AdvM Call for Solutions - Automated Parts Handling for Plating in SOD
| Agency: | DEPT OF DEFENSE |
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| State: | Pennsylvania |
| Type of Government: | Federal |
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| Posted Date: | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Due Date: | Sep 9, 2026 |
| Solicitation No: | PANRSA-26-P-0000-040599 |
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- Contract Opportunity Type: Solicitation (Updated)
- Updated Published Date: Sep 04, 2026 03:58 pm CDT
- Original Published Date: Aug 27, 2026 08:47 pm CDT
- Updated Date Offers Due: Sep 09, 2026 12:00 pm CDT
- Original Date Offers Due: Sep 09, 2026 12:00 pm CDT
- Inactive Policy: 15 days after date offers due
- Updated Inactive Date: Sep 24, 2026
- Original Inactive Date: Sep 24, 2026
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Initiative:
- None
- Original Set Aside:
- Product Service Code: 4940 - MISCELLANEOUS MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SHOP SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT
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NAICS Code:
- 333248 - All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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Place of Performance:
Tobyhanna , PAUSA
The Army Contracting Command – Redstone Arsenal (ACC-RSA), on behalf of Tobyhanna Army Depot (TYAD), is seeking innovative solutions to automate and modernize its Plating Shop operations. The Government requires a comprehensive, fully functioning solution consisting of a suite of hardware, automated parts handling equipment, and open-architecture Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software to perform all aspects of chemical electroplating, conversion coating, and automated shop operations across its 12 different lines/processes.
Implementing automation within this operation is vital for modernizing TYAD's capabilities. Proactively deploying this technology will provide significant benefits, including the reduction of employee exposure to hazardous chemicals, increased quality of final products, increased throughput, decreased operational costs, digital recipe management, and the addition of safety and alarming systems to alert personnel in the event of a system malfunction.
The full Call for Solutions document (.pdf), detailing the problem statement, desired solution objectives, submission requirements, and evaluation phases, is available in the "Attachments" section below.
All Solution Briefs and questions regarding this Call must be submitted via email to Contracting Officer Stephanie Dillon and Contract Specialist Benjamin Hymas at usarmy.redstone.acc.mbx.acc-rsa-advm-cso@army.mil. The deadline to submit Solution Briefs for Phase 1 is Wednesday, 9 September 2026 at 12:00 PM Central Daylight Time (CST).
The following shall be utilized in the email subject line: "Call for Solution – Automated Parts Handling for Plating in SOD"
This Call for Solutions is issued utilizing Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) procedures in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Subpart 212.70 – Defense Commercial Solutions Opening.
The Army Advanced Manufacturing (AdvM) CSO that this Call for Solutions is associated with is linked below.
Please review the Army AdvM CSO posting, in addition to the attachment to this call, for further information on how the CSO is structured.
- BASE OPERATIONS DIVISION BLDG 5201 MARTIN RD RM 200A
- REDSTONE ARSENAL , AL 35898-5200
- USA
- Stephanie Dillon
- usarmy.redstone.acc.mbx.acc-rsa-advm-cso@army.mil
- Sep 04, 2026 03:58 pm CDTSolicitation (Updated)
- Aug 27, 2026 08:47 pm CDT Solicitation (Original)
Related Document
| Aug 28, 2026 | [Solicitation (Original)] AdvM Call for Solutions - Automated Parts Handling for Plating in SOD |
| Sep 8, 2026 | [Solicitation (Updated)] AdvM Call for Solutions - Automated Parts Handling for Plating in SOD |
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