions on SAM
    • September 8, 2026: publish, special notice
    • July 8, 2026: publish, special notice
    • June 11, 2026: publish, special notice
    • April 30, 2026: publish, special notice
    • April 27, 2026: publish, special notice
    • April 27, 2026: publish, special notice
    • February 26, 2026: publish, special notice
  3. April 27, 2026

    Special notice

    Due March 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 749d40e0eaed4646955b05313f07e539

    7 revisions on SAM
    • September 8, 2026: publish, special notice
    • July 8, 2026: publish, special notice
    • June 11, 2026: publish, special notice
    • April 30, 2026: publish, special notice
    • April 27, 2026: publish, special notice
    • April 27, 2026: publish, special notice
    • February 26, 2026: publish, special notice
  4. April 30, 2026

    Special notice

    Due April 30, 2030 at 5:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice e1793c7415d7455eb226e2aaa7ad816a

    7 revisions on SAM
    • September 8, 2026: publish, special notice
    • July 8, 2026: publish, special notice
    • June 11, 2026: publish, special notice
    • April 30, 2026: publish, special notice
    • April 27, 2026: publish, special notice
    • April 27, 2026: publish, special notice
    • February 26, 2026: publish, special notice
  5. June 11, 2026

    Special notice

    Due April 30, 2030 at 5:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 56db7d1925584ea9bfbfaa777b79d0af

    7 revisions on SAM
    • September 8, 2026: publish, special notice
    • July 8, 2026: publish, special notice
    • June 11, 2026: publish, special notice
    • April 30, 2026: publish, special notice
    • April 27, 2026: publish, special notice
    • April 27, 2026: publish, special notice
    • February 26, 2026: publish, special notice
  6. July 8, 2026

    Special notice

    Due April 30, 2030 at 5:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 7eb9a38284da4f59a18a742d3d160205

    7 revisions on SAM
    • September 8, 2026: publish, special notice
    • July 8, 2026: publish, special notice
    • June 11, 2026: publish, special notice
    • April 30, 2026: publish, special notice
    • April 27, 2026: publish, special notice
    • April 27, 2026: publish, special notice
    • February 26, 2026: publish, special notice
  7. September 8, 2026

    Special notice

    Due April 30, 2030 at 5:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 4e5b4c0035de448daa58a679ee70e852

    7 revisions on SAM
    • September 8, 2026: publish, special notice
    • July 8, 2026: publish, special notice
    • June 11, 2026: publish, special notice
    • April 30, 2026: publish, special notice
    • April 27, 2026: publish, special notice
    • April 27, 2026: publish, special notice
    • February 26, 2026: publish, special notice
  8. October 29, 2026

    Special notice

    Due April 30, 2030 at 5:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice cf03142c80c846d5a5740626c4bdc974

    8 revisions on SAM
    • October 29, 2026: publish, special notice
    • September 8, 2026: publish, special notice
    • July 8, 2026: publish, special notice
    • June 11, 2026: publish, special notice
    • April 30, 2026: publish, special notice
    • April 27, 2026: publish, special notice
    • April 27, 2026: publish, special notice
    • February 26, 2026: publish, special notice

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