# AdvM Call for Solutions - Modernized Paint Line in SOD Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/panrsa26p0000040601 - Solicitation number: PANRSA-26-P-0000-040601 - Notice type: Solicitation - Status: Open. Offers due 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: 3695 Miscellaneous Special Industry Machinery - Place of performance: Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania - First posted: August 27, 2026 - Last posted: September 14, 2026 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/a06b43a616ef47c4aef9d17c95f72d28/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 existing paint conveyor line. 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 automated paint application, curing, and automated shop operations. 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, and increased efficiency, which may account for a reduction in the use and emission of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). 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 any related 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 Standard Time (CST). The following shall be utilized in the email subject line: "Call for Solution – Modernized Paint Line 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/5d50ae3cd9554e129aabeab4ea7c1186/view) ## Publications - August 27, 2026: Solicitation, due September 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice ab97e088933e40a5bf2289daed14d4b4. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/ab97e088933e40a5bf2289daed14d4b4/view - September 4, 2026: Solicitation, due September 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 469df5be63464794b81bc9145df882c6. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/469df5be63464794b81bc9145df882c6/view - September 14, 2026: Solicitation, due September 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice a06b43a616ef47c4aef9d17c95f72d28. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/a06b43a616ef47c4aef9d17c95f72d28/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/panrsa26p0000040601.