The U.S. Air Force has issued a request for information to determine the availability of industry capabilities that could support the establishment of a globally connected network designed to provide deployed users with multiple transport paths to communicate with stakeholders in classified and unclassified environments.
Air Mobility Command has identified the need for a Global Transport platform-as-a-service that could support a collaborative requirement at multiple classified levels, according to a sources sought notice published Monday.
According to the AMC, the Global Transport PaaS will provide the network infrastructure and environment needed to streamline the integration of the command’s transport assets with nontraditional vendors, AMC users and external Department of Defense entities.
“The GTPaaS will allow forward deployed users, to connect their edge infrastructure (i.e. JEFFK), using their desired transport path (SATCOM, 4G/5G, LTE, Wi-Fi, etc.) to quickly and dynamically access their applications and data inside a dedicated NIPR, SIPR, and TS/SCI gateway,” the performance work statement reads.
According to the PWS, contract requirements include hardware, programmatic and administrative support, secure entry point network infrastructure and government furnished equipment.
The military branch plans to award a firm-fixed-price contract with a one-year base term and two one-year options.
Responses to the notice are due July 22.
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