Contract Award: Center for Aircraft Structural Life Extension (CAStLE) Engineering Tasks and Research Activities for Aging Structures

Modification/Amendment 18: The attachment to this posting included revised estimated milestones for the CAStLE Aging Structures Acquisition.

Special Notice: The protest for FA7000-09-R-0059 has been denied. Please refer to http://www.gao.gov/decision/docket/ and find the solicitation number in the drop-down menu for more information. The acquisition is proceeding. 

Special Notice:   A protest was received in response to the FA7000-09-R-0059 solicitation on 17 Nov 09. The due date for proposals remains unchanged. Submittals will be accepted and remained sealed and stored in secured facility. Evaluation of proposals is on hold pending a decision from the Government Accounting Office (GAO) for protest B-402256. Information regarding this protest can be found at http://www.gao.gov <http://www.gao.gov/>.

For all offerors that have submitted a proposal, we are seeking confirmation from you on the time period your offer will be valid since the proposals will remain sealed. Please submit a subsequent letter to the contracting officer stating the length of time which your offer will be valid, and, if possible, please identify that your offer will be remain valid 180 days beyond the date on which the resolution of the protest is released.

Modification/Amendment 17: The attachment to this posting includes questions and answers pertaining to this acquisition.&nbsp; As a courtesy, this question addressed herein was received by the Contracting Officer on 16 Nov 09.

Modification/Amendment 16:&nbsp; The attachment to this posting includes questions and answers pertaining to this acquisition.&nbsp; As a courtesy, this question addressed herein was received by the Contracting Officer on 12 Nov 09.

Modification/Amendment 15: The attachment to this posting includes questions and answers pertaining to this acquisition.&nbsp; As a courtesy, these questions addressed herein were received by the Contracting Officer on 9 Nov.

Modification/Amendment: This is amendment 3 to RFP FA7000-09-R-0059. The purpose of this amendment is to: (1) Update Section (Sec) J, Attachment (Att) 1, "Statement of Work (SOW)" subsec 2.3.2 and SOW formatting; (2) Add Sec J, Att J-5 "Requirements Document(s)"; (3) Update Sec L, FAR Clause 52.216-1; (4) Update Sec L, Att 2 "Contractor Element of Expense" column(s), Att 7 due date for completed past performance questionnaires, and Att 8 protocols; and (5) Revise Sec M, Subsec(s) 3.1.1 and 3.1.2.

This posting also includes the RFP amendment 1 and 2 standard form (SF) 30 cover pages.

Modification/Amendment:  The solicitation (RFP), Section L, Attachment 7 due date for completed past performance questionnaires identified on page 1 of the Attachment 7 has been changed from 6 November 2009 to 18 November 2009.  The RFP will be amended to recognize this change in a subsequent posting to FBO.

Note: In several of the prior FBO postings, the characters "&nsp;" and "&amp;" have been randomly inserted into the posting.  This has been due to an FBO system issue.  Please disregard those characters as you review any FA7000-09-R-0059 postings. 

Modification/Amendment:&nbsp; The attachment to this posting includes question(s) and answer(s) pertaining to this acquisition.&nbsp; No additional questions have been received to date.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Modification/Amendment 11:  The attachment to this posting includes quesitons and answers pertaining to this acquisiiton.  The questions addressed herein were received by the Contracting Officer from 23 Oct to date, whom acknowledges that the request date for questions and answers has passed.

Modification/Amendment 10: The attachment to this posting includes questions and answers pertaining to this acquisition.  The questions addressed herein were received by the Contracting Officer from 22 October to date.

This posting also includes an updated Lot Cut diagram as part of the data package entitled " 20090911_Teardown_Lot_and_Section_Cut_Maps_Rev2" and incorporates the lower wing.

Modification/Amendment:  The attachment to this posting includes questions and answers pertaining to this acquisition.  The questions addressed herein were received by the Contracting Officer from 15 October to date.

This posting also includes an updated Excel file, entitled "Amendment 1 to Document - Solicitation(RFP), Section L, Attachment 2".  This amended file administratively adds the "Senior Technical Analyst" labor category to the applicable tabs in the spreadsheet and the "Contractor Element of Expense" column denotes "This column is N/A to this solicitation".

