Flight School Training Support Services (FSTSS) - SYNOPSIS

The U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) and the Army Contracting Command (ACC)-Orlando is issuing this synopsis in accordance with the requirement at FAR Subpart 5.2 Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions. The Government intends to award a contract for the Flight School Training Support Services (FSTSS) program.

The Government intends to issue a Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Requirements, service contract, to be awarded to a single offeror under Full and Open Competition, using a Best Value/ Trade-off system. The ordering period will be a maximum of 12 years and will include award term incentives. The North American Industry Classification System code is 561990. The Product/Service Code is J069. The solicitation for this procurement is W900KK-22-R-0003. Is it anticipated that the solicitation will be posted to the SAM.gov website by the end of November 2021/early December 2021. Sufficient time will be provided to Industry, in consideration of the holiday time period, and the closing response date will be early February 2022.

Background:  Ft. Rucker, AL is the home of the United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence (USAACE), which leads the Army’s Flight School XXI (FSXXI) program, the main training program for all Army rotary wing aviators. Nearly forty percent of flight training is conducted through the use of the advanced simulation devices found at Ft. Rucker’s contractor-owned helicopter simulations facility, the largest of its kind in the world.

Currently simulation services for FSXXI are provided under a long-term (19.5 year period of performance), contractor-provided simulation services contract. This contract provides simulation services for TH-67 and UH-72A Training Helicopter Virtual Simulators; UH-60A/L, UH-60M, and CH-47F Advanced Aircraft Virtual Simulators; and UH-60A/L, UH-60M, AH-64D, and CH47D Reconfigurable Collective Training Devices (RCTD). Additionally, it provides a training support/management oversight capability. Each simulator training device is owned, operated and maintained by the contractor. The number, type, functionality, fidelity and availability of the flight simulators meet the needs of student loads, training schedules, and individual/crew and collective training requirements prescribed by the USAACE.

Program Requirement:

PEO STRI, Product Lead TADSS Support Operations (PL TSO), PdL Turn Key Training Services (PdL TKTS) has a requirement to develop, operate, maintain, upgrade, and support flight simulation training for the Army Aviation FSXXI curriculum. This simulation effort will support the training of FSXXI students conducting Initial Entry Rotary Wing (IERW) training, graduate-level pilot training, collective training, and Professional Military Education in both training helicopter and advanced rotary-wing platform simulators.

Beginning no later than 01 April 2023, the contractor shall be responsible for providing a seamless continuation of simulation capabilities to support USAACE’s annual throughput of approximately 3,900 flight students. These simulation capabilities shall include a sufficient number of UH-72A Virtual Simulators (VS) to support FSXXI Phase I Primary Core and foreign military advanced Instrument Flight Rules training. Additionally, these capabilities shall include a sufficient number of UH-60L/M, CH-47F, and AH-64D/E Advanced Aircraft Virtual Simulators (AAVS) to support FSXXI Phase II Advanced Track, graduate flight, PME, refresher, and Active Component/Reserve Component sustainment training. Each training device shall support individual/crew task training to standard without negative habit transfer to live-aircraft training in accordance with IERW course requirements and the FSXXI curriculum.

The contractor shall also be responsible to provide simulation capabilities to support collective, combined arms, and joint training. Each collective training device shall have the ability to support UH-60L/M/V, CH-47F, and AH-64D/E platform configurations. Additionally, collective training device functionality and fidelity (including motion cues); visual system; training environment; interoperability [including Manned-Unmanned Teaming]; and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance capabilities shall support individual/crew, collective, combined arms, and joint training requirements. These requirements include training individual/crew and collective tasks to standard in accordance with aircrew training manuals and mission training plans.

A multi-function training staff is required to manage, support, schedule, operate, maintain, and upgrade the UH-72A VS, the AAVS, and their associated facilities; develop training support packages and associated training scenario generation tools; develop tactics, techniques, and procedures; develop combined arms training strategies; and provide training support in terms of battle master, semi-automated forces, role play, and instructor/operator activities.

Draft Solicitation:

A draft solicitation for this effort was posted to SAM.gov under Special Notice number W900KK-21-R-0048 on 26 August 2021. Please consult the draft solicitation for more details. Note that the draft solicitation is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation or proposal.

Disclaimer:

This synopsis is published in accordance with FAR Subpart 5.2 and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a commitment by the U.S. Government, nor should it be construed as such. Submission of any information in response to this synopsis is not requested. There shall be no basis for claims against the Government as a result of any information contained in this posting.

Primary Point of Contacts:

Laura Parsons, Contract Specialist

laura.l.parsons.civ@army.mil

Marvin Hagan, Contracting Officer

marvin.j.hagan.civ@army.mil