Ari Advisor Academy

The Air Education and Training Command (AETC), Randolph Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, hereby publicizes its intention to solicit non-personal services for education and training of designated personnel approved by the Air Force. This non-commercial service contract will provide on-site support for AETC's education and training mission by furnishing instructors, curriculum developers, and other support for the Air Advisor Academy. Air Advisor education and training is organized into three pillars: (1) Air Advisor Core Knowledge, (2) Air Advisor Language, Region, and Culture (LRC), and (3) Advanced Fieldcraft. The contractor shall furnish adequate supervision and labor necessary to perform all the services contemplated under this contract. Services include, but are not limited to, platform instruction of lessons/blocks of instruction, curriculum development and maintenance of courseware, information technology support, and on-site contractor program manager. Education and training shall be student-centered with an emphasis on hands-on scenarios and practical exercises.
The location of the training site is Joint Base McGuire/Fort Dix/Lakehurst (JBMDL), New Jersey. Air Advisor training will support approximately 1,500 expeditionary students annually. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 611699, All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction. The small business size standard is $7 million. This acquisition will be conducted using full and open competition procedures. This acquisition will be solicited as a Request For Proposal source selection to be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 15. The period of performance will consist of approximately one-month phase-in period and 11-month basic performance period, and three one-year option periods. The Government intends to award one firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery indefinate quantity (IDIQ) contract. The anticipated date to issue the Request for Proposal (RFP) is on or about 28 Nov 11. This will be an electronic solicitation release; no hard copies will be mailed. Solicitation, amendments and other miscellaneous documents will be posted to FedBizOpps (http://www.eps.gov). It is the responsibility of each offeror to review the web page for notice of amendments, updates or changes to current information. A pre-proposal conference/site visit will be held at JBMDL, New Jersey, approximately one week after solicitation release and should take no more than one working day. (Confirmed dates and additional information will be provided in the RFP). In order to be eligible for award, registration in the Central Contractor Registration database is required. To register, please go to http://www.ccr.gov. Dates listed above are approximate and included for reference only. Actual dates will be specified in the final solicitation. Any questions relative to this notice should be sent electronically to Robert B. Miller, robert.miller.17@us.af.mil and April J. Kreps, april.kreps@us.af.mil.