Incubator Programs for Secure Facilities and Networks at Universities

Bid due

Thu Nov 12, 2026, 10:00 AM EST

Location

VA

Source

SAM.gov

Solicitation

RFI-DCSA-IPSFNU

Pursuant to Section 1071 of Public Law 119-60, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Section 1071), the Department of War (DoW) is conducting an assessment on the feasibility, advisability, and potential benefits of establishing incubator programs for the development, operation, and sustainment of secure facilities and networks at select institutions of higher education. This RFI seeks detailed information from institutions capable of: Establishing or expanding secure facilities and networks Accelerating the transition of innovative technologies to DoW mission use Increasing availability of secure spaces to support classified research and development (R&D), prototyping, secure collaboration, and research transition activities Expanding the cleared technical workforce Serving as a regional innovation hub supporting multi-tenant use (DoW, industry, and academia) Long-term economic sustainment with significant non-federal cost-sharing The Department intends to use RFI responses to inform its assessment to Congress on the feasibility, advisability, and potential benefits to the Department of establishing the incubator programs described in Section 1071. The purpo

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