This is amendment 2 to RFP FA7000-09-R-0059.&nbsp; The RFP amended pages/sections include:&nbsp; SF33; Section B, Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs xx13, xx14, xx15, and xx16 have been added); Section E, Inspection and Acceptance Terms were added for the additional CLINs; Section E, FAR Clause 52.246-11 was added; Section F, Delivery Information was added for the additional CLINs; Section H, Special Contract Requirement, Conflict of Interest was&nbsp;added; Section J, Attachment 4 CDRLs (blks 14) were amended; Section L, FAR Clause 52.222-46 was deleted;&nbsp;Section L, Pages 112a-112q were replaced with pages 135a-135q (amended throughout); Section L, Attachment 1-TO 0001, Section 1, Paragraph 2 amended and Section 6 amended;&nbsp;Section L, Attachment 1-TO 0002, Section 6 amended; Section L, Attachment 1-TO 0003, Section 6 Amended; Section L, Attachment 7 (amended throughout);&nbsp;Section M, Pages 113a-113h were replaced with pages 136a-136h (amended throughout).&nbsp; This amendment incorporates&nbsp;changes pertaining to the posted questions and answers and comments received to date.

Modification/Amendment:  The attachment to this posting includes questions and answers pertaining to this acquisition.  The questions addressed herein were received by the Contracting Officer from 14 October 2009 to date. 

The period for submitting questions or comments pertaining to this solicitation, to the Contracting Officer, has been extended from 14 October 2009 to 23 October 2009.

Modification/Amendment 6: The attachment to this posting includes questions and answers pertaining to this acquisition. The questions addressed herein were received by the Contracting Officer from 07 October 2009 to date.

Modification/Amendment:&nbsp; This amendment to the posting provides document IG5315.101-1 "Performance Price Tradeoff", dated January 2008.&nbsp; This document is provided for informational purposes only, in the event parties are interested in understanding general information pertaining to PPTs.&nbsp; Note that revisions to this document may occur and it is the responsibility of the individual to ensure they have a current version of this document.

Modification/Amendment 4: The attachment to this posting includes questions and answers pertaining to this acquisition. The questions addressed herein were received by the Contracting Officer from 01 October 2009 to date.

This is amendment 1 to RFP FA7000-09-R-0059. The RFP amended pages include: 1; 112g; 112m; 112p; Section L, Attachment 1-Task Order 0001, Page 6 of 6; Section L, Attachment 1-Task Order 0002, Page 6 of 6; Section L, Attachment 1-Task Order 0003, Page 6 of 6; and Section L Attachment 8, page 1;. The following pages, inadvertently omitted from the original pdf document, are incorporated into Section L, Attachment 2: Section L, Attachment 2, Table A-2; Section L, Attachment 2, Table A-4; Section L, Attachment 2, Table B-2; Section L, Attachment 2, Table B-4; Section L, Attachment 2, Table D-2; Section L, Attachment 2, Table D-4; Section L, Attachment 2, Table D-6; Section L, Attachment 2, Table D-8; Section L, Attachment 2, Table D-10; Section L, Attachment 2, Table D-12; Section L, Attachment 2, Table D-14; Section L, Attachment 2, Table D-16; and Section L, Attachment 2, Table D-18. This amendment is in response to the questions and answers (Q&amp;As) posted on 01 October 2009.

Modification/Amendment 1:&nbsp; The attachment to this posting includes questions and answers pertaining to this acquisition.&nbsp; The questions addressed herein were&nbsp;received by the Contracting Officer from 29 September 2009 to date.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Attached is the solicitation (request for proposal) for the requirement described herein.

Questions or comments pertaining to this solicitation shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer in writing no later than 14 October 2009. Please provide a courtesy copy, of any transmissions, to the Contract Specialist.

Note(s):
1) The Contracting Officer is the only official point of contact for this acquisition. Any correspondence pertaining to this acquisition shall be submitted through the Contracting Officer. It is advisable to provide a courtesy copy of all e-mail correspondence to the Contract Specialist.
2) This FA7000-09-R-0059 posting and its amendments/modifications are related to the following posting(s) (and related amendment(s)/modification(s)): FA7000-CAStLE-Aging_Structures, FA7000-09-R-0053, FA7000-09-R-0054, FA7000-09-R-0054a, FA7000-09-R-0054b and FA7000-09-R-0054c.
3) It is the potential offerors responsibility to monitor this site for the release of any solicitation documents or additional postings.