# Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition- RAND National Defense Research Institute (NDRI)

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/whs20251564

- Solicitation number: WHS-2025-1564
- Notice type: Justification
- Status: No response deadline
- Department: Department of Defense
- Agency: Washington Headquarters Services (Whs)
- Contracting office: Washington Headquarters Services (HQ0034)
- NAICS: 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Product or service code: AC12 National Defense R&D Services; Department Of Defense - Military; Applied Research
- Place of performance: Arlington, Virginia
- First posted: July 16, 2026
- Last posted: July 16, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/8e9e2d6465f645528c3b77d6b27c1cd5/view

## Description

The RAND Corporation operates the National Defense Research Institute (NDRI), whose primary sponsor is the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSW(A&S)). NDRI is a studies and analysis Federally Funded Research Development Center (FFRDC) that supports the Department of War (DoW) and other Non-DoW Agencies. DoW research capabilities at NDRI represent a continuing investment by the DoW in objective research and analysis.

The strategic relationship between DoW and NDRI was established and is maintained to bring private sector expertise to bear on research, development, and analytic tasks that are integral to the mission and operations of sponsoring organizations and that cannot be met as effectively by existing government resources, or by other not-for-profit or for-profit contractors. The RAND NDRI FFRDC was established to be an independent research institution.

## Publications

- July 16, 2026: Justification. Notice 8e9e2d6465f645528c3b77d6b27c1cd5. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/8e9e2d6465f645528c3b77d6b27c1cd5/view

## Points of contact

- Sabrina Watkins-Rock, sabrina.m.watkins-rock.civ@mail.mil
- Elizabeth Vaeth, elizabeth.i.vaeth.civ@mail.mil

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