Market Survey 6.8.2026.pdf

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA)

MARKET SURVEY / REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

P.E.A.C.E. INVESTIGATIVE INTERVIEWING TRAINING COURSE

FOR FAA

PSC: U099 (Education/Training - Other)

NAICS: 611430 (Professional and Management Development Training - Size Standard:

$15.0M)

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. ALL QUESTIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING VIA EMAIL

TO THE CONTRACTING SPECIALIST IDENTIFIED IN THE CONTACT INFORMATION SECTION

BELOW.

1. PURPOSE

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Aircraft Certification Service (AIR-900) and Flight Standards Service (AFB-500), is issuing this Market Survey / Request for Information (RFI) to solicit statements of interest, and company capabilities from vendors capable of delivering a comprehensive, outcome-based, and ethical investigative interviewing course.

The training must utilize the Plan and Preparation, Engage and Explain, Account - Clarification and Challenge, Closure and Evaluation (P.E.A.C.E.) Model.

This market survey is being conducted in accordance with the FAA Acquisition Management System (AMS) Policy 3.2.1.2.1. The information gathered will be used for market research and acquisition planning purposes to determine the optimal procurement strategy, including the potential for small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, or socially/economically disadvantaged business set-asides.

2. BACKGROUND & SCOPE OF WORK

The FAA is seeking professional training services to provide its workforce with ethical, transparent, and legally defensible open-ended questioning techniques using the P.E.A.C.E. model to obtain reliable and relevant information during safety audits, inspections, assessments, and investigations. The complete historical background, operational scope, course delivery parameters (including class sizes, instructional hours, and annual throughput), brick-and-mortar facility requirements, specialized instructor qualification standards, and strict legislative Quality Assurance constraints are fully detailed in the attached draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) for the P.E.A.C.E.

Investigative Interviewing Course. All interested vendors must thoroughly review the attached draft PWS to understand the administrative, technical, and environmental performance criteria required to successfully execute this training program.

3. NOTICE OF INTENT TO PURSUE SINGLE SOURCE STRATEGY

The FAA’s currently identified vendor possessing the highly specialized training capabilities, instructional expertise, and logistical footprint necessary to support this requirement is Forensic Interview Solutions, LLC. (SAM UEI: ZZYYNKXNE5Y9, Raleigh, NC).

If no responsive statements of interest and capability are received from other qualified vendors as a result of this announcement, the FAA intends to proceed with a single-source procurement strategy with Forensic Interview Solutions, LLC

Conversely, the FAA may utilize the responses received to establish a limited competition pool of capable and interested vendors. Qualified entities (especially small and disadvantaged businesses certified by the SBA) are strongly encouraged to submit a response.

4. SUBMISSION & RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS

Interested vendors must submit a Capability Statement addressing their capacity to perform these requirements. Submissions must include the following information, structured in the exact order below:

A. Corporate Identification & Socio-Economic Status

1. Legal Business Name, Address, and Website.

2. SAM.gov Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and CAGE Code.

3. Primary NAICS codes and active certifications (e.g., Small Business, 8(a), SDVOSB, WOSB, DBE).

4. Proof of active registration status in SAM.gov.

B. Technical Capability Statement

1. Curriculum & Methodology: Describe your company's capability to deliver a 40-hour curriculum based on the P.E.A.C.E. Investigative Interviewing model. Detail how your instruction aligns with the core components and instructional topics outlined in Section H of the attached draft PWS (including the incorporation of FAA-relevant scenarios).

2. Instructor Pool: Provide evidence of your capability to field instructional sta who meet or exceed the professional, practical, and instructional experience criteria detailed in Section G.5 of the attached draft PWS.

3. Facilities & Logistics: Confirm your ability to provide an Instructor-Led Training (ILT) brick-and-mortar facility within 25 miles of a major US airport that meets all environmental, acoustic, safety, and technological specifications outlined in Section G.4 of the attached draft PWS.

4. Academic Integration (Optional): State whether your organization is an accredited educational institution capable of o ering college/academic credits to successful students.

5. Quality Assurance Compliance: Confirm that all curriculum content and delivery methods comply with the legislative Quality Assurance parameters defined in Section D of the attached draft PWS (Consolidated Appropriations Act training prohibitions).

C. Operational & Past Performance Experience

1. Describe your company's operational experience in managing and executing professional training courses of similar scope and technical complexity for federal, state, or commercial entities.

2. Provide a brief programmatic approach regarding self-performance. Specifically, state how much of the training instruction and administrative support would be self-performed versus subcontracted.

5. ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS & SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

• Response Deadline: All responses to this market survey must be received by 4:00 p.m. Central Time on June 22, 2026.

• Submission Format: Electronic submissions (PDF format preferred) must be emailed to the Contracting O icer below.

• Email Address: erick.martinez-abril@faa.gov

• Subject Line Protocol: For clear identification, please use the following standardized format:

MARKET SURVEY RESPONSE: P.E.A.C.E. INVESTIGATIVE INTERVIEW TRAINING_(Your Company Name)

Proprietary Information: Information provided in response to this market survey will not be publicly released. If your response contains proprietary or business-sensitive data, please mark each page or section clearly with PROPRIETARY.

Acquisition Policy Disclaimer: The FAA’s governing acquisition regulation is the Acquisition Management System (AMS). The FAA is not subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). For more information regarding the FAA's procurement policies, please visit the FAA Acquisition System Toolset (FAST) at https://fast.faa.gov/.

This is a market survey for planning purposes only. It does not constitute a Screening Information Request (SIR) or a Request for Proposal (RFP). The FAA will not pay for any information received or costs incurred in preparing a response to this announcement.