***************************************************************************************** <<<< DRAFT RFP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ARE POSTED >>>> The Governmnet has posted the official compliation of Questions & Answers (Q&A) received in response to the Draft RFP and recent Industry Day event. The Q&A document is attached below. To facilitate your review, the Q&A postings have been consolidated into one single document, yet segmented into three (3) parts: (1) Technical, (2) Contracting, and (3) Security. The Final RFP is currently forthcoming. A formal Question and Answer phase will be established and intiated concurrent with the release of the Final RFP. Please monitor www.sam.gov for future updates and the formal solicitation release. ***************************************************************************************** This is Advance Notice to Industry of an upcoming requirement, with opportunity to provide feedback. Please notice the following link from Industry Day for video reference and updates: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d1054690b38c4084a885e1888884da08/view The Government is soliciting a cadre of multiple trusted partners made up of Academic entities, to include both Institutes of Higher Education and their associated entites, capable of rapidly beginning work on sensitive basic and applied scientific research across the breadth of disciplinary perspectives relevant to the U.S. Army.