CWMS_BAA_2023_CALL_0002.pdf

UNCLASSIFIED

United States Air Force

Cryptologic and Cyber Systems Division

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA)

AF CYBER WARFARE MISSION SYSTEMS BAA HNC-23-0001

BAA CALL 0002

HNCO Industry Outreach Event Responses

26 November 2024

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Contents

(U) SECTION 1 – INTRODUCTION

(U) SECTION 2 – BACKGROUND

(U) SECTION 3 – PROBLEM STATEMENT

(U) SECTION 4 – FUNDING

(U) SECTION 5 - PROCEDURES, WHITE PAPERS, EVALUATIONS, AND PROPOSALS

(U) SECTION 6 – AWARDS

(U) SECTION 7 – ITERATIVE PROTOTYPING

(U) SECTION 8 – SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION

(U) SECTION 9 – FOLLOW-ON PRODUCTION

(U) SECTION 10 – CONTACT/SUBMISSION INFORMATION

(U) SECTION 11 – ATTACHMENT

(U) ATTACHMENT 1 – BAA HNC-23-0001

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BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA)

AF CYBER WARFARE MISSION SYSTEMS BAA HNC-23-0001

BAA CALL 0002 (CALL)

HNCO Industry Day Event Responses

(U) SECTION 1 – INTRODUCTION

(U) 1.1. The purpose of this CALL is to solicit leading-edge responses to the Classified HNCO

Industry Day Event that was conducted on 22 November 2024 in San Antonio, TX.

(U) 1.2. AFLCMC/HNC intends to leverage a TWO-STEP submission (white paper & if requested, proposal) process in response to this BAA Call. This process will be discussed further in Section 4.

(U) 1.3. All requirements of the HNC-23-0001 (Attachment 1) apply, unless specifically amended and addressed in this CALL announcement and subsequent proposal instructions. The overarching

BAA contains information applicable to all CALLS issued under HNC-23-0001 and provides information on the overall program. This CALL will be governed by the process described in Section

5 under the general scope of the Two-Step BAA HNC-23-0001 process. If there are any conflicts between the BAA and this CALL, the instructions in this CALL take precedent. You may also direct any questions to the agency contacts in Section 10.

Federal Agency Information: Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC)

Cyber Warfare Mission Systems Branch (HNC)

3130 General Hudnell Dr

San Antonio, TX, 78226

CALL Title: HNCO Industry Outreach Event Responses

Announcement Type: Initial CALL announcement

CALL Competition Type: Open and Full Competition

CALL Number: HNC-23-0001/CALL 0002

CALL Due Date/Time: 31 January 2025, 12:00 P.M. Central Time

Number of Awards Anticipated: To Be Determined

Total Amount Available: To Be Determined

Product Service Code: IT Category D

NAICS Code: Sectors 51 and 54

Small Business Size Standard: $30.0M

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(U) SECTION 2 – BACKGROUND

(U) 2.1. In 2022, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall detailed his Seven Operational

Imperatives and how they forge the Future Force. The operational imperatives are the critical operational capabilities and functions the Department of the Air Force (DAF) must invest in to protect the United States ability to deter conflict and project power against pacing challenges. The success of our military depends upon the ability to control the air and space and achieving these imperatives will enable the Air and Space Forces to maintain a competitive advantage. As Secretary

Kendall stated, “The heart of our mission is to deter aggression. We don’t want to fight wars – we want to prevent them – and the way you prevent conflicts is to convince the other side that you have the will to resist and the capability to defeat aggression.”

(U) SECTION 3 – PROBLEM STATEMENT

(U) 3.1. The Government seeks partnerships with industry to accelerate development of rapidly deliverable novel offensive cyber solutions to enable cyber operations, to gain air superiority, increase survivability, or increase strategic capability to deliver DAF operational outcomes.

