HBMAS

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Solicitation Summary

The Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, PEO Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management (C3BM) has a requirement for High Band Mission Application Software (HBMAS) support services.

Solicitation in a Nutshell

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Details
Agency Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, PEO Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management (C3BM)
Solicitation Number FA852725RB004
Status Pre-RFP
Solicitation Date 10/07/2025
Award Date 04/2026 (Estimate)
Contract Ceiling Value $500,000,000
Contract Vehicle OASIS PLUS MULTI AGENCY CONTRACT UNRESTRICTED
Competition Type  Full and Open / Unrestricted
Type of Award  Task / Delivery Order
Primary Requirement  Engineering, Scientific and Technical Services
Duration  1 year(s) base plus 4 x 1 year(s) option(s)
Contract Type  Cost Reimbursement,Cost Plus Fixed Fee,Task Order
No. of Expected Awards N/A
NAICS Code(s):
541330

Engineering Services
Size Standard: $25.5 million annual receipts except $47.0 million annual receipts for Military and Aerospace Equipment and Military Weapons and Contracts and Subcontracts for Engineering Services Awarded Under the National Energy Policy of 1992 and Marine
Place of Performance:
  • United States
Opportunity Website: https://sam.gov/opp/eab423777a3e457c86e8028c350f4175/view

Background

AF DCGS is the lead Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) System used by intelligence agencies world-wide. Allowing system upgrades enables the DCGS enterprise network to maintain a high level of Operations Tempo and a high security posture.

Requirements

The Government is conducting market research to identify potential sources that possess the expertise and the capabilities to meet the qualification requirements to provide the services needed to support the Air force Distributed Common Ground System (AF DCGS) High Band Mission Application Services (HBMAS) support suite. AF DCGS is the lead Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) System used by intelligence agencies world-wide. Allowing system upgrades enables the DCGS enterprise network to maintain a high level of Operations Tempo and a high security posture.

The main objective of this contracting effort is the Development, Modernization, Integration, Fielding, Cyber Security and Sustainment activities required to meet AF DCGS Operational Requirements Document (ORD) requirements to maintain compliance with the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Architecture Framework, and the Joint Technical Architecture guidance to the maximum extent possible. Other DCGS ground and air elements will be supported as directed.

Major tasks include program management and support functions including Agile Project Management, Finance, Contracts, Quality Assurance, Configuration Management, Data Management, Systems Administration, In-plant engineering, Software Maintenance, and Security. Additionally, the Contractor shall support the DCGS and provide logistics support, modernization support, development support, and sustainment services to include: Furnishing the necessary personnel and facilities, software fixes for Deficiency Reports (DRs) and Problem Reports (Serena tickets, or any repository specified by the Government) as prioritized by the Government, testing, delivery of software, and remote & phone support as required to support mission operation including developing and testing software applications and software fixes in a classified System Integration Lab (SIL) and delivering classified releasable software for the Classified site. This includes updates to engineering documentation, training material, user documentation, and fielding documentation.

RUBY Services SIGINT Data Service (SDS)
Multiple Source Correlation System (MSCS) Radiant Mercury
Sensor Enterprise Asset Manager (SEAM) Engineering Services at DGS-X
Tie-Line connections

As part of the development effort, the Contractor will serve as the Design Agent for these products and services and shall be the single point of responsibility for cybersecurity compliance, configuration control, modification, integration, and sustainment of the baseline products and services. Software will be delivered and integrated using infrastructure as a service (IaaS) technique to data centers to the greatest extent possible.

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