W50S9H26QA015 - QUESTION ANSWER DOC - 4.24.2026.pdf

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Attached to: Electronic Warfare / Signals Intelligence Red Team Support
Solicitation number: W50S9H26QA015
Issued by: Department of the Army National Guard

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This is a Questions & Answers document for federal contract W50S9H26QA015 supporting Air Force Special Warfare (AFSW) training exercises with the 194 ASOG and subordinate units. The contract requires contractor-provided electronic warfare (EW) and signals intelligence (SIGINT) collection and direction finding (DF) capabilities during the SENTRY NORTH exercise, running from 29 May through 12 June 2026, with a Statement of Funding Accountability (SF1449) Period of Performance from 1 June to 1 July 2026.

The contractor must provide a Lead Facilitator (ready to work 27 May; final After-Action Review 12 June) and three EW/SIGINT Operators (ready to work 29 May through 11 June execution completion) with SIGINT/EW military backgrounds—no FCC/GROL or communications backgrounds required. The contractor must supply all equipment necessary to sense, direction-find, and track AFSW reconnaissance elements, including equipment for planning, programming, and post-mission vulnerability debriefing to support daily lessons learned. Minimum equipment specification is 0–6 GHz coverage with contractor-provided reporting formats. Personnel must provide daily debriefing and instruction on detection methodologies, confidence levels, accuracy, and latency to help AFSW teams improve survivability and tactics. Work locations include Volk Field and the Black River Falls area. The contractor must obtain commercial billeting off-base within 15–30-minute proximity to Volk Field. No Secret clearance is required, no classified information access will be granted, and no DoD network logon or CAC/IA certification is necessary. Telework is permitted for pre-ADVON coordination with 194 ASOG only.

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W50S9H26QA015

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Q1.

Deϐinition

“licensed

EW/SIGINT

operator.”

What

license/certiϐication

intended

(e.g.,

FCC/GROL,

internal

quals,

speciϐic

military

course

completion,

SIGINT

Mode

cert),

and

what

documentation

acceptable?

the

certs

are

SIGINT

Mode

certs,

are

operator

instructor

certiϐications

required?

A1. SIGINT/EW military background required, the Government don’t desire comm backgrounds. No FCC/GROL requirement as the purpose is EMS collection/ DF.

Q2.

Exercise

dates

inside

the

PoP.

The

SF1449

PoP

Jun–01

Jul

2026;

what

are

the

exact

dates

for

ADVON/setup,

execution

days,

and

ϐinal

debrief/LL

deadline?

A2. AFSW ADVON: 26-29 May (26th is the travel day)/ Main Body arrival: 29 May/ Day 1 Plan/prep: 31 May/ Execution 1-11 June/ Overall Debrief/LL due 12 June. Daily Debrief/LL due during AFSW CUB daily.

Q3.	Transmit	vs	receive	authorities.	Are	jamming/navigation	interference/electronic	attack	scenario
injects	executed	by	contractor‐owned	equipment,	and	if	so,	what	spectrum
authorizations/deconϐliction	process	is	required?	(PWS	references	jamming/interference	scenarios.)

A3. No Jamming/ Attack required. Vendor will fall in on the SN26 AFSW STA/ spectrum management.

Q4.	Minimum	equipment	performance	requirements.	Any	minimum	DF	accuracy,	band	coverage,
logging	requirements,	or	reporting	formats	for	“post‐mission	data	reports”?

A4. 0-6 GHz minimum; contractor provided report formats.

Q5.

Security

timeline

expectations.

all

personnel

need

active

SECRET

award,

“eligible

process”

acceptable?

How

quickly

will

the

DD254

issued

post‐award?

A5. Contractor Secret Clearance not necessary. DD254 will be processed timely after award.

Q6.

On‐site

network

access

expectation.

Will

contractor

staff

require

DoD

network

logon

(triggering

CAC

certiϐication

requirements),

the

work

fully

stand‐alone?

A6. No.

Speciϐic

Unit.

The

Scope

(PWS

1.1)

states,

“in

support

Air

Force

Special

Warfare

(AFSW)

training

exercises.”

Can

the

Government

release

the

speciϐic

AFSW

unit

designation

the

unit’s

mission?

A7. 194 ASOG and subordinate units.

Q8.

Telework.

The

PWS

(1.4.1.1

Telework)

states

that

“The

Government

will

permit

the

contractor

telework

support

this

requirement.”

Other

than

the

ϐinal

planning

meeting,

this

requirement

appears

preclude

telework

acceptable

approach.

