Aircraft Pilot Training Services

The purpose of Amendment A0001 to RFP 70B02C20R00000018 is to provide Questions and Answers received in response to the Solicitation, revisions to the RFP and revised Solicitation Documents as required.

The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Air and Marine Operations (AMO) is issuing this Request for Proposal (RFP) for the procurement of Aircraft Pilot Training Services in a variety of Rotary Wing (RW) helicopters and Fixed Wing (FW) airplanes. The aircraft for Initial/Transition and Annual/Recurrent Training are:  Eurocopter AS350, Eurocopter EC120, UH1, King Air 200, King Air 350, C-12 Huron, Citation II/C-550, Dash 8, Pilatus PC-12 Series, Sikorsky S76B, and UH60 Blackhawks. These training services must be in compliance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations and among the FAA certified providers in accordance with Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, commonly known as the Federal Aviation Regulations.

More than one Offeror may be awarded an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with Firm Fixed Prices and limited Time and Material and Cost Reimbursable Contract Line Items under this Solicitation.  The period of performance will consist of Five and a Half Ordering Periods.

This procurement action is being solicited as a Full and Open Competition under Functional Area 1.  The Acquisition Title is " Aircraft Pilot Training Services ".  The principle nature of the requirements described in this solicitation is consistent with services performed by industries in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 611512 "Flight Training" with a small business size standard of $30M.

The Aircraft Pilot Training Requirements are broken down into two Functional Areas which have been identified in the “Schedule of Services Price/Costs” Tables provided herein.

- Functional Area 1 is for Aircraft Pilot Training.  This Functional Area is Full and Open Competition.

- Functional Area 2 is for the Light Enforcement Helicopter Training Requirements.  This Functional Area is Set Aside for Small Business Awards only.

Hard copies of the solicitation will not be available.   All future information concerning this acquisition, including solicitation amendments, will be distributed solely through this website.  Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure you have the most -up-to-date information about this acquisition.   All contractors doing business now or in the immediate future with the Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM).  The website is http://www.sam.gov.

RFP QUESTIONS:  Questions or concerns regarding any aspect of this RFP must be forwarded to Rosalind Lawrence, rosalind.l.lawrence@cbp.dhs.gov via email on or before 13:00 PM EDT time April 10, 2020 so that they can be addressed prior to submission of your proposal.  Responses to questions will be provided via an Amendment to the RFP and posted to beta.SAM.gov.

The date for receipt of proposals is on or before 16:00 PM EDT on May 8, 2020.  There will be no exceptions to the time and date when responses are due unless determined otherwise by the Government.  Please submit your proposal (Volumes I and II) via email to rosalind.l.lawrence@cbp.dhs.gov.  Further information is available in the RFP under “Proposal Submission Instructions”.