PreSolicitation_Notice-Final.docx

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE FOR FA4890-13-R-0001: This is a pre-solicitation notice only. Air Combat Command, Acquisition Management Integration Center (AMIC) anticipates issuing the final Request for Proposal (RFP) on or about 4 Dec 2012 with a closing date on or about 24 Jan 2013. This acquisition will be competed full and open (unrestricted). The Government intends to make one award as a result of this RFP on or about 10 Jul 2013 based on the availability of funds. The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) for this requirement is 611512 with a corresponding small business size standard of $25.5M.

The contractor shall perform in accordance with the standards outlined in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) as posted with the RFP. The contractor shall furnish all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and all other items and services that are required to perform and support MQ-1/MQ-9 Contract Aircrew Training and Courseware Development (CAT/CWD) to include Instrument Refresher Course (IRC) for personnel in support of operations, as required, at Creech Air Force Base AFB NV, Holloman AFB, NM, March ARB CA, Hancock Field Air National Guard Base (ANGB) NY, and other locations that may be required in the future in accordance with the PWS. The specific tasks for this contract are divided into three categories: 1) CAT to include IRC, 2) CWD and, 3) General Tasks.

Performance will consist of a two-month Transition/Phase-In period, one Base Year period and four, One-year Option periods.

The Government will use the Internet and email as the primary means of disseminating and exchanging any information concerning this requirement. Interested parties should review the documents posted and provide any comments via e-mail to the Contracting Office. When submitting comments, offerors should provide their company name, address, point of contact, Cage Code, phone and fax number, email address, and business size. It is the offeror’s responsibility to monitor the Internet for the release of the final RFP and closing date. The Air Force will consider and respond to all inputs received. Industry response is encouraged to ensure all parties have maximum opportunity to participate in this acquisition and to ensure that the requirement is understood. A pre-proposal conference is planned to be held at 16 Training Squadron, 897 W 6th Street, Bldg 513, Holloman AFB, NM 88330 on or about 12 Dec 2012, 9:00 AM, Mountain Time (MT). Offerors desiring to attend the conference must pre-register by 5 Dec 2012. Registration information is outlined in the attached Pre-Proposal Conference/Site Visit Notice. An interested parties listing will be posted to FBO to facilitate teaming and subcontracting opportunities. Interested parties are to submit all correspondence pertaining to this requirement in writing to the POCs listed below. Hard copies of documents posted on FBO will not be made available. The Government will provide an email confirmation of receipt of information. If you have difficulty in emailing your response and/or an email confirmation of receipt is not received in a timely manner, you are encouraged to contact the POCs below.

Primary POC: Ms. Imelda Reantaso (757) 225-5797 Imelda.Reantaso@langley.af.mil

Alternate POC: Capt Cindy Alexander (757) 225-3165 Cindy.Alexander@langley.af.mil

Notice to Offerors:

1. Funds are not presently available for this effort. No award will be made under this solicitation until funds are available. The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after the closing date. In the event the Government cancels this solicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any proposal costs.

2. Offerors must be registered in the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) site found at http://orcabpn.gov/ and the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) under the applicable NAICS code in the System Award Management (SAM) site found at https://www.sam.gov. Interested parties are cautioned to ensure that information listed in ORCA and SAM is current and correct.

3. Foreign Contractors: This contract requires a “Top Secret” clearance. Federal legislation restricts the dissemination of critical technologies, classified and unclassified, to foreign interests. Access to information above the “Secret” level by a foreign owned/controlled company requires a National Interest Determination (NID)—this also applies to any foreign owned proposed subcontractor. The NID is an agency level risk analysis, determination, and acceptance used to justify the need for a “Special Security Agreement”. A user agency must justify and request a company be cleared under a “Special Security Agreement” to isolate any potential for Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI). The justification must address and explain how the FOCI contractor’s product or service is crucial, or is the sole available source to the Air Force. NIDs have to be forwarded to SAF/AAZ for review and endorsement, then to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Counterintelligence and Security (OSD-USD/I) for final approval.