PreSolicitation_Notice.docx

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE FOR FA4890-13-R-0117: This is a pre-solicitation notice only. Air Combat Command, Acquisition Management and Integration Center (AMIC) anticipates issuing the final RFP on or about 2 December 2013 with a closing date on or about 15 January 2014. This will be a Total Small Business Set-Aside. The Government intends to make one award from this solicitation. The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) for this requirement is 561210 with a corresponding small business size standard of $35.5M.

The contractor shall provide non-personal services to provide base operations support (BOS) at forward operating locations (FOL) to permanently assigned personnel and equipment, and facilities; to deployed aircraft, personnel and equipment conducting USSOUTHCOM, Department of Defense (DoD), U.S. State Department, and multi-counterdrug agencies counterdrug surveillance missions in the Caribbean and Central and South American theaters. The contractor is to provide BOS at FOLs in support of aerial counterdrug surveillance operations, mission planning, and execution.

The FOL-BOS locations are at Hato International Airport (IAP), Curacao and Reina Beatrix IAP, Aruba.

The Period of Performance will cover a two month Phase-In, 1-Base Year, and 5 One-Year options. The Government is expected to make an award around July 2014, with the two month Phase-In beginning 1 August 2014, and actual performance start date of 1 October 2014.

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 question or comments via e-mail to the Contracting Office. When submitting questions or 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 Request for Proposal (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.

The site-visit will be held on 19-20 November 2013 in Curacao. Registration for the site visit has closed. Any briefs or material that is presented by the Government will be posted to FBO. An interested parties listing will be posted to FBO to facilitate teaming and subcontracting opportunities. A pre-proposal conference will not be held for this requirement. To be eligible for contract award, offerors must be registered under the applicable NAICS code in the System for Award Management (SAM), which may be found at https://www.sam.gov/. SAM replaces functions formerly performed by Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA), among others. All interested parties are cautioned to ensure that information listed in SAM is current and correct.

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: Jim Robinson (757) 225-7706 james.robinson.54@us.af.mil

Alternate POC: Christin Lockhart (757) 764-9154 christin.lockhart@us.af.mil