Army Soldier Led Software Factory

Suspense: 19 January 2021 Description:  Army Futures Command (AFC) is issuing a Call for white papers, with a follow-on opportunity to submit proposals by invitation only, for a competitively-awarded prototype Other Transaction Agreement. This notice provides documentation to support the Army Futures Command Soldier-Led Software Factory.

Category: Opportunity

DoD Communities of Interest: Cyber

Subject: Soldier Led Software Factory

Due Date: 19 January 2021

Government Organization: Army Futures Command

Description

Army Futures Command (AFC) is issuing a Call for white papers, with a follow-on opportunity to submit proposals by invitation only, for a competitively-awarded prototype Other Transaction Agreement. This notice provides documentation to support the Army Futures Command Soldier-Led Software Factory.

Army Futures Command (AFC) requires the Awardee to collaboratively prototype the Army's first Soldier-led Software Factory. The Factory shall be staffed, built, and run from zero existing infrastructure or policy precedent, to ultimately transition to Army self-sustaining operation as a fully-uniformed agile software development unit without a heavy reliance on contracted presence. The Factory must organize, train, and operate in-line with modern industry technology standards, prototyping a reproducible force design and associated processes for widespread implementation in the future operating environment.

A call with applicable requirements, instructions, and evaluation procedures to Offerors is posted on this website (beta.sam.gov). All Offerors that certify eligibility with the OTA statute may submit a whitepaper proposal to be considered for this requirement. All interested parties must be registered in the System Award Management (www.sam.gov). It is the responsibility of the interested parties to independently review the referenced weblink (beta.sam.gov) frequently for the posting of this solicitation and updates to any and all documents. Potential Offerors will be responsible for downloading their copy of the RFP and amendments if any.

Key Dates: The following is a summary of the anticipated events and dates associated with this Call:

EVENT ESTIMATED DATE/TIMEFRAME

- Call Released 28 December 2020

- Whitepapers Due 19 January 2021

- Whitepaper Feedback**/ 26-27 January 2021

- Invitation to submit Proposals 27 January 2021

- Proposals Due 9 February 2021

- Award 8 March 2021

**Whitepaper feedback shall be provided only to Offerors being considered for an invitation for proposal. Receipt of feedback is not an invitation to submit a proposal. Offerors shall not submit a proposal unless formally requested via an invitation to submit a proposal letter.

Website: https://beta.sam.gov/opp/2260cfc1d82e44db92ffb6eb25b6f568/view