Flight Test Support Services
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Qualification Details
Fit reasons
- NAICS alignment with historical contract wins in similar service areas.
- Scope strongly matches core technical capabilities and delivery model.
Risks
- Past performance thresholds may require one additional teaming partner.
- Potential clarification needed on staffing minimums before bid/no-bid.
Next steps
Validate eligibility requirements, assign capture owner, and schedule partner outreach to confirm teaming strategy before submission planning.
FA2823-18-R-0001; Flight Test Support
The Air Force Test Center (AFTC), Installation Contracting Division (AFTC/PZIOA), Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, intends to solicit and award a requirement for Flight Test Support. Contractor tasks include, but not limited to, providing all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, logistics, training, technical support, and other items and services necessary to manage and provide aircraft support for wide a variety of electronic system test programs. In addition to just providing aircraft for support, modifications will be required to aircraft for installation of the systems under test. Systems to be installed include (but are not limited to) radios, GPS systems, sensors, and countermeasures (flares, jammers, etc.) in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS).
This acquisition is under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, FAR Part 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items, and FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation. This acquisition will utilize Lowest Price Technically Acceptable basis IAW FAR 15.101-2 and the award will be made to the lowest priced offeror that meets the minimum requirement. The Government intends to award without discussions.
Any resulting contract shall be Firm-Fixed-Price and an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract. Task Orders will be issued to accomplish specific mission tests as outlined in the Performance Work Statement. Period of performance of the basic IDIQ contract is from 20 September 2018 through 19 September 2019, with four (4) additional one-year Options. The Government reserves the right not to exercise the Options.
This acquisition is Unrestricted. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 488190, with a small business size standard of $32.5 million. All small business contractors are encouraged to participate. Please identify your business size in your response based upon this standard. Offerors must be registered on the System for Award Management (SAM) website at https://www.sam.gov. Please provide DUNS or Cage Code on the response to this solicitation.
All questions are due by 05 July 2018. Proposals must be received no later than 01:00 PM Central Time on 14 July 2018.
Potential offerors should note that a site visit will not be held for this requirement.
Offerors are responsible for obtaining the solicitation, amendments, and any other documentation from the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website, which can be accessed at https://www.fbo.gov. Paper copies will not be available. Telephone requests to be placed on the mailing list will not be honored, and no telephone inquiries will be accepted.