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The Department of Defense is seeking innovative products, technologies, and services for its Endless Forge (EF) Manufacturing as a Service program. This is an Other Transaction Agreement for Prototype, with payment based on either fixed price milestones or cost reimbursement plus fixed fee.

Scope

Develop adaptive, resilient, and scalable manufacturing capabilities.
Enable rapid scaling of weapon systems through platform-agnostic approaches.

Best valueDays to respond: 499

CompetitionLikely competitive

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Solicitation · Amendment 1 - Open Period Solicitation for Endless Forge.pdfView
Pricing · Attachment 5 - DRAFT Contract CLINs and Clauses Amended.pdfView
SOW / PWS · Attachment 2 - SOW Supplemental Requirements.pdfView

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Attachment 5 - DRAFT Contract CLINs and Clauses Amended.pdf628 KB · 20 pages
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Industry Day Link.docx15 KB
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Questions And Answers 1.pdf56 KB · 2 pages
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  Questions and Answers 3.pdf110 KB · 13 pages
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(Distro A) Endless Forge Distro A Deck Industry Day_final.pdf1.3 MB · 18 pages
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Amendment 1 - Open Period Solicitation for Endless Forge.pdf199 KB · 8 pages
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Attachment 13 CDRL DD Form 1423-1 Endless Forge.pdf4.6 MB · 20 pages
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Attachment 12 - Representations and Certifications - FAR Contract MAY 2025.docx80 KB
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Attachment 11 - AFRL Privacy Act for Covered Individuals Fillable (1).pdf107 KB · 1 page
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Attachment 10 - Security Program Questionnaire.pdf89 KB · 1 page
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Attachment 9 - Research and Related Senior and Key Person Profile Worksheet (1).pdf71 KB · 3 pages
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Attachment 8 - SF 424 RR KeyPersonExpanded.pdf155 KB · 1 page
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Attachment 7 - Solicitation Language for Security Risk Review AFRLI 61-113.pdf224 KB · 4 pages
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Attachment 6 - Articles.pdf623 KB · 56 pages
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Attachment 4 - SF298.pdf1.7 MB · 2 pages
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Attachment 3 AFRL ANSI_NISO Based Guide to Formatting Tech Reports 022018.pdf321 KB · 23 pages
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Attachment 2 - SOW Supplemental Requirements.pdf159 KB · 5 pages
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Attachment 1 Endless Forge AOIs.pdf208 KB · 5 pages
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Open Period Solicitation for Endless Forge.pdf197 KB · 7 pages
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Details

Place of performance: WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB, Ohio
Buyer type: Federal
Notice type: Solicitation
Solicitation no.: FA2394-26-R-B003
NAICS: NAICS 541715 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)): 109 open RFPs
PSC: PSC AC13: 18 open RFPs
Contract type: Other Transaction Agreement for Prototype from attachment p.2
Evaluation: Best value tradeoff (FAR 15) from attachment
Local presence: Not required
Amendments: 8, last Oct 8
Contact: Mr. Travis Caudill
Office: DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE · FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZL
Email: travis.caudill@us.af.mil

Not stated in the notice: estimated value, period of performance. Check the bid documents.

Contact details from the source notice. Contact the buyer only about this solicitation.

Key dates

Fri, Feb 20, 2026Posted

Not statedQuestions due

Sat, Feb 19, 2028 · 2:00 PM ETResponses due · 499 days left

Amendment 1: Fri, Mar 6, 2026
Amendment 2: Wed, Mar 11, 2026
Amendment 3: Mon, Mar 16, 2026
Amendment 4: Fri, Apr 10, 2026
Amendment 5: Mon, Apr 20, 2026
Amendment 6: Tue, Apr 21, 2026
Amendment 7: Thu, May 28, 2026
Amendment 8: Thu, Oct 8, 2026 · description text changed

Change log

verified Thu, Oct 8 · 12:30 AM ET

Posted · SolicitationFri, Feb 20 · 8:41 AM ET
Amendment · New version of the notice posted at the sourceFri, Mar 6 · 8:58 AM ET
Amendment · New version of the notice posted at the sourceWed, Mar 11 · 6:21 AM ET
Amendment · New version of the notice posted at the sourceMon, Mar 16 · 6:29 AM ET
Amendment · New version of the notice posted at the sourceFri, Apr 10 · 3:16 AM ET
Amendment · New version of the notice posted at the sourceMon, Apr 20 · 5:02 AM ET
Amendment · New version of the notice posted at the sourceTue, Apr 21 · 7:40 AM ET
Amendment · New version of the notice posted at the sourceThu, May 28 · 3:13 AM ET
Updated · The government procurement notice provides information about a new manufacturing paradigm, Endless Forge, and its areas of interest, but does not contain any changes or updates to a specific notice.Wed, Oct 7 · 12:34 AM ET
Amendment · description text changedThu, Oct 8 · 12:32 AM ET
Updated · description text changedThu, Oct 8 · 12:32 AM ET

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Notice as published

Endless Forge

Endless Forge (EF) is Manufacturing as a Service (MaaS), an adaptive, surge-adaptive, resilient, and scalable manufacturing capability to enable US industrial base dominance. EF represents a new manufacturing paradigm, shifting away from vertically integrated and sequential value chains to adaptive and fast-acting regionalized production networks. If successful, EF will offer the DAF the ability to scale any weapon system at speed through a platform-agnostic approach that can respond to battlefield performance.

AFRL is interested in innovative products, technologies, and services related to the attached areas of Interest (AOI).

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