Rapid Sustainment Office (RSO) Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO)

The Rapid Sustainment Office (RSO) is a recently-established program office within the Air Force with a mission to reduce Air Force sustainment and operational cost and/or improve mission readiness. This CSO seeks to attract the latest technology advances and solutions that can be leveraged to meet RSO's mission needs. The RSO seeks to work with companies who can deliver innovative sustainment and operational advances that truly make a difference to Air Force end users. This solicitation accepts white papers and/or proposals only in accordance with calls posted as amendments to this CSO. This CSO functions as the overarching umbrella solicitation from which Calls will be published at the RSO's discretion. This CSO will remain open for Calls until September 30, 2025. This CSO can result in the award of FAR Part 12 Contracts or Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs) under 10 USC 2371b. Over the course of this time period, the RSO will publish Calls via amendments to this Special Notice. These calls will contain specific Areas of Interest (AoIs) related to the RSO's Technology Focus Areas. This is a competitive process that seeks to fund innovative technologies that propose new solutions to expand Air Force capabilities as it relates to the RSO's Technology Focus Areas. The RSO is interested in receiving responses from all interested offerors to include, but not limited to, the following: traditional defense contractors, nontraditional defense contractors, large businesses, small businesses and research institutions. The CSO is a streamlined acquisition process that seeks to reduce acquisition timelines and acquire new, innovative solutions that companies can bring forth to meet the stated AoIs detailed in each Call. All details of the process shall be governed by this CSO unless otherwise noted or expanded upon in each Call. The RSO is not obligated to make any awards as a result of this CSO and all awards are subject to the availability of funds and successful negotiations. The Government is not responsible for any monies expended by the proposer prior to the issuance of any contract award. The RSO reserves the right to modify the solicitation requirements of this CSO and each subsequent Call. The CSO authority is Section 879 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2017, Public Law 114-328, and Class Deviation 2022-O0007 - Defense Commercial Solutions Opening. Complete CSO details are contained in the attached document, "RSO CSO FA8684-20-S-C001_Amendment 01." Interested parties should continue to monitor this Special Notice and the RSO website (https://www.afrso.com) for updated information and publication of specific calls. UPDATED 23 OCT 2020: RSO CSO FA8684-20-S-C001 is updated by amendment to publish Call 0001 - Rapid Repair and Sustainability of US Air Force Components . This is a Two-step Closed call. Interested parties are directed to Attachment FA8684-20-S-C001 Call 0001 for complete details. UPDATED 09 NOV 2020: RSO CSO FA8684-20-S-C001, Call 0001 has been revised to change the required due date for White Paper submissions. Interested parties are directed to Attachment FA8684-20-S-C001 Call 0001 Revision 1 for complete details. UPDATED 04 JAN 2021 : RSO CSO FA8684-20-S-C001 is updated by amendment to publish Call 0002 - Reverse Engineering Technology Innovation . This is a Two-step Closed call. Interested parties are directed to Attachment FA8684-20-S-C001 Call 0002 for complete details. UPDATED 24 JAN 2021: RSO CSO FA8684-20-S-C001, Call 0002 has been revised to change the email address of the Contract Specialist listed in the Call and extend the required due date for White Paper submissions. Interested parties are directed to Attachment FA8684-20-S-C001 Call 0002 Revision 1 for complete details. UPDATED 03 MAR 2021: RSO CSO FA8684-20-S-C001 is updated by amendment to publish Call 0003 - Technology Integration. This is a Two-Step Closed call. Interested parties are directed to Attachment FA8684-20-S-C001 Call 0003 for complete details. UPDATED 02 JUL 2021: RSO CSO FA8684-20-S-C001 is updated by amendment to publish Call 0004 - Innovative Operations for CBM+. This is a Two-Step Closed call. Interested parties are directed to Attachment FA8684-20-S-C001 Call 0004 for complete details. UPDATED 13 AUG 2021: RSO CSO FA8684-20-S-C001 is updated by amendment to publish Call 0005 - AGORA Web-based Digital Marketplace for Advanced Manufacturing Parts. This is a Two-Step Closed call. Interested parties are directed to Attachment FA8684-20-S-C-2001 Call 0005 for complete details. RSO CSO FA8684-20-S-C001 is updated by amendment to publish Call 0006 - Innovative Metals Additive Manufacturing. This is a Two-Step Closed call. Interested parties are directed to Attachment FA8684-20-S-C001 Call 0006 for complete details. RSO CSO FA8684-20-S-C001 is updated by amendment to publish Call 0007 - Innovative Additive Manufacturing Repair Technologies. This is a Two-Step Closed call. Interesetd parties are directed to Attachment FA8684-20-S-C001 Call 0007 for complete details. UPDATED 27 MAY 2022: The Contract Opportunity Description content has been changed as follows: 1) Reference to the previous CSO Class Deviation authority has been removed and replaced with Class Deviation 2022-O0007, dated 