# Aerospace Readiness Enterprise System (ARES)

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/fa873026rb001

- Solicitation number: FA873026RB001
- Notice type: Solicitation
- Status: Closed. Deadline was January 22, 2026 at 4:00 PM EST
- Department: Department of the Air Force
- Agency: Department of the Air Force
- Contracting office: FA8730 Kessel Run Aflcmc/Hbbk (FA8730)
- NAICS: 541519 Other Computer Related Services
- Product or service code: AC33 National Defense R&D Services; Defense-Related Activities; Experimental Development
- Place of performance: Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts
- County: Middlesex County (FIPS 25017). https://abierto.us/counties/middlesex-county-ma-25017
- City: Hanscom AFB. https://abierto.us/cities/hanscom-afb-ma-2528425
- First posted: December 11, 2025
- Last posted: January 13, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/c29ea529480f4f1aa6452abf7ed485bd/view

## Description

Update 13 January 2026, Includes and update to the posting to extend the due date and added attachments that Include questions and answers from Industry, please review all attachments

Prototyping is a means of testing assumptions about technologies and approaches before expending significant amounts of effort or money building something that may not address the organization’s problem. Prototyping is a low-cost, rapid risk mitigation approach. As such, we propose that the first Aerospace Readiness Enterprise System (ARES) use case be built as a prototype initially, with the following capability goals.

ARES is the Air Force’s enterprise solution for scheduling, standardization and evaluation (stan/eval) and training management which is intended to replace the Patriot Excalibur (PEX), Puckboard, and Graduate/Training Integration Management System (G/TIMS) legacy software programs. Specifically, ARES will leverage commercial software to the greatest extent possible and be deployed, initially, within the Impact Level (IL) 4 partition with a path to IL-6 deployment thereafter.

Further, the Air Force, in support of the DAF BATTLE NETWORK, has an enduring requirement to deploy a robust solution which provides enterprise capabilities for scheduling, stan/eval, and training for increased readiness and lethality. Starting with the requirements of Air Education and Training Command (AETC) as the basis for this prototype, but not excluding requirements from other MAJCOMs, the prototype should meet as many of the following criteria as possible.

Final acceptance of the prototype will be based on its ability to meet the threshold requirements outlined below. The final evaluation of the prototypes will also consider objective criteria as defined below. The prototype shall be completed and available for inspection and use no later than 90 calendar days after contract award.

The following special instuctions below applies to this posting

1. Government will accept questions until 1600 EST on 19 December 2025.

2. To Recieve the Bidders Library Please reference section 2.6.7 in the ARES Request for Whitepapers document for process to request access to the Bidder’s Library and please reach out to one the following POC: Shamieka Gilmore-Williams @ shamieka.gilmore-williams@us.af.mil Lauren Cheslofska @ lauren.cheslofska@us.af.mil Leonardo Dominguez @ leonardo.dominguez.1@us.af.mil Bidders Library will be sent via DOD SAFE

## Publications

- December 11, 2025: Solicitation, due January 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM EST. Notice 0e7ec5a3a9d14aebb7d2de3e5e23982e. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/0e7ec5a3a9d14aebb7d2de3e5e23982e/view
- December 12, 2025: Solicitation, due January 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM EST. Notice 0eb47ca2ba1f4401a621f67482461b26. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/0eb47ca2ba1f4401a621f67482461b26/view
- December 12, 2025: Solicitation, due January 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM EST. Notice 497a74843cdc4e2ba61484e1a11a6c27. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/497a74843cdc4e2ba61484e1a11a6c27/view
- December 12, 2025: Solicitation, due January 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM EST. Notice bd2f89557fea495e815dc7ad683ed2f7. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/bd2f89557fea495e815dc7ad683ed2f7/view
- December 23, 2025: Solicitation, due January 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM EST. Notice 2d2370abf8e3400c86cc32d3436e0985. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/2d2370abf8e3400c86cc32d3436e0985/view
- January 13, 2026: Solicitation, due January 22, 2026 at 4:00 PM EST. Notice c29ea529480f4f1aa6452abf7ed485bd. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/c29ea529480f4f1aa6452abf7ed485bd/view

## Points of contact

- Lauren Cheslofska, lauren.cheslofska@us.af.mil
- Leonardo Dominguez, Capt, leonardo.dominguez.1@us.af.mil

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