Summary
The Department of the Air Force (Air Force Materiel Command / AF Installation & Mission Support Center) issued a draft solicitation (Notice ID FA8003-26-R-0023) to select a Consortium Management Organization (CMO) to establish and manage the Defense Energy Consortium (DECo), a public–private partnership to finance and deliver energy-resilience prototypes for DAF installations worldwide. The CMO will operate under Other Transaction Authority (10 U.S.C. § 4022), must be able to structure third‑party financed energy contracts and investor/member due diligence, and DECo will not guarantee appropriated funding for projects. The solicitation includes an industry day and public attachments (e.g., the CMO RFS for DECo.pdf) and the SAM workspace lists an inactive/expiration date of 2026-12-01.