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The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Maritime Capabilities and Innovation - Commercial Solutions Opening Pilot Program (CSOP) General Solicitation

Agency: HOMELAND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF / OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS
Location: Washington, DC
Amount: Amount not listed
Deadline: Closes in 18 days (Aug 5, 2026)
Posted: Aug 6, 2025
Set-aside: No Set aside used
NAICS code: 541990

What this contract is for

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Commercial Solutions Opening Pilot Program (CSOP) is a Non-Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) based solicitation authority for acquiring innovative and commercial solutions. Section 880 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub. L. 114-328) authorized DHS to implement a pilot program to competitively procure innovative commercial items, technologies, and services using CSOP procedures. CSOP is a new acquisition mechanism that provides a streamlined acquisition process and simplified contract terms that is designed to maximize efficiency and economy and minimize burden and administrative costs for both the Government and industry. DHS’s Office of Program Accountability and Risk Management (PARM) is issuing the subject CSOP General Solicitation for DHS and all its Components to rapidly procure innovative commercial maritime capabilities and solutions. The Department’s maritime responsibilities span a wide array of missions, including homeland defense readiness, law, border, and trade enforcement, disaster response, counter-illicit trafficking, humanitarian response, and critical infrastructure protection. These missions depend on a broad ecosystem of platforms, technologies, port systems, and operational capabilities that must be acquired, sustained, and modernized in a fiscally responsible, secure, and mission-driven manner. The Maritime Capabilities and Innovation CSOP General Solicitation aims to identify new ideas, approaches, tools, and partnerships that can help the Department address critical challenges and accelerate transformation across its maritime enterprise. This General Solicitation provides a flexible mechanism to solicit, evaluate, and fund exploratory and applied work that does...

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