The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Office of Procurement Operations in partnership with the Science & Technology Directorate has published a draft solicitation for the agency’s counter-uncrewed aerial systems (C-UAS) programme.
The draft solicitation is intended to provide industry with further information on the in-development, draft DHS acquisition strategy and to elicit suggestions and/or questions to improve the final C-UAS request for proposal.
“Under the C-UAS programme, offerors will provide a variety of commercially available IT commodity products and services as well as a variety of commercially available software solutions, all of which directly support DHS programmes in accomplishing their missions,” DHS states. “A primary goal of this acquisition is to generate cost avoidance and savings by leveraging the buying power of DHS and its components, ultimately resulting in the best value for the government.”
DHS is currently exploring different potential solicitation, evaluation, and award strategies associated with C-UAS requirements. It is anticipated that the outcome of such exploration will result in the release of a single C-UAS solicitation for Information Technology Value-Added Resellers under Track 1 Hardware/Software and Ancillary Services and system integrators under Track 2 Comprehensive Services where evaluations are conducted and awards made separately for each track.
DHS established draft definitions for Track 1 that will apply to C-UAS. At this time DHS seeks input regarding the draft definition content.
This notice is intended to be the first of several avenues of industry engagement regarding the C-UAS requirement, including a Virtual Industry Day on November 6 to provide industry with additional information to obtain direct industry feedback.
For more information
DHS draft solicitation on SAM.gov
Image: DHS Science & Technology Directorate C-UAS exercise in March 2025. (DHS photo)
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