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 Military Engineering (ME) focus areas:

• Protective Structures and Systems
• Protection and Survivability
• Geophysical Sensors and Data Fusion
• Vulnerability Assessment, Detection and Analytics
• Geoscience, Environmental, Geospatial and Material Modeling and Simulation
• Enhance and Assess Mobility of Manned and Unmanned Systems
• Engineering and Engineering Enabling Technologies
• Global Access Engineering
• Infrastructure Maintenance, Repair and Reconstruction Technologies
• Engineering Analysis Tools and Decision Aid Prototype Software

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/prototype-opportunities.html

https://www.erdcwerx.org/military-engineering.html