SAM #SCARS

Air Force SCARS enterprise cybersecurity, architecture, and global fielding services

The U.S. Air Force is seeking industry capability information for enterprise services supporting its Simulator Common Architecture Requirements and Standards (SCARS) program. - Government buyer - United States Air Force, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), PAE Training Directorate (AFLCMC/WN), Advanced Training Capabilities Division (AFLCMC/WNR). - Scope of requested services - Operate a 24/7/365 Security Operations Center (SOC), remotely monitor on-premise equipment (OPE), provide help desk support, respond to incidents, and conduct vulnerability scanning and recovery. - Coordinate remote assessment and authorization (A&A), remediate vulnerabilities, and maintain required authorization-status records. - Validate, test, and distribute monthly operating-system patches and antivirus definitions, plus quarterly STIG compliance updates; maintain software repositories across classification levels. - Support virtualization and software deployment using Infrastructure-as-Code, containerized runtimes, and automated deployment pipelines. - Integrate and manage WAN connections, boundary protections, encryption devices, and network circuits. - Develop and maintain model-based systems engineering (MBSE) architecture models, including SysML deliverables in standard formats. - Support architecture standards governance, working groups, and automated standards-compliance tools. - Provide global site surveys, installation, integration, testing, acceptance, lifecycle logistics, inventory tracking, spares planning, and obsolescence management for an anticipated 30–50 OPE installations annually. - Establish associate contractor agreements and maintain workforce security clearances, access, training, and certifications. - OEMs and vendors - No product OEMs, commercial vendors, named products, or part numbers are identified. DISA is referenced in connection with network coordination, not as a product vendor. - Products and quantities - No discrete products or equipment part numbers are specified. The notice anticipates services supporting 30–50 OPE installations per year. - Notable technical requirements - The architecture is intended to be modular and secure, using standardized on-premise equipment, commercial off-the-shelf products, open standards, and a centralized SOC. - MBSE deliverables must follow applicable Department of Defense instructions and the WNR MBSE Modeling Guide; lifecycle support includes DPAS inventory tracking, PHS&T, IUID registry management, DMSMS management, and FIAR compliance.

Description

The Sources Sought results will assist the Air Force in determining whether this solicitation will be unrestricted competition or a small business set-aside for C-Type contract to fulfill Simulator Common Architecture Requirements and Standards (SCARS) requirements.  The Government is assessing the capability of companies that may possess the expertise to competently and competitively respond to the following requirements for the SCARS program:

For the SCARS Program, the contractor shall possess the capabilities to fulfill 1) Security Operations Center (SOC) Operations, 2) Remote Assessment & Authorization, 3) Software Patching Baseline Integrity, 4) Maintain a SCARS Library, 5) Edge Virtualization & Modern Deployment on SCARS On-Premise Equipment (OPE), 6) Network Integration & Management, 7) Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), 8) Governance of Architecture Standards, 9) Enterprise Logistics & Fielding, 10) Data Requirements and 11) Security Requirements.

The contract will commence CY2030 with an anticipated transition period up to six (6) months leading to full operational performance in CY 2031.  The anticipated structure includes a 4-year base period with six 1-year option periods and an optional 6-month extension of services (RFO 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services).  All projected dates and contact structures are notional and subject to change based on market research and acquisition strategy approval.  The Government anticipates the use of:

Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Contract Line-item Numbers (CLINs):  Services Cost Reimbursable CLINs:  Travel and studies/analysis tasks Other:  CLIN may be of any type authorized

Further questions may be e-mailed to Contracting Officer, Steve Godby, steven.godby@us.af.mil, Contracting Officer, Anne Torian, anne.torian@us.af.mil, and Program Manager, Daniel Douglass, daniel.douglass.2@us.af.mil.

Responses must be submitted via email to Contracting Officer, Anne Torian, anne.torian@us.af.mil and Program Manager, Daniel Douglass, daniel.douglass.2@us.af.mil and are due NLT 3:00 PM EST, 10 December 2026.  The Government may converse with respondents regarding this RFI.  Such conversations are solely intended to clarify potential capability to perform the requirements.

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