The Department of the Army is seeking innovative commercial virtualization software solutions and services to diversify its enterprise virtualization portfolio, increase competition,

The Army is seeking innovative commercial virtualization software and services through this Call for Solutions to diversify its enterprise virtualization portfolio, increase competition, and reduce total cost of ownership across its global computing estate. The call is restricted to Original Equipment Manufacturers acting as prime contractors, and respondents must use an updated government-provided ROM template with tabs for each Tier and specify SKUs/products for each Tier environment. Technical white paper requirements have been expanded to include commercial offerings, license models, and hardware compatibility, and an Affirmation of Business Status Certification is required for submission. The government may award multiple FAR contracts or non-FAR agreements (such as Other Transactions) open to all Army components, with possible later scaling to the Department of War and ongoing on-ramping of additional offerors. This notice is for planning only and does not commit the government to issue a solicitation or award.

The Army is seeking innovative commercial virtualization software and associated services to diversify its enterprise portfolio, increase competition, and reduce total cost of ownership across its global computing estate. Multiple awards may be made via FAR contracts or non-FAR agreements, such as Other Transactions under the Commercial Solutions Opening, with the intent to scale from Army-wide to Department of War use. The Government may reopen the Call for Solutions on an ongoing basis to on-ramp additional offerors. Solutions must support modular, consumption-based scaling and seamless migration of existing workloads across a globally distributed network of more than 750,000 endpoints. An Industry Day recording and slide deck are now available for review, and a portal is open for submitting clarification questions.

The Department of the Army seeks innovative commercial virtualization software and services to diversify its enterprise portfolio, increase competition, and reduce total cost of ownership across a globally distributed network of over 750,000 endpoints. The government intends to award multiple enterprise contracts, which may take the form of FAR-based contracts or non-FAR agreements such as Other Transactions, with plans to scale these awards to the Department of War. The Army requires a multi-vendor approach to break vendor lock-in, with solutions that support modular, consumption-based scaling and seamless workload migration across disconnected, air-gapped, and cross-domain environments. Performance will occur across the Army’s global computing estate, spanning enterprise, regional, edge, and tactical settings. No specific budget amounts or submission timelines are indicated in the overview.

The Department of the Army seeks innovative commercial virtualization software solutions to diversify its enterprise portfolio, increase competition, and reduce total cost of ownership across its global computing estate, which spans over 750,000 endpoints. Multiple contracts or Other Transactions may be awarded, with the expectation to scale to the Department of War later. The Army requires a multi-vendor approach that breaks vendor lock-in, supports modular consumption-based scaling, and enables seamless workload migration without operational disruption. There is no specified budget amount, and performance will occur across the Army’s globally distributed network including enterprise, regional, edge, and tactical environments. No submission timeline is provided, but the Government may re-open the solicitation on an ongoing basis to on-ramp additional offerors.