The U. S. Army Contracting Command Orlando is issuing a call for innovative commercial products and technologies to develop and deploy an Airspace Common Operating Picture (ACOP) system. The system needs to provide real-time airspace surveillance, monitoring, and deconfliction of manned and unmanned aircraft within special use airspace at Army installations. Key requirements include integration with tactical networks (like TAK and RFMSS), scalability across multiple installations, and secure operations. The process involves multiple phases: submission of solution briefs, followed by potential invitations for presentations/pitches, and finally, full proposal submissions. Offerors must be registered in SAM. gov, have a current NIST SP **** DoD assessment, and achieve CMMC Level 2 certification. Foreign-owned businesses may participate if compliant with export control regulations. Awards will be fixed-price contracts, with the possibility of multiple or no awards.
The solution briefs are due by XX April 2026, 1600hrs Eastern Time. The period of performance for the resulting contract is generally no greater than five years.
The bid notice mentions that in Phase 2, offerors will provide ough order of magnitude ROM pricing: estimated cost and payment terms. Specific payment terms are not detailed in the provided text.
The bid notice states that presentation pitches will be evaluated on factors including relevancy of the solution, technical merit, uniqueness, innovative approach, technical risk, risk with ROM pricing, risk in the proposed milestone schedule, company viability, and potential risk in IP and data rights assertions. For full proposals, evaluation criteria include technical merit, integration, schedule, and price.
Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), be considered responsible, have a satisfactory performance record, and be eligible for award. Additionally, they must have a current NIST SP **** DoD assessment and achieve CMMC Level 2 certification.