Air Certification Service - SIR 6973GH-21-R-00010 Vendors Questions Gov. Answers_06 25 2021.pdf
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This document contains questions and answers regarding a federal solicitation for air certification training services. The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking a contractor to provide a four-week blended instructor-led and virtual instructor-led training program consisting of approximately 40 hours per week for newly hired aerospace safety engineers. The training must cover curriculum approved by the FAA and be delivered over six iterations starting in 2022. Pricing will be on a firm-fixed-price basis for the total 1,104 hours of combined instruction. All questions must be submitted by June 25, 2021, with proposals due to the FAA by that same date in order to be considered for award of an unrestricted contract under lowest-priced technically acceptable procedures.
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Air Certification Service - SIR 6973GH-21-R-00010 – Vendors Questions & Gov. Answers
Where can I access the answers to these questions that I am submitting? Is there a portion of the sam.gov portal that I should search for?
Answer: https://sam.gov/content/opportunities https://sam.gov/opp/f6f85488e7ce498590024808ecf982a1/view
Have other companies submitted inquiries for clarification? If so, how and where can I access those questions and responses?
Answer: No
Have there been any amendments? Where would I find those?
Answer: https://sam.gov/content/opportunities
Can the response to the RFP be submitted (with all documentation) to your email addresses, or should it be submitted through sam.gov?
Answer: Follow Section L – Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Bidders
Can you clarify pricing submission? We are not familiar with the formula that is being used below. What does the formula with “168” represent?
Answer: This is a Firm Fixed Price for the following:
IAW SOW, Each offering is 160 hours / 4 Weeks @ 40 Instructional Hours per week
.15 Prep Hours per each Instructional hour of which would total 24 Prep Hours
Total of 184 Instructional Hours (Including .15 hours per each Instructional Hour)
Total of 1104 Instructional Hours of combined 6 calendar Air Worthiness for Aerospace Safety Engineers (ASE) Basic Training(s) delivered @ 184 Instructional Hours per each basic training.
Is pricing based on a project or hourly/quantifiable rate? How do you define Quantity (is this hours of preparation to build the course or hours of teaching? What does unit represent (length of one course, unit used for pricing based on hour of instruction, number of participants in the course?) What does unit price represent (price per participant, price per hour of instruction, price per course?)
Answer: This is a Firm Fixed Price for the following:
https://sam.gov/content/opportunities https://sam.gov/opp/f6f85488e7ce498590024808ecf982a1/view https://sam.gov/content/opportunities
IAW SOW, Each offering is 160 hours / 4 Weeks @ 40 Instructional Hours per week
.15 Prep Hours per each Instructional hour of which would total 24 Prep Hours
Total of 184 Instructional Hours (Including .15 hours per each Instructional Hour)
Total of 1104 Instructional Hours of combined 6 calendar Air Worthiness for Aerospace Safety Engineers (ASE) Basic Training(s) delivered @ 184 Instructional Hours per each basic training.
In one area, it states 32 hours of Instruction. “The contractor must provide a four-week training package consisting of a 32-hour blended Instructor-Led Training (ILT), Web-Based Training (WBT), and/or Virtual Instructor-Led Training”
In one area, it states 20 hours ILT & 20 hours VILT. “furnish all labor, equipment, and materials required to provide 6 iterations of a four-week training package consisting of approximately 20-hour instructor-led course (ILT) and 20-hour virtual instructor-led training (VILT)”
Could you clarify what your requirements are – is it 32 hours of instruction or is it 40 hours (split in half by ILT and VILT)
How many hours of learning are there in each of the four weeks? Is it 8 hours of in-person instruction over 4 weeks, with a total of 32 hours? How many hours of On-demand (online self-paced) learning are part of the training (per week or per month)? Is this flexible, based upon understanding further details?
Is it 40 hours per week, with a total of 160 hours of learning over 4 weeks? (20 hours per week VILT and 20 hours per week ILT)?
Answer: We were looking at 4 weeks of training, 40Hrs per week. The estimates are based on 50% VILT and 50%ILT. The language in the SOW an error that was overlooked and/or not revised to be consistent. See AIR940 – ASE Training Statement of Work Final dated 06/23/2021
Where will the ILT training take place? At the FAA Training center or at our SAE facilities?
Answer: Statement of Work, 2.0 Requirements / 3.0 Scope of Work
Do you want a list of SAE employees and their roles? Or can we just confirm to you that we have staff that meets the needs of your requirements?
Answer: Follow Section L – Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Bidders
We use some ex-FAA employees as instructors for our DPRV program. Most have been retired for a number of years. Do you need to know who those individuals are?
Answer: Yes. Follow Section L – Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Bidders
Is the FAA looking for a Design and Needs Analysis with recommendations on the best approach to learning?
Answer: Follow the AIR940 – ASE Training Statement of Work Final dated 06/23/2021
Or is the FAA looking at the 4 week training having a base 40 hour model with 20 hours of
Asynchronous (online) learning with a flipped model (self-study, videos, online, textbooks, etc.)
and then 20 hours of ILT/contact based learning (ILT or VILT)?
Answer: We were looking at 4 weeks of training, 40Hrs per week. The estimates are based on 50% VILT and 50%ILT. See AIR940 – ASE Training Statement of Work Final dated 06/23/2021
Or is it 20 hours ILT and 20 hours of VILT?
Answer: We were looking at 4 weeks of training, 40Hrs per week. The estimates are based on 50% VILT and 50%ILT. See AIR940 – ASE Training Statement of Work Final dated 06/23/2021.
Or is it a 40 hour course over 4 weeks, with 32 hours of ILT/VILT and the rest of the learning
Asynchronous (online)
Answer: No see previous responses.
NOTE: Friday, June 25th 2021, is the deadline for “all” potential Vendors questions & Governments answers.
Can the pilot be considered one of the first offerings? Or will it run prior to the offerings for evaluation purposes?
Answer: IAW AIR940 - ASE Training Statement of Work - 6.23.21 FINAL - 9.0 Deliverables
Do the course offerings (6) need to be consecutive (one starting each month) or can they overlap in delivery start time?
Answer: IAW AIR940 - ASE Training Statement of Work - 6.23.21 FINAL – Curriculum Development Services, and 6973GH-21-R-00010, CLIN 00001 (Base Year).
Is the complete delivery of year one courses included in the base year?
Answer: See 6973GH-21-R-00010-0001, Change CLIN 00002 “(Base Year)”
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