Node A6 · Acronym decoder
SOO
Statement of Objectives
What it actually means
The leanest requirement statement in contracting: a page or two of top-level objectives, with offerors proposing their own statement of work to meet them. It maximizes industry flexibility to propose innovative approaches — and shifts the burden of definition onto proposals, which the evaluation must then compare fairly.
Where you'll meet it
Solicitations that want industry to define the how, common with OTAs and development competitions.