Solicitation
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Research And Commercial Solutions Opening (RCSO) Area Of Interest (AOI) - Complexity Of Systems And Operations
Department of Transportation · Federal Aviation Administration · Sol. 693KA8-27-T-00003
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The FAA is asking for research and innovation proposals in the Complexity of Systems and Operations area under its Research and Commercial Solutions Opening (RCSO), an open call for ideas. Any award would be an Other Transaction Agreement rather than a regular contract. The notice text is short and points to a separate FAA posting and attachments for the real requirements, with responses due 2 November 2026.
Watch out for
- No guaranteed award. The FAA does not have to make an award, so you may spend time and money on a proposal for nothing.
The FAA is not obligated to extend a request for proposal or make an award as a result of this RCSO AOI
- You pay your own proposal costs. The notice says the Government does not owe anything for preparing a response.
in no way obligates the Government for any costs incurred by the Offeror associated with developing a response
- Research/OTA process. Other Transaction Agreements work differently from standard contracts, so the terms are negotiated and may be unfamiliar to a new contractor.
the Government will execute a written Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) award signed by the Agreements Officer (AO)
Read from the notice text only.
Full brief
What they want
- Submit innovative research or solutions that meet objectives listed in Sections 5.1 to 5.6 of the attached area of interest
- Read the full FAA RCSO posting BAA-693KA8-26-RCSO for the submission and evaluation process
- Contract type
- Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) if awarded, under a Broad Agency Announcement
- Place of performance
- Washington, DC, USA (per SAM.gov)
- Contract vehicle
- FAA Research and Commercial Solutions Opening BAA-693KA8-26-RCSO
- How they'll choose
- Described in the FAA RCSO posting BAA-693KA8-26-RCSO, not in this notice text
- Offers due
- 2026-11-02 6:00 PM (UTC-05:00)
What to include when you submit
- Follow the process in the RCSO special posting BAA-693KA8-26-RCSO
Not in the notice text
- The research objectives in Sections 5.1 to 5.6 (in attachments)
- Evaluation criteria and how to submit (in the RCSO posting)
- Funding level, award size and period of performance
- Who is eligible to respond
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Key facts
- Response due
- Nov 2, 2026, 11:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 6, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- 693KA8-27-T-00003
- Agency
- Department of Transportation · Federal Aviation Administration
- Office
- 693KA8 System Operations Contracts
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- NAICS
- 541715
- Product/service code
- AS25
- Business type
- Engineering, architecture & research
- Place of performance
- Washington, DC
- Contracting contact
- Chersharon Kingchersharon.y.king@faa.gov
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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