TIMES will provide the Air Force with a single, integrated system of software suites linking Airmen of the Air Reserve Component to deployment and/or mobilization authorities that supports a rapid and accurate information flow from the first identification of a requirement through the processing and delivering of orders to start pay and benefits in an auditable manner. The Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS) of the Air Force (AF) for Operations (AF/A3), pursuant to Title 10 United States Code (USC) 8031-8038, and as documented by paragraph 4.3.3 of the Air Force Mission Directive (AFMD) 1-54, Headquarters Air Force, assists the Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF), other Secretariat offices, and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force (CSAF) in carrying out air, space, and cyberspace operations by establishing and overseeing policy to organize, train, and equip those forces for the Department of the Air Force (DAF). Specifically, the A3 assists the CSAF in providing and allocating operationally ready air, space, and cyberspace forces and capabilities in response to the need of the combatant commanders via the Global Force management (GFM) process. According to Title 10 USC 8013-8016 and AFMD 1-24, Paragraph 4.1, the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs (SAF/MR) has the overall responsibility for: manpower, military, and civilian personnel policy; specifically, providing guidance, direction, and oversight of the Air Force's utilization of Air Force Reserve Component (ARC) members, to include mobilization and demobilization. Therefore SAF/MR has mandated that the A3 will provide a suite of applications that centralizes relevant data and automates the process for mobilization and deployment in a system known as the Total Integration Mobilization Execution System (TIMES). The Contractor shall ensure contractor personnel take action to integrate into the AF War Planning and Policy Division (AF/A3OD) office, creating a seamless Government-Contractor team. The Contractor shall manage contractor personnel. The Contractor will closely interface with Air Force staff and other contractors, as required by the Government, and follow the direction of the Contracting Officer (CO), A3O staff, COR, Alternate COR, and designated USAF Project Manager(s)/Lead(s). Collaboration includes day- to-day activities, consulting, planning, prioritization, development, configuration, implementation, problem solving, knowledge transfer, and creating and sharing documents.
