Commercial Solutions Opening for Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2)view on SAM.gov

Amendment 01 dated 12 July 2021: Updated "CSO" to read "Commercial Solutions Opening" in an effort to prevent confusion with other acronyms. Federal Agency: Air Force Program Office: AFLCMC/XA “Architecture and Integration Directorate” CSO Title: JADC2 Commercial Solutions Opening CSO Type: Commercial Solutions Opening with Calls CSO Number: FA8612-21-S-C001 CSO Date: June 28, 2021 NOTE This is only an announcement; PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT PROPOSALS IN RESPONSE. Subsequent calls will be issued under this announcement to solicit proposals for specific efforts. Please refer to the attachment section of this announcement for the calls. Publication of this announcement does not obligate the DoD to review any white papers submission beyond an initial administrative review, or to award any specific project, or to obligate any available funds. 1.0 OVERVIEW This Commercial Solutions Opening is intended to be as streamlined as possible to allow the Architecture and Integration Directorate (AFLCMC/XA), or any organization AFLCMC/XA supports, to leverage the latest technology advances from a large variety of prospective Contractors. AFLCMC/XA invites innovative technical approach proposals addressing Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) problems associated with getting the right information to the right platform/decision maker in the most efficient manner thereby reducing kill chain and Observe, Orient, Decide and Act (OODA) timelines and cycles. This Commercial Solutions Opening will focus on existing and emerging technologies and platforms across the Defense Department, the Intelligence Community, and the commercial world, to perform an integrated analysis of the capability of various options to contribute to the fight and prioritize investments over time. This solicitation is not requesting any white papers or proposals at this time. This Commercial Solutions Opening functions as the overarching umbrella solicitation from which Calls will be published. This Commercial Solutions Opening will remain open for Calls until rescinded. This Commercial Solutions Opening can result in the award of FAR Part 12 Contracts, Procurement for experimental purposes under 10 U.S.C. 4023 or Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs) under 10 USC 4021. Over the course of this time period, AFLCMC/XA will publish Calls via amendments to this Commercial Solutions Opening. These Calls will contain specific Areas of Interest (AoIs) related to JADC2's Technology Focus Areas. Those specific AoIs are what prospective Contractors shall focus their solutions towards. This is a competitive solicitation that seeks to fund innovative technologies that propose new solutions to expand Air Force capabilities as it relates to JADC2 Technology Focus Areas. AFLCMC/XA is interested in receiving responses from all interested offerors to include, but not limited to, the following: traditional defense contractors, nontraditional defense contractors, large businesses, small businesses and…