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RFI: Army Digital Engineering (DE) Ecosystem

Agency: DEPT OF DEFENSE / DEPT OF THE ARMY
Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
Amount: Amount not listed
Posted: Jul 20, 2026
Set-aside: No Set aside used

Timeline

Posted

Jul 20, 2026
Status

Closing soon

What this contract is for

Agency: DEPT OF DEFENSE / DEPT OF THE ARMY
Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
Set-aside: No Set aside used
Scope: Federal

The Army seeks to collaborate with industry to inform how it might solve a defined set of Digital Engineering (DE) problems and shape a consolidation strategy for DE tools, services, and licenses.

The scope of this RFI is focused on the Engineering & Manufacturing Development (EMD) and Technology Maturation & Risk Reduction (TMD) portions of the acquisition lifecycle, spanning requirements, architecture, modeling, simulation/analysis, verification & validation (V&V), virtual prototyping, 3D Computer-Aided Design (CAD)/physical prototyping, and testing.

Additive manufacturing, logistics, supply, and sustainment operations are out of scope for this RFI, as those responsibilities reside elsewhere.

Today, the Army utilizes a plethora of DE Ecosystems and tooling.

As a result, model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and architecture data are locked in individual tools and stored in disparate systems there is no common repository, tool proliferation is high, and there is a lack of guidance on which tools to use and how to use them.

The Government has been directed to consolidate tools, services, and licenses, but must do so without disrupting ongoing PM execution and while avoiding vendor lock-in and locked-in data.

This RFI is organized by Problem Statement (PS).

For each problem, the Government describes what it is experiencing and invites respondents to share how such problems are typically addressed using existing systems and tools, so responses are directed, concise, and informative.

The RFI Form is located here: https://forms.osi.apps.mil/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=D9fm-kuVEUiStgUw1vhMQwljabDYvslKqUqCi90ySNBUNFI2VzhLWDBPNVMxNEZJRVZTN1A5QTRNOS4u NOTICE / DISCLAIMER This is a Request for Information (RFI) issued solely for market research and planning purposes in accordance with F...

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