SMPDS MSP RFI - 24 Sep 26.pdf

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM MISSION PLANNING & DISTRIBUTION

SYSTEM, MANAGED SERVICE PROVIDER (SMPDS MSP)

Contracting Office Address

AFNWC/NCKC, 901 SAC Blvd (Suite 3A5), Offutt, AFB NE 68113

A: INTRODUCTION:

This Request for Information (RFI) is being issued pursuant to RFO Part 10, Market Research; a solicitation is not available at this time. This posting is for information gathering and planning purposes only, and in no way restricts the Government’s final acquisition strategy. The Government will neither award an order solely on the basis of this notice, nor will it reimburse the contractor for any costs associated with preparing or submitting a response to this notice.

The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Combatant Command – Command and Control (C2) Division (AFNWC/NCC) Division is seeking a contractor with the requisite skills and experience to incrementally deliver working software using Agile and DevSecOps frameworks providing sustainment/maintenance, feature development, and architecture/integration updates on the operationally fielded SMPDS MSP software application code baseline.

The successful Contractor must possess and maintain a TOP SECRET (TS)/SCI level facility clearance (with ability to obtain Special program access) before the actual period of performance begins (Estimated 11 March 2027). Personnel providing on-site liaison support may also be required to obtain a TS Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance and capable of obtaining access to special programs.

Software development will initially occur within the Contractor’s facility with software integration, to include checkout and testing on classified networks, occurring at the Government facility on a bi-weekly basis. However, AFNWC/NCC is currently planning to stand-up a software development environment on Offutt AFB, NE, so the transition of the Contractor’s software development team(s) to Offutt AFB could occur during this contract’s period of performance. The Government will determine transition strategies on a contract-by-contract basis.

B. SMPDS MSP CONTRACT INFORMATION:

The contract specific information for Special Access Program Mission Planning & Distribution System (SMPDS) Managed Service Provider (MSP) acquisition is as follows:

Contract Period of Performance: 5 Year Base Period (11 Mar 27 – 10 Mar 32) 6-month Extension of Services Clause included (if activated, 12 Mar 32 – 11 Sep 32) Estimated Contract Value: $(9M) NAICS: 541519 (Other Computer Related Services) Contract Type: FFP,CR

C. SMPDS MSP DESCRIPTION:

Vision Integrate seamlessly with the existing cloud service managed environments, provide operations & sustainment functions, including tightly integrated production, operations, and scaling support to enable the “at-scale” platform operations required of a Major Weapon System. This effort encompasses ingestion of the Cloud Service Provider (CSP) baseline architecture, comprehensive environment analysis, security and compliance validation under PLx governance

Target Group Customer: AFNWC/NCC, USSTRATCOM, AFGSC and other Combatant Commands, Operation centers, senior leaders

Users: Three levels

• Operational mission planners

• Combatant Commanders

• National Leadership

Needs Provide the necessary technical expertise, cloud engineering personnel, and project management support to analyze, assess, document, and prepare the Seahorse enclave for long-term sustainment. Ensuring the enclave is engineered to meet rigorous compliance and operational security frameworks, preparing the environment for a smooth transition from CSP-managed delivery to Managed Service Provider (MSP) operational sustainment.

Product SMPDS MSP will include the following capabilities:

• Real-time service health page, operational status, network status, WAN status, performance metrics

• SLA/SLO performance, security assessment/incidents and metrics

• Support accreditation and achieve/maintain Authority to Operate including Body of evidence for system

• Incident response plan

• Resilient, cyber-secure, hardened system with user identity and access management, system and security audit logging.

Technically, SMPDS is comprised of COTS and GOTS software and hardware, currently running in a hybrid cloud/on-prem environment. The current technology stack implements Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 or higher (RHEL8) VMs and Windows Server 2022 VMs on VMWare Hypervisor and hosted on a cloud provider. Oracle Weblogic is used for the application server and Oracle 19c for the database along with other custom software. Certain containerized software is also being executed using Podman.

Value SMPDS MSP will provide enhanced, consolidated mission planning and distribution capability to support multiple Mission Area Essential Functions of Situational Awareness and Decision Making. SMPDS will solve a compelling need and replace the current mission planning/distribution structure by standardizing shared situational awareness, across multiple Combatant Commands, in time sensitive situations, allowing more time for deliberations and multiple mission area decision making.

Project Completion Upon successful completion, this project shall:

• Deliver a mission planning system with potential strategic threats and their predicted impacts in near-real-time

• Deliver integrated, cross-domain mission planning data services from key authoritative data sources, including special programs, but not limited to SCI, critical infrastructure, and Key Military and Civilian personnel, provide nuclear-response options to facilitate and record NC2 decision making in real time.

• Enhance mission planning and distribution effectiveness throughout the nuclear enterprise.

D. INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS:

1. All businesses capable of providing software development services to maintain and/or further enhance SMPDS MSP are invited to respond. Respondents are requested to submit capability packages as instructed below:

a. Capability packages shall be delivered in one electronic copy. Capability package files should be in MS Office format (Word, Excel or PowerPoint) or Adobe pdf format, and should not exceed 5 MB on one email. Capability packages shall contain UNCLASSIFIED material only.

b. Capability packages should not exceed 5 pages, each single side counting one page, 8.5 x 11 inch, with one-inch margins, and font no smaller than 10-point Times New Roman. All capability packages must be received no later than 4:00pm (Central Time) on 5 October 2026.

c. Capability package responses, and all questions, shall be sent via email to the Contracting Officer, Mr. Chad Stemick, at chad.j.stemick.civ@mail.mil.

mailto:chad.j.stemick.civ@mail.mil

2. Respondents must include the following information within their capability packages:

a. Company Information: Provide company name, address, a point of contact with e-mail address and telephone number, Federal Cage Code, Unique Entity

ID.

E. CAPABILITY PACKAGE EVALUATION CRITERIA:

The Government will review capability packages based on the following criteria.

1. Does your company currently possess, or have the ability to obtain, a U.S. Top Secret

(TS) /SCI level facility clearance? Does your company have the ability to store special access classified material? Do you possess an accredited development environment at the SECRET level or above? If yes, where?

2. Does your company have experience with Agile and DevSecOps frameworks to incrementally deliver software? Does your firm have experience as a Cloud Managed Service Provider? Explain how cybersecurity is applied/considered in your Agile process and MSP services.

3. What tools/platforms are used to execute your Agile/DevSecOps processes?

4. Describe your experience as a software developer on an operationally fielded software application.

5. What challenges do you anticipate, if the Government transitions work from the Contractor’s facility to a government facility during the SMPDS MSP period of performance?

6. Indicate any factors concerning your organization’s ability to perform the technical requirements.

7. If your company is a small business, demonstrate your capability to perform at least

50% of the total requirement within your own company.

If your firm has recommendations on best contract type for these specific services and/or know of any existing Governmentwide Acquisitions Contracts (GWAC) the above-mentioned requirements could utilize to fulfill our requirements, please provide that information in the response.

F. ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST:

The Government would also like to remind companies of their responsibility to avoid and/or mitigate potential Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI). This initiative is especially important for companies supporting Government entities in Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) type tasks. OCI guidance can be found in RFO Part 9.5. A company finding it has a potential OCI situation must submit, and have approved, a mitigation plan prior to the Government’s consideration of any proposal for award. Since the approval process can be lengthy and approval of any plan is not assured, it is highly recommended that potential OCI identification and resolution processes begin as soon in this pre-award phase as possible.