JTT-CP RFI 06 Aug 2026.pdf

Request for Information (RFI)

Joint Targeting Toolbox (JTT) Capabilities Package (CP) Continued Sustainment

THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. This notice is for information and planning purposes only. In accordance with Part 10 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, the Government is conducting market research to determine the availability and adequacy of potential business sources in developing the software identified below that meets the Government's requirements. While industry sources are requested to provide full and comprehensive responses to this request, they are reminded that all information is voluntary.

This Request for Information (RFI) does not constitute a solicitation for bids or proposals, and it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. The information herein is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to solicit for or award a competitive contract. No award will be made under this Request for Information (RFI). Proprietary information will be accepted, safeguarded, and handled appropriately. Responders should indicate which portions of their responses are proprietary and should mark them accordingly. The Government shall not be liable for damages related to proprietary information that is not properly identified.

The Government reserves the right to cancel this RFI before the closing date. 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 party’s expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future solicitation, if any is issued. The Air Force reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s). Any submissions in response to this RFI constitute 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 Joint Targeting Toolbox (JTT) program and/or AFLCMC/C3C (Kessel Run) --unless the respondent clearly objects in writing to the release of this information to FFRDC and/or A&AS Contractor employee supporting AFLCMC/C3C in a cover letter accompanying the respondent's submission. All Government and Department of War (DoW) contractor personnel reviewing RFI responses understand their responsibility for proper use and protection from unauthorized disclosure of proprietary information.

This RFI is from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Kessel Run Division (C3C), located at 11 Barksdale Street, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731.

1. Program Background:

Joint Targeting Toolbox (JTT) is an Air Combat Command (ACC)-sponsored software capability which provides standardized, secure, automated decision support for joint and allied commanders worldwide. The system is deployed at Command and Control (C2) nodes at the national, force, and component elements in support of decision-makers and will include targeting capabilities compatible within the force/theater-level common operating environments (plan, execute, and assess).

JTT supports joint/coalition combat operations which include integrated air, ground, naval, and cyber targeting functions throughout the joint targeting cycle to include objectives, target development, capabilities analysis, force assignment, force execution and assessment working seamlessly between multiple security domains. JTT gives the targeting community the ability to be interoperable and collaborative across the joint enterprise. JTT allows end-to-end target planning, via host/core service and joint C2 systems, by targeteers and target specialists at all planning levels and nodes.

The JTT PMO is seeking information on how interested parties could provide sustainment services for the JTT software application. The contractor may perform the work at its facility, remotely, and/or locally within the Hanscom AFB, MA and/or Langley AFB, VA area, as well as remote and in-person training and helpdesk support at locations both CONUS and OCONUS.

The contractor must have the knowledge, processes, and tools required to sustain and maintain separate deployable software baselines, using agile software methodologies. JTT-CP utilizes Jakarta Enterprise Beans (formerly Enterprise JavaBeans) and both SOAP and REST API’s that require a unique software coding skillset. The contractor must also have the facilities available to host UNCLASSIFIED, Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), SECRET, and TOP SECRET classified information with 24/7 on-demand access within a virtualized environment. The contractor must be able to provide a helpdesk to support user engagement. Additionally, contractor personnel must have the ability to travel within austere environments to provide support to fielded systems.

• Planned Start Date: 20 June 2027

• Delivery Period: Two years (One-year base period, one six-month option period, and one six-month Extension of Services period)

• Limitations: All employees involved in the project must be U.S. Citizens and access to the project, tools, repositories, and data must be controlled in a way that would prevent any non-citizens from accessing.

• Security Requirements: All key personnel must be able to obtain Top Secret clearance and SCI eligible.

