Description
The U.S. Army seeks commercially available maritime platforms and associated event‑support services to enable RDT&E, training, and rehearsal activities for autonomous and uncrewed maritime systems. The contract will be a Firm‑Fixed‑Price IDIQ with a $500 k minimum and a $49.9 M ceiling, anticipated to begin with a three‑month task order in January 2027 and continue through December 2027. Contractors must provide a vessel (≈78‑100 m length) with dynamic positioning, deck handling, power, and launch/recovery capabilities, and must support temporary mission configurations and uncrewed‑system operations. No detailed pricing is required at this stage; solution briefs (≤10 pages) are due by early November 2026.