TRDM RFI.pdf

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

FOR

UNITED STATES TRANSPORTATION COMMAND (USTRANSCOM)

TRANSCOM Reference Data Management (TRDM)

TRANSCOM26D003

1. RFI Overview

This announcement constitutes an RFI for informational and planning purposes only. The Government reserves the right to streamline or omit phases of the acquisition process based on the information received from this RFI, provided that due diligence is performed and acquisition objectives are met. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP), nor is it to be construed as a commitment by the Government. No contract will be awarded as a result.

Industry’s response to the RFI—or lack thereof—will have no impact on the evaluation of responses to any subsequent RFP or Request for Quote (RFQ) released. The information requested will be used within USTRANSCOM as market research to facilitate decision making (e.g., determining acquisition strategy,) and will not be disclosed outside the Government.

Proprietary information submitted shall be appropriately marked. Do not submit confidential information in your response.

**Note** USTRANSCOM will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties responding to this RFI.

1.1. Submission Details/RFI Contact(s)

The following individuals will serve as the official points of contact (POCs) for this RFI.

These individuals are the only authorized contacts permitted to communicate on behalf of USTRANSCOM about this RFI.

NAME TITLE OFFICE EMAIL PHONE

Mr. Chad Lindauer Contracting Officer TCAQ-D chad.s.lindauer.civ@mail.mil (618) 817-9392 Ms. Carrie Boeding Contract Specialist TCAQ-D carrie.e.boeding.civ@mail.mil (618) 817-1527

Responses regarding this RFI shall be received via email by the POC(s) above prior to the response submission deadline.

Response Submission Deadline: 10:00 CT on 04 May 2026

Physical (paper) copies of RFI responses will not be accepted.

mailto:chad.s.lindauer.civ@mail.mil mailto:carrie.e.boeding.civ@mail.mil

2. Background Information

USTRANSCOM conducts globally integrated mobility operations, leads the broader Joint Deployment and Distribution Enterprise, and provides enabling capabilities in order to project and sustain the Joint Force in support of national objectives. The goal of the TRDM Program Management Office (PMO) is to establish and maintain a trusted and authoritative source of reference data for the USTRANSCOM Enterprise, TRDM users, and interconnection partners.

TRDM PMO prioritizes upholding Data Governance, Data Security, Modernization, Zero Trust, and other USTRANSCOM policies and procedures. The following applies to the current (incumbent) TRDM contract.

Number: HTC71123FD009 Contractor: FedTec, LLC.

Type: Firm Fixed Price and T&M (Travel/ODC) Acquisition Strategy: Small Business Set-Aside; Information Technology Enterprise Solutions - 3 Services (ITES-3S) Period of Performance: 01 Dec 2022 – 30 Sept 2026

2.1. Scope of the Requirement

TRDM provides a single distribution source of enterprise reference data for enhancing C2, transportation, logistics, deployment, and financial systems’ reference data management and functional data collection. The scope of TRDM requires the contractor to perform current technical & Cybersecurity operations, maintenance, and distribution of the TRDM system and data while modernizing the architecture. These tasks include but are not limited to requirement analysis, data collection, data management, interface and architecture validation, and data distribution. Requests and requirements fielded by TRDM require contractor expertise on implementation, fielding, planning, scheduling, interoperability testing, documentation, and other key tasks defined in the software development lifecycle.

2.2. Place of Performance

Primary place of performance is on-site at Scott AFB, IL, for up to 11 on-site contractor employees; any additional contractor employees shall work off-site. All tasks requiring Secret access or SIPRNET shall be completed on Scott AFB, IL in the assigned duty area.

Alternate Place of Performance – Contingency Only. As determined by the COR, contractor employees may be required to work at an alternate place of performance (e.g., home, the contractor’s facility, or another approved facility within the local travel area) in cases of unforeseen conditions or contingencies (e.g., pandemic conditions, exercises, Government closure due to inclement weather, etc.).

2.3. Anticipated Award Timeline

The current contract expires on 30 September 2026. A follow-on contract award is anticipated August 2026.

Anticipated Period of Performance:

Transition Period: 1 September 2026 – 30 September 2026 Base Period: 1 October 2026 – 30 September 2027 Option Period 1: 1 October 2027 – 30 September 2028 Option Period 2: 1 October 2028 – 30 September 2029 Option Period 3: 1 October 2029 – 30 September 2030 Option Period 4: 1 October 2030 – 30 September 2031

3. Information Requested

Parties interested in assisting USTRANSCOM with this market research are requested to submit the following information in the format outlined below. The response should be detailed (but no more than two pages per technical question IAW Section 3.3, e.g. two pages for 1. Basic Requirements, two pages for 2. Commercial Solutions Opening, and two pages for 3. Corporate Experience). Title pages and cover letter will not count against the page limit. Respondents are highly encouraged to submit a tailored response rather than a generic capability statement to ensure the requested information is provided. Generic capability statements will not be considered relevant to this market research and not further considered by the requirements team.

3.1. Company Information (not included in page limitation)

Please provide the following information:

• Company Name

• Unique Entity ID

• CAGE Code

• POCs, to include name, title, phone number, and email address

• Company website

• This contract is expected to require access to classified information or require a

Facility Security Clearance (FCL) at the SECRET level. Based on this expectation, does your company currently meet the requirements? If not, provide a brief statement describing how and/or when your company plans to have a clearance. A final determination of required accesses/FCLs will be detailed in any resultant solicitation.

