Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) Pitch Day

Please adhere and refer to Attachment 1 CSO Pitch Day Instructions. Pitch Day proposals, due no later than 27 April 2021; 4pm EDT, or any inquiries should be directly sent to:

1) All 45 Space Wing CSO proposals or inquiries: 45CONS.PK.PitchDay@us.af.mil

2) All 30 Space Wing CSO proposals or inquiries: 30CONS.PKD.CSOPitchDayTeam@us.af.mil

3) If your proposal or inquiry meets the broad category or applies to both Wing's AOI's, please submit to both. There is cross-flow for considering proposals that could serve both locations.

The Eastern Range (45th Space Wing) and Western Range (30th Space Wing) are offering a commercial solutions opening authorized by Section 879 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub. L. 114-328). Under a CSO, the USSF may competitively award contracts to proposals received in response to a general solicitation, similar to a broad agency announcement (BAA), to acquire innovative commercial items, technologies, and services, based on a review of proposals by scientific, technological, or other subject-matter expert peers within the USSF. Under this CSO, all items, technologies, and services shall be treated as commercial items. 

The USSF intends to obtain "innovative" solutions or potential new capabilities that fulfill requirements, close capability gaps, or provide potential technology advancements. Solutions may include existing technologies or procedures, not currently in use by the USSF, that would enhance or streamline USSF mission capabilities. "Innovative" is defined as any technology, process or method that is new as of the date of submission of a proposal. It also includes any new application of an existing technology, process, or method.

This CSO (and subsequent amendments) contains broadly defined areas of interest (AOI). While these areas of interest are geared towards meeting Eastern and Western Range requirements, the Government reserves the right to award contracts from this CSO to meet USSF requirements outside of Patrick AFB and Vandenberg AFB with similar areas of interest and mission requirements. This solicitation is not accepting offers for grants or cooperative agreements as the purpose of this CSO is to transfer something of value directly to the Government. This CSO will remain open and active until 30 September 2022 with periodic amendments to add or delete AOIs.