RFI II Final 31 Jul 24.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

AIR FORCE LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT CENTER

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE OKLAHOMA

31 July 2024

Request for Information (RFI) II

The purpose of this RFI is to understand vendor capabilities as they pertain to Other Transaction Authority (OTA) and 10 U.S. Code 4021. It augments RFI I, published on 26 July 2023. The Government requests that all responses be made by 30 August 2024.

The United States Government (USG) may be selecting a vendor utilizing Other Transaction Authority (OTA). This may be done through the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Consortium Initiative (ACI), the System of Systems Security Consortium (SOSSEC) or other OTA. Please inform the USG if your company is able/willing to propose under an OTA. Please explain your response.

a) If yes, is your company a Nontraditional Defense Contractor (NDC) as defined in 10 U.S.

Code 3014?

b) Which OTA consortium does your company belong to?

c) If your company is not an NDC, do you anticipate partnering with an NDC for a significant portion of the effort?

d) If your company is not an NDC and unable to partner with one, will your company be willing to cover the cost share requirements of at least one third of the total cost under an OTA?

e) If you do not meet the criteria using NDCs please explain how you plan to meet the requirements to participate in an OTA.

Is there any additional information you would like to communicate to the USG related to this anticipated requirement?

10 U.S. Code 4021 (a) Additional Forms of Transactions Authorized The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of each military department may enter into transactions (other than contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants) under the authority of this subsection in carrying out basic, applied, and advanced research projects. The authority under this subsection is in addition to the authority provided in section 4001 of this title to use contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants in carrying out such projects.

10 U.S. Code 3014 Nontraditional Defense Contractor In this part, the term "nontraditional defense contractor", with respect to a procurement or with respect to a transaction authorized under section 4021(a) or 4022 of this title, means an entity that is not currently performing and has not performed, for at least the one-year period preceding the solicitation of sources by the Department of Defense for the procurement or transaction, any contract or subcontract for the Department of Defense that is subject to full coverage under the cost accounting standards prescribed pursuant to section 1502 of title 41 and the regulations implementing such section.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/4001

Please provide responses to questions via email to Jordan Reimer and Catina Baker at jordan.reimer@us.af.mil and catina.baker@us.af.mil by close of business Friday, 30 August 2024.

This is a Request for Information (RFI) only, which, as part of market research, is being issued in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 10 Market Research. This is not a solicitation, no solicitation exists. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Tankers Aircraft Section (AFLCMC/WLTK) is seeking to identify sources that may be capable of providing a replacement for the Color Weather Radar System (CWXR) on the KC-135.

mailto:jordan.reimer@us.af.mil mailto:catina.baker@us.af.mi