Aircrew Training (ATLAS)

The 700th Contracting Squadron, Ramstein, Germany intends to issue a commercial solicitation, FA5613-11-R-0012, to conduct 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 Europe's (USAFE) aircrew training. The contractor shall provide academic and simulator instructors to fulfill the aircrew training requirements. The projected contract will be Firm-Fixed Price for a total of four years and 11 months, which includes a two (2) months phase in period, nine (9) months basic period, and four (4) one (1) year options. The applicable North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) code is 611512 - Flight Training. This acquisition will be full and open competition. The solicitation will be issued as a request for proposal. Training will be in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS). As this will take place overseas, the Service Contract Act (SCA) and Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Size Standards do not apply. Lowest-Price Technically Acceptable procedures will be used for this procurement. Hard/paper copies of the solicitation will not be provided. The solicitation and all amendments will be issued through the Federal Business Opportunities Website (FedBizOpps) at https://www.fbo.gov/. Offerors are required to check the above website daily to be notified of any changes to this solicitation. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the FedBizOpps website to ensure that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The closing date and time will be identified in the solicitation. The approximate issue date will be: 25 July 2011. The approximate response date will be 30 August 2011. Interested Offeror's must be registered in the DOD Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. Firms can register via the CCR Internet site at http://www.ccr.gov or by contacting the CCR Information Center at 1-888-227-2423. Interested offeror's are required to submit their representations and certifications on-line at http://orca.bpn.gov. You will need your DUNS number and CCR MPIN in order to log into the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) website. The award for this procurement will be made in accordance with the applicable Federal Acquisition Regulations. All questions or comments should be forwarded via email to Contract Specialist, Linda G. Robertson at linda.robertson@ramstein.af.mil. The Contracting Officer will be Kylie Hager at kylie.hager@ramstein.af.mil.