What

the

Government’s

intent

for

this

clause?

A8. Telework is for any coordination required between the contractor and 194 ASOG prior to ADVON.

Q9.

Classiϐied

Information.

PWS

1.4.5.15

‘involves

access

information

classiϐied

“Conϐidential/Secret/Top

Secret.”’

The

254

will

require

Secret

security

clearances.

Will

there

requirement

for

access

Top

Secret

information?

A9. Contractor will not have access to any Classi ied information/ not required.

Q10.

Contractor

Billeting.

PWS

1.4.12,

Contractor

Travel,

and

3.0,

Government

Furnished

Property,

Material,

Equipment,

and

Services

(GFP/M/E/S),

not

mention

on‐base

contractor

billeting.

correct

assumption

that

contractor

personnel

will

obtain

commercial

billeting

off‐base?

A10. Yes, Contractor will obtain commercial billeting off base. 15–30-minute proximity to Volk Field preferred for coordination. Recce teams will be working IVO Black River Falls, while 194 ASOG HQ and DC2 planning/ prep will take place on Volk Field. Primary intent of this contract is to collect on and DF the Recce elements as they execute and report to White Cell on Volk Field for inject/ scenario purposes.

Q11.

Key

Personnel.

The

PWS,

2.1.6

Key

Personnel,

does

not

list

the

key

personnel.

Will

the

Government

require

names

and

resumes

for

identiϐied

personnel?

Will

key

personnel

qualiϐications

evaluation

factor?

A10. Key Personnel are required as White Cell to manage their red SIGINT teams during execution. Names for Coordination required after award of contract.

Q11. The PoP is listed as 1 June to 1 July 2026, but what are the inclusive dates of the SENTRY NORTH exercise?

A11. For AFSW it’s 29 May – 12 June

Q12.

What

are

the

days/dates

PoP

that

the

Lead

Facilitator

will

required

during

the

exercise

planning,

execution,

and

AAR?

A12. Ready to work 27 May/ Final AFSW AAR 12 June

Q13.

What

are

the

days/dates

PoP

that

the

three

(3)

EW/SIGINT

Operators

will

required

during

the

exercise

set

up,

execution,

and

AAR?

A13. Ready to work 29 May – 11 June is the last day of exeuction

Q14.

PWS

Para

3does

not

list

the

Government

Material

and

Equipment:

Government

Furnished

Property,

Material,

Equipment

and

Services

(GFP/M/E/S):

The

Government

will

provide

the

property,

material,

equipment,

and/or

services

listed

below

solely

for

the

purpose

performance

under

this

contract:

(nothing

listed).

This

most

signiϐicant

understand

what

government

systems

the

contractor

may

required

access

and

operate?

A14. The contractor needs to bring all equipment required to sense and DF AFSW teams, conduct any required planning/ programming of that equipment, and any equipment required to provide post VUL debrief so that the AFSW teams can improve TTPs daily. The AFSW Recce elements will be using the Beast + for Blue EMS/DF but those are for the AFSW Teams to operate and integrate.

Q15.

Will

the

EW/SIGINT

Operators

required

instructing

and

training

exercise

participants?

not,

would

the

government

consider

removing

the

qualiϐication

factor

ϐive

(5)

years

instructor

experience?

A15. Yes, daily debrief/ instruction is required, however, if the Lead Facilitator has the chops to instruct our teams to help improve their survivability and provide Lessons Learned, the Operators themselves don’t necessarily need to. The key here is that 1-2 members of your team can, post VUL each day, walk through mission reconstruction with the SIGINT Operators, show my guys what the SIGINT operators were seeing, when they detected it, how they detected it, and to what level of Con idence, Accuracy, and Latency, and provide 1-2 key Focus Points based on that truth data, and walk my AFSW teams through Lessons Learned that will focus on how they were found/ detected, and how they can mitigate that to increase/ improve survivability with AFSW Signal/PACE plans and other viable TTPs.

Q16. What/where will be the contractor work location(s) at Volk Field during the exercise?

A16. Lead Facilitator will be White Cell and will travel the most if the Operators cannot meet the above stated expectations. Work locations will be Volk Field, and the greater Black River Falls Area. On award of the contract I will provide Lat/ Longs for the targets our guys will be working. The SIGINT Operators will be working primarily in that greater Black River Falls area, but will probably need to be at Volk Field for the days leading up to execution if any gear preparation/ planning is required based on the AFSW comms.

CURRENT AS OF 24 APRIL 2026

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