ADRR CSO

AFLCMC Armament Directorate Rapid Response (ADRR) Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) for Innovative Execution

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) Armament Directorate at Eglin AFB, FL will utilize this CSO for specific future requirements. All specific requirements and submissions will be posted as Spirals with specific calls to action. This CSO may lead to FAR Part 12 or Other Transactions. This posting of the CSO does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, the Government is not seeking proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals. No funding is currently available for the CSO.

SECTION I: INTRODUCTION, BACKGROUND, & SCOPE

A. Background

The AFLCMC Armament Directorate Rapid Response (ADRR) Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) is an umbrella CSO solicitation that contains the basic information but does not request solution briefs with its initial issuance. This is a competitive solicitation posted on this Government Point of Entry (GPE) www.sam.gov and/or Eglin CSO (https://eglincsoportal.us) through 04 June 2027. The CSO authority is 10 U.S.C. 3458, implemented by DFARS Subpart 212.70, for the acquisition of innovative commercial products or commercial
services.
Per 10 U.S.C. 3458, innovative products/services competitively selected by peer review of proposals resulting from a general solicitation (e.g., this ADRR CSO) are considered commercial notwithstanding the definition under FAR Subpart 2.101. The use of a CSO is permanently authorized by section 803 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 (Pub. L. 117-81) codified at 10 U.S.C. 3458.
The Armament Directorate (AFLCMC/EB) at Eglin AFB, FL is seeking to apply unique solutions and innovative ideas to:
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Rapidly develop technologies of novel weapons capabilities; and characterize new technologies and system concepts that provide evolutionary, revolutionary, and disruptive capabilities for the United States Air Force through weapons systems requirements development, studies, and demonstrations.

The overall objective is to exploit commercial items and services, or minimally modified commercial items and services, to provide rapid response to shifting requirements in all areas and lifecycle phases of weapons execution. These include weapons concepts, hardware prototypes, concept development, concept demonstrations, and weapons system procurement, production, fielding, operations, and sustainment. Potential customers include AFLCMC/EB divisions, SOCOM Det-1, Air Force Research Lab