USAF - A1 Multi-Cloud Ecosystem Services Support - MRAS

The United States Air Force (USAF), through the General Services Administration (GSA), is conducting market research to support its cloud computing modernization initiatives. The primary objective is to enhance the Headquarters United States Air Force, Deputy Director for Manpower, Personnel and Services (HAF AF/A1) by transitioning its current Virtual Data Center into a sophisticated Multi-Cloud Ecosystem (A1 MCE). This initiative aims to leverage cloud technologies to modernize IT infrastructure, reduce operational costs, and provide scalable on-demand services while ensuring compliance with all security and performance standards.

The scope of work involves maintaining and securing the existing A1 Virtual Data Center while modernizing it into the A1 Multi-Cloud Ecosystem landing zone. The contractor will be responsible for providing approved applications that ensure connectivity to the Air Force Information Network. Key tasks include managing multiple Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) across various Impact Levels, each comprising boundary, security, common services, management, and application services. The service provider will also need to operate and sustain existing commercial cloud environments within HAF AF/A1's Amazon Web Services (AWS) portfolio as well as future Cloud Service Provider environments.

Additionally, this effort requires delivering optimized common shared services such as centrally managed DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines within a multi-cloud ecosystem. The contractor will need experience in architecting zero trust frameworks across these ecosystems and integrating governance structures for continuous improvement. This includes executing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and big data initiatives within hybrid multi-cloud environments while ensuring robust governance, change management, and incident response strategies are in place.

The vendor must demonstrate proficiency with emerging multi-cloud management technologies like Palo Alto SASE or HashiCorp tools. Moreover, they should have a clear strategy for subcontracting dependencies if required for performing specific tasks under this contract. The ultimate goal is to support the HAF AF/A1 Digital Transformation Activity by providing comprehensive managed services including operations management, technical operations support, change management practices within AWS and other CSPs thereby ensuring seamless operation of A1 MCE.