OSW CAPE MS Consolidated Phase I Questions With Answers

Phase I: OSW CAPE Modeling & Simulation - Questions - November 10, 2026 Question
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IL6 hosting: Will the Government consider solutions where the provider installs and operates hardware inside an existing Government-accredited SECRET facility or enclave (Government-hosted, vendor-managed)? Or must the offeror provide an environment that already holds a DoD IL6 Provisional Authorization?

Yes. The Government will consider both Government-hosted/vendor-managed solutions and commercial environments holding a DoW Impact Level 6 (IL6) Provisional Authorization (PA). Offerors may propose deploying software onto existing Government-furnished accredited infrastructure or delivering vendor-provided hardware for installation within Government-accredited facilities, provided space, power, cooling, and supply-chain constraints are met. Offerors are not strictly required to hold an independent commercial IL6 PA, but any proposed environment must either possess an active IL6 PA, inherit controls from an existing DoD System ATO, or provide a viable path to accreditation prior to operational performance.

An active Facility Clearance (FCL) is NOT required at the time of Phase 1 submission. Phase 1 submissions and initial technical evaluations will be conducted at the UNCLASSIFIED // CUI level. For Phase 3 (Request for Prototype Proposals / Award), the selected offeror must either: Possess an active Facility Security Clearance (at the required SECRET level) prior to the commencement Clearances: Is a facility clearance required at the time of the Phase 1 or Phase 3 submission, or only before performance? Will the of classified performance; OR
Propose a teaming arrangement with an established, cleared partner entity capable of safeguarding Government sponsor an FCL for a selected company?
classified materials and hosting classified development; OR Request Government sponsorship. The Government is willing to sponsor an FCL, provided the offeror demonstrates the ability to meet baseline compliance requirements and an initial operational capability can be executed in an unclassified / CUI development posture while clearance processing is underway.

Workload profile: For the heavy case (150,000 runs), what are the typical per-run wall time, core count and memory? Is the AOI's Typical per-run wall time is approximately 8 hours through single threading on our current HPC. Typical figure of 1 hour and 20 GB per run representative of both the light and heavy cases?