Posted: March 14, 2022, 4:16 p.m. EDT
AFSC is seeking Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) or Government-Off-The-Shelf (GOTS) IIoT information and solution to support our AFSC enterprise comprised of Robins Air Force Base (AFB) in Georgia, Tinker AFB in Oklahoma, and Hill AFB in Utah.
The attached RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. In accordance with Part 10 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), the Government is conducting market research to determine the availability and adequacy of COTS or GOTS information technology solutions to facilitate and achieve monitoring, collecting, organizing, analyzing, and integrated IIoT Operational Technology (OT). This request for information does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. The Air Force is not seeking proposals at this time and will not accept any proposals. Responders are advised the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; all costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party's expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued.
THE FOLLOWING CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY IS POSTED IN REVERSE ORDER WITH THE NEWEST POSING FIRST.
NEW 14 MARCH 2022 This a general announcement to all about the current change in the acquisition strategy for this effort. Due to a change in the funding profile, an acceleration of the timeline and a change in the requirement need time of this effort, we were challenged to look at current contracts in place that could accomplish this requirement. After reviewing several current Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts (GWAC) it has been determined by our team that the General Services Administration (GSA) contract Alliant 2 can meet the requirements of this acquisition and our accelerated timeline. We would like to thank everyone that has supported this effort.
18 JANUARY 2022 We would like to thank everyone that submitted the Use Case White Paper, they were very enlightening. During our review, we were able to obtain everything we needed from the responses and therefore demos will not be required at this time. Please continue to watch for further information in regards to this opportunity. Hopefully everyone is safe and had a wonderful holidays and a happy New Year.
29 NOVEMBER 2021 PM This is a reminder that the Use Cases whitepapers are DUE by Close of Business (COB) on 01 December 2021.
23 NOVEMBER 2021 PM Added the following documents/files: IIoT Informational Forum Meeting Minutes_03Nov21 and Q&A_01 - Informational Forum Q&A_03Nov21. Hopefully these items will answer the questions asked to all participants.
15 November 2021 PM Added the following documents/files: IIoT Informational Forum Participants_03Nov21, Set 1_IIoT Information Forum_03Nov21, and Set 2_IIoT Information Forum_03Nov21. Document/file IIoT Informational Forum Participants is a list of the signed in participants for the IIoT Informational Forum accomplished on 03 November 2021 and the other to sets (two (2) parts due to size) are the slides presented at the IIoT Informational Forum on 03 November 2021.
10 November 2021 AM Added UC-002_ White Paper Requirements-Instructions for clarification of Use Cases.
01 November 2021 PM Updated Virtual Informational Forum Schedule and Use Case Documents and update POC.
27 October 2021 PM Re-posted ATHENA Requirements.pdf.
26 October 2021 PM The 3 November 2021 Virtual Informational Forum solely for information and planning purposes it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. In accordance with Part 10 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), the Government is conducting market research to determine the availability and adequacy of COTS or GOTS information technology solutions to facilitate and achieve monitoring, collecting, organizing, analyzing, and integrated IIoT Operational Technology (OT). The 03 November 2021 Virtual Informational Forum does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. The Air Force is not seeking proposals at this time and will not accept any proposals. Participants are advised the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in participation/response to the 03 November 2021 Virtual Informational Forum; all costs associated with participating/responding to the 03 November 2021 Virtual Informational Forum will be solely at the interested party's expense.
22 October 2021 PM Removed ATHENA Requirements.pdf.
20 October 2021 PM Added 3 documents in preparation for Virtual Informational Forum; ATHENA Requirements.pdf; Questions to Vendors.pdf; Use Cases.pdf. Please see this link to Digital Depot Video https://www.dvidshub.net/video/816920/digital-depot which can also be found in the Use Cases.pdf document.
15 October 2021 PM Added 2 documents: Additional Information Regarding Virtual Information Forum and Tentative IIoT Informational Forum Schedule.
05 October 2021 PM - Added Virtual Informational Forum-Industry Day Notice.pdf and Virtual Informational Forum-Industry Day Registration Form.pdf.
15 July 2021 AM Added "Save the Date" flyer for Industry Day.
02 July 2021 AM Added Update (Version 3) to Question/Answer from industry vendor's document to attachments.
24 June 2021 PM Added Update (Version 2) to Question/Answer from industry vendors document to attachments.
24 June 2021 AM Added Question/Answer from industry vendor's document to attachments.
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