AST Safety Engineering Support Final SIR (Amendment 0001)

The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking contractors to provide advanced safety engineering support for its Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) through a Screening Information Request for solicitation 693KA9-25-R-00011. The procurement involves comprehensive flight safety and system safety support services including safety-related regulatory evaluations, operational and flight safety analyses, research and development, risk assessment, and technical expertise to support AST's mission of protecting public health and safety during commercial space launch and reentry activities. The contract structure will be an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Time & Materials arrangement with specific evaluation criteria that includes clarified definitions of "Risk" as noted in the recent amendment addressing contractor questions. Amendment 0001 was posted on September 12, 2025, responding to questions about computer equipment provision and evaluation criteria clarifications, while maintaining the original proposal submission deadline of October 24, 2025 at 2 PM EST with an anticipated contract award date of March 9, 2026.

This solicitation operates under NAICS code 541330 (Engineering Services) with a small business size standard of $22.5 million in annual receipts, though no specific set-aside designation is applied to this opportunity. The contract includes a guaranteed minimum order of $25,000 and spans a base year plus four one-year option periods for a total potential duration of five years. Large business offerors must submit small business subcontracting plans with minimum goals of 43% for small businesses, including specific targets for small disadvantaged, women-owned, service-disabled veteran, and HUBZone businesses. The work will be performed in Washington, DC 20591, supporting the FAA's headquarters operations. Computer equipment will only be provided by the government for staff requiring access to FAA networks and systems, as clarified in the recent amendment addressing contractor questions about equipment provisions.