USSOCOM SOF AT&L INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY AND AGILE ACQUISITION, Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO)view on SAM.gov

AMENDMENT 001 (March 3, 2026): This amendment is issued to post the attached question and answer document. Please review attached "SOF_ATL_CSO_QA Updated" document located at the Attachments/Links section near the bottom of the posting. USSOCOM SOF AT&L INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY AND AGILE ACQUISITION Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) 24 February 2026 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This CSO is intended to meet the requirements of DFARS 212-70 Commercial Solutions Opening. The intent of this notice is to establish a USSOCOM SOF AT&L CSO that remains open for a period of two (2) years. The CSO includes a broad enterprise CSO requirement at the parent level and will be refined through subsequent individual CSO calls that will address specific technology interest areas. At the parent level, the scope of the CSO is commensurate with SOF AT&L current and future mission sets. Each specific call against this CSO may establish a tailored scope with additional AOIs to meet the requirements of that call. Interested vendors may only submit a white paper or solution brief in response to a specific call. Specific calls will have associated open and closing dates. THE FUTURE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT: U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) will increasingly operate in a complex and contested future operating environment (FOE). This environment is defined by "Convergence”. SOF missions will be conducted under the constant threat of surveillance, in communication-degraded or denied areas, and against adversaries with sophisticated military capabilities. To maintain a decisive advantage, the strategic focus is on gaining information dominance and empowering the operator. This will be achieved not by a single technology, but through the seamless integration of systems that accelerate decision-making, reduce cognitive load, and enable tailored lethal and non-lethal effects, all while maintaining tactical invisibility. A high-level requirement across all areas is human and system survivability enabled via signature management and threat defeat mechanisms. Technology priorities emphasize systems that are small, lightweight, rugged, modular, multi-use, low-power, and designed for extreme environment In order to support rapid fielding of capabilities, SOF AT&L seeks to award FAR and non-FAR contracts and agreements to non-traditional and traditional defense contractors to carry out prototype projects for SOF AT&L that are directly relevant to open architecture and integrability. As such, under the authority of 10 USC § 3458 and DFARS 212-70, USSOCOM SOF AT&L releases this Commercial Solutions Opening. This CSO may result in an Other Transaction Authorit…