Sources Sought
Request for Information - Space Warfighting Architecture Navigator
Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force
AI summaryThe Department of the Air Force's Space Rapid Capabilities Office (SpRCO) is asking businesses to send capability statements for a possible 12-month analysis and consulting job. It would expand a Government-owned model and database called the Space Warfighting Architecture Navigator (SWAN) and help reshape how SpRCO runs its programs. This is a request for information (RFI), market research only, not a solicitation; the response due date is November 13, 2026, 5:00 PM Mountain. More in the summary
Market research, not a bid. Replying is free and tells Department of the Air Force who could do this work. Send a short reply to the contracting contact; no price is needed. See the contact
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The Department of the Air Force's Space Rapid Capabilities Office (SpRCO) is asking businesses to send capability statements for a possible 12-month analysis and consulting job. It would expand a Government-owned model and database called the Space Warfighting Architecture Navigator (SWAN) and help reshape how SpRCO runs its programs. This is a request for information (RFI), market research only, not a solicitation; the response due date is November 13, 2026, 5:00 PM Mountain.
Who can bid
- No set-aside is used for this notice, so any business can respond
- Experience with organizational design and stakeholder engagement in high-security environments (TS/SCI/SAP) is asked about in the questionnaire
How to submit: Email a PDF capability statement to jennifer.wilterdink.1@spaceforce.mil and austin.black.10@spaceforce.mil. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (4)
From the version posted Oct 20, 2026.
- Worth checking: High-security work experience asked about. The questionnaire asks about work in top-secret and special-access environments, which may favor firms with cleared staff.
- Minor: Market research only, not a bid. This RFI does not ask for a proposal or price and does not promise a contract, so a response only gets your firm in front of the buyer.
- Minor: Size standard may change with NAICS code. The Government expects NAICS 541611 with a $24.5M size standard but invites firms to argue for 541330 with a $47.0M standard, so which firms count as small is not settled.
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- Minor: Response due date shown two ways. SAM.gov shows 5:00 PM Mountain and 7:00 PM Eastern, which are the same moment, and the notice text says 5:00 PM MST; confirm the time zone if unsure.
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- Request for Information - SWAN.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Expand the Government-owned SWAN model and database with SpRCO priority mission threads (the chains of steps a space mission depends on)
- Provide decision support on SpRCO missions and programs, including funding scenarios, return-on-investment analysis and budget-defense materials
- Use SWAN results to rank needs for science and technology work, modeling and simulation, intelligence collection, and readiness and sustainment
- Transform SpRCO acquisition and analytics processes: operating models, organization, talent strategy and staff training on mission thread analysis
- Possible work products include a phased transformation roadmap, future-state organization charts, implementation plans and a balanced scorecard of key performance indicators (KPIs)
- Period of performance
- Potential 12-month period
- Place of performance
- Kirtland AFB, NM, USA
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 13, 2026, 5:00 PM Mountain
- How to submit
- Email a PDF capability statement to jennifer.wilterdink.1@spaceforce.mil and austin.black.10@spaceforce.mil
What to include when you submit
- Send the capability statement as a PDF
- Give firm name, address, CAGE code (the government ID for a business location), SAM.gov registration status, and a point of contact with phone and email
- Say whether North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541611 fits; if another code fits better, give a short technical reason
- Say whether the services are standard commercial offerings and name any government-wide or Air Force contract vehicles you hold
- Describe experience with mission thread decomposition, acquisition program data integration, and Government-owned software or data like SWAN
- Describe organizational design and operating model work in high-security environments (TS/SCI/SAP)
- Describe how you would model budget (POM) tradespace, run cost and mission capability trades, and define transformation KPIs
- Give brief references to up to three relevant contracts of similar scope and complexity performed within the last three years, with contract numbers, scope and government points of contact
- Keep responses short; marketing brochures and boilerplate company histories are discouraged
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. The RFI refers to an existing Government-owned SWAN model and database that this work would expand.
Not in the notice text
- Whether a solicitation will follow, and whether it would be set aside for small businesses
- Estimated contract value and contract type
- Whether a security clearance or facility clearance would be required for the work
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside. Any business can reply: this is market research, and no bid is being taken yet.
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- FA2548 SPC RPD Cpblts Offc SPC RCO, Kirtland AFB, NM
- Business type
- Consulting & professional services (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 541611)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
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