COMMERCIAL SOLUTIONS FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES - TRAINING, TESTING AND TRANSITION SERVICES (SOF-T Serve)

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

Commercial Solutions for Special Operations Forces - Training, Testing, and Transition Services (SOF-T Serve)

1.0 DISCLAIMER
This Request for Information (RFI) is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Quotation (RFQ), Invitation for Bids (IFB), or a formal Solicitation. The Government will not reimburse respondents for any costs associated with preparing or submitting a response to this notice. Any information provided by industry to the Government is strictly voluntary.

2.0 BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE
The U.S. Army is conducting market research to identify commercial entities capable of providing a broad range of capabilities to support the diverse and evolving requirements of the Special Operations community.

The Government is contemplating a single-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle, tentatively titled SOF-T Serve, with an estimated ceiling of $99,000,000.

SOF-T Serve is designed as a high-speed "Commercial On-Ramp" to identify, evaluate, and field commercial capabilities—ranging from specialized training to hardware prototypes—at the speed of the commercial market.

The objective of this RFI is to determine if the required services and technologies (outlined in Section 3.0) meet the definition of a "Commercial Product" or "Commercial Service" pursuant to FAR 2.101, which will support a Commercial Item Determination (CID) and justify the use of a Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO).

3.0 SCOPE OF REQUIREMENTS
The Government is seeking commercial solutions in the following core pillars:

• 3.1 Comprehensive Personnel Training & Readiness: Providing specialized instruction, curriculum development, and exercise support for any SOF mission requirement (e.g., tactical, medical, linguistic, technical, or unconventional warfare). This includes delivering commercial training methodologies and supplying training aids, software simulations, and live/virtual/constructive (LVC) environments.
• 3.2 Mission Technique & Technology Testing: Evaluating both commercial technologies (hardware/software) and commercial techniques (tactics, workflows, and procedures) for SOF applicability. This includes conducting Technology Readiness Level (TRL) and Technique Validation assessments, trade-off analyses, and market surveys.
• 3.3 Rapid Prototyping & Technology Transition: Providing rapid prototyping services to modify or "ruggedize" commercial products for specific SOF mission environments. This includes developing transition plans to move solutions from the prototype phase into full operational use and integrating Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) items into existing Government frameworks via open-systems architecture.
• 3.4 Agile Execution & Pricing Transparency: The ability to generate comprehensive, Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Task Order proposals within compressed timelines (frequently less than seven (7) calendar days) utilizing transparent, easily substantiable commercial pricing benchmarks.

4.0 REQUESTED INFORMATION
To support the Government's market research and commercial determination, interested vendors are requested to address the following questions:

A. Commerciality & Market Practices

1. Are the broad training services (spanning tactical to technical), technique evaluations, and rapid prototyping services described in Section 3.0 currently sold, leased, or licensed to the general public or non-governmental entities? Provide brief examples of commercial (non-DoD/non-Federal) customers for these services.
2. In the commercial marketplace, is it a customary practice to modify, tailor, or "ruggedize" existing commercial technologies and training packages to meet the unique, harsh, or highly specialized demands of a specific customer?
3. Do you commercially evaluate and validate workflows, techniques, or procedures for non-governmental clients in a manner similar to the requirement in Section 3.2?

B. Commercial Pricing

1. How do you typically price these diverse services (training, testing, prototyping) in the commercial marketplace? (e.g., established catalog prices, commercial labor rate cards, market comparables, milestone-based pricing).
2. Can you provide a description of how your commercial pricing could be used by the Government to quickly determine that FFP task order prices are fair and reasonable without requiring certified cost and pricing data?

C. Operational Agility

1. Is a proposal turnaround time of less than seven (7) calendar days a standard commercial practice within your organization for existing clients? What internal processes or commercial pricing structures enable this speed?

D. Corporate Capabilities

1. Provide a brief overview of your company's ability to prime a single-award IDIQ of this magnitude ($99M) covering the wide-ranging "Any Mission Purpose" scope of SOF-T Serve.

5.0 SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

• Page Limit: Responses shall not exceed eight (8) pages.
• Format: Submissions must be in PDF format.
• Cover Page, including:
  • Company Name
  • Address
  • Point of Contact (Name, Email, Phone)
  • CAGE Code, and Business Size standard (e.g., Large, Small, SDVOSB) under NAICS code: 541330.

• Deadline: Responses, including any questions, must be submitted via email to the Points of Contact listed below no later than 15:00 Eastern Time (ET) on 1 June 2026.

Points of Contact:

Christopher Crouch

Contracting Officer

christopher.l.crouch.civ@army.mil

Cassandra Kurth

Contract Specialist

cassandra.d.kurth.civ@army.mil