Attachment_1.Sources_Sought_Instructions.pdf

Department of State Multi-Mission Aircraft and Aviation Support

Office of Operational Medicine Attachment 1 – Sources Sought Instructions

Notice Type: Sources Sought

Title: Multi-Mission Aircraft and Aviation Support Services

Agency: U.S. Department of State

Office: Bureau of Medical Services, Office of Operational Medicine

Location: Worldwide

NAICS Code: 481211, Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation

(Size Standard in Number of Employees: 1,500)

1.0 Purpose

The purpose of this Sources Sought (SS) is to accomplish market research pursuant to Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10, and to identify small businesses capable of and interested in performing the functions described in Attachment 2: PWS for Multi-Mission Aircraft and

Aviation Support Services. The Government is requesting information regarding the availability and feasibility of attracting small businesses with proven technical capability and experience to provide multi-role aircraft with sufficient range and seating capacity to efficiently deploy personnel and retrieve personnel and casualties from anywhere in the world, including patients infected with highly contagious pathogens requiring biocontainment.

This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a

Request for Proposal (RFP) or a commitment on the part of the Government to conduct a solicitation for the below-listed services in the future. Respondents are advised that the

Government will not pay for information submitted in response to this SS, nor will it compensate respondents for any costs incurred in the development/furnishing of a response. The Government will not entertain telephone calls or questions for this SS. Note that a decision not to submit a response to this SS will not preclude a vendor from participating in any future solicitation.

Responses are limited to those companies considered small business under NAICS Code 481211, Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation.

2.0 Instructions

2.1 Responses

Responses should be limited to 10 pages or less and be submitted as a Microsoft Word

Document or Portable Document Format (PDF). Submissions should include responses to the following categories: Company Profile and Recent/Relevant Experience.

Company Profile, to include:

General Business Information, completing the following table:

Company Name:

Company Point-of-Contact

Email:

Department of State Multi-Mission Aircraft and Aviation Support

Office of Operational Medicine Attachment 1 – Sources Sought Instructions

Phone:

DUNS Number:

CAGE Code:

Socioeconomic Status under NAICS Code

481211, Nonscheduled

Chartered Passenger Air

Transportation:

Example: Small Business, Small

Disadvantaged Business; HUBZone;

Economically Disadvantaged Woman-

Owned; Service Disabled Veteran

Owned; 8(a)

Registered in the System for Award Management:

Yes/No

On the Excluded Party List: Yes/No

Recent/Relevant Experience, to include:

Address the requirements contained in Attachment 2: PWS for Multi-Mission Aircraft and Aviation Support Services. In addressing the requirements, weight and detail paragraphs and bullets as deemed appropriate.

Provide recent/relevant experience, capabilities, contracts, and customer information as respondent deems appropriate. Respondents are encouraged to provide a discussion of how aircraft and flight teams were mobilized to meet mission timelines. This discussion should include how critically ill patients, including those with potentially communicable diseases were conducted with a high degree of reliability and mission assurance.

o For past performance cited, include a POC at the Government Agency or business at which work was performed.

Companies are welcome to provide any brief concluding remarks and comments, as deemed appropriate. At this time, the Government will not entertain telephone calls or questions for this

SS. The Government may choose to reach out directly to vendors after reviewing and evaluating the submissions.

2.2 How to Respond

Please submit your response no later than February 17, 2016 at 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, with electronic files sent to the following points of contact:

Andrew J. Lloyd: Contracting Officer – LloydAJ@state.gov mailto:LloydAJ@state.gov