Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: Ai Technologies for Procurement Modernization Commercial Solutions Opening Cso
Deadline: 26 Aug 2026
Posting Date: 18 Aug 2026
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 147426085
Document Ref. No.: 70RDA126R00000009
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Procurement Operations on behalf of the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (OCPO) Procurement Innovation Lab (PIL) is issuing the subject General Solicitation for DHS and all its Components to rapidly procure commercially available, AI Technologies and solutions for Procurement Modernization to improve the federal procurement process. This capability will be procured using the Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) authority to enable rapid acquisition of innovative, field-ready AI technologies and solutions that address evolving procurement modernization. The CSO is a merit-based solution selection strategy for DHS to acquire innovative commercial items through the use of general solicitation competitive procedures and the award of a contract. "Innovative", within the meaning of this statute, is any new technology, process, or method, including research and development, or any new application of an existing technology, process, or method. "Commercial item" has the same meaning as commercial item under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101, which includes certain commercial services.
The CSO General Solicitation aims to identify new ideas, approaches, tools, and partnerships that can help the Department address critical challenges and accelerate transformation across its AI procurement enterprise. This General Solicitation provides a flexible mechanism to solicit, evaluate, and fund exploratory and applied work that does not fit neatly into traditional acquisition frameworks, but that has the potential to improve DHS-s ability to acquire, oversee, and operate within procurement.
This procurement is limited to innovative commercial products relevant to the Focus Area outlined in the solicitation. Within the meaning of the statute, innovative is defined as, “Any new technology, process, or method, including research and development, or any new application of an existing technology, process, or method...
Notice ID: 70rda126r00000009
Department/Ind. Agency: homeland security, department of
Sub-tier: office of procurement operations
Office: departmental operations acquisitions division i
Product Service Code: 7b20 - it and telecom - high performance compute (hardware and perpetual license software)
NAICS Code: 541512 - Computer Systems Design Services
Inactive Dates: sep 10, 2026
Inactive Policy: 15 days after date offers due
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