Sources Sought
Supply Chain RFI
Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force
AI summaryStep one: responses to this Air Force request for information (RFI) are due November 3, 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern. Check the notice: its text gives November 3, 2026 as the date offers are due, not a question deadline. Only firms with a Top Secret facility security clearance (FCL) can review the classified requirement from November 4 to 20, 2026, and final capability statements are due November 24, 2026. The work is supply chain analysis and modeling for the Joint Warfare Analysis Center (JWAC), onsite at Dahlgren, Virginia. 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
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 22, 2026. See the latest version.
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Summary of the version posted Oct 21, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 22, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. Some details are in the notice's attachments, which this summary didn't read. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Step one: responses to this Air Force request for information (RFI) are due November 3, 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern. Check the notice: its text gives November 3, 2026 as the date offers are due, not a question deadline. Only firms with a Top Secret facility security clearance (FCL) can review the classified requirement from November 4 to 20, 2026, and final capability statements are due November 24, 2026. The work is supply chain analysis and modeling for the Joint Warfare Analysis Center (JWAC), onsite at Dahlgren, Virginia.
Who can bid
- Valid Top Secret Facility Security Clearance (FCL), validated via your CAGE code, to see the draft requirement
- All contractor personnel hold TS/SCI/SAP clearances to start performance on day 1 of contract award
- Supply chain modeling software that works on classified networks without internet access
How to submit: Not stated for responses; questions go by email to the contracting officer and 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 (6)
- Serious: Top Secret facility clearance needed to see the requirement. Firms without a valid Top Secret facility clearance cannot review the classified requirement, which blocks later steps.
- Serious: Steps: responses due November 3, then classified review, then final statements due November 24. Step one is open to all with the RFI response due November 3, 2026. The classified review from November 4 to 20, 2026 is for firms with the clearance, and final capability statements are due November 24, 2026. A firm that misses a step may be shut out.
- Serious: Cleared staff on day 1. All staff need TS/SCI/SAP clearances on the first day of performance, which a firm without cleared employees cannot meet.
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- Worth checking: Software must run on secure, offline networks. The modeling software has to work on classified networks that may have no internet or outside servers.
- Minor: NAICS code differs between SAM.gov and the text. SAM.gov lists NAICS 5417 Scientific Research and Development Services, while the text lists NAICS 541380. Ask the contracting officer which applies.
- Minor: All work onsite at a Government site. Staff must work at Naval Support Activity Dahlgren in Virginia.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Subject matter expertise in supply chain analysis and modeling
- Customized supply chain tools and supply chain databases to model supply chain networks and infrastructure
- Software that includes visualization, analytics, functional decompositions, databases and supporting technical information
- Software that runs on classified networks such as JWICS (a classified government network) with no internet or outside servers
- Staff with Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information / Special Access Program (TS/SCI/SAP) clearances working onsite at Naval Support Activity Dahlgren
- Contract type
- Anticipated firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs)
- Period of performance
- 1 year base plus 4 option years (anticipated)
- Place of performance
- Naval Support Activity Dahlgren, Dahlgren VA 22448 (onsite at a Government site)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 3, 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern (from the version posted Oct 21, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Not stated for responses; questions go by email to the contracting officer and contract specialist listed on the RFI email
- Page limits
- Capability statement: not to exceed five pages
What to include when you submit
- Send a capability statement describing how you can meet the requirement
- Give company name, Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), CAGE code, mailing address, phone number and contracting point of contract details (CPOC)
- Give your current facility clearance status, the same information as Block 1(a) of a DD254 (the form that records a facility's security clearance)
- State whether you are a large or small business and any set-aside or special interest status such as 8(a) or HUBZone
- Answer YES/NO: you can perform all tasks in the performance work statement (PWS); all personnel will hold TS/SCI/SAP on day 1; the software runs on secure networks like JWICS; all work is at the Dahlgren Government site; you are enrolled in SAM.gov
- Give the date of your last basic assessment under DFARS 252.204-70212 listed in PIEE/SPRS (a defense-contractor cybersecurity assessment)
- Give your Small Business Office point of contact name, address, email and phone
- List contracts similar in scope with contract number (PIID), title, agency and period of performance if available
- Send vendor questions in the attached Excel workbook, which has separate sheets for technical questions, contracting questions and recommendations to better describe the requirements
Not in the notice text
- The draft requirement and performance work statement are classified or in attachments and are only for firms with a Top Secret facility clearance.
- The question workbook is attached and is not in the notice text.
- How a contract would be awarded or evaluated; this is a market research notice only.
- Whether a response by November 3, 2026 is needed to get the classified review.
- Where to send RFI responses; the contracting officer and contract specialist are listed on the RFI email.
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 21, 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 0001Due Nov 3, 2026
- Oct 21, 2026 · Sources Sought (this version)Due 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.
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Terms on this notice: Sources sought notice
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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