AFICA Aircrew Training: Live, Virtual and Constructive (LVC), Academic and Simulator (ATLAS)

Added: May 21, 2015 7:51 am This update provides the Government responses to Industry's questions on the solicitation. If there is a conflict between a Government provided response and the solicitation language, the solicitation takes precedence.

Added: May 05, 2015 7:34 am

The purpose of this notice is to post Solicitation Number FA5641-15-R-0007, Aircrew Training; Live, Virtual and Constructive (LVC); Academic; and Simulator II (ATLAS II).The requirement is to provide aircrew training services at Aviano Air Base (AB), Italy; Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom; and Spangdahlem AB, Germany.

All proposals shall be submitted by 1400 Central European Time, 23 Jun 2015. Contract award is anticipated in April 2016.

All prospective offerors are responsible to retrieve updated information via the FBO site to include, but not limited to, Industry Questions and Answers, the Solicitation with attachments and any amendments thereto. No telephone or written requests for this solicitation package will be accepted. Registration
in the System for Award Management (SAM) is required to be eligible for award. Representations and certifications must also be updated via SAM. See
https://www.sam.gov for registration information.

Added: Mar 31, 2015 8:57 am The Air Force Installation Contracting Agency (AFICA) 764th Specialized Contracting Squadron (764 SCONS), Ramstein, Germany intends to issue a non-commercial solicitation, FA5641-15-R-0007, to conduct Live, Virtual and Constructive (LVC), Academic training (to include Cockpit/Crew Resource Management (CRM) and Instrument Refresher Course (IRC) and Simulator Training (to include LVC and Distributed Mission Operations (DMO)), in support of United States Air Forces in Europe's (USAFE) aircrew training. The contractor shall provide academic and simulator instructions to fulfill the aircrew training requirements. This is a notice of intent and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or obligate the Government to award a contract. No response to this notice is required.

The proposed contract period of performance is five years, which includes a two month phase-in period, a six month basic period, four one-year option periods, and one four-month option period. This is a competitive acquisition utilizing full and open competition procedures. The solicitation will be issued as an RFP and is anticipated to result in the award of one contract. The solicitation and all amendments, if applicable, will be issued through the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at https://www.fbo.gov/. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the FBO website to ensure that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The solicitation is expected to be issued via FBO on or around 13 May 2015, with responses due 50 days thereafter.

Prospective contractors are encouraged to ensure registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) - formerly the Central Contractor Registration (CCR). SAM registration must be completed to be considered eligible for award. Representations and Certification must also be updated via SAM. See https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ and https://www.acquisition.gov/ for registration information.

All questions regarding this acquisition must be forwarded via email to the Contracting Officers, Kristy L. Truitt at kristy.truitt@us.af.mil and Julian Kaelin at julian.kaelin.1@us.af.mil, with a copy to the Contract Specialist Ria Seeds-Kyle at maria.seeds-kyle.de@us.af.mil.