Defense Manufacturing Readiness Exercise (DMRE)

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Request for Solutions (RFS) under Defense Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC) Other Transaction Authority (OTA) Number: HQ0034249C00B

RFS Number: DIBC-RFS-26-02

Title: Defense Manufacturing Readiness Exercise

RFS Issue Date: June 25, 2026

Questions Due Date: July 1, 2026

Submission Due Date: July 20, 2026 23:59 ET

Attachments

Attachment 1 — DIBC-RFS-26-02 Statement of Need

Attachment 2 — Warranties and Representations (submit in Stage 1)

Attachment 3 — Copy of Stage 1 survey (complete at provided link in Stage 1)

Attachment 4 — DMRE Exercise overview slides

Attachment 5 — Telecommunications Representation (only submit if requested)

Attachment 6 — DIBC WIRE Project Quad Chart (only submit if requested)

Attachment 7 — Cost & Pricing Breakdown (only submit if requested)

Attachment submission note: Not all attachments are required with the initial Stage 1 screening submission. The Government may request specific additional information to include required forms that will be issued upon selection from selected respondents after screening, targeted exchanges, plan review, order-size decision, milestone review, or award-readiness review.

1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Defense Manufacturing Readiness Exercise (DMRE)

The Defense Manufacturing Readiness Exercise (DMRE) is a phased prototype effort conducted under the Defense Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC) Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) to identify, assess, develop, and evaluate manufacturing capabilities that may contribute to qualified, contractable, and usable defense production capacity. This effort supports both the Defense Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC) mission and broader Industrial Base Policy (IBP) objectives by improving manufacturing readiness, strengthening domestic production capability, increasing industrial-base resilience, expanding awareness of available and adaptable manufacturing capacity, and generating decision-grade evidence to inform future industrial-base planning, readiness investments, and mobilization activities. This RFS is issued under the DIBC to solicit responses for a phased prototype project under 10 U.S.C. § 4022.

The prototype OTA is intended to improve Government’s understanding of:

Existing manufacturing capabilities

Manufacturing facilities and infrastructure

Potential production roles

Manufacturing adaptability and conversion potential

Production approaches and teaming concepts

Conditions and constraints affecting manufacturing readiness

Industrial-base resilience and surge capacity

Readiness preservation and reactivation opportunities

The DMRE is intended to improve understanding of the conditions, resources, interventions, constraints, and planning activities required to increase manufacturing readiness for future defense production requirements.

Information generated throughout the exercise, as part of the prototype OTA, may contribute to industrial-base planning, manufacturing-readiness assessments, and development of a Civil Readiness Manufacturing Network (CRMN) plan designed to improve visibility into manufacturing capabilities, facilities, production roles, readiness conditions, readiness-preservation opportunities, and industrial-base response options.

CRMN outputs are an intended product of the exercise and may be used to inform future manufacturing-readiness planning, capability preservation, readiness investments, industrial-base analysis, and future exercise activities.

The DMRE seeks participation from both traditional and nontraditional performers (as defined by 10 U.S.C. § 3014), including companies with little or no prior defense contracting experience.

The Government is interested in both manufacturing-side and design-side participants.

Manufacturing-side participants may include, but are not limited to:

• Manufacturers

• Contract manufacturers

• Component suppliers

• Assemblers

• Tooling providers

• Testing and inspection providers

• Manufacturing engineering providers

• Logistics and production-support providers

Design-side participants may include but are not limited to:

• Design owners

• Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)

• Current producers

• Technical-data holders

• System integrators

• Organizations possessing production knowledge, supplier relationships, qualification expertise, manufacturing constraints, or production opportunities relevant to exercise objectives

Areas of interest may include, but are not limited to:

• Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS/UAV)

• Electrical assemblies

• Wiring harnesses and connectors

• Electronics assemblies

• Precision mechanical components

• Tooling, fixtures, and test equipment

• Manufacturing engineering

• Testing and inspection

• Contract manufacturing

• Production-support capabilities

• Supplier-network coordination

The Government is particularly interested in identifying…