Soldier Led Software Factory

**This update is to inform industry that an award has been made as of 26 March 2021, following a downselect from White Papers to full proposal submissions and eventual selection of an awardee. For those who responded, the Army appreciates your interest in the Soldier-Led Software Factory. We want to invite and encourage everyone to follow the Army Software Factory as it builds a tech ecosystem in Austin, TX. We welcome future possibilities to partner with industry on other Software Factory efforts such as internship opportunities for cohort members, tech talks, other types of engagement for their cohort members, and future contracting opportunities. Army Software Factory believes partnering with industry tech champions is a critical component of making this Software Factory successful.** **The process is currently on-going and an award has not been made at this time. The estimated schedule has been superseded by events and the Government anticipates a more substantive update will be provided by the end of the month.** **AMENDMENT 3 EXTENDS THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE TO 4:00 PM RALEIGH, NC LOCAL TIME ON 22 JANUARY 2021. THIS EXTENSION IS DUE TO IDENTIFIED ISSUES RELATING TO THE INBOX IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT. THE ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN UPDATED, AND PROPOSALS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO usarmy.rtp.ccdc-arl.mbx.aro-software-factory@mail.mil NO LATER THAN THE DATE AND TIME STATED ABOVE.** **AMENDMENT 2 PROVIDES TWO UPDATED DOCUMENTS. THE DOCUMENT ENTITLED "AMENDMENT 2 Software Factory Announcement" SUPERSEDES THE TWO PREVIOUS RFP DOCUMENTS AND IS NOW THE GOVERNING CALL FOR SOLUTIONS. THE ONLY CHANGES IN "AMENDMENT 2 Software Factory Announcement" FROM THE PREVIOUS AMENDMENT 1 DOCUMENT ARE CLARIFICATIONS OF QUESTIONS RECEIVED FROM INDUSTRY. THE DOCUMENT ENTITLED "UPDATED Question and Answer Software Factory 1-12-2021" SUPPLEMENTS THE PREVIOUSLY POSTED QUESTION AND ANSWER DOCUMENT** **AMENDMENT 1 PROVIDES A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION AND AN AMENDMENT TO THE SOFTWARE FACTORY ANNOUNCEMENT. WITHIN THE ANNOUNCEMENT, UPDATES ADDRESSING THE QUESTIONS RECEIVED AS OF 5 JANUARY 2021 ARE INCLUDED. QUESTIONS MAY BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN 8 JANUARY 2021; QUESTIONS SUBMITTED BEYOND THIS DATE MAY NOT BE ENTERTAINED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THE SUBMISSION EMAIL ADDRESS FOR QUESTIONS AND WHITEPAPERS IS ALSO UPDATED IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT TO usarmy.rtp.ccdc-arl.mbx.aro-software-factory@mail.mil* Army Futures Command (AFC) is issuing a Call for white papers, with a follow on opportunity to submit proposals by invitation only, for a competitively-awarded prototype Other Transaction Agreement. This notice provides documentation to support the Army Futures Command Soldier-Led Software Factory. Army Futures Command (AFC) requires the Awardee to collaboratively prototype the Army's first Soldier-led Software Factory. The Factory shall be staffed, built, and run from zero existing infrastructure or policy precedent, to ultimately transition to Army self-sustaining operation as a fully-uniformed agile software development unit without a heavy reliance on contracted presence. The Factory must organize, train, and operate in-line with modern industry technology standards, prototyping a reproducible force design and associated processes for widespread implementation in the future operating environment. A call with applicable requirements, instructions, and evaluation procedures to Offerors is posted on this website (beta.sam.gov). All Offerors that certify eligibility with the OTA statute may submit a whitepaper proposal to be considered for this requirement. All interested parties must be registered in the System Award Management (www.sam.gov). It is the responsibility of the interested parties to independently review the referenced web link (beta.sam.gov) frequently for posting of the this solicitation and updates to any and all documents. Potential Offerors will be responsible for downloading their copy of the RFP and amendments, if any.