Commercial and Economic Research and Innovation (CERI)

The Secretary of the Air Force Concepts Development and Management (SAF/CDM), Office of Commercial and Economic Analysis (OCEA) is seeking innovative commercial solutions or new capabilities that fulfill OCEA requirements, close existing capability gaps, and/or offer technological advancements in meeting the Objectives and Focus Areas detailed in the CSO attachment. The CSO will follow a Two-Step process prior to any award, with White Papers submitted in the first step and full Technical/Management and Price proposals submitted in the second step. The Government may issue Amendments to this CSO during the Open Period to change or correct content, as needed. Some key areas of focus include: • Studying the current conditions and emerging trends in portfolios of global commercial market sectors to identify commercial and economic risk to military advantage, and offer risk mitigations that span the authorities of the Executive Branch. • Advancing strategic research, cutting-edge macro-economic analyses, and studying United States (U.S.) and foreign industrial policies to illuminate the root causes that drive commercial and economic risk into the Air Force and DoD. • Maintaining modern information technology solutions that apply data science innovations to premier commercial and economic data sets to rapidly turn data into information and insight.