# (RFI): Validation of Emerging Defense & Detection Equipment for Readiness (VEDDER) Prototype Accelerator

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/w911sr24rcwmd

- Solicitation number: W911SR-24-R-CWMD
- Notice type: Sources sought
- Status: Closed. Deadline was May 27, 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)
- 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: May 21, 2026
- Last posted: May 27, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/c876ce5087694db4891989019d5cfc4d/view

## Description

The United States and the Portfolio Acquisition Executive-Layered Protection &Integration (PAE-LPI) is engaged in a critical, persistent innovation race against strategic competitors, most notably the People's Republic of China (PRC), which leverages Military-Civil Fusion to mandate the immediate transfer of commercial breakthroughs to military applications.

Traditional Department of War (DoW) acquisition models operating on 7-to-15-year timelines are structurally incapable of pacing the threat in rapidly evolving domains like biotechnology and artificial intelligence (AI). To maintain technological overmatch and secure the United States’ biotechnology ecosystem (projected to exceed $1.5 trillion), the Government requires an asymmetric response that harnesses the dynamic, free-market ecosystem of private capital, academia, and commercial enterprise.

Drawing inspiration from venture-backed intelligence community models, this Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) establishes a public-private nexus. The objective of this OTA is to establish a technology accelerator with a 501(c)(3) partner. Supported by Government investment, this accelerator will speed the prototyping of new technologies; specifically medical countermeasures (MCMs), by bridging the private sector, elite national High-Performance Computing (HPC) resources, and the Government.

## Publications

- May 21, 2026: Sources sought, due May 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 1dd803fc47d34bf29f50a0cbb54a6eed. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/1dd803fc47d34bf29f50a0cbb54a6eed/view
- May 21, 2026: Sources sought, due May 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 64d42c8fc55c45d8aa29e9f345d75cdb. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/64d42c8fc55c45d8aa29e9f345d75cdb/view
- May 21, 2026: Sources sought, due May 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 6ba0dcb1860f42188399e6f7a1fc4bea. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/6ba0dcb1860f42188399e6f7a1fc4bea/view
- May 27, 2026: Sources sought, due May 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 02014f0362bc4fa583696a57b0e4d264. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/02014f0362bc4fa583696a57b0e4d264/view
- May 27, 2026: Sources sought, due May 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice b751b1af2aa14c1ab9b298d5827babe7. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b751b1af2aa14c1ab9b298d5827babe7/view
- May 27, 2026: Sources sought, due May 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice c876ce5087694db4891989019d5cfc4d. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/c876ce5087694db4891989019d5cfc4d/view

## Points of contact

- Aaron Skinner, aaron.d.skinner.civ@mail.mil, 520-671-4499
- Lionel Love, lionel.d.love.civ@army.mil, 520-716-9636

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