Award Notice
Prototype OTA for XVIII Airborne Corps 5G Center of Gravity Testbed
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W51H72-26-9-A001
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Awarded to Dell Federal Systems L.P for $14.9M on Aug 18, 2026.
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Key facts
- Posted
- Aug 18, 2026
- Notice type
- Award Notice
- Solicitation
- W51H72-26-9-A001
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army
- Office
- 0419 Aq HQ Contracting Sup
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- NAICS
- 541715
- Product/service code
- AC13
- Business type
- Engineering, architecture & research
- Place of performance
- Fort Bragg, NC, 28310
- Contracting contact
- Cameron Wadecameron.r.wade.mil@army.mil9109084674
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Full notice text from SAM.gov
The 419th Contracting Support Brigade, on behalf of the XVIII Airborne Corps, has awarded a sole-source Prototype Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) under the authority of 10 U.S.C. § 4022 to Dell Federal Systems L.P. and its primary partner, T-Mobile USA, Inc. The purpose of this Prototype OTA is to establish an experimental, secure, and resilient 100-square-mile 5G Center of Gravity Testbed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. This research and development effort will integrate proprietary commercial carrier capabilities (T-Mobile's 5G Standalone Core) with a highly secure, experimental Private Land Mobile Network (PLMN) utilizing Dell tactical edge-compute infrastructure. The prototype focuses on validating the operational feasibility of 5G technology-as-a-service (TaaS) to support advanced mission applications for the Immediate Reaction Force (IRF), including Counter-UAS (C-UAS), real-time ISR video feeds via mandatory network slicing, and secure logistical tracking. This award was executed as a sole-source action to leverage over $31.9 million in prior joint public-private investment made under a six-year USSOCOM Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), thereby avoiding substantial duplication of cost to the Government and preventing unacceptable operational schedule delays.