Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Strip & Paint - Bombardier Challenger 605/650 Series

ANNOTATION OF NOTEWORTHY CHANGES: 

11.30.21

This is an ammendment to stay/halt initial proposal submitals until 13 December 2021 and to revise and extend the final due date for submittals to 31 December 2021. Please do not submit proposals before 13 December 2021. This is also a notice that Interim Clause 3.2.1.5-5 per Presidential Executive Order 14042 will be incorporated into this Solicitation on a future ammendment and is provided below for convenience. 

AMS Contract Clause 3.2.1.5-5 (INTERIM) Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors (OCT 2021) 

a. Definition. As used in this clause -

United States or its outlying areas means—

(1) The fifty States;

(2) The District of Columbia;

(3) The commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands;

(4) The territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands; and

(5) The minor outlying islands of Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Atoll.

b. Authority. This clause implements Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, dated September 9, 2021 (published in the Federal Register on September 14, 2021, 86 FR 50985).

c. Compliance. The Contractor must comply with all guidance, including guidance conveyed through Frequently Asked Questions, as amended during the performance of this contract, for contractor or subcontractor workplace locations published by the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (Task Force Guidance) at https:/www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.  Provided, however, that the Contractor must ensure that Contractor employees entering FAA facilities comply with the vaccination mandate by November 22, 2021 rather than the December 8, 2021 date in the EO and the Task Force Guidance for all other covered employees of the Contractor.

d. Subcontracts. The Contractor must include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (d), in subcontracts at any tier that exceed $250,000, performed in whole or in part within the United States or its outlying areas.

(End of clause)

***End of Annotation ***

11.08.21

A Revised SIR is uploaded and replaces the former in its entirety. There is no change to the response due date. None of the changes effect the response to the requirement, only how the evaluation will occur.

Section L

At L.11 Technical Factor 3;

  Para for VOLUME II – added sentence (1st sentence) to inform of PART I/II strategy which is described in Section M

  Corrected heading From: Technical Factor 3, To: Non-Technical Factor 3

  The years of experience requirement was changed From: ten (10) years, To: five (5)

  The prior requirements requested was changed From: eight (8), To: five (5).

At L.11 Technical Factor 4;

  Questionnaire requirement was lowered From: minimum of three (3) To: two (2).

  Corrected heading From: Technical Factor 4, To: Non-Technical Factor 4

Section M

At M.2; Second Paragraph was removed in its entirety.

At M.7(c); Provision was corrected From: L.3, To: L.4

At M.7(e); Provision was corrected to reference M.8

At M.8;

  Description of Subfactor 2(d) was corrected to include text for “Site Inspection”

  FACTOR 5: Cost/Price – Is not “Scored” (Language removed)

At M.10, Subfactor 2(c); inadvertent use of older Challenger aircraft model(s) corrected to current

At M.10, Factor 4 para 2 & 3 ; Questionnaire requirement was lowered From: minimum of three (3) To: two (2).

***End of Annotation ***

This is a COMBINATION Public Announcement/Solicitation

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Flight Program Operations Aircraft Fleet has a requirement for Strip, Prime, and Painting Services for up to four (4) Bombardier CL-605 and 650 Series Flight inspection Aircraft in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS) as attached.  Please also see the PWS Attachments to include Drawings.

Interested respondents are cautioned that the Government at its discretion may update and or revise the PWS for any potential contract.

The government seeks to award a single firm fixed priced contract for the above mentioned aircraft paint effort with a line item for each aircraft and for any needed over and above efforts.  The Over and Above effort is not garanteed and is expected to have a Not to Exceed (NTE) value.

This acquisition is set-aside for Small Business and will be competed fully within this set-aside.  The acquisition will be awarded as Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) type contract to the Technically Acceptable Contractor that exceed the acceptable minimum specifications as a Best Value / Technically Acceptable determination.

The principle North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this effort is 488190, Other Support Activities for Air Transportation, with a size standard of $35M.

Contractors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM,) at www.sam.gov on the date established for receipt of offers.  Reference AMS Clause 3.3.1-33, paragraph (d), "if the offeror does not become registered in the SAM database in the time prescribed by the Contracting Officer, the Contracting Officer may proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered Offeror."  The FAA reserves the right to review and verify each offerors program eligibility.  Potential offerors should note that the FAA reserves the right to communicate with one or more offerors at any time during the SIR process.  This SIR/RFO is not to be construed as a contract or a commitment of any kind.  The Government shall not be liable for payment of any costs attributed to the preparation and submission of proposals in response to this SIR/RFO.

Any and All questions regarding the project/specifications must be received via email to helaina.k.germosen@faa.gov no later than 3:00 p.m. CST on November 18, 2021 to allow for responses to be provided prior to due date for receipt of proposals.

Please be advised that any responses received after the time specified may not be considered in accordance with AMS Provision 3.2.2.3-14, Late Submissions, Modifications, and withdrawals of submittals, incorporated by reference in the solicitation.  If all requested information is not furnished, the vendor's response may be determined ineligible.  Submissions must be received in "the inbox" of the Contracting Officer, delivery times to the 'server' will not be considered timely. 

ANNOTATION OF NOTEWORTHY CHANGES: 

A Revised SIR is uploaded and replaces the former in its entirety. There is no change to the response due date. None of the changes effect the response to the requirement, only how the evaluation will occur.

