GUARD IDIQ Draft RFP - Introduction and Instructions V2.pdf

Request for Information (RFI) for Global Unified Airbase Readiness and Defense (GUARD)

Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple-Award Contract DRAFT Request for Proposal (RFP)

FORCE PROTECTION SYSTEMS DIVISION

AIR FORCE LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT CENTER (AFLCMC/ESS)

HANSCOM AFB, MA

1. Introduction, Background, and Objectives

AFLCMC/ESSK is issuing this Draft RFP as an RFI to improve understanding of market landscape and engage with industry to ensure our acquisition strategy and formal RFP, upon release, are understandable and actionable.

The GUARD IDIQ provides for the acquisition and sustainment of Integrated Base Defense Security Systems (IBDSS) tailored to the Air Force Security Forces community, ensuring the warfighter is equipped with a means to deter, anticipate, deny, detect, report, delay, assess, and track hostile forces and targets for the protection of resources and personnel.

All interested parties are encouraged to respond to this notice in accordance with (IAW) the instructions addressed herein.

1.1 Notional Order Structure

The GUARD IDIQ is anticipated to be a Multiple-Award IDIQ, evaluated for award on a Highest Technically Rated Offeror with a Reasonable and Realistic Price (HTRO-RRP) basis, as detailed in Sections L and M. The Government is providing a brief description of the notional order structure below for informational purposes only to aid in understanding of the effort at large.

The notional order structure will depart from the predecessor effort, referred to as IBDSS Next.

Under IBDSS Next, Design and Install (D&I) efforts and Sustainment were divided regionally and performed by a single Contractor within the specified region. Under the GUARD IDIQ, Orders are anticipated to be separated. Sustainment is expected to be performed on a similar regional basis, but D&I efforts will be competed amongst IDIQ holders separately, resulting in smaller and more frequent Delivery Orders, awarded based upon imminent need and project viability. The Government anticipates performing Government-only pre-award Site Surveys to allow for requirements specificity.

2. Requested Feedback

Please utilize the attached Comment Resolution Matrix (CRM) to submit questions, comments, and concerns. If the question is not specific to any single document, please state “GENERAL” in the Source column. Please label each item as follows:

“C” should be used for critical comments that identify an issue that you believe must be corrected before the final RFP is released.

“S” should be used for substantive comments of major significance that have a bearing on the content of the document, which should be corrected before the final RFP is released.

“A” should be used for administrative comments of minor significance or that deal with non-content aspects of the document (such as format, presentation, correction of typos, etc.).

3. Submission of Information

The information requested in support of this RFI must be submitted in writing. Respondents should utilize the provided CRM to the maximum practicable extent, but additional documentation may be necessary and will be accepted. Additional submitted documentation shall not exceed twenty (20) pages, in addition to a one (1) page Cover Letter. Total non-CRM submission shall not exceed twenty-one (21) pages.

The Government has posted an announcement for an Industry Day, to which this Draft RFP will be associated. The Government shall post answers to these questions submitted, in conjunction with any additional questions and answers that arise during Industry Day, in one consolidated document prior to formal RFP release.

Your submission should be organized IAW the instructions in this document to permit a thorough and accurate review and response from the USAF. All comments, inquiries, and responses to this RFI must be submitted to the USAF via electronic mail no later than 14 October 2026, 1200 EDT, directed to the following:

Ms. McKenna Clippert at mckenna.clippert@us.af.mil

Capt Deandra Dyer at deandra.dyer@us.af.mil

4. Disclaimer

THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION IS SOLELY FOR INFORMATIONAL AND

PLANNING PURPOSES AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE SOLICITATION.

IAW RFO 15.101(c)(2), requests to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract, nor do they affect a potential offeror’s ability to respond to a future synopsis/solicitation, which may or may not follow or restrict the Government’s eventual acquisition approach. The Government will not provide reimbursement for any information that may be submitted in response to this notice, and no basis for a claim against the Government shall arise from a response to this notice or Government use of any information provided. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this

RFI.