Atch 7 QnA Template.docx

This notice serves as a presolicitation for an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract to provide an open mission system architecture and command and control system for the MQ-1C/ER unmanned aircraft. The United States Special Operations Command intends to award a single vendor contract to procure and sustain an open mission system architecture solution with advanced on-aircraft computing capabilities including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and dissemination capabilities. The system must be able to command and control, collect, analyze, and share information from multiple special operations aviation and ground platforms in an expeditionary form factor using man-portable tactical common data links. To be eligible, an offeror's solution must be a flexible, stand-alone, aircraft agnostic open mission system architecture capable of integration with any current or future air or ground vehicle approved for the MQ-1C/ER. The contract period is anticipated for five years with options exercised at the task order level. The complete request for proposal will be available electronically in February 2022, with contract award anticipated for late February 2022.