• Total Estimated Contract Value: $5 - $10M

2. Program Objective:

The JTT Program Management Office (PMO) is currently sustaining the legacy system (JTT-CP 5.x) codebase until it is replaced and sunset. The next acquisition seeks to continue sustainment of JTT-CP with the following potential objectives:

Enterprise Scalability

• Ability to deploy to various security domains and networks (NIPRNet, SIPRNet, AFSCI (Air Force Sensitive Compartmentalized Information) Network, DoD Agency, Joint Services, & Coalition Interoperability

• Cross-domain solutions

• Denied, degraded, intermittent, and limited (DDIL) environment support

Integration/Interoperability

• Integration and automation with legacy and modernized applications within Air Force Air Operations Centers (AOCs)

• Integration with other enterprise targeting applications

• Integration with legacy and modernized enterprise intelligence databases

Fielding/Training

• Support cloud/on-premises installation and deployment of JTT within U.S. Armed Forces, U.S. Intelligence Community (IC), Coalition, and Allied partner locations

• Remote-based and in-person administrator and user training at Contiguous United States (CONUS) and Outside Contiguous United States (OCONUS) locations

Operations Support

• Bug fixes

• Cybersecurity patches

• Minor improvements

Helpdesk/Exercise Support

• Ability to support on call, up to 24/7/365 when necessary

• CONUS/OCONUS in-person exercise support

New Capability Development

1) Minimal, as required by Government to maintain fielded system

3. Market Research Approach:

Through responses provided to this RFI and subsequent Market Research engagements, the Government intends to obtain the following:

• Industry’s input and suggestions on refining requirements and technical approach

• Recommendations on the Government’s acquisition and contracting approach

• Information on industry’s capabilities to meet the JTT requirement

Respondents to this RFI may be invited to participate in further market research activities, including Virtual One-on-One activities and Question-and-Answer sessions.

Note to Respondents: The JTT PMO is an agile organization, and we welcome and encourage innovative inputs.

4. Instructions for RFI Responses:

Interested parties are requested to respond to this RFI with a white paper.

Responses to this RFI are to be submitted in the stated format either by e-mail to the Contracting Officer, Ms. Annie Kazi at annie.kazi@us.af.mil and Contract Specialist, Ms. Diamont Daniel- Malsch at diamont.daniel-malsch@us.af.mil or through the DoD Secure Access File Exchange (SAFE) website (https://safe.apps.mil/) to the same email addresses no later than (NLT) 5:00pm EDT on 07 September 2026. Marketing materials are not requested nor desired.

Please note that the government is still determining the acquisition strategy and best path forward. Therefore, this RFI is solely for market research and market intelligence. Do not include information such as rates within your RFI response. Responses shall be 12-point font typed with at least 1” margins. Each page of your package shall be legible when printed on 8 ½” x 11” paper. Please include a cover page, although title pages, glossaries and tables of contents are not required. Responses should be provided in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) format. The government anticipates responses to be between 3-5 pages, excluding a cover page. Responses should provide feedback/answers to Government’s questions in this RFI.

Submissions that do not at least directly address the questions in this RFI may be considered nonresponsive.

Responses shall include the following information on the cover page:

• Company/Institute Name

• Address

• Point of Contact

• Email Address

• Telephone Number mailto:annie.kazi@us.af.mil mailto:diamont.daniel-malsch@us.af.mil https://safe.apps.mil/

• Web page Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

• Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code and UEI number

• Government Proposed North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code:

541511. Industry may provide an alternative suggested NAICS Code. Based on the Government proposed NAICS, specify if the Company is a Large Business, Small Business (SB), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Woman-Owned Small business (WOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned (SDVOSB) Small Business (SDVOSB) based on the stated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and size standard provided above.

• Current Facility Security Clearance Level (FCL)

• A statement as to whether your company is domestically or foreign owned (if foreign, please indicate the country of ownership)

• A list of all Enterprise Level Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts or other contract vehicles you have participated in, or currently participating in, along with your level of participation (e.g., Prime, Subcontractor, etc.)

• A list of any Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) contract vehicle(s) (i.e. GSA Alliant 2, STARS-III, VETS 2, etc.)

Please answer the following questions for Industry:

1. Provide your recommendations for acquisition strategies, source selection/down select methodology, contract types, Contract Line Item (CLIN) structures, contract incentives, and labor categories. Take into consideration recruiting and retaining the necessary talent to meet the JTT mission.

2. What innovations or unique ideas should the Government consider when shaping this acquisition?

3. What software development methodologies and tools does your organization use for large development projects and to manage technical debt? Provide recent and relevant successful use cases.

