RRCS Spec Industry Review Announcement_01 2026 (002).pdf

SPECIFICATION REVIEW

1. Notice

This Specification Review is being issued to engage Industry during the specification development phase. Please be aware of the following:

(a) The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Specification

Review;

(b) The FAA will not pay for any information received, or costs incurred, in preparing the response to the Specification Review;

(c) Your response to this specification review will be treated as information ONLY. It shall not be used as a proposal;

(d) The FAA has the option of conducting one-on-one communications as deemed appropriate without the obligation to hold communications with all respondents;

(e) Respondent participation in any informational session is not a promise of future business with the FAA;

(f) Providing a response to this Specification Review neither qualifies respondents for, nor excludes respondents from, responding to a future Screening Information Request (SIR), if any;

and

(g) This announcement is NOT A (SIR) OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) and should not be misconstrued as such. Further, the FAA is not seeking nor accepting unsolicited proposals in response to this Specification Review.

2. Introduction/Purpose

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is seeking a second round of Industry comments on the attached draft REMOTE RADIO CONTROL SYSTEM (RRCS) SPECIFICATION. The FAA updated the draft specification based on Industry comments provided during the initial review in

September 2025. The FAA intends to utilize Industry comments in finalizing the RRCS specification.

The information received will be used to improve government awareness of RRCS performance and avoid potential ambiguity related to RRCS specification requirements.

In addition, please identify any other requirements that may be challenging in the specification. This is an addendum to the overall specification review.

3. Nature of Competition

A procurement strategy has not been determined at this time. The procurement method will be determined based on a future market survey. Failure to respond to this Specification Review will not result in exclusion from the resulting solicitation.

4. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 334519

(Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing). If other NAICS codes are believed to be appropriate, industry responses should identify and explain why the additional NAICS codes should be considered under this Specification Review.

5. Submittal Requirements for Specification Review

Please use the attached Reviewer Comments form to provide your comments. Submissions must include company point(s) of contact, title(s), and telephone number(s) or e-mail address.

6. Delivery of Submittals

Interested companies must submit their response electronically to Dwayne Berry at:

Dwayne.Berry@faa.gov and reference REMOTE RADIO CONTROL SYSTEM (RRCS) in the subject line no later than MM DD, 2026 at 1:00 pm. EST time. Telephone calls or paper submissions will not be accepted. Responses will not be returned. Any proprietary or confidential information contained in the submissions must be appropriately marked.

Please check the FAA’s Contracting Opportunities on SAM.gov website http://.SAM.GOV frequently for any updates and amendments to this announcement.

7. Attachments

(a) “Draft REMOTE RADIO CONTROL SYSTEM (RRCS)_SPECIFICATION 01 2026”

(b) “RRCS Specification Industry Comment Review”