Opportunity
SAM #FA830727RB006
One-year urgent bridge support for Air Force Party Bus DevSecOps platform operations
Buyer
AFLCMC C3I&N
Posted
November 05, 2026
Identifier
FA830727RB006
NAICS
541513, 541512, 541511
This Air Force notice supports continuity of the Party Bus enterprise DevSecOps platform through a one-year sole-source bridge while a competitive follow-on is pursued. - Notice and purpose: A justification and approval cites unusual and compelling urgency for bridge support; this is an award-related notice, not an open solicitation. - Customer: Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFLCMC/HNCXK (Platform One). - Scope: Platform operations and sustainment, technical and customer support, incident response, cybersecurity, vulnerability remediation, configuration management, integration, and customer onboarding. - Mission impact: Continuity is intended to protect more than 140 mission applications and collaboration services used by over 100,000 users. - Timing: The bridge is for 12 months. The current contract expires November 4, 2026; the follow-on award is targeted for February 4, 2027. Specific bridge start and end dates are not provided. - Provider and items: The incumbent is unnamed. No OEMs, products, part numbers, or quantities of equipment are identified.
Description
Per FAR 6.301 The justification will be made publicly available and posted within 30 days after contract award and available for 30 days after contract award. This justification is for the Party Bus Operations Bridge 1 using unusual and compelling urgency via RFO 6.103-2.
The required contractor support encompasses the operational activities necessary to maintain the existing Party Bus capability, including platform operations and sustainment, technical and customer support, incident response, cybersecurity support, vulnerability remediation, configuration management, integration support, customer onboarding, and other operational functions necessary to maintain the availability and security of the platform.
Party Bus currently supports multiple DoW mission partners whose operational activities rely upon continued access to the platform and associated support services.