Under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2371b, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer (USACE) Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) seeks to award Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs or Agreements) to non-traditional defense contractors (NTDCs), traditional defense contractors and non-profit research institutions for prototype projects within ERDC’s Engineered Resilient Systems (ERS) focus areas:

• Cybersecurity

• High Performance Computing (HPC) Enabled Advanced Manufacturing (AdM)

• High Performance Data Analytics

• System Engineering Techniques

• High Performance Computing (HPC) Enabled Development of Surrogate Models and Data Analytics

• Leveraging HPC capabilities for On-the-Edge Computing

• Computational Material Testing and Validation

This announcement is continuously open; white papers may be submitted and will be evaluated for the general requirements of this BOTAA at any time throughout the year. The availability of funds may limit the ability of the U.S. Government to make awards in specific areas, nevertheless white papers are sought under this BOTAA for the focus areas referenced above.

This BOTAA is considered a competitive process. White papers and subsequent proposals will be evaluated against the criteria in this announcement without regard to other submissions under this announcement.

Information regarding how to submit white papers and proposals may be found at the following URLs:

https://www.erdcwerx.org/engineered-resilient-systems.html

https://www.erdcwerx.org/prototype-opportunities.html