Notice ID FA8600-23-S-C056-0003
Related Notice FA8600-23-S-C056
Overview: This call will be a two-step call. White papers may be submitted at any time prior to the due date and time specified in this Call. Vendors are responsible for monitoring SAM.gov for any amendments to this Call that may have updated information. White Papers will be evaluated against the criteria detailed below. After the submitted white papers have been evaluated by AFLCMC, vendors will be notified if they have been selected to submit a full proposal for Step 2.
Step 1: White Paper due date and time is 12 January 2024 at 1700 ET. AFLCMC will review Step 1 White Papers and down select vendors based on the below evaluation criteria. Interested Vendors can submit clarifying questions to AFLCMC by 7 December 2023. AFLCMC will publish all received questions and AFLCMC’s responses (anticipated 13 December 2023) prior to the White Paper submission date.
Online Industry Day: Down selected vendors will receive an invitation to participate in an online Industry Day wherein AFLCMC will offer additional insights/information on the above user stories. If selected to submit a full proposal, AFLCMC, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to request a presentation or discussion with Government personnel about the White Paper.
Step 2: Proposal due date and time will be provided in Requests for Proposal (RFPs) sent to offers that submit a Solution Brief and Pricing Proposal that meet or exceed evaluation criteria contained in this Call.
This Commercial Services Opening (CSO) Call is intended to be as streamlined as possible to allow for the exploration of modern solutions to support a variety of critical national security systems. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) invites vendors to submit innovative and novel technical solutions which address all aspects of Digital Infrastructure (DI), focusing on the user story focus areas below. This requires delivering an enduring, secure, robust, efficient, responsive, agile, elastic and extensible DI solution spanning all classification levels.
Many AFLCMC projects operate in varying classification environments, including highly classified environments (collateral, Sensitive Compartmentalized Information, and Special Access Program).
This CSO Call may result in the award of a FAR-based contract, an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) under 10 USC 4021, or an Other Transaction for Prototype Project pursuant to 10 USC 4022.
General Information: AFLCMC designed an Azure cloud-based software DevSecOps environment supporting multiple USAF programs (hereafter referred to as Crucible). The Crucible environment contains cloud resources at the IL5 (Controlled Unclassified Information), IL6 (Secret) and IL6+(Secret Special Access Program) classifications. Enrolled USAF programs work within separate, segregated enclaves with multiple security enclaves (ex. Program A has its own IL5, IL6 and IL6+ environment separate from Program B’s enclaves). Further, Programs access the Crucible environment from varying USAF networks. AFLCMC designed the Crucible environment to permit future USAF programs not currently enrolled to access and establish enclaves to meet specific mission needs. When new programs enroll, the Crucible environment may need to peer to a new network. Therefore, Crucible requires sufficient security controls and artifacts to obtain an authority to operate (ATO). AFLCMC is seeking innovative and novel technical solutions focusing on the four user stories/focus areas described in paragraphs B, C, D, and E below.
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