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Sources Sought Notice Aviation Support Services for NOAA/OMAO/PIAD

This Sources Sought Notice is not a Request for Proposal and does not constitute a commitment by the Government. The Government is currently conducting market research in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10, to identify potential sources to fulfill the requirement and gather information on current capabilities of businesses within the market. All information submitted in response to the Sources Sought Notice is voluntary and the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government. Proprietary information submitted should be marked appropriately. All submitted information shall remain with the U.S. Government and will not be returned.

The Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office (AGO), Eastern Acquisition Division (EAD), and Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO), Platform and Infrastructure Acquisition Division (PIAD) Aircraft Acquisition Program Management Office (PMO) requires the following support services: aircraft program management, engineering, business & integrated logistics to assist in strategic planning, implementation, coordination, integration, and evaluation of programmatic activities.

Background: The NOAA OMAO PIAD - Aircraft Acquisition Program Management Office (PMO) oversees, and is responsible for, aviation-related acquisitions that will replace, upgrade, enhance capabilities, or retire the current NOAA aviation assets. The Aircraft Acquisition PMO has responsibility for the current acquisition, missionization, and fielding of the forthcoming Lockheed Martin Aeronautics (LMA) C-130J and Gulfstream G550 aircraft. In addition, the PMO is responsible for NOAA’s current fleet, consisting of the LMA WP-3D Hurricane Hunters, Gulfstream G-IV SP, DeHavilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otters, and King Air 350/360 CER aircraft. In support of these aircraft, the PMO provides logistical support, configuration, and engineering management from ‘cradle to grave’ of the NOAA Aviation Fleet.

Response Requirements (Limited to 20 pages total) Responses to this Sources Sought Notice shall submit a statement of capabilities, not to exceed 20 pages, encompassing the following information:

(1) Company Profile

a) Company Name;

b) Company Address;

c) Unique Entity Identifier (UEI);

d) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code applicable and corresponding business size for the NAICS Code(s) indicated;

e) Applicable General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedules (FSS) and Schedule Item Numbers (SIN) (include all that apply to this requirement);

f) Small Business Administration (SBA) certified small business concern status and/or socio-economic status (if applicable); and

g) Primary point of contact information and Secondary point of contact (Name, Title, Phone, and Email).

(2) The Capability Demonstration shall provide a summary of capabilities that displays the ability to provide the following:

a) General Program Support in all aspects of aircraft planning - budgetary, financial, production oversight, contract and systems/program management functions required to procure and/or produce, render operational and provide life cycle support (maintenance, repair, supplies, and engineering specific logistics) to systems, activities, subsystems, projects, etc. Associated tasks include, but are not limited to, assisting with operation and maintenance, program/project management, configuration management and document control, cost estimating, acquisition and contract management, source selection, budget formulation and execution, production oversight, risk management, earned value management, predictive analysis/trending, warranty, Fleet Introduction, Availability management, Fleet decommissioning, inactivation and sale/disposal, technology transfer/insertion, unmanned systems, regulatory liaison, training, privatization and outsourcing.

Specifically, the following categorized support service task areas:

i. Aircraft Acquisition PMO Support in budget formulation & management, Engineering, Business & Integrated Logistics Support services to include all program support documentation throughout all

Page | 2 phases of the NOAA’s total Acquisition Lifecycle Management. The Contractor shall assist the PMO in research, development, delivery, and sustainment of aircraft, and assets for all phases of the acquisition lifecycle documentation, and activities.

ii. Engineering Integration and Configuration Management Program Support providing systems integration, Enterprise Architecture activities, design and configuration, test and evaluation, obsolescence, sustainment, modification, validation of design and airworthiness of all planned acquisition and modification efforts. Aircraft engineering expertise in the following disciplines are desired; Radar, Structures, Electrical, Aerodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Flight Mechanics, Flight Test. Computer Aided Drafting in Solidworks and CATIA formats.

iii. Logistics and Sustainment Support in military and commercial aircraft logistics. For Example:

providing complete lifecycle logistics support, Analysis of reliability, maintainability, and supportability issues, Lifecycle cost/total ownership cost analysis, Level-of-repair analysis, Reliability centered maintenance analysis, Integrated maintenance concept analysis, Investigation of maintenance and supportability problems, Analysis of maintenance requirements and development/update of maintenance plans, Evaluation of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance requirements.

Government Point of Contact Company brochures will not be considered in lieu of a capability statement. Interested firms shall submit their statement of capabilities to Jennifer Peters, Contract Specialist, at Jennifer.peters@noaa.gov and Jana Kolb, Contracting Officer, at Jana.Kolb@noaa.gov by no later than 10:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. Any questions or responses regarding this notice must be submitted to Jennifer Peters via the above email address provided. Information received in response to this notice will be considered solely to conduct informed decisions regarding the potential procurement strategy of this requirement. No telephone requests will be honored. Firms that are interested in subcontracting opportunities related to portions of this requirement should contact potential firms directly.