COMMERCIAL SOLUTIONS FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES - TRAINING, TESTING AND TRANSITION SERVICES (SOF-T Serve)

Quick Summary

The U.S. Army has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for Commercial Solutions for Special Operations Forces - Training, Testing, and Transition Services (SOF-T Serve). This RFI seeks to identify commercial entities capable of providing a broad range of capabilities to support the Special Operations community. The Government is contemplating a single-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle with an estimated ceiling of $99,000,000. Responses are due by June 1, 2026, at 15:00 ET.

Scope of Requirements

The RFI seeks commercial solutions across four core pillars:

• Comprehensive Personnel Training & Readiness: Specialized instruction, curriculum development, and exercise support for SOF missions (tactical, medical, linguistic, technical, unconventional warfare), including commercial training methodologies, aids, simulations, and LVC environments.
• Mission Technique & Technology Testing: Evaluation of commercial technologies (hardware/software) and techniques (tactics, workflows, procedures) for SOF applicability, including TRL/Technique Validation assessments and market surveys.
• Rapid Prototyping & Technology Transition: Services to modify or "ruggedize" commercial products for SOF environments, develop transition plans, and integrate Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) items into existing Government frameworks.
• Agile Execution & Pricing Transparency: Ability to generate Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Task Order proposals within compressed timelines (less than seven days) using transparent, substantiable commercial pricing benchmarks.

Contract & Timeline

• Type: Request for Information (RFI) for market research purposes.
• Anticipated Contract Type: Single-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ).
• Estimated Ceiling: $99,000,000.
• Objective: Determine if required services meet "Commercial Product" or "Commercial Service" definitions (FAR 2.101) to support a Commercial Item Determination (CID) and justify a Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO).
• Set-Aside: None specified (RFI).
• Response Due: June 1, 2026, 15:00 Eastern Time (ET).
• Published: May 18, 2026.

Requested Information

Vendors are requested to address questions regarding:

• Commerciality & Market Practices: Examples of commercial customers for training, testing, and prototyping services; customary practices for modifying commercial technologies/training; and commercial evaluation of workflows/techniques.
• Commercial Pricing: Typical pricing methods for diverse services and how commercial pricing can determine fair and reasonable FFP task order prices without certified cost/pricing data.
• Operational Agility: Standard commercial practices for proposal turnaround times under seven days.
• Corporate Capabilities: Overview of ability to prime a $99M single-award IDIQ covering the broad scope.

Submission Instructions

• Page Limit: Eight (8) pages.
• Format: PDF.
• Cover Page: Must include Company Name, Address, Point of Contact (Name, Email, Phone), CAGE Code, and Business Size (e.g., Large, Small, SDVOSB) under NAICS code: 541330.
• Submission: Via email to Christopher Crouch (christopher.l.crouch.civ@army.mil) and Cassandra Kurth (cassandra.d.kurth.civ@army.mil).

Points of Contact

• Christopher Crouch: Contracting Officer, christopher.l.crouch.civ@army.mil, 407-208-3320.
• Cassandra Kurth: Contract Specialist, cassandra.d.kurth.civ@army.mil, 520-714-5580.