Join GovWin expert Steve Mihalisko as he provides an exploration of Commercial Solutions Openings (CSOs) and Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs). This session will unpack the implications of the DoD’s 2025 Memorandum on Software Acquisitions, and the Executive Order on “Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base.”

Additional topics to be covered include:

• What CSOs and OTAs are and how they work

• Trends around how CSOs and OTAs have been utilized in recent years

• Ways the directives may reshape acquisition strategies

• Key challenges, tradeoffs, and best practices