Depot Level Maintenance Services in support of Fleet Readiness Center Southeast

This is a Sources Sought for informational purposes only. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP). By means of this sources sought, Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) is seeking potential 8(a) sources to provide Depot Level Maintenance (DLM) services in support of Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) located in Jacksonville, FL and its report sites in South Carolina and Virginia. This requirement is for augmented staffing of the Government workforce for aircraft, aircraft engines and associated components/material undergoing DLM, involving the rework of existing aviation end items, systems, and components and manufacture of items and component parts otherwise not available.

This is to include modernization, conversion, in-service repair, disassembly, and all other categories of aircraft DLM. It is anticipated that this requirement will be solicited as a single-award, indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity task order contract with an ordering period of 60 months. The estimated number of Full Time Equivalents (FTE) required to fulfill this requirement is expected to exceed 300. These services are not going to be procured through the Air Force’s Contract Field Team (CFT) Multiple Award Contract (MAC) at a smaller magnitude as previously planned.

Responses to this notice should include a brief discussion of the Contractor's technical approach and a synopsis of the Contractor's experience with Depot Level Maintenance.

It is requested that respondents include its major products/services, primary customer base, number of employees, annual revenue history, office location, CAGE Code, and a statement regarding its current Small Business Administration (SBA) business size and socio-economic classification under NAICS code 336411. Emailed responses are requested to be no more than 5 pages using 12 point Times New Roman font minimum. This notice is being used for the purpose of determining market interest, availability and adequacy of potential 8(a) sources prior to establishing the method of services acquisition and issuance of a RFP. Responses in any form are not offers. Issuance of this notice should not be construed as obligating the Government, in any way, to issue a solicitation or to award a contract in furtherance of the objectives discussed herein.

No funds are available to pay for preparing responses to this notice. The Government reserves the right to review and use data at its own discretion.

Interested offerors shall respond to this notice, no later than 4:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on 8 July 2013 via email to john.j.warren@navy.mil. All interested offerors must be registered in Systems for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award of Government contracts.