About this opportunity
AI summaryThe government authority in Philadelphia, PA needs a US organization to provide defence logistics information research services offsite. The buyer requires research that enhances the national industrial base's capacity to meet surge demand while addressing hard-to-source, low-volume, and high-mix items. Under the requested scope, the vendor must integrate capabilities across the Defense Industrial Base, Organic Industrial Base, and non-traditional manufacturing sources to expand capacity, reduce acquisition lead time, and improve readiness. Acceptable solutions include AI-enabled latent manufacturing capacity, supplier capability mapping, automated source qualification, and advanced manufacturing approaches that enable rapid production and alternate sourcing pathways. Only onshore USA organizations qualify for this opportunity. The buyer seeks proposals to determine the budget and has not provided specific evaluation criteria or key dates in the solicitation text.
Scope of work
- AI-enabled latent manufacturing capacity
- Supplier capability mapping
- Automated source qualification
- Advanced manufacturing approaches for rapid production and alternate sourcing pathways
- Integrating capabilities across the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), Organic Industrial Base (OIB), and non-traditional manufacturing sources
How proposals are evaluated
| Criterion | Weight / scoring |
|---|---|
| Technical | Not specified |
| Importance to agency programs | Not specified |
| Funding availability | Not specified |
| Cost realism and reasonableness | Not specified |
Minimum qualifications
- Onshore (USA Organization Only)
Documents to include with your response
- White Paper (limited to 8 pages)
- Full Cost and Technical Proposals (if requested)
Key dates
- Published Date
- Sep 17, 2026 1:15 PM EDT
- Date Offers Due
- Sep 16, 2031 11:59 PM EDT
- Inactive Dates
- Oct 01, 2031
How to submit
- Instructions
- White Papers are limited to 8 pages describing a technical R&D concept. Full cost and technical proposals may be requested if the concept is of interest.
Contract details
- Term
- 5 years
- Estimated value
- ceiling of $50 Million
- Set-aside / preference
- No Set aside used
- Place of performance
- Offsite
Federal notice details
- Solicitation number
- SP4701-26-B-0004
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Buying office
- Defense Logistics Agency › Dcso Philadelphia
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Responses due
- Sep 16, 2031, 11:59 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Sep 17, 2026
- NAICS
- 541715 · Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Product/service code
- AC33
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- Contracting contact
- Latoya A. Coney
Latoya.Coney@dla.mil
4457377533 - Additional contact
- DCSO Philadelphia R&D Mailbox
RandD.DCSO@dla.mil
Source: SAM.gov. Read the official notice for the complete description and current instructions.
Incumbent and award research
Likely prior awards for this requirement
Likely matchAwarded by the same buying office (SP4701) with descriptions matching "defense logistics". The notice does not name its current contract, so confirm before relying on it.
| Vendor and award | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| SCALE AI, INC.SP470124F0355 · BASE YEAR TASK ORDER AWARDED TO SCALE AI UNDER THEIR INDEFINITE DELIVERY INDEFINITE QUANTI | $2.5M | Oct 8, 2026 |
Market context
Awards in the same category (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)). This is not this requirement's award history.
Top vendors in this category: Department of Defense, NAICS 541715, since Oct 1, 2024
23,037 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.
- 1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$5.3B
- 2. FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC$4.2B
- 3. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP$3.8B
- 4. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$3.0B
- 5. THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$2.2B
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.