Contract

Self-Propelled Howitzer Systems (SPHS) Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO)

Agency: DEPT OF DEFENSE / DEPT OF THE ARMY
Location: WARREN, MI
Amount: Amount not listed
Deadline: Closes in 26 days (Aug 13, 2026)
Posted: Aug 13, 2025
Set-aside: None (open competition)

What this contract is for

The 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review established innovation as a central line of effort in the national defense strategy of the United States. The decisive military advantage of the United States over its adversaries and peer competitors is steadily eroding. Consequently, under 10 U.S.C. 3458, Contracting Officers may acquire innovative commercial items, technologies, or services using a competitive procedure called a Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO). Under a CSO, the Department of Defense may competitively select proposals received in response to a general solicitation, similar to a broad agency announcement, based on a review of proposals by scientific, technological, or other subject-matter expert peers. Use of a CSO in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Subpart 212.70 is considered to be a competitive procedure for the purposes of 10 U.S.C. 221 and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102. Finally, Contracting Officers shall treat items, technologies, and services acquired using a CSO as commercial products and commercial services. Contracts or agreements under this authority shall be fixed-price, including fixed-price incentive fee contracts. Self-Propelled Howitzer Systems (SPHS), located in Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the project management office responsible for developing, producing, and sustaining the field artillery SPHS to ensure the King of Battle remains dominant on the battlefield. The mission of units equipped with the M109A7/M992A3 system is to destroy, neutralize, or suppress the enemy by indirect fire. The M109A7 howitzer and M992A3 ammunition carrier will enable the Army Armored Brigade Combat Teams and Fire Brigades to accomplish their relevant tasks in support of command and control, force application battle spac...

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