Section L

At L.11 Technical Factor 3;

  Para for VOLUME II – added sentence (1st sentence) to inform of PART I/II strategy which is described in Section M

  Corrected heading From: Technical Factor 3, To: Non-Technical Factor 3

  The years of experience requirement was changed From: ten (10) years, To: five (5)

  The prior requirements requested was changed From: eight (8), To: five (5).

At L.11 Technical Factor 4;

  Questionnaire requirement was lowered From: minimum of three (3) To: two (2).

  Corrected heading From: Technical Factor 4, To: Non-Technical Factor 4

Section M

At M.2; Second Paragraph was removed in its entirety.

At M.7(c); Provision was corrected From: L.3, To: L.4

At M.7(e); Provision was corrected to reference M.8

At M.8;

  Description of Subfactor 2(d) was corrected to include text for “Site Inspection”

  FACTOR 5: Cost/Price – Is not “Scored” (Language removed)

At M.10, Subfactor 2(c); inadvertent use of older Challenger aircraft model(s) corrected to current

At M.10, Factor 4 para 2 & 3 ; Questionnaire requirement was lowered From: minimum of three (3) To: two (2).

***End of Annotation ***

This is a COMBINATION Public Announcement/Solicitation

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Flight Program Operations Aircraft Fleet has a requirement for Strip, Prime, and Painting Services for up to four (4) Bombardier CL-605 and 650 Series Flight inspection Aircraft in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS) as attached.  Please also see the PWS Attachments to include Drawings.

Interested respondents are cautioned that the Government at its discretion may update and or revise the PWS for any potential contract.

The government seeks to award a single firm fixed priced contract for the above mentioned aircraft paint effort with a line item for each aircraft and for any needed over and above efforts.  The Over and Above effort is not garanteed and is expected to have a Not to Exceed (NTE) value.

This acquisition is set-aside for Small Business and will be competed fully within this set-aside.  The acquisition will be awarded as Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) type contract to the Technically Acceptable Contractor that exceed the acceptable minimum specifications as a Best Value / Technically Acceptable determination.

The principle North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this effort is 488190, Other Support Activities for Air Transportation, with a size standard of $35M.

Contractors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM,) at www.sam.gov on the date established for receipt of offers.  Reference AMS Clause 3.3.1-33, paragraph (d), "if the offeror does not become registered in the SAM database in the time prescribed by the Contracting Officer, the Contracting Officer may proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered Offeror."  The FAA reserves the right to review and verify each offerors program eligibility.  Potential offerors should note that the FAA reserves the right to communicate with one or more offerors at any time during the SIR process.  This SIR/RFO is not to be construed as a contract or a commitment of any kind.  The Government shall not be liable for payment of any costs attributed to the preparation and submission of proposals in response to this SIR/RFO.

Any and All questions regarding the project/specifications must be received via email to helaina.k.germosen@faa.gov no later than 3:00 p.m. CST on November 18, 2021 to allow for responses to be provided prior to due date for receipt of proposals.

Please be advised that any responses received after the time specified may not be considered in accordance with AMS Provision 3.2.2.3-14, Late Submissions, Modifications, and withdrawals of submittals, incorporated by reference in the solicitation.  If all requested information is not furnished, the vendor's response may be determined ineligible.  Submissions must be received in "the inbox" of the Contracting Officer, delivery times to the 'server' will not be considered timely. 

This is a COMBINATION Public Announcement/Solicitation

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Flight Program Operations Aircraft Fleet has a requirement for Strip, Prime, and Painting Services for up to four (4) Bombardier CL-605 and 650 Series Flight inspection Aircraft in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS) as attached.  Please also see the PWS Attachments to include Drawings.

Interested respondents are cautioned that the Government at its discretion may update and or revise the PWS for any potential contract.

The government seeks to award a single firm fixed priced contract for the above mentioned aircraft paint effort with a line item for each aircraft and for any needed over and above efforts.  The Over and Above effort is not garanteed and is expected to have a Not to Exceed (NTE) value.

This acquisition is set-aside for Small Business and will be competed fully within this set-aside.  The acquisition will be awarded as Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) type contract to the Technically Acceptable Contractor that exceed the acceptable minimum specifications as a Best Value / Technically Acceptable determination.

The principle North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this effort is 488190, Other Support Activities for Air Transportation, with a size standard of $35M.

Contractors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM,) at www.sam.gov on the date established for receipt of offers.  Reference AMS Clause 3.3.1-33, paragraph (d), "if the offeror does not become registered in the SAM database in the time prescribed by the Contracting Officer, the Contracting Officer may proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered Offeror."  The FAA reserves the right to review and verify each offerors program eligibility.  Potential offerors should note that the FAA reserves the right to communicate with one or more offerors at any time during the SIR process.  This SIR/RFO is not to be construed as a contract or a commitment of any kind.  The Government shall not be liable for payment of any costs attributed to the preparation and submission of proposals in response to this SIR/RFO.

Any and All questions regarding the project/specifications must be received via email to helaina.k.germosen@faa.gov no later than 3:00 p.m. CST on November 18, 2021 to allow for responses to be provided prior to due date for receipt of proposals.

Please be advised that any responses received after the time specified may not be considered in accordance with AMS Provision 3.2.2.3-14, Late Submissions, Modifications, and withdrawals of submittals, incorporated by reference in the solicitation.  If all requested information is not furnished, the vendor's response may be determined ineligible.  Submissions must be received in "the inbox" of the Contracting Officer, delivery times to the 'server' will not be considered timely.