Digital Badging and Micro-credentialing Solution

The 42d Contracting Squadron at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, is seeking small businesses to provide a commercial digital badging and micro-credentialing solution to support enterprise-wide faculty and student development across Air University. This sources-sought notice, issued under solicitation number FA330026Q0731 and posted on May 6, 2026, with responses due by May 8, 2026, is structured as a Total Small Business Set-Aside under FAR 19.5, meaning only small businesses qualifying under NAICS code 611710 may respond. The system must automate the issuance, management, and verification of digital credentials aligned with competency-based learning, incentivize faculty development, and integrate seamlessly with the existing Learning Management System. Key deliverables include a fully operational platform, an initial set of customizable digital badges and stackable credential pathways, administrative dashboards with analytics, comprehensive user guides, administrator training, and ongoing technical support. The contract contemplates a base performance period of one year, from June 1, 2026, to May 31, 2027, with two one-year option periods that could extend the total duration to three years, though no contract value has been disclosed as pricing details are not yet available at this pre-solicitation stage. The primary place of performance is listed as Montgomery, Illinois, while administrative oversight resides at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. The solution must be entirely digital, with no physical packaging, marking, or shipping requirements applicable. The system must support secure, verifiable metadata and interoperability with professional platforms, aligning with Department of Defense education best practices, although no specific external standards are mandated. No security clearances, key personnel requirements, or organizational conflict of interest provisions are specified. The offering entity must be a certified small business under the SBA size standards and is required to submit a Unique Entity ID and provide representations regarding size status and socioeconomic classifications upon formal proposal submission. The point of contact for inquiries is SSgt Bryant Nguyen, with secondary support from LaChandra Thompson, both reachable via email and phone listed in the posting. All submissions must be directed under solicitation FA330026Q0731, though the exact submission portal or file format requirements are not detailed. Evaluation factors for award, inspection and acceptance criteria, contract clauses, and attached documentation are not included in this notice, as it serves as an initial market research tool prior to