Request for Information - CDAO Infrastructure Management.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

AIR FORCE MATERIEL COMMAND

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE OHIO

DISCLAIMER: This Request for Information (RFI) does NOT constitute a Request for

Proposal and is not to be construed as a commitment, implied or otherwise, by the

Government that a procurement action will be issued. Response to this notice is not a request to be added to a bidders list or to receive a copy of a solicitation. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of the submission of the requested information. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement and any follow up information requests. Responses to this RFI may be considered in the future determination of an appropriate acquisition strategy for the program. The Government may not respond to any specific questions or comments submitted in response to this RFI or information provided as a result of this request. Any information submitted by respondents as a result of this notice is strictly voluntary.

Nothing shared as a response to the below topics should be construed as a guarantee of future work or as direction to modify an existing contract. Only an authorized contracting officer acting within scope of authority may bind the Government.

The Department of the Air Force is releasing this RFI, on behalf of the Office of the Secretary of

Defense, Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO). The purpose of this RFI is to assist the Government in conducting early market research to gain an understanding of industry’s capability and interest in supporting a requirement of this nature.

Background:

Advana is the Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office’s

(CDAO) enterprise-wide, multi-domain data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) platform that provides all DoD military and civilian decision makers, analysts, and builders with unprecedented access to enterprise data, tools, and capabilities—all in a scalable, reliable, and secure environment. The mission of the DoD CDAO’s Advana program is to accelerate decision advantage by making data, analytics, and AI widely accessible, understandable, and actionable across DoD. To do this, the Advana platform hosts hundreds of curated applications providing analytics for logistics, financial management, personnel, health, and many other domains; it provides market-leading, self-service tools to perform data exploration, model development, data visualization, and other analysis activities; and it provides both consumers and builders on-demand data, analytics, and AI capabilities via a DoD-wide platform.

The objectives for this procurement are as follows:

1. Objective #1. Obtain program management services that drive continuously improving program efficiencies and operational effectiveness.

2. Objective #2. Provide the DoD with a secure, state-of-the-art Platform to support DoD data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) missions that operate across multiple cloud service providers and security enclaves.

3. Objective #3. Seed the DoD with a strong foundation of Enterprise Data and AI tools and services.

4. Objective #4. Ensure the highest quality user experience and customer success for all mission activities conducted using the Advana Platform.

5. Objective #5. Provide and operate a state-of-the art Service Desk for Advana across all its operating environments.

** A final Performance Work Statement will accompany any potential solicitation in the future with the total requirements for this service. **

Corporate Overview Questionnaire:

1) Name of Company

2) Point of Contact

3) Name of Business Unit Responding to the RFI (if applicable)

4) Unique Entity ID

5) CAGE Code

6) NAICS Codes

7) Please indicate type of Small Business, if applicable (e.g. Woman-Owned, Service-

Disabled Veteran Owned, 8(a), HUBZone)

8) Does your firm have a cost accounting system deemed adequate by a cognizant audit agency (e.g. Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA)?

9) Could your company be fully credentialed for a 14 February 2025 start date, based

Section 4.5 Security in the attached Draft PWS?

Corporate Experience:

Per the overview provided above, please respond to the following inquiries (Note: For a company that is divided into separate business units, responses must be based on the particular experience of the business unit responding to the RFI):

Please complete the below template for each of the three Corporate Experience examples that are similar in size, scope, and complexity to the above referenced scope of work. Please describe how each example relates to each of the previously described areas of scope.

Please only list contracts for which the respondent served as the prime contractor or subcontractor in the last five years. Please note, an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity

(IDIQ) contract or Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) is not applicable unless submitted together with a TO similar in size, scope, and complexity to this requirement and awarded and performed under the vehicle. Orders issued under these vehicles can be combined if the work is closely linked with a common customer.

Contract Number (if applicable)

Contract/Project Name

Prime or Subcontractor

Percentage of Work (Prime or Subcontractor) completed, and the percent subcontracted out and which services if Prime.

Period of Performance, including option periods (MM/YY-MM/YY)

Value at Award (if part of a larger contract vehicle, only provide the value for the portion doing the work similar to the RFI scope)

Funded or Executed Value

Project Description

Was the work performed considered to be commercial in nature?

*Note – Please adhere to a page limit of 5 pages and do not imbed additional documents or link pages that contain the information being requested.

Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to meet all aspects of the requirement.

Responses and questions should be addressed to Contracting Officer Ms. Veronica Court at veronica.court@us.af.mil and Contract Specialist Ms. Michaela Desch at michaela.desch@us.af.mil, no later than the response date and time of 15 August 2024 at 1600

Eastern Standard Time.

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