(U) 3.2 Offerors should propose novel approaches via whitepaper to expeditiously fill capability gaps that were covered during the industry outreach event, as well as any others they may be aware of, and may include incorporating existing Government-Off-The-Shelf (GOTS) applications as well as any commercial or proprietary technology or partnering between multiple companies and products as deemed necessary to accomplish this task.

NOTE: Offerors are not precluded from submitting whitepapers on ideas that are outside of what was covered during the event if they demonstrate how, it is beneficial to the problem statement listed in paragraph 3.1 above.

(U) SECTION 4 – FUNDING

(U) 4.1. The approved ceiling for this BAA is approximately $100M with a remaining ceiling of

$94M. There is the potential to make awards up to any dollar value if the value does not exceed the available BAA ceiling amount however the Government reserves the right to select all, part, or none of the proposals received, subject to the availability of funds. All potential Offerors should be aware that due to unanticipated budget fluctuations, funding in any or all areas may change will little or no notice.

(U) SECTION 5 - PROCEDURES, WHITE PAPERS, EVALUATIONS, AND PROPOSALS

NOTE: For those Offerors who intend to submit classified white papers in response to this

CALL, please contact the POCs listed in Section 10 for a JWICS email address for submission purposes.

(U) 5.1. Offerors shall adhere to the specific guidelines for preparation and submission of white papers and proposals that are provided in BAA HNC-23-0001, page 10, Section “V” (Specific

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(U) SECTION 6 – AWARDS

Foreign Ownership Disclosure: Prior to the conclusion of Step Two, all Offerors must inform the

Government of any current operations or plans to operate under Foreign Ownership, Control or

Influence (FOCI). In addition, all Offerors must identify any foreign nationals that may have direct or indirect access, influence, or participation considering information pertaining to this CALL and any subsequent awards including performance on any subsequent awards.

(U) 6.1. Type of Award Instrument: The Government intends to issue an Other Transaction (OT) instrument for any resulting Prototype efforts; however, offerors are encouraged to recommend other vehicles if they believe they would be more economical, efficient, etc. to deliver solutions. The

Government reserves the right to award the instrument (FAR-based or OT) best suited for the any initial or possible follow-on award for sustainment/production contracts in addition to any 10 USC

4023 or bailment agreements for efforts not immediately resulting in a Prototype effort.

NOTE: Offerors are encouraged to annotate any current Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity

(IDIQ) contracts, Consortium contracts, OTs, bailment agreements, or other vehicles that could be leveraged as a means for award.

(U) SECTION 7 – ITERATIVE PROTOTYPING

The Government desires to leverage various leading industry solutions and innovations to integrate and satisfy the defined Problem Statement in Section 3 of this CALL. The approaches awarded against this opening will allow for an iterative prototyping process. An iterative prototyping process will allow the Government to modify, by mutual agreement, the scope of the project.

(U) SECTION 8 – SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION

A prototyping effort is considered successful when:

✓ The Offeror completed scheduled milestones on time or early of projection;

✓ All program costs were at or under budget;

✓ The solution solves the Problem Statement in SECTION PROBLEM STATEMENT of this call;

✓ The solution has met the metrics incorporated into the prototype; or

✓ The solution has accomplished a particularly favorable or unexpected result that justifies the transition to follow-on production.

Successful completion will be documented in writing by the appropriate approving officials

(Program Manager and Agreements or Contracting Officer (AO/CO)).

(U) SECTION 9 – FOLLOW-ON PRODUCTION

The Government reserves the right to award a follow-on production contract upon successful completion of any prototype project under this competitively sourced CALL.

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(U) SECTION 10 – CONTACT/SUBMISSION INFORMATION

AO/Contracting Officer (CO): Corey M. Berry at corey.berry.2@us.af.mil

Program Office POC: Timothy Emeott at timothy.emeott@us.af.mil

(U) SECTION 11 – ATTACHMENT

(U) ATTACHMENT 1 – BAA HNC-23-0001