Department of Defense End-to-End Framework for Enhanced Innovative Capability Development (DEFEND) Software System

The Department of Defense Instruction 5000.88 Engineering of Defense Systems references analytic products implicitly produced using an integrated digital engineering architecture that does not exist. The Government requires the contractor to explore application of the contractor capability (models, simulations, SME elicitation methods and software, and processes) to the Government’s area of interest for materiel capability development, and then to assess what steps are necessary to transition the contractor capability into being a Governmental one. Please see the RFI Notice Attachment for further details and submission instructions. No questions or phone calls will be accepted concerning this RFI Notice. All firms responding to this RFI are advised the Government will not provide feedback to firms with respect to any information submitted, or provide any follow-up or status information well after the deadline of this RFI.