16th Air Force Commercial Solutions Opening
Contract Overview
Solicitation details, issuing organization, response deadlines, documents, and interested companies for this government contract opportunity.
AI Contract Overview
The 16th Air Force is conducting a Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) under solicitation FA7037-23-S-C0001, authorized by 10 USC 3458 and DFARS 212.70. This ongoing CSO serves as a broad, general solicitation for innovative commercial items, technologies, and services that address capability gaps and technology advancements within the United States Air Force (USAF). It allows competitive contract awards or Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs) based on proposal evaluations by subject matter experts, with all items treated as commercial. The focus is on both new technologies and novel applications of existing technologies to enhance USAF mission capabilities across areas such as electromagnetic warfare, information operations, digital communications, cyberspace defense, and multi-domain innovation. The CSO operates through a series of discrete Calls for proposals, each targeting specific topics or capability areas, with many Calls already closed and only Call 0010 currently open until May 18, 2026. The CSO employs a two-step submission process involving initial white papers or Quad Charts followed by full proposals for selected submissions. While the solicitation broadly seeks to facilitate acquisition of breakthrough technologies, it emphasizes that no proposals are currently solicited except within open Calls and that funding availability is not guaranteed. Recent Calls have targeted diverse topics including automation tools, command language modernization, scheduling tools, cybersecurity improvements via the OSCARS program, and integrated support for long-haul communications. The 16th Air Force maintains points of contact for proposal submissions and inquiries, and the CSO remains open on a rolling basis with annual updates to solicit new innovative solutions expected to streamline operations, fill capability gaps, and support mission readiness in a secure, unclassified environment.
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The 16th Air Force is offering a CSO authorized by 10 USC 3458 and DFARS 212.70 Defense Commercial Solutions Opening. Under a CSO, the USAF may competitively award contracts to proposals received in response to a general solicitation, similar to a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), to acquire innovative commercial items, technologies, and services, based on a review of proposals by scientific, technological, or other subject-matter expert peers within the USAF. Under this CSO, all items, technologies, and services shall be treated as commercial items.
The USAF intends to obtain "innovative" solutions or potential new capabilities that fulfill requirements, close capability gaps, or provide potential technology advancements. Solutions may include existing technologies or procedures, not currently in use by the USAF, that would enhance or streamline USAF mission capabilities. "Innovative" is defined as any technology, process or method that is new as of the date of submission of a proposal. It also includes any new application of an existing technology, process, or method.
Call 0001 (Topic 0007, MRT-C Automation) is now closed for submissions.
Call 0002 (Topic 0006, CTIOS) is now closed for submissions.
Call 0003 (Topic 0007, Modernization of Joint Command Language Program Manager Database) is now closed for submissions
Call 0004 (Topic 0007, WAPS Scheduling Tool) is now closed for submissions.
Call 0005 (Topics 0007 & 0016 OSCARS) is now closed for submissions.
Call 0006 (Topics 001 & 006 - FMS Threat Data Support) is now closed for submissions.
Call 0007 (Topic 007 AFIN - Premise Wiring Architectural Design (PWAD)) is now closed for submissions.
Call 0008 (Topics 007 & 016 - AI-ENABLED ENTERPRISE SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER (AI-ESOC)) is now closed for submissions.
Call 0009 (Topic 006 - Operational Manning Support (OMS) is now closed for submissions.
Call 0010 (Topic 007 AFIN - Long Haul Communications - Integrated Support (LHC-IS)) is now closed for submissions.
Call 0011 (TOPICS: 007; 013; 014; 015; 016 - CSSP-ARGISS) is now closed for submissions.
*** 11 June 2026 Amendment added 3 New Topic Areas: 017, 018, & 019 ***