Amendment 0002 to FA5215-13-R-7004

Added: Jun 20, 2013 9:07 pm

Amendment 0001 will extend the response date for Volume I - Technical, Volume II - Price, and Volume IV - Small Business Subcontracting Plan to NLT 05 July 2013 at 4:00 PM HST.

Added: May 30, 2013 10:23 pm

Please read the solicitation and the attachments in their entirety as several changes have been made.  Some of the answers submitted during the draft RFP phase of this soliciation may no longer be valid.  Please submit any questions in accordance with the solicitation.  Any changes to the solication will only be reflected through amendments to the solicitation.

Added: May 16, 2013 5:49 pm

16 MAY 13 UPDATED ESTIMATED MILESTONES

The new estimated milestones are:

RFP release is Monday, May 20, 2013.  
Submittal for past performance volume is Friday, June 07, 2013.
Submittal for proposals is Friday, June 21, 2013.

These dates are estimates and are subject to change.

Added: May 16, 2013 3:00 pm

The new estimated milestones are:

RFP release is Monday, May 20, 2013.  
Submittal for past performance volume is Friday, June 07, 2013
Submittal for proposals is Friday, June 21, 2013.

These dates are estimates and are subject to change.

Added: May 15, 2013 9:35 pm UPDATED 15 MAY 2013
The new estimated milestones are:

RFP release is Monday, May 20, 2013.  
Submittal for past performance volume is Friday, June 07, 2013
Submittal for proposals is Friday, June 21, 2013.

These dates are estimates and are subject to change.

Added: May 02, 2013 4:20 pm

The new estimated milestones are:

RFP release is Monday, May 13, 2013.  
Submittal for past performance volume is Friday, May 31, 2013
Submittal for proposals is Friday, June 14, 2013.

These dates are estimates and are subject to change.

Added: Mar 05, 2013 8:51 pm NUMBERED NOTE 26: Based upon market research, the Government is not using the policies contained in Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, in its solicitation for the described supplies or services. However, interested persons may identify to the contracting officer/contract specialist their interest and capability to satisfy the Government's requirement with a commercial service within 15 days of this notice or NLT March 26, 2013 at 4:00 PM HST.

Added: Feb 27, 2013 5:44 pm

The Headquarters (HQ) Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) is seeking potential sources to support CAF Pilot Instructional Support Services and obtain comments from interested parties in order to clarify the content of the attachment.

HQ PACAF requires support for Distribution Mission Operations (DMO) Flight Simulation CAF Pilot Instructor Services for the following initial locations and MDSs:

1) Joint Base Elmendorf, Alaska (F-22, E-3 AWACS training devices)
2) Kadena Air Base, Japan (F-15C, E-3 AWACS training devices)
3) Misawa Air Base, Japan (F-16CJ training devices)
4) Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, (A-10 training devices)
5) Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea (F-16 training devices)
6) Joint Base Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (F-22 training devices)

The purpose of this contract is to provide Instructor pilots to train current ready and non-ready crews in United States Air Force (USAF) units in PACAF as it relates to DMO training. The training will allow our fighter pilots to maintain and make improvements using Government furnished virtual devices throughout PACAF. At all locations, the contractor will provide all personnel, supervision and program management/oversight to perform the following core tasks: (1) training on devices furnished by the Government and shall initially include DMO Mission Training Centers (MTC) for the F-15C, F16CJ, F-22, A-10, and E-3 AWACS; (2) scenario development as requested by the Government to support local training objectives; (3) academic support; and (4) security management.

The services to be performed shall include personnel with the appropriate certificates and qualifications to instruct pilots on a weapons platform training device. All positions require at a minimum of Secret Security Clearance.  This effort also requires a Top Secret Facility Clearance.

The Government anticipates issuance of an RFP under full and open competition on or around 6 May 2013. Any information related to the RFP will be available only via FedBizOpps.gov.

The estimated contract performance is a twelve month basic period beginning 01 OCT 2013 and ending 30 SEP 2014, to include four (4) 12 month option years.

The Government plans to hold one, and only one, pre-proposal conference/site visit on 04 March 2013 at JBPH-H, Hawaii with follow-on site visits planned at JBER, Alaska and Misawa AB, Japan 08 March 2013 to 12 March 2013. Information about the pre-proposal conference/site visits can be found at the PACAF Air Crew Training Sources Sought located at the following FBO link: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/PAF/15CONS/PACAF-Air_Crew_Training/listing.html. Attendance to these events is highly encouraged; however, it is not a requirement for an offeror to attend these events in order to submit a proposal.

A draft RFP, draft PWS and their attachments/appendices will be posted NLT 01 March 2013 for Offerors to review and provide comments and questions. All comments and questions on the draft RFP, draft PWS and their attachments/appendices shall be submitted in writing to the Contract Specialist, Tami Branham, via email at tami.branham@us.af.mil or to Captain Bryan Ewing, USAF, via email at bryan.ewing@us.af.mil NLT 01 April 2013 4:00 PM HST.

When submitting questions, please reference specific page and paragraph of the document. Questions will be compiled as they are received and posted to FedBizOpps periodically. Please note when questions/comments are posted to FedBizOpps that the questions will be copied and pasted exactly from the offeror's written submission, unless there are multiple questions to the same item then it will posted once. The draft RFP, draft PWS and their attachments/appendices are currently known requirements and are subject to change prior to issue of a solicitation.