4. What are your current processes and methodologies for integrating with targeting software applications and databases (i.e. Modernized Integrated Database (MIDB), Machine-Assisted Analytic Rapid-Repository System (MARS)? Please provide recent and successful use cases.

5. What is your current experience and proficiency level with Jakarta Enterprise Beans (formerly Enterprise JavaBeans) and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)?

6. How has your organization successfully maintained schedule and release cadences while addressing emerging needs?

7. What strategies does your organization employ to transition cloud-based complex software development projects from an incumbent to one under your management? Identify any dependencies and risks.

8. Provide recent and relevant examples and identify risks (What experience does your organization have in supporting Foreign Military Sales (FMS)? Reference contract number:

FA873022C044PX000.

9. Please indicate if your company would be interested in participating in further market research activities, including Virtual One-on-One activities and Question-and-Answer sessions.

10. What questions does your company have for the Government?

Confidentiality: Respondents may only provide unclassified RFI responses. Respondents must indicate whether their responses contain proprietary information if the respondents wish for the responses to be handled as such.

5. Questions:

Questions regarding this announcement shall be submitted in writing by e-mail to the Contracting Officer, Ms. Annie Kazi at annie.kazi@us.af.mil and Contract Specialist, Ms.

Diamont Daniel-Malsch at diamont.daniel-malsch@us.af.mil. Verbal questions, including phone calls, will not be accepted.

6. Attachments:

a) Draft PWS change 4

To request access to view attachment(s), please complete forms:

1. Documentation Request and Disclaimer Form

2. DD Form 2345, Military Critical Technical Data Agreement. This is completed electronically via the JCP website, if vendors do not already have their signed DD Form 2345 completed.

Submit either by e-mail to annie.kazi@us.af.mil and diamont.daniel-malsch@us.af.mil or through the DoD Secure Access File Exchange (SAFE) website (https://safe.apps.mil/) to the same email addresses. 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 (https://www.dla.mil/logistics-operations/services/joint-certification-program/)

7. Ombudsman: aflcmc.1.ombudsman@us.af.mil mailto:annie.kazi@us.af.mil mailto:diamont.daniel-malsch@us.af.mil https://safe.apps.mil/) https://www.dla.mil/logistics-operations/services/joint-certification-program/ mailto:aflcmc.1.ombudsman@us.af.mil

8. Acronyms:

Acronym Definition A&AS Advisory & Assistance Services ACC Air Combat Command AFB Air Force Base AFLCMC Air Force Life Cycle Management Center AFSCI Air Force Sensitive Compartmentalized Information AOC Air Operations Center API Application Programming Interface BLUF Bottom Line Up Front C2 Command and Control C3C Kessel Run Division (within AFLCMC) CAGE Commercial and Government Entity CLIN Contract Line Item Number CONUS Contiguous United States CP Capabilities Package CUI Controlled Unclassified Information DDIL Denied, Degraded, Intermittent, and Limited DoD Department of Defense DoW Department of War EST Eastern Standard Time FCL Facility Security Clearance Level FFRDC Federally Funded Research and Development Center FMS Foreign Military Sales GSA General Services Administration GWAC Governmentwide Acquisition Contract HUBZone Historically Underutilized Business Zone IC Intelligence Community IDIQ Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity JTT Joint Targeting Toolbox JWICS Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System MARS Machine-Assisted Analytic Rapid-Repository System MIDB Modernized Integrated Database NAICS North American Industry Classification System NIPRNet Non-classified Internet Protocol Router Network NLT No Later Than OCONUS Outside Contiguous United States PDF Adobe Portable Document Format PII Personally Identifiable Information PMO Program Management Office RFI Request for Information RFP Request for Proposal SAFE Secure Access File Exchange (DoD) SB Small Business

SCI Sensitive Compartmented Information SDB Small Disadvantaged Business SDVOSB Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business SIPRNet Secret Internet Protocol Router Network SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol SSN Social Security Number TS Top Secret UEI Unique Entity Identifier URL Uniform Resource Locator USAF United States Air Force VETS Veterans Technology Services VOSB Veteran-Owned Small Business WOSB Woman-Owned Small Business