Blast Overpressure Protection Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO)

The Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is issuing a Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) authorized by the Department of Defense (DoD) Class Deviation 2022-O0007. Under a CSO, the ERDC may competitively award proposals received in response to a general solicitation, similar to a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), to acquire innovative commercial products, technologies, or services based on a review of solutions by scientific, technological, or other subject matter expert peers within the ERDC.

Under this CSO, all products, technologies, and services shall be treated as commercial items; products, technologies, and services do not have to be “commercially available” to be submitted in response to this solicitation. If the solution meets the requirements of the regulation, the solution is treated as commercial whereby the Contracting Officer will utilize commercial procedures to develop and execute the resultant award.

Go to https://www.erdcwerx.org/blast-overpressure-protection/https://www.erdcwerx.org/blast-overpressure-protection/ for details on submission and instructions. All solutions shall be submitted thorugh ERDCWERX via the link above. Submissions will be accepted through 12PM EST, 22 December 2025.