AFWERX Challenges CSO

FA2280-23-S-C001

AFWERX CHALLENGE

COMMERCIAL SOLUTION OPENING

1. Federal Agency Name: AFWERX

2. Federal Agencies Capable of Issuing Contracts/Agreements: DoD users approved by AFWERX to leverage the AFWERX Challenge program (referred to as sponsoring organizations).

3. Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) Type: This is a CSO with Calls. This CSO will remain open until the Challenges program has no further requirements to obtain new solutions or new capabilities that fulfill requirements, close capability gaps, or provide potential technological advances. This technique is for the publication of an umbrella CSO solicitation that contains the basic information but does not request White Papers or proposals with its initial issuance. This type of CSO functions as the framework for future Calls by identifying the technical areas and the basic terms and administrative information of the CSO. The CSO will be amended to issue Calls with focus areas defined during the AFWERX Challenge process. AFWERX will amend the CSO within the Government Point of Entry (sam.gov) and to allow for solutions to be submitted in response to focus areas defined on the AFWERX Challenge website (https://afwerxchallenge.com). The AFWERX Challenge CSO may be updated at least annually, and this umbrella CSO will be open in perpetuity until canceled by the Air Force. Of note, the Government will not accept white papers under this CSO. Proposals shall only be submitted in response to Calls.
4. Calls: Calls will be issued to provide specific focus areas identified during the AFWERX Challenge process. Each Call will identify the instructions for submitting solutions, proposal instructions, timelines, evaluation criteria, and other related information.

5. General Information

The purpose of this CSO is to provide the overarching solicitation structure for which future Calls will be issued. The purpose of each Call will be to competitively solicit challenge demonstrations from the selected top teams, resulting from their initial submissions in response to the listed AFWERX Challenges originally posted on https://afwerxchallenge.com and the solicitation posted on sam.gov associated with this CSO.

5.1 Background & Authority

AFWERX is a community of Air Force innovators who strive to connect Airmen to solutions across the force: whether that be funding, collaborating with industry, or simply receiving guidance on a project. It is composed of personnel from across active duty, the Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, Air Force Civilian Service, and contract organizations.