ABMS IDE Management - RFI.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

PROGRAM EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR COMMAND, CONTROL,

COMMUNICATIONS, AND BATTLE MANAGEMENT (C3BM)

ADVANCED BATTLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE OHIO

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION/SOURCE SOUGHT SYNOPSIS

RESPONSE INSTRUCTIONS

THIS IS A NOTICE OF A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. IT IS NOT A SOLICITATION NOR

DOES IT GUARANTEE A SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED.

1.0. DISCLAIMER

1.1. This announcement constitutes a Request for Information (RFI) for the purpose of determining market capability of sources or obtaining information for the Department of the Air Force (DAF). It does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), a Request for Quote (RFQ) or an indication that the Government will contract for any of the items and/or services discussed in this notice.

1.2. Any information submitted by respondents to this notice is strictly voluntary.

Any formal solicitation that may subsequently be issued will be announced separately through SAM.gov. It is the responsibility of any potential respondent to monitor SAM.gov for additional information pertaining to this topic.

1.3. The Government intends to review responses to this RFI for acquisition planning, market research, and requirement development purposes.

2.0. BACKGROUND

2.1. The Command, Control, Communication, and Battle Management Program Executive Office (PEO) operates out of several offices with a home location at the Pentagon, and the Advanced Battle Management Systems (ABMS) program office, under the C3BM PEO, is headquartered out of Hanscom Air Force Base. The organization consists of several geographically separated personnel including program managers, engineers, functionals, configuration managers, and other supporting personnel and is developing the DAF BATTLE NETWORK, the DAF’s future iteration of integrated battle management systems and contribution to combined

Joint All Domain Command and Control Systems (JADC2). To standardize and optimize the development process, the ABMS program office is developing an Integrated Digital Environment (IDE) to support existing and future workflows, improve data accesses and collaboration across C3BM PEO, and establish a digital environment in accordance with the DoD Digital Engineering Framework.

2.2. The IDE will connect several divisions through secure digital infrastructure and enable data sharing and communication across the enterprise. Users will have centralized access, and provisions will be made based on their title and user roles.

The environment will include digital structure to support data management and digital tools enabling efficient and effective acquisitions and product development.

This effort will require the user needs management, stakeholder engagement, and close coordination with the development teams of the IDE along with an initial implementation plan for operational capability milestones.

2.3. Beyond the development and implementation of the IDE, the contractor may also provide analysis, maintenance, and technical support services on a case-by-case basis. The final goal is for existing solutions and future requirements to be recommended and implemented at multiple security levels, with sufficient maintenance efforts, including user experience, security, and workflow.

3.0. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

3.1. Respondents shall submit individual responses that address all the questions identified in paragraph 4.0, Questions for Industry. Each submittal shall include company mailing address, a point of contact (name, title, phone number, e-mail), and CAGE code. If not registered with a CAGE code, respondents shall provide a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number. If the contractor does not have a SAM registration, the company should detail its intent to obtain this information.

3.2. Submittals shall include company nation of incorporation, large business, small business, small-disadvantaged business, SBA 8(a) small disadvantage business, woman-owned small business, economically disadvantaged woman-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, or Hub Zone small business as defined by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 19. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this acquisition is 541512, Computer Systems Design Services, and the small business size standard is $34 million.

3.3. Submittals shall be delivered NLT 16 JAN 2025, 4:00 PM EST. Responses received after the requested date may not be considered nor assessed.

a. If proprietary information is submitted, it shall be portion marked, by paragraph, to clearly identify proprietary information. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked proprietary will be handled accordingly. Respondent’s submittals that include data that they do not want disclosed to the public, nor used by the Government for other than RFI evaluation purposes, shall be marked with a legend conforming to 48 C.F.R. § 52.215-1(e).

b. Submittals shall not exceed 20 total pages in length: single-sided, single-spaced, and no smaller than Arial or Times New Roman size 10 font. This page limitation does not include supplemental tables, figures, illustrations, diagrams, charts, or simulation data. Supplemental data shall not exceed an additional 10 total pages (single-sided, single-spaced, Arial size 10 font) in length. Links are highly encouraged for digital information used in supplements.

c. All responses shall be delivered in PDF format and emailed to the following individuals:

• Mr. Marcus R. Green, Contracting Officer, AFLCMC/C3K, marcus.green.7@us.af.mil

• Maj Joshua Embrador, Program Manager, AFLCMC/C3B, joshua.embrador.2@us.af.mil

• 2Lt Haaziq Daniels, Program Manager, AFLCMC/C3B, haaziq.daniels.2@us.af.mil

d. The subject line of the email shall read: “ABMS IDE Management RFI Response by (Company Name)”

3.4. Introductory and/or summary information may be included in respondent’s submittals in accordance with the page limitations identified in paragraph 3.3.b.

4.0. QUESTIONS TO INDUSTRY

1. What is your current expertise with IDE development and management?

a. What existing or previous contracts do you have to show expertise with the desired work?

b. What was the process for understanding the requirements and implementing them on the IDE?

c. How much time and resources did it take to implement those requirements onto the IDE?

d. Describe any experience managing a digital environment or IDE (i.e.

onboarding processes, user experience, etc.)?

2. How much experience do you have working on different cloud computing platforms, including DAF CloudWorks, CloudONE, and Special Access Program (SAP) Enterprise IT as a Service (SEITaaS) or similar platforms?

3. Can your company support work at multiple classification levels to include Secret/NOFORN (S/NF), Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI), and SAP Networks?

a. What workspaces do you have available to work at these classification levels?

b. Do you have access to government systems (i.e. NIPR, SIPR, JWICS, CORE, CHAOS)?

c. Do you have appropriately cleared staff to work at these various classification level?

d. Is there an expertise with DevSecOps at those classification levels?

4. What previous work have you done to scale out IDEs for major programs and can you describe the effort?

5. What work have you done implementing JIRA and Confluence workflows to help drive efficiencies in business practices?

a. Do you have experience creating OKR workflows through JIRA or similar platform? Can you describe that work?

6. What is current experience developing Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) for large acquisition programs?

a. Describe how you implemented PLM to help the program.

7. What is your expertise providing cyber artifacts and driving the Risk Management Framework (RMF) process?

5.0. SUBMISSION REVIEW

5.1. The information provided will be used by the Department of the Air Force (DAF), PEO C3BM, ABMS Program Office, Enterprise Systems Engineering Team (ESET), and advisory and administrative support contractors to ascertain Industry interest and capabilities to participate in the AMBS Integrated Digital Environment management and development.

a. After receipt of responses, the Government may have follow-on contact with submitters.

b. The Government will archive all submitted material for future review as needed.

5.2. Interested parties should continue to monitor SAM.gov for any follow-on RFI or other announcements which will be published for any future actions relating to this

RFI.

5.3. If you have any questions regarding this request for information, please direct them in writing to Mr. Marcus R. Green, Contracting Officer, marcus.green.7@us.af.mil.