FAA Contract Tower Program
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is seeking proposals for a seven-year contract to provide air traffic control (ATC) services at approximately 264 Visual Flight Rules (VFR) airports throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and Saipan. The FAA's Contract Tower Program is procuring these mission critical and time sensitive ATC activities on a competitive basis. Proposals are due by February 22, 2024 at 2:00 PM EST, and questions must be submitted by January 22, 2024. The evaluation will focus on factors such as offerors' past performance and ability to meet the FAA's operational requirements.
Two sub-areas, 2-TEME and 2-TETL, are set aside for small businesses, with sub-area 2-TETL further reserved for small disadvantaged businesses. The NAICS code is 488111 (Air Traffic Control) and the PSC is D301 (ATC Services). The contract is expected to be awarded to multiple awardees, but the total value was not specified. The place of performance is across the 264 VFR airport locations in the stated regions.
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1/8/24, 3:05 PM FAA Contract Tower Program Amendment
The purpose of this Special Notice is to provide an update to include additional questions received prior to the closing date of the initial posting Clindsay062322 and the Government responses that were inadvertently omitted from the 1/26/23 posting.
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2/13/23, 5:28 PM FAA Contract Tower Program
MARKET SURVEY ANNOUNCEMENT
1. Introduction/Purpose
Through the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Contract Tower (FCT) Program, the FAA acquires
support mission critical and time sensitive air traffic control activities at approximately 260
Visual Flight Rules (VFR) airports throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, Guam and Saipan. The FAA has a five-year requirement for the continuation, on a
competitive contract basis, to provide air traffic control (ATC) services. The Draft Screening
Information Request (SIR), which contains the Draft Statement of Work (SOW) and a list of locations
(Attachment J-3), are attached to this announcement.
Presently, such ATC services are provided on a contract basis at 260 air traffic control towers by
three contractors; Robinson Aviation Inc., Midwest Air Traffic Control Service, Inc., and Serco
Management Services, Inc. The purpose of the market survey is to further refine the acquisition
strategy and arrive at the most suitable approach to acquiring air traffic services for the
follow-on acquisition. The FAA plans to release a final Screening Information Request (SIR) for industry in the Fourth Quarter of calendar year 2022.
This announcement is being issued in accordance with the FAA Acquisition Management System
(AMS) Section 3.2.1.2.1.
2. Nature of Competition
The FAA contemplates that this will be an unrestricted competition.
3. Disclaimers
(a) This is not a Screening Information Request or Request for Proposals of any kind;
(b) The FAA is not seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals;
(c) The FAA will not pay for any information received or costs incurred in preparing the
response to the market survey;
(d) Any costs associated with the market survey submittal is solely at the
interested vendor’s expense; and
(e) The FAA reserves the rights to have communication with any or none of the respondents and upon
submittal, any documentation and information becomes the property of the FAA.
4. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code
The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 488111 – Air Traffic Control. Applicable size
standard of $35 Million.
5. Submittal Requirements for Market Survey
a. Firms interested in participating in a competitive procurement for the aforementioned services
are requested to submit a capabilities statement in Microsoft Word or PDF, 12 pt. font, not to
exceed ten pages in length. The FAA requests that this statement address the following:
1. Describe your experience and ability to provide Air Traffic Control services as identified in
the attached draft SIR.
2. Identify any subcontractor or teaming arrangements that may be used to fulfill the
requirements.The FAA will not use the capabilities statements to screen or down select. Rather, they will be
used to determine the range of vendor interest, experience, and capability.
b. In addition to the capabilities statement, firms must provide a completed Business Declaration
Form (attached).
c. Firms are encouraged to provide any questions/comments on the Draft SIR, specifically Clause
H.26 - ADHERENCE TO PERFORMANCE LEVEL STAFFING PLAN AND LABOR HOURS. Should you have any
comments/questions on the draft SIR, please reference the specific section number.
Interested firms should provide their submittal package (capabilities statements, business
declaration form and comments on the draft SIR) electronically to FAA Contracting Specialist
Christian.C.Lindsay@faa.gov by close of business July 25, 2022.
Any questions regarding this Market Survey must be submitted in writing by close of business on
July 8, 2022. All responses to questions will be publicly released prior to closing date of this
Market Survey. Please send your question(s) to Christian.C.Lindsay@faa.gov.
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6/23/22, 2:29 PM FAA Contract Tower Program
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded multiple contracts for the FAA Contract Tower Program under a partial small business set-aside competition. The contracts cover air traffic control services across ten geographical areas, with a base performance period of 14 months (including a two-month phase-in) and six potential one-year option periods. The awarded contracts were issued to four different companies: Midwest Air Traffic Control Services, Robinson Aviation Inc. (RVA), Serco, Inc., and CI2 Aviation, Inc., with total contract values ranging from approximately $36.7 million to $217.4 million per area. The total awarded contract value across all ten areas is $1,440,952,125, with the solicitation being Screening Information Request No. 693KA7-23-R-00003. The awards were made on November 26, 2024, and will provide air traffic control services for various regions of the United States.
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