Aircraft maintenance and operational support amos contract

This is Modification Two to the synopsis entitled "Pre-solicitation Synopsis forthe Aircraft Maintenance and Operational Support (AMOS) Contract," which was posted onAugust 5, 2011. You are notified that the following changes are made: Posting ofPre-proposal Conference PowerPoint Presentation, posting of AMOS Pre-Proposal ConferenceAttendees List and posting of a revised copy of the AMOS Interested Parties List. Copies of the AMOS Pre-Proposal Conference PowerPoint Presentation, AMOS Pre-ProposalConference Attendees List and the AMOS Interested Parties List are attached to thisposting. These items are also available via the JSC Business Opportunities @http://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/amos/ . No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If asolicitation is released it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps and on the NASA AcquisitionInternet Service. It is the potential offerors responsibility to monitor these sites forthe release of any solicitation or synopsis.

This is Modification 1 to the synopsis entitled Pre-solicitation Synopsis for theAircraft Maintenance and Operational Support (AMOS) Contract, Solicitation NumberNNJ11061911R, which was posted on August 5, 2011. You are notified that the followingchanges are made to the Announcement of AMOS Pre-Proposal Conference and revisedinstructions for access to the AMOS Technical Library. NASA Johnson Space Center (NASA/JSC) plans to conduct an Aircraft Maintenance andOperational Support (AMOS) Pre-proposal Conference. NASA/JSC is hereby soliciting firmsto attend this event on September 23, 2011 at the JSC Gilruth Center in Houston, Texas.The presentation to industry will be held on Friday, September 23, 2011 starting at 9:00A.M. in the Alamo Ballroom at the JSC Gilruth Center. Please visit the following site formaps for directions to the JSC Gilruth center http://www.clfc.org/venues/gilruth.htm .An updated version of the document entitled Attachment 3: Aircraft MaintenanceOperational Support (AMOS) AOD Technical Library Information is attached to this email.This document was originally posted as part of Modification Two to the synopsis entitledAircraft Maintenance and Operational Support Amos Posting of Draft Statement of Work andResponses to Official Questions, which was posted on September 1, 2011. Offerors areinformed that the original sub-bullets 9 and 10 listed under General Guidelines aredeleted in their entirety and replaced with the following verbiage:9. Access to and inspection of limited rights or proprietary data is strictly forbiddenunless Prospective Offerors execute a non-disclosure agreement with NASA. ProspectiveOfferors must execute a provided non-disclosure agreement before their personnel arepermitted access to inspect certain types of technical data stored in the bidderslibrary. Signatories to the non-disclosure agreement must have the authority to bind theProspective Offeror.SIGN-UP REQUIREMENTS: To make reservations for the AMOS Pre-proposal conference, please contact Alice J.Pursell and Roger M. Roberts at alice.j.pursell@nasa.gov and roger.m.roberts@nasa.gov.The request shall include the following information: i. Subject line: "AMOS Pre-proposal Conference" ii. Companys name and address. iii. The companys Point of Contacts (POC) names, telephone numbers, and e-mailaddresses. Documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. Thesedocuments will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWWbrowser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/JSC Business Opportunitieshome page is http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=73 .Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation andany amendments. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of thesolicitation and amendments (if any).

NASA/JSC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) to compete the contractrequirements for the Aircraft Maintenance and Operational Support (AMOS) contract. AMOSincludes support for aircraft at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) located atEllington Field in Houston and El Paso, Texas, and Edwards Air Force Base in Edwards,California. Additional support will be provided to NASA aircraft located at LangleyResearch Center (LaRC), Hampton, Virginia and other remote sites, domestic and foreign,where services are required. The proposed services will include flight operations, maintenance, repairs andalterations and will provide engineering services for a variety of airframes, engines,upgrades and support equipment at the various performance locations. AMOS requirements include, but are not limited to, services such as: * Maintenance/production control (manage and control maintenance activities) * Logs and records (configuration management) * Quality control and inspection * Logistics (procurement, supply)* Safety * Aircraft Engineering (Design and Analysis) * Ground and flight test support* Payload integration* Support shops (electric, hydraulic, sheet metal, ground support equipment) * Resource management (training, facilities, safety) * Aircraft servicing, launch/recovery, aircraft maintenance * Flight crews including test directors, pilots, flight engineers, load masters, etc. * Contract management * Project management* Unique and specialized support for: - Engines - Airframes - Egress systems - Avionics - Aviation life support systems (parachutes, high altitude pressure suits, etc.) - Unique engineering support - Upgrades, integration and certification Aircraft to be supported by AMOS include: * Twenty Northrop T-38 supersonic jet trainers * Three General Dynamic WB-57 aircraft* One Aero Spacelines SGT-337 Super Guppy* One GIII aircraft, * One Cessna 206* One Lancair Columbia 300* One Cirrus Design SR-22* One North American Rockwell OV-10A* One Bell UH-1H helicopter* Two Boeing 747 aircraft* One Douglas C-9B* One Beechcraft C-12* One Beechcraft 200 aircraftNote: Number and type of aircraft may change during the Period of Performance of AMOS.The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note26. This procurement is a full and open competition. The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 488190 and $7 Million, respectively. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The anticipated release date of the DRAFT RFP is on or about September 2011. After itsrelease NASA/JSC will hold a pre-proposal conference on or about September 2011. Thiswill allow industry to ask questions specific to the DRAFT RFP. Industry will then berequested to submit questions in writing so that the Government may officially respond. The anticipated release date of the FINAL RFP is on or about October 2011, with ananticipated proposal due date on or about November 2011. The contract will be a hybrid contract with Cost Plus Award Fee (CPAF) and Fixed PriceAward Fee (FPAF) elements.Updated information concerning the acquisition and schedule can be viewed at thefollowing website as it becomes available: http://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/amos/ The requirements for AMOS will derive from the current Aircraft Maintenance andModification Program Contract, NNJ09JE44C. AMOS is anticipated to have a 16-month period of performance with one 24 Month Option andone 20 Month Option. It is anticipated that AMOS will also include the following additional Options:I. Option for the Incremental Increase of Effort Required During Contract PerformanceII. Options Associated with the Increase of Effort Required for the Johnson Space Center,which include an Option for Spaceflight Parachute Assembly and Security Services and anOption for Technical Data ProductionIII. Options Associated With the Increase of Effort Required for the Langley ResearchCenter, which include Pilots, Aviators Life Support Systems and Equipment, EgressSystems, Engineer I, Engineer I, Engineer III, and Quality ControlA phase-in period for the anticipated contract of approximately 40 days is planned. An ombudsman has been appointed See NASA Specific Note B. Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It isthe offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of thesolicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible fordownloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Prospective offerors are invited to submit written comments or questions via electronictransmission or by facsimile transmission. When responding reference NNJ11061911R.TELEPHONE QUESTIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. Thesedocuments will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWWbrowser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/JSC Business Opportunitieshome page is http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=73 .