Background

The Tradewind Solutions Marketplace is the DoD’s ground-breaking enabling environment for high-tech innovation. It’s a digital repository of post-competition, readily-awardable pitch videos, which address the Government’s greatest challenges in the AI/ML, digital, and data analytics space. 

The solutions housed within the Marketplace have been assessed and vetted through competitive procedures. Every video in the Marketplace is readily-awardable. For industry, academic partners, and individuals, the Marketplace is the simplest and fastest way to market technology solutions to eager Government buyers. For Government buyers, the Marketplace is a virtual storefront where customers can shop for innovative solutions to pressing problems. Then, they can easily procure those solutions through the Marketplace’s rapid acquisition pathways.

Why You Should Participate

• Fast-tracked assessment timelines (notifications made within 30 calendar days)
• Direct feedback from DoD operators, customers, SMEs, and end users
• Multiple eligibility and contract pathways
• Fully negotiable award terms
• Potential for multiple awards with single customer (or multiple customers) with no funding ceilings, based on a single video solution submission

How to Participate

• Submit a 5-MinuteVideo
  Industry, academic partners, and individuals are invited to submit 5-minute videos of their solutions for assessment. Please be sure to read the announcement (attached below), review the “How to Submit a Video” section, and check out the “Top 5 Ways to get Your Video Accepted” for key details for success.
• Become an Assessor
  Video assessment teams consist of subject matter experts from industry, academia, and government who assess all video submissions using a detailed rubric (provided in the Challenge below). If you’re interested in serving as an assessor, please fill out the Assessor Onboarding Form to get started!
• Leverage the Marketplace
  If you’re a government customer interested in exploring the solutions available on the Marketplace, please click “Access Now” from the Tradewind dashboard to view the full set of available vendor solutions. You can search for specific vendors or keywords to find the solutions that fit your needs. Have a vendor you’d like to refer to the Marketplace? Please provide their contact information in the Vendor Referral Form and the Marketplace team will reach out to them.

How to Submit a Video

Watch the following tutorial to learn how to submit a video.

Top 5 Ways to Get Your Video Accepted into the Tradewind Solutions Marketplace

1. Do Your Homework: Read the Announcement (Attached below, and also available at Tradewindai.com)
2. Adhere to the Rubric: It outlines all criteria used to assess your video solution (Appendix B in the Announcement)
3. Utilize All Available Resources: The Solutions Marketplace website has helpful videos and FAQs that can guide you through the process.
4. Follow us on LinkedIn: (“Tradewind”) for updates on video collection periods, webinars, resources, and more.
5. Ask Questions: Email us at support@tradewindmarketplace.com with any questions.