Sources Sought for the Establishment of a Center of Excellence for Energetics

DEPT OF DEFENSE / DEPT OF THE ARMY / W6QK ACC-RI

Key dates?

Posted?: Mar 13, 2026
Response deadline?: Apr 15, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC
Archive date?: —
Archive type?: autocustom

Classification?

Notice type?: Sources Sought
Base type?: Sources Sought
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Issuing office?

Department?: DEPT OF DEFENSE
Sub-tier?: DEPT OF THE ARMY
Office?: W6QK ACC-RI
Office code?: —
Organization type?: OFFICE
Office address?: ROCK ISLAND, IL, 61299-0000, USA

Place of performance?

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City?: Richmond
State?: KY
Zip?: 40475
Country?: USA

Contacts?

Lindsey Arguelloprimary
Lindsey.j.arguello.civ@army.mil (awards)
SFC Pramod Khanalsecondary
pramod.khanal.mil@army.mil (awards)

Description?

The Army Contracting Command-Rock Island (ACC-RI), on behalf of the Office of Project Lead Joint Services (PL JS), is seeking information and feedback from domestic industry sources on the potential for design, development, construction, commissioning, and operation of a comprehensive, modern, and efficient "Center of Excellence" (CoE) for scale-up and production of current and emerging explosives to be located at Blue Grass Army Depot, KY. The Army is interested in rapid acceleration of this capability with completion prior to 2031. Refer to the Sources Sought Attachment 0001 for more details.

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Metadata?

Notice ID?: 7b996fd4298847719426ddf8e85cedbd
Full path?: DEPT OF DEFENSE.DEPT OF THE ARMY.W6QK ACC-RI
Office code?: —
Ingested?: May 2, 2026
Updated?: Jul 11, 2026