Market Survey Announcement.pdf

1. Purpose:

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Technology Research & Development (ATRD) Pavement Research Program is conducting a Market Survey to identify capable and qualified sources that can provide technical, engineering, scientific, software, construction, and program management support, as described in the attached Draft Statement of Work (SOW).

2. Nature of Competition:

The acquisition strategy for the procurement has not been determined at this time.

3. General Information:

- This is not a Screening Information Request or Request for Proposals of any kind;

- The FAA is not seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals;

- The FAA will not pay for any information received or costs incurred in preparing the response to the market survey; and

- Any costs associated with the market survey submittal is solely at the interested vendor’s expense

4. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS):

541330 - Engineering Services with a size standard of $25.5M.

5. Description of Work:

The FAA ATRD Pavements R&D Section operates two full-scale pavement testing facilities and multiple supporting laboratories and field sites. Under the anticipated contract, the Contractor will provide broad technical support and construction services associated with pavement research, design, testing, software support, and specialized airport pavement engineering tasks.

A detailed description of required services is provided in the Draft SOW. Major areas include, but are not limited to:

- Technical Support Services

- Pavement Design & Evaluation Research and Development (R&D)

- Materials Research & Development

- Pavement Evaluation Services

- Software Engineering Support

- Pavement Management Research Support

- Surveying, Mapping, and Stakeout

- Design/Build Construction Services

6. Anticipated Contract Information:

Contract Type: Anticipated Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)) to include labor-hour, Time and Material (T&M) and/or fixed-price task orders.

Place of Performance: FAA facilities in Atlantic City, NJ; Williston, FL; and selected field sites at U.S. airports

Period of Performance: TBD (anticipated to be a minimum of five years)

7. Capabilities Statement Requirements:

a. Interested vendors must submit a Capabilities Statement demonstrating their ability to perform the work outlined in the Draft SOW. Responses must address, at minimum:

1. Company Information o Name, address, UEI, business size/classification o Point of contact and contact information

2. Relevant Technical Experience o Experience in airport pavement engineering, testing, modeling, and analysis o Design/build construction experience for specialized or instrumented pavement test sections o Experience with FAA Advisory Circular standards and airport pavement software

3. Specialized Expertise o Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)/Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) procedures and equipment o Machine Learning (ML)/ Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in pavement engineering o Structural modeling, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA), and mechanistic-empirical design o Laboratory materials testing per FAA, American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), or International Standards Organization (ISO) standards

4. Software Engineering Experience o Experience developing scientific or engineering software o Familiarity with FAA coding standards, Microsoft Manual of Style, Application Programming Interface (API) integration, and version control

5. Construction and Quality Assurance (QA)/Quality Control (QC) Capabilities o Airport or heavy civil construction experience o Ability to comply with FAA construction, safety, survey, and QC requirements

6. Past Performance o Contracts supporting work similar to airport pavement R&D, construction, or engineering per the SOW in the last 3 years.

o 3-5 references and contract numbers (if applicable) o If applicable, provide a list of all current Electronic FAA Accelerated and Simplified Tasks (eFAST), FAA-Systems Engineering and Technical Innovation Solutions (SETIS), and GSA Advantage/Schedule Contracts.

7. Business Size (Large or Small). If your firm is a small business, please indicate if your firm is a Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Small Business (8(a) Certified), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone Small Business, Women Owned Small Business, and/or Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business.

8. Submission Instructions:

The submitted Capability Statement is LIMITED TO 10 PAGES (excluding cover page) and must be presented in PDF. All submissions in response to this market survey must be received by 5:00 pm EST February 10, 2026. Send response via email to Nicole.Saiauskie@faa.gov. Subject line of the email: “Market Survey Response – FAA Pavement Research & Design/Build Support”

9. Attachments

• Attachment 1: Draft Statement of Work (1.20.2026 Technical Support and Design/Build (D/B) Construction Services Draft SOW)

10. Other (if applicable)

- The FAA will not be conducting a pre-proposal; conference and/or a site visit prior to submittals in response to this market survey announcement.

- Any Confidential or proprietary information submitted in response to this announcement must be marked accordingly by the vendor. Such information will not be disclosed outside of the acquisition team.

mailto:Nicole.Saiauskie@faa.gov

- All referenced attachments in the attached Draft Statement of Work will be provided upon request. Request can be made via email to Nicole.Saiauskie@faa.gov.

mailto:Nicole.Saiauskie@faa.gov