DHS/CBP Commercial Solutions Opening - DRAFT Solicitation Release -AUTONOMOUS GROUND SURVEILLANCE VEHICLES (AGSV) - CSOP-BP-GS-26-0002

Solicitation description

06/03- Update to correct expected response dates. Important Notice: Please note that this is a Draft Solicitation. All dates, including the question submission deadline and solution brief submission deadline, are subject to change in the final solicitation. However, the anticipated Response date for submissions for the Final Solicitation is anticpated to remain the same. Synopsis: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) is a Non-Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) based solicitation authority for acquiring innovative and commercial solutions. Section 880 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub. L. 114-328), as extended, authorizes DHS to implement a pilot program to competitively procure innovative commercial items, technologies, and services using CSO procedures. The CSO acquisition mechanism provides a streamlined, flexible process and simplified contract terms designed to maximize efficiency and minimize administrative burden for both the Government and industry. DHS, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Acquisition (OA) will use CSO procedures to acquire innovative, commercial items, technologies, and services currently in the production/commercialization phase, as well as adaptations of existing commercial products. The CSO procedures are described throughout sections 1, 3, and 4 of the attached General Solicitation document. This General Solicitation announcement invites prospective offerors to respond to the attached solicitation document. For purposes of this posting, “Innovative” is defined as follows: Any item that is— A new technology, process, or method as of the date of submission of a proposal; or A new application or adaptation of an existing technology, process, or method as of the date of submission of a proposal. Requirement Overview: CBP is seeking innovative commercial technology solutions and/or mitigations to address capability gaps for Autonomous Ground Surveillance Vehicles (AGSV). The overall technology objective is to discover autonomy that enables mobile ground domain awareness in urban and austere environments. CBP will assess the value of autonomy, specifically for ground surveillance vehicles, seeking autonomous ground systems capable of persistent, unattended operation in urban and austere environments, paired with intuitive mission planner (C2) software. All commercial autonomy ground vehicle categories are of interest, including bolt-on autonomy/self-driving stacks and integrated platforms. Vehicle platforms must be production-ready and fieldable without significant hardware or software modification. Industry Day / Summit Announcement (SAM.GOV Notice ID: IPOP-FY26-0002): U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Innovation Team (INVNT), intends to host a Virtual Industry Day Summit to foster discussion, share insights, and accelerate innovation regarding the use of autonomous and physical systems to enhance CBP's mission....

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