A2/6 ISR Mentoring

1.    PurposeTHIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY.  This United States Air Force A2/6 ISR Mentoring 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.  This request for information does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever.  Further, A2/6 is not seeking proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals.  Vendors are advised that the 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 that may be issued.   2.    ObjectivesThe objective of this RFI is to identify potential vendors (large, small, and socioeconomic concerns) who have the experience and capabilities to successfully perform this work.

Vendors are also encouraged to provide information regarding plans to use joint venturing (JV), partnering or consortiums to meet the requirements areas contained herein.  Details pertaining to the entire scope of work are contained in the attached Draft Statement of Objectives (SOO). 3.    BackgroundThe Air Force A2/6 Intelligence, Reconnaissance (ISR) and Cyber Effects Operations(CEO) seeks a mentoring platform that leverages advanced matching algorithms to support mentor-mentee pairing in a variety of arrangements, including at least one-on-one mentoring, group mentoring, and flash mentoring. The solution must be accessible via web-based applications and mobile platforms, and provide secure hosting for Personally Identifiable Information (PII). The solution must be available in the marketplace, and able to scale to a Headquarters Air Force, Intelligence, Reconnaissance (ISR) and Cyber Effects Operations(CEO) (AF/A2/6) enterprise capability. The knowledge-based subscription solution should leverage a variety of publicly available information sources, evaluate content to detect emerging events and threats as they are developing, and push alerts to users based on user-defined areas and topics of interest. The solution must be capable of distributing alerts in near real-time via email, web-based applications, and mobile platforms. The solution must provide at least three “tracks” (sub-programs) within the platform, including one-on-one mentoring, group mentoring, and flash mentoring.The applicable NAICS code for this effort is 511210 Software Publishers.4.    Instructions and Response GuidelinesInterested parties are requested to respond to this RFI with a capability statement in support of the sections below. Section 1 – Administrative Information Provide administrative information including the following as a minimum:•    Name, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail of designated point of contact.•    Identify the respondent’s CAGE code and DUNS number.•    Proprietary information must be clearly marked as such.•    Small Business/Socio-Economic status of respondent, if any, (i.e. small business, small disadvantaged business, 8(a) small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, woman-owned small business, and economically-disadvantaged women-owned small business). Section 2 – Capability Approach   Interested parties are requested to provide your capabilities detailing how you will be able to meet all the requirements outlined in the SOO based upon your experience performing under similar efforts. Address all areas in Section II as they are identified in the SOO.  a)    Identify your capabilities to fulfilling the requirements in the SOO. Include examples of relevant experience (i.e., customer, period of performance, contract type, contract value, description of work performed relevant to the SOO).  b)    Describe any teaming agreements that will allow you to successfully perform the requirements as outlined in the SOO. If you intend to use joint venturing (JV), partnering or consortiums to meet the requirements areas contained herein, provide information on how you would envision your company's areas of expertise and those of any proposed JV/partnering/consortium would be combined to meet the specific requirements contained in this SOO.*Interested parties are advised to examine this RFI and the supplemental documents in the attachments in their entirety to ensure its response provides all information requested. Interested parties are cautioned that merely re-stating the requirements with a statement of intent to perform DOES NOT reflect an understanding of the requirements or capability to perform. Statements such as “the Offeror understands” and “the Offeror has a long history of outstanding support” along with responses that paraphrase the Request for Information and supplemental documents will be considered as insufficient information to support a firm’s capability. Phrases such as “standard procedures shall be employed” or “well known techniques will be utilized” will also not be considered sufficient. Capability statements should be submitted in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF compatible format and are due no later than 14 April 2022, 2:00pm EDT. Government Proprietary information, if any, should be minimized and MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED.  To aid the Government, please segregate proprietary information.  Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. Capability statements should be submitted via email to 1Lt Richard Snyder at richard.snyder.12@us.af.mil and SrA Kelante Montgomery at kelante.montgomery@us.af.mil. 5.    SummaryTHIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. The information provided in the RFI is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. A4 Directorate of Force Protection  has not made a commitment to procure any of the items discussed, and release of this RFI should not be construed as such a commitment or as authorization to incur cost for which reimbursement would be required or sought.  All submissions become Government property and will not be returned. List of Attachments#    Attachment Title1    Draft Statement of Objectives