Sources Sought
Supply Chain RFI
Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force
AI summarySources sought request for information (RFI) FA489027RFI0001. Responses are due November 3, 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern. Only vendors with a valid Top Secret facility clearance can review the classified requirement, from November 4 to 20, 2026, and final capability statements are due November 24, 2026. The Air Force (HQ Air Combat Command, AMIC) wants supply chain analysis, modeling and software for the Joint Warfare Analysis Center (JWAC). Work is on site at Naval Support Activity Dahlgren, VA. This is market research only; no contract or request for proposals (RFP) is promised. 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
AI summary Beta
This summary may miss requirements: 1 of 2 attachments weren't read (RFI Vendor Response Sheets.xlsx). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Sources sought request for information (RFI) FA489027RFI0001. Responses are due November 3, 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern. Only vendors with a valid Top Secret facility clearance can review the classified requirement, from November 4 to 20, 2026, and final capability statements are due November 24, 2026. The Air Force (HQ Air Combat Command, AMIC) wants supply chain analysis, modeling and software for the Joint Warfare Analysis Center (JWAC). Work is on site at Naval Support Activity Dahlgren, VA. This is market research only; no contract or request for proposals (RFP) is promised.
Who can bid (4)
- A valid Top Secret facility security clearance (FCL), validated through your CAGE code, to review the draft classified requirement.
- All contractor personnel must hold TS/SCI/SAP (Top Secret, Sensitive Compartmented Information, Special Access Program) clearances to start on day 1 of any contract.
- Supply chain modeling software that works on TS/SCI/SAP networks such as JWICS, without internet access.
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- All work is on site at the Government site in Dahlgren, VA.
How to submit: How to send RFI responses is not stated in the text read. Questions go by email to the contracting officer or contract specialist listed on the RFI email.. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (5)
From the version posted Oct 22, 2026.
- Serious: Top Secret facility clearance needed to see the real requirement. Only vendors with a valid Top Secret FCL get the classified requirement. A firm without one is shut out of the later steps.
- Serious: Multi-step process: RFI, classified review, then final statement. Step 1: RFI responses due November 3, 2026 (Government answers to cleared vendors by November 4, 2026). Step 2: classified requirement review November 4 to 20, 2026, with classified questions due November 10, 2026. Step 3: final capability statements due November 24, 2026, from vendors that reviewed it.
- Serious: Cleared staff and secure-network software from day 1. Every contractor employee needs TS/SCI/SAP at the start, and the software must run on secure networks that may lack internet access.
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- Worth checking: RFI only: no contract is promised. The Government says responses are for planning, it will not pay for response costs, and it may never issue a request for proposals. Any later solicitation will come by email from the AMIC Contracting Office.
- Minor: NAICS code differs between SAM.gov and the notice text. SAM.gov lists NAICS 5417, while the notice text gives NAICS 541380. Ask the contracting office which applies.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. 1 of 2 not read. Show which files.
- Supply Chain RFI_20OCT2026_final.docx (read)
- RFI Vendor Response Sheets.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Supply chain analysis and modeling expertise, with customization of supply chain tools and databases
- Software for supply chain network and infrastructure modeling, including visualization, analytics, functional decompositions and databases
- Software that runs on classified networks such as JWICS (Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System) with no internet or outside servers
- Cleared staff working on site at the Government site in Dahlgren, VA
- For this RFI: a capability statement of no more than five pages and answers to the listed questions
- Contract type
- Anticipated firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing); this notice is an RFI only
- Period of performance
- 1 year base plus 4 option years (anticipated)
- Place of performance
- Naval Support Activity Dahlgren, Dahlgren, VA 22448 (Government site)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 3, 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- How to send RFI responses is not stated in the text read. Questions go by email to the contracting officer or contract specialist listed on the RFI email.
- Page limits
- Capability statement: 5 pages
What to include when you submit
- Send a capability statement of no more than five pages describing your ability to meet the requirement.
- Answer the listed questions: company name, unique entity identifier (UEI), CAGE code, mailing address and phone. Add your facility clearance (FCL) status as in block 1(a) of a DD Form 254. Add your contracting point of contact with phone and email (unclassified, and JWICS if available).
- State business size (large or small) and any set-aside or special interest status such as 8(a) or HUBZone.
- Answer YES or NO on these: you can do all tasks in the performance work statement (PWS); all personnel hold TS/SCI/SAP on day 1; software runs on TS/SCI/SAP networks. Also answer on Dahlgren Government site work and SAM.gov enrollment.
- Give the date of your last basic assessment under DFARS 252.204-70212 in PIEE/SPRS, and the small business office point of contact (name, address, email, phone).
- List contracts similar in scope, with PIID numbers, title, agency and period of performance if available.
- Send questions using the attached Excel workbook (three sheets: technical, contracting, and recommendations to better describe the requirements); other formats may be discarded.
- After the classified review, final capability statements are due November 24, 2026.
Not in the notice text
- The draft requirement and PWS go only to vendors with a valid Top Secret facility clearance. The tasks, hours and labor categories are not in the posted text.
- The vendor response sheets workbook (RFI Vendor Response Sheets.xlsx) is attached but not read.
- How to submit RFI responses (an email address) is not stated in the text read.
- No set-aside is used; the Government's estimate and incumbent are not stated.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside. Any business can reply, and no bid is being taken yet, but the notice names requirements for the work:
- The notice mentions a security clearance. Check who needs one, and whether you must hold it by the time offers are due.
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- FA4890 HQ ACC Amic, Hampton, VA
- Product/service code
- AJ11 · General Science and Technology R&D Services; General Science and Technology; Basic Research
- Business type
- Engineering, architecture & research (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 5417)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 22, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 3, 2026
- Oct 21, 2026 · Sources SoughtDue Nov 3, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
Terms on this notice: Sources sought notice
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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