About this opportunity
AI summaryThe government authority in Virginia requires a vendor to provide a growth, assembly, nanoelectronics, and translation ecosystem. The buyer needs the vendor to translate advanced microelectronics technologies into next-generation capabilities for artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, advanced communications, and other critical national security technology areas. To fulfill the requested scope, the vendor must configure and administer a shared AI/ML platform for ELEGANT using existing infrastructure. This platform must supply common data schemas, model registries, and API interfaces. Additionally, the vendor must develop and apply AI/ML models for materials-property prediction, synthesis-parameter optimization, etching, dielectric, passivation, and doping processes, including dopant-host screening and doping-strategy development. Eligibility is restricted to onshore USA organizations only. The vendor will perform the work offsite. The buyer is looking for proposals regarding the budget, and the provided text omits specific evaluation criteria and key dates.
Scope of work
- Ecosystem Coordinator support and cross-theme technical integration
- Manufacturable Materials Platform demonstration on 300 mm wafers
- Process Technology and Process Design Kit (PDK) development and release
- Device, Circuit and Full-Chip Demonstration yielding functional prototypes
- Manufacturing Readiness and Transition tools, models, and domestic supply chain foundation
- AI-Enabled Acceleration platform development and closed-loop learning deployment
How proposals are evaluated
| Criterion | Weight / scoring |
|---|---|
| Coordination and Management Approach (Ecosystem Coordinator) | highest weight |
| Translation Strategy and Credibility (Ecosystem Coordinator) | Not specified |
| Experience and Qualifications (Ecosystem Coordinator) | Not specified |
| Industry Roundtable Secretariat Support (Ecosystem Coordinator) | Not specified |
| Price Reasonableness (Ecosystem Coordinator) | Not specified |
| Translation Strategy and Credibility (Expert Performer Teams) | highest weight |
| Experience and Qualifications (Expert Performer Teams) | Not specified |
| Phase-Level Execution Realism (Expert Performer Teams) | Not specified |
| Cross-Theme Integration Approach (Expert Performer Teams) | Not specified |
| Industry Participation (Expert Performer Teams) | Not specified |
| Price Reasonableness (Expert Performer Teams) | Not specified |
Minimum qualifications
- Must be a U.S.-based incorporated entity
- Active registration in SAM (www.sam.gov) prior to proposal submission
- Identify a Principal Director affiliated with and a full-time employee of the lead organization
- Must retain substantive technical responsibility at the prime awardee level
- Foreign sub-awardees are not permitted
- Compliance with CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 research security and foreign entity restrictions
Documents to include with your response
- Title Page
- Appendix A: Budget and Justification
- Appendix B: CVs and Current and Pending Support
- Appendix C: IP and Data Management Plan
- Appendix D: Letters of Commitment
- Coordination and Support Plan (Ecosystem Coordinator proposals)
- Translation Strategy and Approach (Expert Performer Team proposals)
Key dates
- Issue Date
- Thursday, September 17, 2026
- Questions due
- 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 15, 2026
- Proposal Due Date
- 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on December 18, 2026
How to submit
- Method
- Instructions
- Submit as a single PDF file to [email protected] with specified subject line. Page limits are 20 pages for Ecosystem Coordinator and 25 pages for Expert Performer Teams, exclusive of title page and appendices. Font must be 12-point on letter-sized pages with 1-inch margins.
Contract details
- Term
- 6-year Government-funded period of performance across three 24-month phases, plus an anticipated Phase 4 industry transition.
- Estimated value
- up to $150 million
- Place of performance
- Offsite / United States
- Funding
- 42 U.S.C. § 19116, 15 U.S.C. § 4656(c), CHIPS and Science Act of 2022
Federal notice details
- Solicitation number
- NSF-OTASO-FY26-ELEGANT
- Agency
- National Science Foundation
- Buying office
- Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP)
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Responses due
- Dec 18, 2026, 5:00 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Sep 17, 2026
- NAICS
- 5417
- Product/service code
- AJ12
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- Place of performance
- Alexandria, VA
- Contracting contact
- Patrick Breen
pkbreen@nsf.gov
Source: SAM.gov. Read the official notice for the complete description and current instructions.
Incumbent and award research
No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.
Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.