Expedient Basing Challenge

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NOTE: This is an update to the original call posted 30 May 2023 and is updated to remove the required timeline from Spiral 2 or Showcase to request proposal issuance. Additionally, the contact information has been updated to remove a specific point of contact and refer interested parties to the Contact Information section on SAM.gov. These changes can be found in the Government Contracting Terms and Conditions section to edit Bullets 13 and 14.
The United States Air Force (USAF) is seeking modern capabilities to establish distributed operations in austere environments around the world where it must rapidly respond to humanitarian crises, natural disasters, and/or military activity. By uncovering and advancing solutions that are lean, versatile, scalable, sustainable, resilient, and interoperable between forces, the Expedient Basing Challenge aims to significantly reduce USAF response times from weeks or months to just hours or days.

OVERVIEW

The United States Air Force (USAF) is seeking modern capabilities to rapidly establish distributed operations in hostile environments around the world. This effort addresses an important aspect of Agile Combat Employment (ACE), a scheme of maneuver that shifts operations from centralized, physical infrastructures to a network of smaller, dispersed locations, providing flexibility for friendly forces and complicating circumstances for adversaries. Before proceeding further, watch this video to learn more about the ACE concept and how it relates to Expedient Basing.
The USAF recognizes that future USAF operating locations will need to be lean, versatile, scalable, sustainable, and resilient. The Expedient Basing challenge aims to significantly reduce base setup response times from weeks or months to just hours or days without degradation of operational capacity to swiftly execute missions.
We encourage participants in this Challenge to offer technological and innovative solutions for experimentation and/or feasibility study, as well as developed solutions. In either case, we’re interested in understanding all underlying technologies upon which a solution relies.

FOCUS AREAS

● Site & Logistics Optimization
● Training Modernization

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● Force Sustainment

OBJECTIVES

The objectives of the Expedient Basing Challenge are twofold: 1. The primary objective is to demonstrate the viability of solutions that streamline and expedite the planning and setup of operating locations in