Trusted Partner Program - Draft Solicitation
Advance notice for a future Army procurement to build a cadre of academic trusted partners that can begin sensitive basic and applied scientific research across disciplines relevant to the U.S. Army.
⚑ Presolicitation / advance notice to industry, not a current solicitation. · Federal contract notice; applicant restrictions are not yet fully specified in the draft. · No award ceiling stated. · Sensitive work anticipated; likely additional security/clearance or trust requirements may apply, but not specified here.
This is a broad Army trusted-partner/basic-research vehicle, but the stated scope is centered on defense, computing/communications, materials, and AI rather than the team’s core social-science work on risk perception, weather/climate communication, energy, and public trust. The only possible connection is very indirect national-security adjacency, so this is not a plausible PI-level pursuit for this group.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-07-07
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 92 strong | portfolio topic: national_security_defense (primary); social/behavioral work is substantial; funds basic research |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 80 strong | technical depth: substantial; funds basic research |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 10 none | deep-tech content; no commercialization signal |
Description
This is Advance Notice to Industry of an upcoming requirement, with opportunity to provide feedback. Please notice the following link from Industry Day for video reference and updates: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d1054690b38c4084a885e1888884da08/view The Government is soliciting a cadre of multiple trusted partners made up of Academic entities, to include both Institutes of Higher Education and their associated entites, capable of rapidly beginning work on sensitive basic and applied scientific research across the breadth of disciplinary perspectives relevant to the U.S. Army.
Eligibility
Applicant restrictions (federal contract). Set-aside: . Notice type: Presolicitation. Organization: DEPT OF DEFENSE / DEPT OF THE ARMY / W6QK ACC-APG DURHAM.
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