Contract

Cornerstone Initiative Request (CIR) CS-24-1801 Defense Industrial Base Workforce Development Initiative

Agency: DEPT OF DEFENSE / DEPT OF THE ARMY
Location: ROCK ISLAND, IL
Amount: Amount not listed
Deadline: Closes in 9 days (Jul 27, 2026)
Posted: Jul 7, 2026
Set-aside: None (open competition)

What this contract is for

U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command – Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC), Rock Island, IL, on behalf of the Office of the Secretary of War, Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Industrial Base Policy via the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Program (10 U.S.C. § 4817), in conjunction with Army Contracting Command – Rock Island (ACC-RI), manages the Cornerstone Other Transaction Agreement (OTA), in accordance with 10 U.S.C. § 4022. Cornerstone was developed to create a broad-based, flexible and enduring public-private consortium focused on strategic strengthening of the U.S. Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base and provide a strong complement to the mandates in Presidential Executive Order 13806. ACC-RI, on behalf of DEVCOM CBC, intends to issue a competitive Cornerstone Initiative Request (CIR) Strengthening America’s Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base (SAMDIB) Project Call for the Defense Industrial Base Workforce Development (WFD) Initiative on or after 09 July 2026. This Project Call CIR will be open for 20 business days. The Department of War seeks to advance workforce development across four critical capability areas: 1. Critical Minerals 2. Kinetics (hypersonics, UAS, munitions) 3. Industrial Maunfacturing Technologies (Castings and Forgings, Robotics/automation, Additive and Subtractive manufacturing, etc.) 4. Microelectronics to strengthen the resilience and readiness of the defense industrial base (DIB). Persistent skill gaps, aging workforces, and increasing technical complexity in these sectors present significant risks to production capacity and innovation. The overall objective is to develop a pipeline of highly skilled talent through targeted training programs, public-private partnerships, and hands-on apprenti...

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