Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA)
Added: Feb 07, 2012 7:46 am GENERAL REQUIREMENTS OF POTENTIAL CONTRACT: The contract is for organizational level (O-level) maintenance support for Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) and systems to sustain the combat and training capability at tasked locations worldwide. The program supports Air Combat Command (ACC), the Air National Guard, and other major command and combatant command customers. The contract is centrally managed by the ACC Acquisition Management and Integration Center (ACC AMIC) at Langley AFB, Virginia. Support shall include: aircraft maintenance management; Aerospace Ground Equipment and Ground Support Equipment maintenance; supply support; Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Systems; Quality Control; and ancillary support programs.All services requested under this contract are non-personal in nature. This acquisition is unrestricted. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which will be considered. The North American Industry Classification System Code for this requirement is 488190. The solicitation will be issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) utilizing Federal Acquisition Regulation, Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation. The government seeks to award to an offeror who gives the Air Force the best value utilizing a lowest price technically acceptable approach. The Government contemplates award of a single award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with fixed price and cost reimbursable line items with incentive fees resulting from this solicitation. Ordering period is 5 years from date of award. Contract types for the individual task orders will be fixed-price. The RFP is planned to be posted on Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) world wide website www.fedbizopps.gov on or about 22 February 2012. The anticipated contract award date is mid-December 2012. Please note that all information pertaining to subject solicitation including updates on the acquisition and/or amendments to the solicitation will be posted to the FedBizOpps website. The Contracting Officer for this acquisition is Sharon Potter and the Contract Manager is Donna Rankin. FA4890-10-R-0009 Department of the Air Force Air Combat Command
2/7/12, 7:46 AM Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA)
Added: Apr 30, 2010 11:28 am FA4890-10-R-0009REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT (RPA)SOURCES SOUGHT/MARKET RESEARCHThe government is considering a combined MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper organizational-level maintenance contract starting on/about 1 October 2011 and is seeking industry input on how best to support Air Combat Command's remotely piloted aircraft missions. Support will consist of aircraft, ground control station, and Predator Primary Satellite Link maintenance, weapons loading for both aircraft, munitions build-up for MQ-9 aircraft only, and logistics support for both aircraft to include aerospace ground equipment, tool room, parts ordering, custodial responsibilities for parts and equipment, and Plans and Scheduling responsibilities. Initial plans (subject to change) call for support at multiple deployed locations as shown below. Deployed locations may be combined MQ-1/MQ-9 efforts or stand-alone for each weapons system. Specific locations and exact timing of each location is TBD and the actual number of locations will be dictated by future mission requirements. The level-of-effort will be determined on a "sortie and flying-hour" basis with an allowance for attrition. We expect some level of personnel rotations at the deployed sites, however, are not tied to a specific amount at this time.Fiscal Year # MQ-1 Total # MQ-1 # MQ-9 Total # MQ-9 Locations Sorties Per Day** Locations Sorties Per Day**FY12 3 10 2 5FY13 4 15 4 14FY14 4 11 4 32FY15 1 8 9 46FY16 1 6 11 66** Planned # of sorties is spread across all locationsWe are seeking specific industry feedback on the potential for minimizing CONUS support of MQ-1 & MQ-9. If CONUS contractor-supported flying is minimized or unavailable, what options are available to train and maintain proficiency for contractor personnel required to support the deployed mission? If some level of CONUS effort is required to adequately support the deployed effort, provide a recommended minimum sortie/flying hour requirement that will fulfill contractor training/proficiency requirements and justification for proposed CONUS support.We are also soliciting industry feedback regarding the price structure for the deployed efforts. Is it feasible to solicit OCONUS on a firm fixed price basis? What kind of workload data is required to facilitate soliciting on fixed price basis?Request industry e-mail responses by 14 May 2010 to Donna Rankin, donna.rankin@langley.af.mil, Mark Garrette, mark.garrette@langley.af.mil, and Sharon Potter, sharon.potter@langley.af.mil. FA4890-10-R-0009 Department of the Air Force Air Combat Command
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