FA5641_26_RFI_WASP.pdf

Request for Information – Warfighter Acquisition Solutions and Programs (WASP) – A&AS V Successor

Notice ID: FA5641_26_RFI_WASP

1. The United States Air Forces in Europe and Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA) requires professional knowledge-based services to support its mission across various functional areas. These services will include, but are not limited to, program management, technical expertise, administrative support, and other specialized services critical to operational success. This acquisition will enable flexibility and responsiveness to evolving mission requirements.

2. The Air Force Installation Contracting Center (AFICC) 764th Enterprise Sourcing Squadron

(ESS) provides contracting support to USAFE-AFAFRICA. 764 ESS is seeking industry input and exploring innovative contracting methods for knowledge-based services for future requirements throughout the European Theater and other Areas of Responsibility (AORs).

3. This Request for Information (RFI) is for Market Research purposes only and shall not be considered as an invitation to bid, request for quotation, request for proposal, or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. AFICC 764 ESS is not seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals as a result of this RFI. No contract awards will be made from this notice and no solicitation is available at this time. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses to this announcement or the Government use of such information. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort.

4. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. Companies may be contacted if we need further information to fully understand the marketplace. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future Request for Proposal (RFP).

5. Comments and responses are due no later than 1:00 PM local Ramstein, Germany time on 02

April 2026. Please submit your responses to the Government points of contact indicated below:

Contracting Officer: Natalie Neeb, natalie.neeb.1@us.af.mil Contract Specialist: Antje Veit, antje.veit.de@us.af.mil Program Manager: Lea DuBeck, lea.dubeck@us.af.mil mailto:natalie.neeb.1@us.af.mil mailto:antje.veit.de@us.af.mil mailto:lea.dubeck@us.af.mil

Questions:

1. What is your relevant experience providing complex, innovative, knowledge-based services that directly support the USAFE-AFAFRICA mission (include contract/task order numbers)?

Please describe the scope of the effort, its locations, and how your support helped the command overcome specific challenges or achieve its objectives towards its Operational Focus Areas (OFAs).

2. Describe your company’s experience managing a significant number of personnel in an overseas environment. In your response, please detail the largest number of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) status or Ordinary Residents (OR) personnel you have supported on a single contract/task order, the geographic locations, what tasks can be done stateside, and the management structure you implemented to manage the contract such as company’s on site program management.

3. There are five iterations of Advisory and Assistance Service (A&AS) type contracts awarded by 764 ESS. What did you like or dislike about previous contracts? What would you like to see for this follow-on effort?

4. To help us design an acquisition strategy to reduce performance risk and administrative burden, please identify three challenges your company has experienced performing services in the AOR? What could the Government do to mitigate those challenges?

5. Does your company hold a contract under General Services Administration (GSA) One

Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Plus (OASIS+)? If yes, please provide contract numbers and task order numbers. If yes, has your company submitted a proposal in response to a Fair Opportunity Proposal Request (FOPR) under the GSA OASIS+ contract or another GSA Schedule? If so, please provide samples of technical factors and/or evaluation criteria that worked well.

6. From your experience, what are the advantages and disadvantages of utilizing existing

Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) such as GSA OASIS+ compared to establishing a follow on 764 ESS Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Contract (MAC)?

7. To assist the Government in making a potential Commercial Item Determination per Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, please provide your assessment of the services anticipated under this acquisition. The primary service areas include, but are not limited to:

Program Manager, Strategic Planning, Logistical and Technical support. Does your company offer services of a similar nature, scope, and complexity to non-government, commercial customers? Does your company offer services of a similar nature, scope, and complexity to

Government customers that have been determined commercial by the Government? Please provide contract numbers and task order numbers.

8. Does the Government’s Determination of Commerciality affect the likelihood of proposing an effort? If so, why?

9. Would your company consider submitting an IDIQ proposal for the follow-on effort with 764

ESS supporting USAFE-AFAFRICA with an estimated ceiling value of $500M or more?

What key factors would influence your decision?

10. Would your company consider submitting a proposal supporting all USAFE-AFAFRICA current efforts under one large, consolidated Task Order (TO) using GSA OASIS+ or A&AS V successor?

11. What are the anticipated proposal lead times required for either priced or unpriced proposals?

A&AS IV had pre-priced labor rates, while A&AS V was unpriced. What would you prefer and why?

12. Under A&AS V, logistical support such as Living Quarters Allowance, Post Allowance, Relocation and Education can be offered on a cost reimbursable basis. Do you prefer having those on a CR basis or include them within a potential FFP labor price?

13. Have you competed for an effort that used non-traditional evaluation methodologies?

Traditional evaluation methodologies are Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA), Past Performance Tradeoff etc. If so, did you compete on a Highest Technically Rated Offeror (HTRO) or 2HTRO and what is your experience with those approaches?

14. In your opinion, what are the strongest predictors for successful performance on a contract?

Detail industry best practices to measure performance and metrics.

15. At the TO level, what is the minimum dollar value you would consider proposing on? Does the contract type influence your decision?

16. At the TO level, what is the minimum proposal lead-time from the first RFI to projected Task Order award for your company to consider bidding on a TO?

17. At the TO level, what are the key factors that drive your corporate bid/no-bid decisions for opportunities within the USAFE-AFAFRICA AOR?

18. At the TO level, what is the typical Transition Period required for requirements with 5 or less positions, 10 or less positions, and more than 10 positions?

19. What were your biggest challenges with the Department of Defense Contractor Personnel

Office (DOCPER) process?

20. Has your company sought alternatives to the NATO SOFA? If so, what were they and how successful were those efforts?

21. Can the Government include something in the IDIQ contract that could streamline the

DOCPER process? If so, what would that be?

22. Please provide any other information that the Government may have missed or not asked.

23. Please provide a cover sheet with your response to the RFI. Please list your company name, UEI number, company point of contact, company address, email address, and phone number.

The RFI response including the cover sheet shall not exceed 50 pages. The pages shall be 1 sided, Times New Roman size 12 font.