# AdvM Call for Solutions - Automated Parts Handling for Plating in SOD Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/panrsa26p0000040599 - Solicitation number: PANRSA-26-P-0000-040599 - Notice type: Solicitation - Status: Closed. Deadline was September 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT - Department: Department of the Army - Agency: Department of the Army - Contracting office: W6QK ACC-RSA (W9124P) - NAICS: 333248 All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing - Product or service code: 4940 Miscellaneous Maintenance and Repair Shop Specialized Equipment - Place of performance: Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania - First posted: August 27, 2026 - Last posted: September 8, 2026 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/816530438c784fef9bfaa008a31be957/view ## Description The Army Contracting Command – Redstone Arsenal (ACC-RSA), on behalf of Tobyhanna Army Depot (TYAD), is seeking innovative solutions to automate and modernize its Plating Shop operations. The Government requires a comprehensive, fully functioning solution consisting of a suite of hardware, automated parts handling equipment, and open-architecture Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software to perform all aspects of chemical electroplating, conversion coating, and automated shop operations across its 12 different lines/processes. Implementing automation within this operation is vital for modernizing TYAD's capabilities. Proactively deploying this technology will provide significant benefits, including the reduction of employee exposure to hazardous chemicals, increased quality of final products, increased throughput, decreased operational costs, digital recipe management, and the addition of safety and alarming systems to alert personnel in the event of a system malfunction. The full Call for Solutions document (.pdf), detailing the problem statement, desired solution objectives, submission requirements, and evaluation phases, is available in the "Attachments" section below. All Solution Briefs and questions regarding this Call must be submitted via email to Contracting Officer Stephanie Dillon and Contract Specialist Benjamin Hymas at usarmy.redstone.acc.mbx.acc-rsa-advm-cso@army.mil. The deadline to submit Solution Briefs for Phase 1 is Wednesday, 16 September 2026 at 12:00 PM Central Daylight Time (CST). The following shall be utilized in the email subject line: "Call for Solution – Automated Parts Handling for Plating in SOD" This Call for Solutions is issued utilizing Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) procedures in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Subpart 212.70 – Defense Commercial Solutions Opening. The Army Advanced Manufacturing (AdvM) CSO that this Call for Solutions is associated with is linked below. Please review the Army AdvM CSO posting, in addition to the attachment to this call, for further information on how the CSO is structured. ## Attachments - [Army AdvM CSO](https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b39a797bc2f541059bdda414d0daf6bf/view) ## Publications - August 27, 2026: Solicitation, due September 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 64f3745e095c4cedb8d066f6da1bba33. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/64f3745e095c4cedb8d066f6da1bba33/view - September 4, 2026: Solicitation, due September 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 69ab6e2a169c42c8a8b921148fe9ac18. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/69ab6e2a169c42c8a8b921148fe9ac18/view - September 8, 2026: Solicitation, due September 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 816530438c784fef9bfaa008a31be957. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/816530438c784fef9bfaa008a31be957/view ## Points of contact - Stephanie Dillon, usarmy.redstone.acc.mbx.acc-rsa-advm-cso@army.mil --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/panrsa26p0000040599.