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Request for Information - Energetics Center of Excellence

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Request for Information - Energetics Center of Excellence 1.0 Purpose Army Contracting Command–Rock Island, on behalf of Portfolio Acquisition Executive Agile Sustainment & Ammunition and Project Lead Joint Services, is requesting information from industry regarding transformative projects, programs, capabilities, and concepts that would strengthen the Department of War (DoW) energetics ecosystem and resiliency within the Defense Industrial Base (DIB). This Request for Information (RFI) is intended to inform potential use of funding for energetics resilience at Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD) in Richmond, Kentucky. The Government is intentionally non-prescriptive regarding detailed technical or product requirement through this RFI. Rather, the Government seeks industry input on both defense and commercially executable solutions that address energetic-resiliency challenges through a potential Private-Public Partnership (P3). This request for information is for market research purposes only and is not a formal contract offer. Your response cannot be accepted to form a binding contract, and the Army is not at this time seeking proposals. 2.0 Problem Statement The DoW energetics enterprise faces increasing demand while portions of the supporting industrial base remain constrained by limited domestic capacity, aging infrastructure, legacy manufacturing processes, long qualification timelines, and fragile or concentrated supply chains. These constraints pose a risk to warfighter readiness, ability to rapidly scale during periods of additional demand, and constrain the ability to field next generation munitions. 3.0 Scope and Desired Solutions Industry may propose concepts across the full energetics spectrum or energetics value chain that include discrete projects, multiple coordinated but independently executable project modules, or a master-campus concept involving complementary capabilities. The Government seeks practical, scalable, and commercially sustainable solutions during future periods of low to no government orders that may include, but are not limited to: Onshoring: Establishing domestic production capacity for energetics products, inputs, components, precursors, or processing capabilities currently produced OCONUS. Supply-Chain Resilience: Reducing foreign, sole-source, or other critical supply-chain dependencies; increasing domestic redundancy; and eliminating or mitigating single-point production failures. Flexible Production Capacity: Modernizing, su …

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