Request for Information Trusted Partner Program

The US Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground-Research Triangle Park (ACC-APG-RTP) Division is seeking information from academic institutions to establish a Trusted Partner Program (TPP) for support to the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Army Research Laboratory (ARL). The program aims to facilitate basic and applied research, as well as advanced technology development, in eleven technical fields. The institutions will provide support to ARL, focusing on CUI+ security tiers, and will be required to have access to secure facilities and active individual security clearances. The program is intended to result in multiple five-year academic ID/IQ contracts with ARL. • The eleven technical fields include: Biological & Biotechnology Sciences, Electromagnetic Spectrum Sciences, Energy Sciences, Humans in Complex Systems, Mechanical Sciences, Military Information Sciences, Network, Cyber & Computational Sciences, Photonics, Electronics & Quantum Sciences, Sciences of Extreme Materials, and Terminal Effects. • The institutions will be required to provide access to their talented pool of faculty, staff, and students to perform cutting-edge research, and to have an IT network certified for communicating at the necessary research classification level (CUI to TS/SCI). • The institutions will be required to provide a capabilities statement, including information on their research infrastructure, IT infrastructure, security clearances, and experience with handling and processing CUI, Secret, and Top Secret information.