DRAFT SOLICITATION Defense Energy Consortium (DECo) Consortium Management Organization (CMO)

Description: The Department of the Air Force (DAF) issued a draft presolicitation to select a Consortium Management Organization (CMO) to establish the Defense Energy Consortium (DECo), a public–private partnership that will use private capital to finance energy resilience prototype projects for DAF installations worldwide. The CMO will be responsible for raising private funding, building DECo membership (including non-traditional and small businesses, financiers, utilities, and national labs), negotiating a Consortium Management Agreement (CMA) with DAF, and managing prototype projects under 10 U.S.C. 4022. This is a procurement presolicitation (not a grant), posted 2026-06-17, currently open with no formal response deadline listed; the opportunity references a SAM.gov source and an industry feedback form link.