Call 0001 Marketplace

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS DIRECTORATE

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE GUNTER ANNEX ALABAMA

29 October 2026

Department of the Air Force Program Business and Enterprise Systems (BES) Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO), FA8771-26-S-C001
CALL 0001: The Business and Enterprise Systems (BES) Marketplace

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. The Department of the Air Force (DAF), Business and Enterprise Systems (BES), invites commercial industry to participate in this Call against Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO), FA8771-26-S-C0001 in order to establish a Business and Enterprise Systems (BES) Marketplace.
1.2. This call will be a long-term, open call for solutions to support the unit by quickly delivering high-quality, secure software with accelerated delivery times. The solutions will support or enable the delivery of resilient software capability at the speed of relevance, ensuring BES remains agile and responsive to emerging threats and opportunities. Specifically, BES seeks to obtain innovative solutions or potential capabilities that fulfill requirements, close capability gaps, or provide potential technological advancements.
1.3. ALL terms and conditions from the base CSO, FA8771-26-S-C0001, are applicable to this call.
1.4. All business sizes and both traditional and non-traditional vendors are invited to submit White Paper solutions.
1.5. Innovative commercial solutions encompass technologies, processes, or methods (including research and development) that are newly developed or applied in a novel way as of the submission date. This Marketplace will solicit, collect, assess, and curate hardware, software, or service solutions and make those solutions available to all BES programs through rapid acquisition pathways. This approach aims to foster innovation and expedite the integration of cutting-edge technologies into BES’s operational framework, enhancing its ability to deliver software at the speed of relevance. 1.6. The BES Marketplace Call will be continuously open for submissions during the period of 29 October 2026 through 31 October 2029 unless otherwise amended. 1.7. Submissions are collected monthly by calendar month (e.g. 1 June to 30 June) Submissions must be received by 12:00 Noon Central Time on the final day of each month. Submissions received after this deadline will be considered submitted in the subsequent monthly collection period
1.8. Timely submissions received for a given month will be assessed in the following month with results available within 30 days of the end of the relevant collection