Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Supplemental Broad Agency Announcement
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- W912HQ26S0025-0001
- Agency
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Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity
US Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Defense Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP), managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is seeking pre-proposals for research focused on Weapons Systems and Platforms environmental technologies and methods. The program aims to fund innovative environmental research that improves DoD's environmental performance by improving outcomes, managing environmental risks, and reducing costs or time to resolve environmental problems. Pre-proposals must be submitted by February 17, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time through the SERDP and ESTCP Management System (SEMS) only; no email, faxed, or hard copy submissions are accepted. Evaluation will follow a pass/fail threshold for SERDP Relevance, with Technical Merit weighted most heavily, followed by Personnel and then Cost considerations. Both small and large businesses are encouraged to respond, and there are no restrictions on eligible entities. Selected proposers will be notified in February 2026 and required to submit full proposals by May 4, 2026, with final notifications anticipated in September-October 2026 and contract awards expected in June 2027.
This pre-solicitation notice contains no set-aside designations, and no incumbent contractors or specific award values are identified. Pre-proposals must not exceed five pages and include required elements such as objectives, background, approach, schedule, estimated costs by year, and research team composition, along with abbreviated curricula vitae and complete acronym lists as appendices. Proposers selected for the full proposal stage must meet accounting system requirements, SAM registration, cybersecurity representations, and subcontracting plan requirements if exceeding $900,000, or cost and pricing data certification if exceeding $2.5 million. The timeline extends approximately 16 months from the pre-proposal deadline through anticipated contract award, with presentations to the SERDP Technical Review Board scheduled for July-August 2026. All contracts require bilateral execution by a Government Contracting Officer and become effective only upon full execution and distribution by the contracting officer.
Notice text
**NOTICE IS BEING REPOSTED DUE TO AN UPDATE ON THE FULL PROPOSAL DUE DATE. SEE ATTACHED UPDATE TO THE PROPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS.**
BOTH SMALL BUSINESSES AND LARGE BUSINESSES ARE ENCOURAGED TO RESPOND.
The Department of Defense (DoD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP} is interested in receiving pre-proposals for research focusing in the area of Weapons Systems and Platforms.
This notice constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) as contemplated in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d}(2). Readers should note that this is an announcement to declare DoD SERDP's intent to competitively fund research and development for environmental research that addresses the Statements of Need set forth in the Announcement. SERDP supports environmental research relevant to the management and mission of the DoD and supports efforts that lead to the devel-opment and application of innovative envi-ronmental technologies or methods that improve the environmental performance of DoD by improving outcomes, managing en-vironmental risks, and/or reducing costs or time required to resolve environmental problems.
The Program Announcement and complete submittal instructions are found on the DoD SERDP website at https://serdp-estcp.mil/workwithus. To be eligible for consideration, readers wishing to respond to this announcement must submit a pre-proposal in accordance with all instructions on the SERDP website no later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 17, 2026. No electronic mail, faxed, or hard copy proposals will be accepted.
No other announcement of this opportunity will be made. It is the sole responsibility of the proposer to make certain the proposal is properly received by SERDP. Awards will take the form of contracts. Submission of pre-proposals is not restricted in any way to any particular entity. The Government will not pay for any costs associated with the preparation of proposals or travel to present oral presentations in support of the proposals.
There is no commitment by SERDP to make any contract awards, nor to be re-sponsible for any costs incurred by the offeror before contract award is made. It is anticipated that multiple awards total-ing approximately $10 million will be made available for projects dependent upon the quality of proposals received and availability of funds.
Awardees under this BAA will be selected through a multi-stage review process. The pre-proposal review step allows interested organizations to submit research pre-proposals for Government consideration with-out incurring the expense of a full proposal. Based upon the pre-proposal evaluation by SERDP, each of the pre-proposal submitters will be notified as to whether SERDP re-quests or does not request the submission of a full proposal. As noted in the instruc-tions located on the SERDP website, evalu-ation criteria for pre-proposals are, in de-creasing order of importance, Technical Merit, Personnel, and Cost. Due to the an-ticipated volume of pre-proposals that will be received, SERDP will not provide de-briefs on those that are not requested to submit a full proposal. Instructions for pre-paring a full proposal will be provided at the time of notification. A request for sub-mission of a full proposal does not indicate a decision has been made to make an award for that work. Evaluation criteria for full proposals will include Transition Plan in addition to the criteria above.
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541715 with the small business size standard of 1000 em-ployees. Prior to award, selected contract proposals that exceed $900,000 submitted by all Other than Small (large or non-prof-its, including universities) Business con-cerns must be accompanied by a Small Business Subcontracting Plan in accor-dance with FAR 52.219-9 and elements as described in the checklist in DFARS PGI 219.705-4 at http://business.defense.gov/Acquisition/Subcontracting/. Selectees who are located outside the United States and outlying ar-eas who will perform their project outside of the United States and outlying areas are exempt from submitting a Small Business Subcontracting Plan. The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mission Support Battalion (UMSB) Small Business Office website at UMSB Small Business Office pro-vides information on how to prepare a sub-contracting plan, along with links to find small businesses to participate. See the at-tached instructions for additional information regarding Small Business Subcontracting Plans. Additionally, please see the attached template for submitting an Individual Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
Points of Contact:
Procedural/Technical Questions - SERDP Office
571-372-6565
Contract Questions - UMSB
Shannon N. Benson, 703-428-7407; shannon.n.benson@usace.army.mil
Small Business Participation Plan or Subcontracting Plan - UMSB Small Business Representative
Monique Holmes 202-934-1816, Monique.M.Holmes@usace.army.mil
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| SERDP-ESTCP Projects Small Business Subcontracting Plan Template Updated 10-7-2025.docx | DOCX document | |
| B08.01 FY27 SERDP BAA 26-0025 WP Proposal Instructions - FINAL.docx | DOCX document |
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