Amendment 3

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE (AF) CYBERWORX

COMMERCIAL SOLUTIONS OPENING

FA7000-23-S-C001 Amendment 0003
Note: This is amendment 0003 to the initial announcement. This amendment supersedes all versions of the CSO.

AF CYBERWORX INNOVATION OPPORTUNITIES

4 June 2024

RECORD OF REVISIONS:

Version Description
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Updated Point of Contact e-mail
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Attachment 3: Updated Point of Contact e-mail
Attachment 8: Added Area of Interest AFCWX-005
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Revised Paragraph 2.1 and removed Paragraph 2.2
References to Class Deviation 2022-O0007 have
been replaced with DFARS 212.70
Attachment 2: Page limit verbiage updated

Date
8/11/2023
2/13/2024
6/4/2024

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1. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

AF CyberWorx is a problem-solving organization focused on human centered design that builds rapid prototypes to improve the user experience. It is located at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) in Colorado Springs, CO. USAFA is designated as a federal laboratory, with the unique position to establish various partnerships and agreements with academia and industry and is chartered with solving the AF’s mission problems by engaging users, industry, and academia in human centered design processes that result in solutions for the war fighter. There is interest in capturing the most creative and advanced technologies where the department can make use of defense specific projects and dual-use technologies to further its technological gain. In realizing the potential to leverage superiority in innovative technologies, AF CyberWorx endeavors to create valued partnerships by aligning itself with partners that assist in technology transfer/transition by spin-off technologies and guiding small business economic development with the primary goal of broadening the defense industrial base. This Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) is a competitive solicitation seeking proposals for innovative, commercial technologies, and services that accelerate attainment of critical defense capabilities as detailed in Attachment 8. This CSO may result in the award of prototype projects, which include not only commercially available technologies fueled by commercial or strategic investment, but also concept demonstrations, pilots, and agile development activities that can incrementally improve commercial technologies, existing government-owned capabilities, or concepts for defense application.

2. PURPOSE

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This CSO is issued in accordance with DFARS Subpart 212.70 and is a competitive