SUBNET BAA 0004-21
Funding supports short-term research and development projects that improve the military subsistence supply chain, including combat rations, field and garrison feeding, food safety, packaging, storage, monitoring, and related equipment or process improvements for transition to DoD suppliers and users.
⚑ Federal contract/BAA solicitation; applicant restrictions are in the notice and may require reading the full solicitation for eligibility details. · Focus is on low-risk, high-impact technology and process improvements for transition, not basic science. · Projects should target reduced cost, improved efficiency, and surge capability in the subsistence supply chain.
This is primarily a food logistics, manufacturing, and subsistence-supply-chain engineering program focused on combat rations, packaging, storage, and field feeding. The team’s work is centered on risk perception, weather/climate communication, energy, and disaster-response social research, so this would not plausibly be pursued as PI-level work by anyone here.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-07-07
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 80 strong | technical depth: substantial; funds applied research |
| IPPRA | 58 good | portfolio topics: public_health, emergency_disaster_resilience; social/behavioral work is minor; funds applied research |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 40 partial | funds applied research; prototyping/demonstration stage; deep-tech content |
Description
Amendment 01 Subsistence Network BAA 004-21 is hereby amended for clarification regarding the Evaluation Rating Scheme. SUBNET will have a wide-spread focus on solutions to develop and promote manufacturing improvements in the subsistence supply chain. The program goals are to leverage the latest technologies, encourage innovation and modernization, and to maximize capability and capacity in subsistence. The program engages all elements of the supply chain including the DoD combat ration producers, commercial food suppliers, academia, and other industry and federal agencies to research, leverage, implement, and transition improved technologies in the subsistence supply chain. The research seeks identification and test of low-risk, high-impact technology, quality and process improvements of the individual and group combat rations, and improvements in subsistence products or equipment. The SUBNET short term projects should result in such measures as reduced cost, increased efficiencies, and improved surge demand capabilities. These improvements will transition to industrial base suppliers, military services, and the warfighters. Research projects shall involve current trends related to combat rations, field feeding solutions, food equipment, food footprint, food innovations, food safety and defense; garrison feeding, nutrition and health, storage and packaging solutions, water security, subsistence supplies condition monitoring during shipments, and additional topics.
Eligibility
Applicant restrictions (federal contract). Set-aside: . Notice type: Solicitation. Organization: DEPT OF DEFENSE / DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY / DCSO PHILADELPHIA.
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