FMS RFI Sources Sought WRGZ5823D0032
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- WRGZ5823D0032
- Agency
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ACC Redstone
Army Contracting Command, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 336411 Aircraft Manufacturing
- PSC
- 1510 Aircraft, Fixed Wing
- Place of performance
- Wichita, Kansas 67215, United States
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About this opportunity
The Army Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is seeking to increase the contract ceiling on an existing Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program contract to procure aircraft support services and materials for the Fixed Wing Project Office. The procured services encompass published and non-published options, original equipment manufacturer (OEM) kits, aircraft spares, program management, publications, training, and airworthiness packages in support of multiple King Air and Cessna aircraft variants. The government requires a contractor with unique knowledge, skills, experience, technical data, manufacturing capabilities, and test facilities to update, maintain, and sustain King Air B200 and B300 series aircraft as well as Cessna C-208B and C-408 models. This sources sought notice serves as the government's open competition announcement as required by Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), with all responses due via email to Contract Specialist Lan Nguyen by January 26, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. Central Time. No specific evaluation criteria are detailed in the notice; however, the government will assess contractors' technical capabilities and experience supporting the designated aircraft platforms.
Textron Aviation, Inc., the current contract holder (CAGE 7EK50), is the existing incumbent contractor on contract W58RGZ-23-D-0032, which was originally justified as noncompetitive based on the contractor's exclusive capabilities. The contract ceiling is being increased from approximately $99.7 million to approximately $400 million to support anticipated Foreign Military Sales across multiple countries, including Bangladesh, Jamaica, Latvia, Philippines, Cameroon, Guatemala, and Israel, with specific quantities including one King Air 360 ER for Bangladesh, two for Jamaica, four Cessna C-208B aircraft for the Philippines, and two C-208B for each of Cameroon, Guatemala, and Israel. This increase is necessary to ensure continuity of critical contractor services and accommodate the expanded scope of international military customer requirements. The notice does not utilize any small business set-aside designations, maintaining the competitive landscape for all qualified contractors.
Notice text
This is a notification that the Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, AL, intends to increase the contract ceiling from $99,707,037 to approximately $400,000,000 on existing contract W58RGZ-23-D-0032 with Textron Aviation, Inc (Textron), CAGE 7EK50, One Cessna Boulevard, Wichita, Kansas 67215.
An increase to the contract ceiling is necessary to provide critical, uninterrupted specific requirements and services, to include published/non-published options, OEM kits, aircraft spares, program management, publications, training, and airworthiness packages, in support of the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program and the Fixed Wing Project Office (FWPO) Program Executive Office (PEO) Aviation.
The information below reflects anticipated future work opportunities for FMS customers:
Bangladesh: one KA 360 ER
Jamaica: two C408
Latvia: three C208-B
Philippines: two KA 360 ER
Philippines: four C208-B
Cameroon: two C208-B
Guatemala: two C208-B
Israel: two C208-B
As stated in the ACC-RSA original Justification and Approval (J&A) for Other than Full and Open Competition dated 8 June, 2022, Textron is the only contractor that possesses the unique knowledge, skill, experience, technical data, manufacturing, and test facilities to provide the support services and incidental materials required to update, maintain, and sustain the King Air B200 series, King Air B300 series, Cessna C-208B, and Cessna C-408 aircraft.
However, this Sources Sought serves as the Government's open for competition notice as required by DFARS PGI 206.302-1(d) and the notice of proposed contract action as required by FAR 5.201. This action will result in an increase in contract ceiling to the existing contract identified above which is necessary to allow for continuity of critical contractor services.
All responses must be received via email no later than 26 January 2026, 8:00 a.m. Central Time and should be submitted to Contract Specialist, Lan Nguyen; at bich-lan.t.nguyen.civ@army.mil, or Contracting Officer, James Pattullo; at james.h.pattullo.civ@army.mil. No telephone inquiries will be accepted.
Electronic transmissions must not exceed 5 megabytes and responses in the form of white papers should be limited to 5 pages in length and may include technical specifications and product sheets as deemed necessary. All material submitted in response to this RFI must be unclassified.
Contracting Office Address: ACC-RSA (Aviation)
ATTN: CCAM-ARA, Building 5308 Martin Road, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280
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