Launchpad 2. 0 - Market Research

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center at Wright Patterson Air Force Base is seeking vendor capabilities for LaunchPad 2.0, a cloud-based digital platform designed to support engineering, program management, logistics, technical analysis, and collaboration for the Department of the Air Force and Department of War acquisition personnel. This Pre-Solicitation Notice is actually a Request for Information (RFI) for market research purposes, issued to gauge industry capacity to develop and scale a centralized platform supporting both Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Impact Level 5 and Secret Impact Level 6 security classifications. Key requirements include the ability to develop scalable cloud-based infrastructure supporting 4,000 to 80,000 users, integrate diverse commercial software tools, implement secure authentication mechanisms with CAC passthrough capability, and maintain 99.9% uptime Service Level Agreements. The government is evaluating vendor responses based on five criteria: corporate capabilities in platform development and scalability, experience delivering innovative solutions and operational efficiencies, staffing capability and methodology for similar-scale efforts, experience developing executive dashboards and enterprise service delivery metrics, and identification of any limitations or concerns requiring government attention. Responses to the RFI are due by 11 a.m. Eastern Time on April 7, 2026, submitted to veronica.williams.20@us.af.mil, with an optional industry day event planned in or near Dayton, Ohio.

This opportunity carries no set-aside designation and no incumbent contractor information is disclosed in the pre-solicitation materials. The RFI does not constitute a commitment to issue a future solicitation, obligate payment, or guarantee addition to any bidders list. The planned contract structure includes a one-year base period with two optional twelve-month extensions, with a phased deployment schedule requiring the LaunchPad 2.0 Minimum Viable Product delivery within three months of award supporting 10,000 IL-5 and 2,000 IL-6 users, scaling to 80,000 concurrent users by September 30, 2030. Specific budget or award values are not disclosed in this pre-solicitation notice. Interested vendors must submit responses following strict formatting requirements: single-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font with one-inch margins, organized into five sections with specified page limits (maximum 5 pages total), and limited to three representatives per organization for the optional industry day.