Seek Eagle Modeling, Analysis, and Tools Support (Semats) 4

Sources Sought from the Department of the Air Force, for work in Eglin AFB, Florida. Due Oct 30, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC-5), 12 days left.

Official notice and attachments

Description

EDITED (20260730): After reviewing the extract from the draft PWS, vendors interested in responding to this sources sought announcment should send a statement of interest that broadly matches their own capabilites and already-demonstrated experience to those services shown below. While links to your company's website are appreciated, your response should not simpy refer us to your website.

THE BELOW INFORMATION IS EXTRACTED FROM THE DRAFT PWS FOR THIS FUTURE SOLICITATION. WHILE THE INFORMATIOIN IS DEEMED ACCURATE WITH REGARDS TO THE SCOPE OF WORK REQUIRED, THE USG RESERVES THE RIGHT TO AMEND THE INFORMATION AND TASKS PRIOR TO THE OFFICIAL RELEASE OF THE RFP PWS. 1.0 DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES 1.1 General.

This is a non-personnel services contract to provide SEEK EAGLE Modeling, Analysis, and Tools Support (SEMATS) 4 services to the U.S. Air Force SEEK EAGLE Office (AFSEO). The government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the contractor who, in turn is responsible to the government.

1.1.1 Description of Services/Objectives. The contractor shall provide all management, personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform SEMATS 4 as defined in this Performance Work Statement (PWS) except for those items specified as Government Furnished Property and services. The contractor shall meet the standards in this contract.

This includes the planning, coordination, and surveillance of the activities necessary to ensure disciplined work performance and timely resources application to accomplish all tasks under the contract. The contractor shall be responsible for maintaining communication with the contracting officer (CO) and the contracting officer’s representative (COR), and to immediately notify both the CO and the COR of any problems that would prevent timely performance of this contract.

The contractor is responsible for and required to implement, and maintain management control systems necessary to plan, organize, direct, and control all activities under this contract. 1.1.2 Scope. This Performance Work Statement (PWS) describes, in general, the required efforts under the SEMATS 4 Task Order (TO).

The Contractor shall ensure that a broad range of expertise is available to support assigned tasks within mission responsibilities. The primary scope of the work is to provide software and data-based modeling, M&S, analysis, and tool and/or product development support. The scope includes professional engineering and technical support, management and non-technical support services for the AFSEO’s compatibility evaluation and mission planning processes and the development of M&S tools and products.

The scope also encompasses network support services for an array of advanced M&S tools and high-performance computing resources as well as first line USAF Standard Desktop support. The SEMATS 4 scope does not include “inherently governmental functions” nor does it permit or include Personal Services. 1.2 Background.

Air Force Pamphlet (AFPAM) 63-129, Chapter One, The SEEK EAGLE Program, defines the United States Air Force (USAF) standard process for aircraft-stores certification and designates the AFSEO as the organization responsible for managing all store certification activities. The mission of the AFSEO is to “deliver war-winning capability by expanding the compatibility of state-of-the-art stores on current and future generation aircraft, and by providing accurate combat weapon delivery software.”

The AFSEO executes this mission by providing manpower, engineering tools, computer models and simulations, data, engineering rationale, and mission planning software applications necessary to safely load, carry, and employ inventory and developmental stores (e.g. weapons, tanks, pods) on fleet aircraft, along with the research and development necessary to influence follow-on aircraft and weapon system designs and production.

Historically, the majority of the AFSEO mission has been focused on aircraft with externally carried weapon systems. As fifth-generation aircraft enter service and sixth-generation aircraft begin to materialize, the focus on carrying weapon systems in internal weapons bays will increase. In addition, weapon technologies continue to advance resulting in lighter weight weapons with complex geometric shapes, multiple aerodynamic surfaces, and advanced electronics.

As these technologies mature and war-fighting capabilities increase, it becomes increasingly important to address aircraft-store compatibility issues. To understand the overall effects on aircraft performance and weapon employment characteristics due to advancing technology, extensive Modeling and Simulation (M&S), analyses, and test (both ground and flight), are required to assure safety-of-flight for the aircrew, weapon employment acceptability, and air worthiness.

Expert skills and technological developments are needed to impact future aircraft and store designs/design changes for the purpose of providing maximum operational capability for the warfighter. The dynamic nature of the technical support requirements demands the availability of a workforce with flexibility and experience committed to accomplishing current tasks as well as the development of tools and models required to influence future aircraft weapon systems necessary to meet future challenges.

The transfer of models, simulations, and tools from the aircraft original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to the AFSEO and the Contractor is essential for the research and development efforts necessary to determine solutions to future warfighter requirements. The Contractor shall be proficient in the continued research and development of these OEM products for the purpose of the investigation of possible solutions, the evaluation of solutions,

The description continues in the official notice.

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