FA8730-C2SET-FO C2SET Follow-on RFI.pdf

Request for Information (RFI) Air Force Life Cycle Management (AFLCMC)

Command and Control Simulation Environment for Training (C2SET)

Any information submitted by respondents to this request is strictly voluntary. All information received from this RFI will be used for planning and market research purposes only. Responses to the RFI will not be returned. Respondents are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; all costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested parties’ expense.

Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to provide feedback with respect to any information submitted. To the maximum extent possible, please submit non-proprietary information. Any proprietary information submitted should be identified as such and will be handled accordingly and protected from disclosure. Proprietary information will be safeguarded in accordance with the applicable Government regulations. The Government shall not be liable for damages related to proprietary information that is not properly identified.

Any submissions in response to this RFI constitutes consent for that submission to be reviewed by Government personnel, Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Contractor employees, and Advisory & Assistance Services (A&AS) Contractor employees supporting the Air Force Modeling & Simulation Training Toolkit (AFMSTT) program and/or AFLCMC/HBB (Kessel Run) -- unless the respondent clearly objects in writing to the release of this information to FFRDC and/or A&AS Contractor employees supporting AFLCMC/HBB in a cover letter accompanying the respondent’s submission. All Government and Department of Defense (DoD) contractor personnel reviewing RFI responses understand their responsibility for proper use and protection from unauthorized disclosure of proprietary information.

1. Scope:

This is a RFI, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.201(e). The Government is issuing this RFI in an effort to understand the market’s ability to deliver capabilities for building, integrating, and modernizing Modeling, Simulation and Analysis (MS&A) software needed for the United States Air Force (USAF) to include, but not limited to, simulating and stimulating the Air Operations Center (AOC) Weapon System (WS) for battlestaff training, operational sustainment and maintenance of C2SET fielded capabilities, continued modernization of current C2SET and Air Force M&S Training Toolkit (AFMSTT) capabilities, operational sustainment and maintenance of AFMSTT fielded capabilities not fully integrated into C2SET, and the operational support and development for the M&S DevSecOps Platform for cloud and on-premises deployment as required by the M&S training application, user, or site. The Government is also interested in the market’s ability to engage in partnered development, sustainment, and Industry/Government sharing within Kessel Run (AFLCMC/HBB).

This effort will modernize AF Constructive C2 MS&A in conjunction with AOC WS and other KR applications as part of the follow-on modification and sustainment & modernization C2SET of 1 5 program. This effort will provide contractor operational and technical software maintenance, sustainment, and modernization to the existing AFMSTT and C2SET software baselines.

Additionally, this effort will provide continued contract support to the current customers of the C2SET and AFMSTT systems until replaced and removed from service, or no longer required.

Lastly, this effort will continue contractor operational support and development of the M&S DevSecOps Platform in order to share infrastructure, services, security, accreditation, fielding, training, costs, and maintainability. This M&S Platform will enable application development and integration toward a single KR M&S suite of software that will be configurable for deployment as required by the user. The Government believes that a Commercial off-the-shelf product (COTS) is unlikely to satisfy program requirements in a timely or cost effective manner.

C2SET and AFMSTT are part of the Air, Space, and Cyberspace Constructive Environment (ASCCE) fielded to the AF C2 Simulation Centers, the 505th Combat Training Squadron (CTS), Hurlburt Field, FL, and other customers worldwide. This effort will maintain interoperability with the ASCCE network including the current and evolving Air, Space, and Cyberspace Constructive Environment – Information Operations Simulation (ACE-IOS) suite of applications and the AF Synthetic Environment for Reconnaissance and Surveillance (AFSERS) as necessary to create the air, space, and cyber picture for joint major theater warfare events and exercises. It will also maintain compatibility with current and future joint and coalition Federations to include, but not limited to, Joint Live Virtual Constructive (JLVC), Joint Land Component Constructive Training Capability (JLCCTC), and Battle Lab Collaborative Simulation Environment (BLCSE).

C2SET is expected to use an Agile Software Development approach with new model fielding when operationally ready to support new AF WS enhancements as well as new AF programs in rapid acquisition (e.g. ABMS, CJADC2, etc).

2. Focus Areas and Capabilities: Your team will support M&S requirements as directed by designated Government leads.

a. Simulate and stimulate the AOC WS and other CFACC/JFACC/C5ISR/CJADC2 applications as required.

b. Operationally sustain and maintain the C2SET fielded capabilities to include software, models, algorithms, interfaces, integrations, Kubernetes environments, host software, database management, test, exercise support, and the M&S DevSecOps Platform, etc.

c. Continue to modernize Air Warfare Simulation (AWSIM), AFMSTT, Air Base Simulation (ABS), and Command and Control Weapon System Part Task Trainer (C2WSPTT) capabilities in support of the AOC WS and other C5ISR application development, testing, and training.

d. At the time of the AFMSTT Sustainment contract completion, this effort will operationally sustain and maintain any AFMSTT capabilities not fully integrated into C2SET, as required.

e. In conjunction with other Research & Development agencies, provide modernization technologies and architectures for the modeling of new AF Coalition and adversary of 2 5 weapons systems and C2 Constructive tactical Air, and theater lift operations in all theaters of potential conflict from counter-insurgency through major theater conventional war.

f. Maintain interoperability with the ASCCE network, external Federation partners, and the training audiences.

g. Augment real-time components to an existing wartime plan and execution (e.g., ABP, ATO, ACO, SPINS, RSTA, JIPTL, and OPTASKLINK) in a wargame through real-time model control providing on site support to manipulate the system to best mimic wartime procedures.

h. Provide advancements in distributed data transfer systems to populate and share simulation data in real-time through legacy High Level Architecture (HLA), Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS), etc. and upcoming Joint community replacements.

i. Leveraging existing commercial or military M&S frameworks to minimize overall development such as, the Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration and Modeling

(AFSIM).

j. Contractor operational support and development of the M&S DevSecOps Platform for cloud and on-premises deployment as required by the M&S application, user, or site.

k. Maintain personnel security clearances to the level of U.S. Secret as determined by program requirements.

l. A period of performance of a base year with four (4) one (1) year options is being considered for this requirement.

