CALL 002 DSO CSO 2 STEP CALL TAK (TEAM AWARENESS KIT)

2 JUNE 2026

This posting is being modified to include one attachment titled "Questions and Answers 1 - 2 JUN 2026", contained questions 1-5 asked by industry. Please inquire with POCs with any further questions.

Thank you! 

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21 MAY 2026

This is a Call (002) placed under the DSO CSO (FA8730-22-S-C001) for Team Awareness Kit (TAK) effort. Please see formal announcement under the attachment titled: DSO CSO 2 Step Call_21May26 for further details, along with two other attachments titled "Atch 1_AOI_21May26" and "Atch 2_Evaluation Criteria_21May26". 

This will be a 2-Step Call with these details at a glance: 

Response Opening & Due Date: 21 May 2026 – 8 June 2026, 4pm EST
Call Type: 2- Step, Closed Call
Call Number: 002
Type of Instruments Intended to be issued in response: Other Transactions
NAICS Code: 541519 – Other Computer Related Services
Contract Type Anticipated: Firm Fixed Price (FFP)
Contracting Officer/Agreement Officer: Kelly Puvogel
Contract Specialist/Agreement Specialist: Annie Kazi
Program Manager: Arron Maniego
Estimated Period of Performance: 1 September 2026 – 31 January 2027 (6 Months)

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The Area of Interest (AOI) description: 

C2IMERA Program Overview: C2IMERA (Command and Control Incident Management Emergency Response Application) is a government-owned command and control platform used at the Wing and Base level to manage readiness, operations, and emergency response activities. It serves as the authoritative system where operators enter, validate, and assess real-world readiness and Friendly Order of Battle (FrOB) data, providing commanders with a live common operating picture of installation resources and operational status.

Modern peer conflict will not occur in a pristine, high-bandwidth environment. Commanders require a continuous flow of information from the tactical edge to make informed decisions, but operators at that edge often lack the tools to effectively collect and transmit this data, especially when primary networks are degraded or denied. There is a requirement to: 

• Report standardized base conditions and battle damage from anywhere on an installation. 
• Maintain local C2 and situational awareness even when disconnected from the enterprise. 
• Feed a common operational picture that is consumable by all users.

TAK technology was led by Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).  AFRL vendors and partners are specialized firms responsible for developing, maintaining, and integrating this suite. 

This technology would be leveraging potentially pre-existing TAK plugins that are either open source or commercially available. Each need revolves around a single technical objective: integrating TAK with C2IMERA. Only specific C2IMERA endpoints are currently writable and available for integration under this effort, and proposed solutions must operate within this constraint. Applicants must have prior experience developing TAK plugins and be able to briefly describe this experience in their submission. The deliverables are all variations of the same architecture pattern, just applied to different use cases like Blue Force Tracking, Incident Reporting, Sensor/Video, etc.