3.2. Business Size

Based on previously conducted market research, the Contracting Officer has a reasonable expectation that two or more interested and capable small businesses can meet the TRDM requirements. Therefore, at this time, the CO anticipates setting this requirement aside for small business participation IAW FAR 19.502-2 and is only requesting responses from small business entities.

The anticipated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 541519, Other Computer Related Services.

1. The Small Business Administration’s small business size standard for this NAICS is

$34,000,000.00. Based on this NAICS, confirm your business size is SMALL.

2. Identify any of the following socio-economic categories that apply to your business under this NAICS: Historically Under-utilized Business Zones (known as “HUBZone”), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Veteran-Owned, Small Disadvantaged Business, 8(a), Women-Owned, or Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned.

3. Respondents who believe an alternate NAICS code better fits this requirement should provide the recommended NAICS code and their size classification based on size standard of the recommended NAICS.

3.3. What We’re Looking For

USTRANSCOM anticipates award of a follow-on a contract for the technical operation, maintenance, and distribution of the TRDM system to include modernization and optimization. These tasks include but are not limited to requirement analysis, data collection, data management, interface and architecture validation, and data distribution.

Requests and requirements fielded by TRDM require contractor support on implementation, fielding, planning, scheduling, interoperability testing, documentation, and other key tasks defined in the software development lifecycle.

1) Baseline Requirements

The Government is seeking information from industry partners with demonstrated capabilities in software development executed through agile, sprint, and release cycles.

This work will be conducted within a Zero Trust environment, supporting a Risk Management Framework (RMF) compliant, cloud-hosted infrastructure. The objective is to streamline production data products and foster innovation to achieve more efficient operational outcomes. With these baseline requirements in mind, interested parties are invited to submit a concise response, in the form of a white paper (maximum of two pages for this section) IAW Section 1.1. In order to be considered relevant to this market research, the white paper submission shall demonstrate capability by specifically addressing the following Areas of Interest:

Areas of Interest

• Stewardship of transportation and logistics-related reference data, including database administration, replication, stewardship, and modeling within Amazon RDS Aurora/Postgres environments.

• Modernization of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) systems, including transitioning Web Services, XML, WSDL, Java, REST API, and SOAP-enabled applications into containerized, cloud-native solutions.

• Implementation and management of Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines to support software modernization and containerization initiatives.

• Advancement of data management practices, including metadata tagging, system-level data tagging, and evolving towards a decentralized data mesh framework.

• Design and management of domain-oriented data products that treat data as a product, ensuring visibility, accessibility, understandability, linkage, trustworthiness, interoperability, and security.

• Compliance with RMF requirements, including obtaining and maintaining system accreditation and leveraging FedRAMP-approved tools and services for continuous monitoring.

2) Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO).

USTRANSCOM seeks information on commercially available, innovative, market solutions for transitioning TRDM to a modern data mesh architecture and developing requirements to define a roadmap for success.

The Government is seeking insight on use of a CSO. The Government invites interested parties to submit a concise response, in the form of a white paper (maximum of two pages for this section), addressing the following questions:

First, the Government seeks to understand whether your company has experience implementing data mesh architectures in similar environments. If so, please describe your experience, including the scope of work, key challenges addressed, and outcomes achieved.

Second, the Government seeks to understand whether your company is awardable on Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace. If applicable, please provide details on the CSO marketplace, the scope of your existing contract(s), and how they align with the requirements for transitioning TRDM to a modern data mesh architecture.

3) Corporate Experience (excluded from page limitations)

Provide the following project or contract information for requirements deemed similar to

TRDM:

• A brief description of the project

• Contract number

• Period of performance

• Was your company a prime or subcontractor?

• Dollar value of the project

• Scope of the portion of the contract your company supported

If your company has no direct performance or experience with the above, explain how you will perform tasks utilizing experienced subcontractors through a proposed teaming arrangement or the hiring of qualified personnel.

3.4. Commerciality

Commercial Practices. Request responses to the following questions as they pertain to providing TRDM support.

• What applicable industry standards, terms and conditions, regulations, trade journals, or process guides are relevant to the service to be acquired?

• What types of contracts are normally used in the commercial marketplace for this type of service (e.g., single-award, multiple-award, firm-fixed price, cost reimbursement, labor hour, time-and-materials)?

• What contract length is normally used in the commercial marketplace for this type of service (e.g., base year plus four options)?

• What is the recommended pricing structure, and what are the largest cost-drivers for this type of service (e.g., labor, equipment, leases, depreciation,)?

• What evaluation criteria are typical for use in selecting a contractor to provide this type of service?

• Are there any organizational conflict of interest concerns?

• Are there technologies the Government should adopt, if feasible, to improve this requirement?

• Are there challenges posed to non-incumbent interested parties that should be addressed?

4. Other Important Information

1. Please list existing contract vehicles available for use in procuring this requirement to include Federal Supply Schedules, GSA Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts, DoW Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contracts (known as “IDIQs”), or any other Government Agency contract vehicles. This information on available contract vehicles is for market research only and does not preclude your company from responding to this notice. Please list any existing contracts (to include CSO marketplace not previously identified) you have which could be used to procure this effort.

2. Provide any other suggestions or considerations to improve this procurement. Are there software advancements, industry developments, or innovative solutions to be considered?

5. Conclusion

USTRANSCOM would like to thank you for taking the time to review this important RFI, and we look forward to reviewing your response.

Attachment:

1 –TRDM CONDENSED PWS