DRAFT_RFP_Q&A_Part_2.pdf

1. Transition – please clarify the transition timelines. We understand the order in which the transitions should take place, but please clarify upon what date, specifically, each facility will fall under the new contract/contractor. This information subject to change and the final RFP will better highlight the transition breakout and execution. The transition dates as currently anticipated are shown in the transition CLINs.

2. Please clarify the government’s use of the term complex, as in ‘complex airfield management operations’, ‘complex flight line driving program’, ‘complex control tower’.

Complex in terms of larger volume of operations in a contingency environment.

3. Appendix G

a. Al Asad - There are 4 control positions in the tower: Approach Control, Arrival

Control, Assist, and Watch Supervisor

i. Please clarify if this is tower or radar?

This is a tower and RADAR requirement

There are 3 positions in the tower

There are 4 positions in the RADAR

b. Al Asad - - Flight Medical Services Needed- example (Doc in a Box, traveling

Flight Doctor, Physician Assistant-Flight Doctor satellite relay capability)

i. Can the government please confirm which medical facilities are currently on site other than the base hospital?

The Government does not have any further information.

c. Bagram - - Travel into Bagram Afghanistan is supported through Diplomatic

Flight Service (DFS)

i. Can the government clarify if PPE will be picked up at Bagram and not in

Kuwait anymore?

If PPE is needed on country entry, then the contractors will be required to travel via military transport flights into those countries. PPE is not available for pickup at Bagram.

d. Bagram - Flight Medical Services Needed- example (Doc in a Box, traveling

i. Can the government please confirm which medical facilities are currently

e. Jalalabad - Travel into Bagram Afghanistan is supported through Diplomatic

Flight Service (DFS) and then Space A to Jalalabad

i. Can the government clarify if PPE will be picked up at Bagram and not in

Kuwait anymore?

If PPE is needed on country entry, then the contractors will be required to travel via military transport flights into those countries. PPE is not available for pickup in Bagram.

f. Jalalabad - Flight Medical Services Needed- example (Doc in a Box, traveling

i. Can the government please confirm which medical facilities are currently

g. Mazer-e-Sharif - Travel into Bagram Afghanistan is supported through

Diplomatic Flight Service (DFS) and then Space A to Mazer-e-Sharif

i. Can the government clarify if PPE will be picked up at Bagram and not in

Kuwait anymore?

If PPE is needed on country entry, then the contractors will be required to

h. Kandahar - - Travel into Bagram and Kandahar Afghanistan is supported through Diplomatic Flight Service (DFS) and then Space A to Mazer-e-Sharif

(note – this should be edited to read ‘to Kandahar’)

i. Can the government clarify if PPE will be picked up at Bagram and not in

Kuwait anymore?

If PPE is needed on country entry, then the contractors will be required to

i. Ali Al Salem and Al Jaber - ATC Senior Controller Concept Supported 24/7 hours a day - Controllers will work side by side with Host Nation controllers

i. Can the government confirm that liaison services only will be provided and that the controllers will not be training host nation controllers or working control positions?

Controllers will be required to train and work alongside host nation controllers.

CLS will not train host nation controllers

j. Ali Al Salem and Al Jaber - ATC Senior Controller Concept Supported 24/7 hours a day - Controllers will work side by side with Host Nation controllers

Can the government confirm that liaison services only will be provided and that the controllers will not be training host nation controllers or working control positions?

Controllers will be required to train and work alongside host nation controllers.

CLS will not train host nation controllers i.

k. Al Dhafra - Flight Medical Services Needed- example (Doc in a Box, traveling

Flight Doctor, Physician Assistant-Flight Doctor satellite relay capability)

i. Can the government please confirm which medical facilities are currently

l. Muwaffaq Salti AB, Jordan - Flight Medical Services Needed- example (Doc in a Box, traveling Flight Doctor, Physician Assistant-Flight Doctor satellite relay capability)

i. Can the government please confirm which medical facilities are currently

m. Muwaffaq Salti AB, Jordan – Can the government that the contractor is not bidding radar services at this time?

There is not RADAR controlling requirement

n. Al Dhafra - Flight Medical Services Needed- example (Doc in a Box, traveling

i. Can the government please confirm which medical facilities are currently

o. Al Dhafra - - Control Tower Liaison - - Requirement for Senior Controller

Concept, Contract controllers will be required to work along with Host Nation controllers

i. Can the government confirm that liaison services only will be provided and that the controllers will not be training host nation controllers or working control positions?

Controllers will be required to train and work alongside host nation controllers. CLS will not train host nation controllers.

p. 6667 and 6668 –Can the government provide any information about how long traditional TDY assignments to these locations have lasted? In order to ensure compliance with local labor laws, additional information is needed.

The labor laws should be incompliance with the country they are postured out of. CLS should be at the forward sites a limited amount of days.

Generally no more than a week.