RFI - CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS FORCES AND SUPPORT (COF) II

09 Dec 2025 - Amendment 001 The Purpose of this amended RFI is to update the PWS associated with this RFI. The scope of the COF requirement is to provide cybersecurity defense for the USTRANSCOM enterprise. This will be Security Operations Management/CSSP services for on premises and cloud environments, including Development Security Operations (DevSecOps) ecosystems. The major associated activities that the contractor shall perform include:

cybersecurity boundary defense; infrastructure support; intrusion detection monitoring and incident management; cyber threat analysis; security tool suite administration; cybersecurity forensic analysis; data integration, playbook generation and detection engineering for Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR),, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), heuristic/analytic lifecycle management, cybersecurity dashboards/visualizations development, cybersecurity data integration into common operating picture (COP), and continuous improvement and optimization.

The COF contract is responsible for protecting against, defending, and responding to suspicious or malicious cyber activity across the USTRANSCOM enterprise. The contractor shall utilize managed services best practices to perform the tasks and subtasks of this Performance Work Statement (PWS) to provide responsive IT service delivery. The required outcomes are delivering COF services to the USTRANSCOM enterprise within agreed service levels and achieving continual cybersecurity improvements to the COF services.

The contractor shall be responsible for the coordination, management, resource allocation, and activity coordination to ensure the success of the entire cybersecurity service delivery process as defined in this PWS. The contactor, in concert with the Government, will establish, collect, and report metrics to evaluate and improve service delivery performance.

This contract will also cover and support execution of USTRANSCOM’s CSSP mission, defensive cyberspace operations (DCO), coordination of Cyberspace Protection Team (CPT) missions and requirements, DCO and joint planning to include development of Concepts of Operations (CONOPs) and Operational Plans (OPLANs), joint training and readiness management, spectrum management, Satellite Communications (SATCOM) mission planning, survivable SATCOM operations, senior leader airborne communications support, and tactical communications projects. The contract will require 24/7 on-site support for some COF activities.