Anticipated Individual Awards: Single Award is anticipated. However, the Government reserves the right to make multiple awards if it is in the Government's best interests.

Types of Instruments that May be Awarded: Firm Fixed Price project level agreement.

ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION
Participation in this RFPP, and to receive an award under this PA, will require a membership in the SOSSEC Consortium. SOSSEC, Inc. is the Open Systems Acquisition Initiative (OSAI) awardee/recipient. Joining the SOSSEC Consortium is a very quick process. New members will be asked to review the Consortium membership agreement and pay a membership fee. The AF OTA is an Agreement between the Government (AFRL/RI) and SOSSEC, Inc. SOSSEC, Inc. acts as a mentor and intermediary, supporting companies that bid solutions. For further information about SOSSEC or how to join, please contact Linda Sasser, (603) 458-5529, [email protected].

NOTE: The below paragraphs are only excerpts from the Project Announcement. For the full Project Announcement, please contact Linda Sasser, SOSSEC, Inc.

Introduction
This Project Announcement (PA) is a one-step closed project announcement. This announcement is being issued to solicit proposals only at this time. Whitepapers will not be requested. Upon receipt of proposals, the Government will evaluate through a scientific review process in accordance with the Evaluation Criteria to determine which proposal(s) represent the best value to the Government and should be awarded.

Overview
This project will provide Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) Program Office a JIAMD Experimentation Center (JIEC) prototypes for future game-changing IBCS capabilities, and provides the IBCS Project Management Office (PMO) knowledge for informed decisions, requirements development, and technical evaluations of future IBCS capabilities. This project is novel because it is not constrained by existing IBCS requirements and instead develops prototype solutions addressing DoD-wide trends. Thus, ensuring the IBCS PMO is positioned to address these trends when they emerge as formal requirements in the future. The prototypes developed under this project will address the following DoD-wide trends:

Integrate Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental, Multinational (JIIM) sensors/shooters to improve overall systems-of-systems architecture performance for Combatant Commands.

Improve weapon systems cybersecurity posture against a constantly evolving threat.

The technical objectives of JIEC are to provide the PMO with prototype solutions and associated documentation that optimize IBCS performance in a JIIM force operating in a cyber-contested environment.

The goal of this project is to produce analysis, experimental prototypes, and associated engineering documentation that drive changes to IBCS baselines and future IBCS requirements. The JIAMD Experimentation Center will positively impact the Army's ability to reliably provide air and missile defense for Combatant Commands as part of a larger JIIM force in contested cyber environments.

Background
The Program Executive Office, Missile and Space (PEO MS) provides centralized management for all Army tactical and air defense missile programs and selected Army Space programs. The PEO was established in January 2005 with the merger of PEO Air, Space, and Missile Defense and the PEO Tactical Missiles. The PEO is responsible for the full life-cycle management of assigned program; Close Combat Weapons Systems (CCWS), Cruise Missile Defense Systems (CMDS), Counter-Rocket, Artillery, Mortar, (C-RAM), Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD), Joint Attack Munitions System (JAMS), Lower Tier Project Officer (LTPO), Missile Defense and Space Systems (MDSS), and Precision Fires Rocket & Missile Systems (PFRMS). The PEO MS mission is to develop, field, sustain missile and space systems for the US Army, Joint, and Coalition warfighters that provide a decisive battlefield advantage. The PEO MS vision is to be a highly efficient, effective, agile, and innovative warfighter focused organization for developing and sustaining missile and space systems.

The IBCS is a revolutionary command-and-control (C2) system developed to deliver a single, unambiguous view of the battlespace. This significantly enhanced aircraft and ballistic missile tracking improves the ability of combatant commanders and air defenders to make critical decisions within seconds. With its flexible Open Systems Architecture (OSA), IBCS enables integration of current and future sensors and weapon systems and interoperability with Joint C2 and the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS).

Requirements
The PLP shall analyze and develop prototypes in the following 4 areas:
    1) Joint Interagency, Intergovernmental, Multi-National (JIIM) Sensor/Shooter Integration
    2) Command and Control Integration
    3) Software Security Engineering
    4) Hardware Security Engineering

Period of Performance
The total period of performance is estimated to be twenty-five (25) months after award with Final Milestone (Milestone 8) completed and delivered prior to 20 May 2021.

FUNDING: Total funding for this PA is approximately $17,400,000.00. There is also the potential to make awards up to any dollar value.