Design Manufacturing Processes for New Materials
Overview
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Qualification Details
Fit reasons
- NAICS alignment with historical contract wins in similar service areas.
- Scope strongly matches core technical capabilities and delivery model.
Risks
- Past performance thresholds may require one additional teaming partner.
- Potential clarification needed on staffing minimums before bid/no-bid.
Next steps
Validate eligibility requirements, assign capture owner, and schedule partner outreach to confirm teaming strategy before submission planning.
Quick Summary
The Department of the Navy, specifically NSWC Crane, has issued a Special Notice for a Request for Solutions (RFS) titled "Design Manufacturing Processes for New Materials." This RFS seeks innovative solutions to address weaknesses in energy-related supply chains and manufacturing processes, challenges in improving energy storage and generation systems, and the need for commonality and standardization in development efforts. The Government intends to award a Project Order under the Expeditionary Missions Consortium (EMC2) Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) (10 U.S.C. § 4022). Responses are due March 10, 2026.
Scope of Work
This RFS focuses on transitioning from prototype design to enhanced domestic processing and manufacturing capabilities, with an emphasis on workforce development. Key problem areas include:
- Weaknesses in energy-related supply chains and manufacturing processes.
- Challenges in improving the performance of energy storage and specific generation systems.
- Incorporating commonality and standardization through development, prototyping, and demonstration efforts. Success will be measured by the ability of developed domestic technologies to perform comparably or superiorly to current at-risk materials, subcomponents, and processes.
Contract & Timeline
- Type: Special Notice / Request for Solutions (RFS) leading to a Project Order under an OTA.
- Authority: 10 U.S.C. § 4022 (Other Transaction Agreement).
- Consortium: Expeditionary Missions Consortium (EMC2) – membership is required to respond.
- Set-Aside: None specified.
- Response Due: March 10, 2026, 6:00 PM ET.
- Published: February 18, 2026.
- Place of Performance: Crane, IN.
Evaluation
Solutions will be evaluated with the intent of awarding a Project Order. Success criteria include the ability of developed domestic technologies to match or exceed the performance of existing at-risk materials, subcomponents, and processes.
Additional Notes
Interested vendors must be members of EMC2 to respond. Membership information is available at emccrane.org. The RFS was released via the EMC2 weblink on February 17, 2026. The project will be managed by a Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division Project Manager.