04 FEB 2022; 2) The overall end date of this solicitation was changed to 30 SEP 2025; 3) the reference to the overarching CSO solicitation is updated to reflect an amendment; and 4) The contact information for the Contract Specialist has been updated. Additionally, the attached overarching solicitation has been amended to reflect the changes listed above and to remove the reference to Dun and Bradstreet (DUNS) numbers and replace it with the recently effectuated Unique Entity ID (UEI). The amended document "RSO CSO FA8684-20-S-C001_Amendment 01" is now attached, with all changes in the document identified using red font. UPDATED 28 JUL 2022: RSO CSO FA8684-20-S-C001_Amendment 01, is further updated by amendment to publish Call 0008 - Mobile Cold Spray Capability. This is a Two-step Closed call. Interested parties are directed to Attachment FA8684-20-S-C001 Call 0008 for complete details. UPDATED 03 AUG 2022: RSO CSO FA8684-20-S-C001_Amendment 01, is further updated by amendment to publish Call 0009 - Advancing Additive Manufacturing Equivalencies. This is a Two-step Closed call. Interested parties are directed to Attachment FA8684-20-S-C001 Call 0009 for complete details. UPDATED 19 SEP 2022: RSO CSO FA8684-20-S-C001_Amendment 01, is further updated by amendment to publish Call 0011 - Integrally Bladed Rotor (IBR) Repair Capability. This is a Two-step Closed call. Interested parties are directed to Attachment FA8684-20-S-C001 Call 0011 for complete details. UPDATED 26 SEP 2022: RSO CSO FA8684-20-S-C001_Amendment 01, is further updated by amendment to publish Call 0010 - Additive Manufacturing with Integrated Digital Engineering. This is a One-step, Closed call. Interested parties are directed to Attachment FA8684-20-S-C001 Call 0010 for complete details. UPDATED 25 OCT 2022: RSO CSO FA8684-20-S-C001_Amendment 01, Call 0010 - Additive Manufacturing with Integrated Digital Engineering, has been amended as of 25 OCT 2022. The version of Call 0010 published on 26 SEP 2022 has been removed; it has been replaced with Call 0010, Amendment 01. Changes to Call 0010 are reflected in red in the document. The timeline for proposal submission has been revised and a new attachment has been included that provides responses to questions submitted in accordance with the solicitation. This remains a One-step, Closed call. Interested parties are directed to Attachment FA8684-20-S-C001 Call 0010, Amendment 01 for complete details. UPDATED 22 DEC 2022: RSO CSO FA8684-20-S-C001_Amendment 01, is further updated by amendment to publish Call 0013 - Additive Manufacturing Metals - Complex Hydraulic Components. This is a One-step, Closed call. Interested parties are directed to Attachment FA8684-20-S-C001 Call 0013 for complete details. UPDATED 04 JAN 2023: RSO CSO FA8684-20-S-C001_Amendment 01, is further updated by amendment to publish Call 0012 - New Cold Spray Capability Development. This is a One-step, Closed call. Interested parties are directed to Attachment FA8684-20-S-C001 Call 0012 One-Step Call for Proposals for complete details. UPDATED 20 JAN 2023: RSO CSO FA8684-20-S-C001_Amendment 01, Call 0012 - ANew Cold Spray Capability Development, has been amended as of 20 JAN 2023. The version of Call 0012 published on 04 JAN 2023 has been removed; it has been replaced with Call 0012, Amendment 01. Changes to Call 0012 are reflected in red font in the document. The timeline for proposal submission has been revised. This remains a One-step, Closed call. Interested parties are directed to Attachment FA8684-20-S-C001 Call 0012 Amendment 01 One-Step Call for Proposals for complete details. UPDATED 23 JAN 2023: RSO CSO FA8684-20-S-C001_Amendment 01, Call 0013 - Additive Manufacturing Metals - Complex Hydraulic Components, has been amended as of 23 JAN 2023. The version of Call 0013 published on 22 DEC 2022 has been removed; it has been replaced with Call 0013, Amendment One. Changes to Call 0013 are reflected in red font in the document. The timeline for proposal submission has been revised. This remains a One-step, Closed call. Interested parties are directed to Attachment FA8684-20-S-C001 Call 0013 Amendment One for complete details. UPDATED 06 JUN 2023: RSO CSO FA8684-20-S-C001_Amendment 01: The Department of the Air Force (DAF) established the Advanced Manufacturing Program Office (AMPO) within the RSO to scale Advanced Manufacturing capability across the DAF enterprise. To expand the DAFs capabilities, to respond to production capacities that will advance state of the art advanced manufacturing and economical production, the AMPO is targeting cost-effective additive manufacturing processes approved for polymer fused filament fabrication (FFF) machines and associated data sets to address supply chain and mission readiness challenges. The RSO seeks to issue a Call for White Papers for an innovative technology to establish a machine and material to support larger print envelopes and the demonstration of printing larger parts. Parties interested in receiving the full Solicitation for White Papers are to contact the RSO Contract Specialist, at ethan.dale@us.af.mil, no later than 16 June 2023. All interested parties that submit emails to the RSO Contract Specialist by the stated date, will then be vetted by the RSO Security team. All parties, approved by the RSO Security team, will then be sent the Solicitation for White Papers.