Notice · not open for bids · United States · Public tender
Invitation to Participate in the Department of War Drone Ota Consortium - Amendment 0001
Dept of Defense
Dept of Defense in the United States has published a notice (Special Notice) about “Invitation to Participate in the Department of War Drone Ota Consortium - Amendment 0001”. It is not a call for bids: no tender is open to bid on yet, or the buyer has already chosen a supplier.
The tender in brief
A US Department of War drone technology consortium for companies with SAM.gov registration and export-control compliance
The Department of War invites industry and academic partners to join a drone Other Transaction Authority consortium for rapid prototyping and fielding of drone systems. Approved vendors gain access to problem-focused requests for whitepapers and solutions, with a three-phase evaluation and a solution basket retaining viable submissions for up to three years. Participation is open to traditional and non-traditional defense contractors and small businesses.
Who can win it
- Active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity Identification number
- Compliance with arms export control and export administration regulations
- Protection of Controlled Unclassified Information per NIST SP 800-171
Key facts
- Procedure
- Special Notice
- How bids are judged
- Three-phase evaluation: Solution Brief, Live Pitch/Demo, Full Proposal
- Published
- 11 Aug 2026
- Reference
- W58RGZ-26-2-SN01-0001
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