Altus AFB, Oklahoma is conducting a CSO in accordance with the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Subpart 212.70. Under a CSO, the Air Force may competitively award proposals received in response to a general solicitation, similar to a broad agency announcement (BAA), to acquire innovative commercial items, technologies, and services, based on a review of proposals by scientific, technological, or other subject-matter expert peers within the Air Force. Under this CSO, all items, technologies, and services shall be treated as commercial items.

The Air Force intends to obtain "innovative" solutions or potential new capabilities that fulfill requirements, close capability gaps, or provide potential technology advancements. Solutions may include existing technologies or procedures, not currently in use by the Air Force, that would enhance or streamline Air Force mission capabilities. “Innovative” is defined as any technology, process or method that is new as of the date of submission of a proposal. It also includes any new application of an existing technology, process, or method. Based on identified funding allocations, the Air Force is targeting solutions for potentially multiple problems with a cumulative price up to $250,000. However, the Air Force will still evaluate proposed solutions priced individually or cumulatively greater than $250,000 for potential award consideration should funds become available. Funds are not currently available.

This CSO contains broadly defined areas of interest and interest in more specific requirements. While these areas of interest are geared towards meeting Altus AFB requirements, the Government reserves the right to award contracts from this CSO to meet Air Force requirements outside of Altus AFB with similar areas of interest and mission requirements.

Questions

The Contracting Officer is the sole point of contact for all questions concerning this commercial solutions opening. Offerors shall submit questions via email to 97CONF.CSO.PitchDay@us.af.mil with a courtesy copy to Capt Mohamed Dharas at mohamed.dharas@us.af.mil and TSgt Joshua Dunrud joshua.dunrud@us.af.mil by 15 February 2024, 4:00 PM (Central Time Zone). All questions and answers will be posted to https://sam.gov as the answers are received. Offerors are cautioned not to include proprietary information in questions as this information will not be redacted from the https://sam.gov posts. It is the sole discretion of the government to consider questions after this 15 February 2024.