REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)/ SOURCES SOUGHT Space Force Mission Delta 9 (MD9) – SL-5 EC2-S Ground System Sustainment
- Client
- Department of Defense · U.S. Air Force
- RFP Number
- —
- Posted
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- Category
- US Federal
- Budget
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- NAICS
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- Set-aside
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- Contact
- Rosalind Davis
- [email protected]
Description
AI GeneratedThe buyer seeks market research information and innovative commercial products, technologies, or services to enhance Space Force Mission Delta 9 operational capabilities. The scope includes enterprise-wide support for Mission Delta 9 operations, sustainment, and training across multiple locations, including Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, and Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. All interested organizations are eligible to bid. Interested parties must complete the Initial Intake RFI Questionnaire and submit an unclassified Capability Statement, along with inputs on the draft Commercial Solutions Opening, by October 11, 2026. Submissions previously provided do not require resubmission. The buyer evaluates submissions using a multi-phase framework consisting of a Phase I White Paper, Phase II Pitch Session, and Phase III Technical, Performance Work Statement, and Price Proposal. Subject-matter experts conduct a peer review based on technical qualification, comprehensive understanding of the posted Area of Interest, feasibility, value, and price reasonableness. The supplied text does not state the contract term or the budget.
Key solicitation details
AI-extracted from SAIO MD9 EC2 TEst.docx. Confirm against the original documents before bidding.
Mission Delta 9 is seeking innovative commercial products, technologies, or services to enhance its operational capabilities, mission readiness, and effectiveness. The solicitation covers ground system sustainment, training, contractor operations support, and addressing critical capability gaps. Participation is open to companies of all sizes, including non-traditional defense contractors.
- Issued by
- Mission Delta 9
- Draft enterprise CSO feedback due
- 11 Oct 2026
- How to submit
- Electronic via email to the Contracting Team points of contact listed in the individual AOI
- Submission details
- Hardcopies are not accepted. Offerors must send a separate confirmation email without attachments immediately after submitting. Submissions must use specific filename formats and mark proprietary pages.
- Contract term
- Open continuously until superseded or canceled, subject to annual review
- Estimated value
- Up to $100M total contractual funding
- Set-aside
- Unrestricted (Full and Open); individual AOIs may be set aside for Small Businesses
- Place of performance
- Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado; Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico; and multiple other locations as specified in individual AOIs
How proposals are evaluated
| Technical Merit & Applicability | |
| Funds Availability | |
| Importance to Agency Programs | |
| Price Reasonableness |
Scope of work
- Delta-Level and Mission System Training incorporating commercial on-orbit assets
- Space and Ground Sustainment Team for anomaly response, data trend analysis, and maintenance
- Contractor Operations Support for day-to-day operations, mission planning, and orbital analysis
- Cyber and intelligence support to space operations
- Contractor and commercially filled capability gaps introducing novel concepts and disruptive technologies
Minimum qualifications
- Registered in System for Award Management (SAM.gov)
- Meet RFO Subpart 9.1 responsibility requirements
- Have a current NIST SP 800-171 assessment posted in SPRS per DFARS 252.204-7019
- Updated RFO 52.204-26 representation in SAM
Documents to include with the bid
- Phase I White Paper (PDF, max 2 pages plus cover page)
- Phase I Quad Chart
- Phase I PowerPoint Briefing (.pptx format)
- Phase II Pitch Presentation Material (if invited)
- Phase III Technical Proposal
- Phase III Performance Work Statement (PWS)
- Phase III Price Proposal (including Summary Pricing Table and Excel Pricing Model)
- Data rights assertions per DFARS clauses
- Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) Analysis and Mitigation Plan
Official SAM.gov notice
- Solicitation number
- RFI-MD9-2026-01
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Buying office
- Dept of the AIR Force › FA2518 Ussf Spoc/Saio
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Responses due
- Oct 11, 2026, 1:00 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Sep 22, 2026
- Place of performance
- Colorado Springs, CO
- Contracting contact
- Rosalind Davis
[email protected]
7195676183 - Additional contact
- Patrick Clark
[email protected]
Read the official notice description
DESCRIPTION: MD 9 is seeking market research information for an enterprise Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) in accordance with DFARS 212.70, Defense Commercial Solutions Opening. The goal is to enhance MD 9’s operational capabilities through innovative commercial solutions to acquire innovative commercial products, technologies, or services. Headquarters is located at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, and is the United States Space Force's designated orbital warfare organization. Its core purpose is to guarantee the United States, and its allies have undisputed freedom of action in space. The mission of MD9 is to prepare, present, and project assigned and attached forces for the purpose of conducting protect and defend operations while providing national decision authorities with response options to deter and, when necessary, defeat orbital threats. Additionally, MD9 supports Space Domain Awareness by conducting space-based battlespace characterization operations and conducts on-orbit experimentation and technology demonstrations for the USSF. To achieve this, MD 9 is comprised of specialized units, including space operations squadrons responsible for on-orbit engagements, while also being supported by dedicated cyber, intelligence, and sustainment squadrons that ensure the availability, reliability, security, and effectiveness of its mission systems. RFI and/or Sources Sought: The Government is conducting market research to inform an enterprise acquisition strategy for the Mission Delta 9 (MD9) effort. This effort is intended to support the full MD9 enterprise and is not limited to a single Area of Interest (AOI) or specific requirement. Individual AOIs may involve varying security levels and access requirements based on their respective operational, technical, and acquisition considerations. At this time, the Government is requesting: Review and inputs on the unclassified enterprise Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) Completion of the Initial Intake RFI Questionnaire; and Submission of an unclassified Capability Statement from all interested organizations. Completion of the questionnaire is necessary to obtain sufficient market-research information and assess the number of industry partners capable of responding to various AOIs that may be issued at differing security levels. The anticipated effort includes support at multiple locations, including Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico This RFI/Sources Sought Information request has been reaccomplished to capture adequate information from Industry. If you have submitted a capability statement already, you are not required to resubmit. 22 Sep 2026 Overhaul of the RFI/Sources Sought Information effort. Released the Draft enterprise CSO for review. Please provide responses by 11 Oct 2026. DISCLAIMER & IMPORTANT NOTES: This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This RFI does not commit the US Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party’s expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. All submissions will become Government property and will not be returned.
Source: SAM.gov contract opportunities data (U.S. federal public data).
Incumbent
No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.
Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.
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