3. Questions for Industry

a. How would you best develop the software capabilities required to allow deprecation of AFMSTT and C2WSPTT systems as currently used to support AOCs training exercises?

See section 2, “Focus Areas and Capabilities”, for the main points needed to be developed.

b. How would you best recommend full integration of ACE-IOS and C5ISR M&S capabilities in the C2SET effort long term?

c. How do you plan to train model controllers with the goal of reducing the overall number of users and shortening path to proficiency?

d. What is your knowledge and experience with designing and building systems that simulate models in large scale for creating realistic visualizations of wargames/missions?

e. What is your knowledge and experience in maintaining large software systems, responding to user feedback, and to continually modernizing your product?

f. What is your knowledge of logistics modeling as it pertains to military operations?

g. What is your experience with the AFSIM framework as a flexible, scalable M&S engine and its ability to provide realistic complex theater warfare models?

h. How does the contractor propose to support both cloud hosted, on-premises, and disconnected solutions?

i. What is your experience working with joint and coalition partners as it pertains to

Federation Object Models and compliance to distributed data transfer systems?

j. What experience do you have integrating with Government or commercial simulations?

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k. How would you provide analytical capabilities and metrics in a constructive air model to enable the training audience to better evaluate exercise objectives and outcomes?

l. Based on the information provided in section 2, “Focus Areas and Capabilities", and the questions provided in this section: Describe what you believe would be the ideal contract type and mix of labor categories to perform the requirements.

m. Are there any requirements or provisions in Attachment 1, “Draft C2SET Follow-on SOO” that are unclear? If so, please provide additional information.

n. Do you have any special Terms and Conditions (T&C) you believe would be applicable and beneficial for a solicitation and contract for this effort? If so, please provide your suggested T&C’s and a brief rationale for use.

4. Responses

Responses to this RFI are requested to be submitted either by e-mail to christian.hedengren.1@us.af.mil and angela.lynch.3@us.af.mil or through the DoD Secure Access File Exchange (SAFE) website (https://safe.apps.mil/) to the same email addresses.

Responses should be single-spaced, Times New Roman, 12 point font, with one inch margins all around, compatible with MS Office Word 2016, with a total page count not to exceed ten (10) pages. Individual responses including attachments shall not exceed five (5) MB. Each page of your package shall be printable on 8 x 11 paper. Cover, tab dividers, title pages, glossaries and table of contents are not required. Please note that some email systems may block file types such as .zip or other macro-enabled extensions; respondents should verify legible receipt by email.

Responses shall include the following information (information provided will be on a separate page and not included in the 10 page count):

a. Company / Institute Name:

b. Address:

c. Point of Contact:

d. CAGE Code:

e. Phone Number:

f. E-mail Address:

g. Web Page URL:

h. Current FCL Level:

i. Government proposed North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

Code: 514512. Industry may provide an alternative suggested NAICS Code.

Based on the Government proposed NAICS Code, state your company’s business classification (Large, Small, WOSB, SDB, 8(a) Certified, HUBZone certified, VOSB, SDVSB

j. Are you listed in System for Award Management (SAM.gov) (Y/N)?

k. A statement as to whether your company is domestically or foreign owned (if foreign, please indicate the country of ownership) of 4 5 mailto:christian.hedengren.1@us.af.mil mailto:angela.lynch.3@us.af.mil https://safe.apps.mil/

l. A list of all Enterprise Level IDIQ contracts you have participated in, or currently participating in, along with your level of participation (i.e., Prime, Subcontractor, etc.)

Any response submitted by respondents to this request constitutes consent for that submission to be reviewed by military personnel, Government civilians, and DoD contractors. The responses may be forwarded to other Government entities in consideration for applicability to other programs. Respondents should indicate which portions of their response are proprietary or competition sensitive and should mark them accordingly.

After the Government reviews the RFls, the Government may or may not request a respondent to participate in a teleconference to conduct one-on-one discussion. Please indicate in your response if you would want to participate in a follow-on one-on-one discussion.

6. Ombudsman: Col. Todd C. Dye, Deputy Director, Acquisition Excellence & Program Execution Directorate, AFLCMC/AQ-AZ. Email Address: AFLCMCAQ_AZ Workflow (Acquisition Excellence), ASCA@us.af.mil.

7. Attachments

Request access and complete forms: (1) Documentation Request and Disclaimer Form and

(2) DD Form 2345, Military Critical Technical Data Agreement. Attachments will be granted ONLY to the individual listed in Block 3.a (Data Custodian) on the DD Form 2345.

For additional information regarding DD Form 2345, visit the Defense Logistics Agency Joint Certification Program homepage (http://www.dla.mil/Logistics-Operations/Services/

JCP/)

1. Draft C2SET Follow-on SOO

2. C2SET System Overview

3. AFMSTT System Overview

4. M&S Platform Overview of 5 5